Saints tight end Jimmy Graham took a big hit making a catch over the middle and left Sunday's game against Tampa Bay with a right shoulder injury.

Graham was checked by trainers after the hit in the first quarter and returned to the game, making a 23-yard catch on his first play back — and absorbing another hit in the process.

About halfway through the second quarter Graham was approached by one of the team's orthopedic surgeons as he sat on the bench. They spoke for several minutes before walking to the locker room.

SAN FRANCISCO — Nationals manager Matt Williams has thought long and hard about his decision to remove Jordan Zimmermann with two outs in the ninth and go to closer Drew Storen, and he stands by it a day later.Williams had extra innings after his ejection to ponder the move Saturday night, then a cross-country flight.He says he would do it again, even if there's some agony involved given Storen blew the save chance and Washington lost to San Francisco 2-1 in 18 innings, putting the Nationals in an 0-2 hole in the NL Division Series.The best-of-five matchup shifts to San Francisco for Game 3 Monday afternoon as Washington tries to save its season.

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi's Southeastern Conference teams have never been this good and this close.Ole Miss and Mississippi State are tied for third in The Associated Press college football poll after a wild day of unexpected results brought major changes to the Top 25.Just about the only thing that didn't change this week was No. 1: Florida State is still top-ranked, with 35 first-place votes.Auburn, the only other team in the top six to win, moved up three spots to No. 2 and received 23 first-place votes. Then came Ole Miss and Mississippi State, in the top five together for the first time after the Rebels beat Alabama and the Bulldogs beat Texas A&M on Saturday.The Rebels haven't been ranked this high since 1963, when they also were No. 3 and won their last SEC title. The Bulldogs have their best ranking ever. Their previous best was No. 7 in 1981 and their only SEC championship came in 1941.Baylor rounds out the top five and Notre Dame is No. 6.

Putting his swimming career on hold after his second DUI arrest, Olympic champion Michael Phelps began a six-week program Sunday that he said “will provide the help I need to better understand myself.”The winningest athlete in Olympic history made the announcement in a series of posts on his Twitter account.According to his representatives at Octagon, Phelps entered an in-patient program that will keep him from competing at least through mid-November, though there's no indication he plans to give up swimming.The 29-year-old Phelps was arrested early Tuesday and charged with drunken driving in his native Baltimore. Police said he failed field sobriety tests and had a blood-alcohol content of 0.14 percent.