JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley's NexTier Stadium will host a WPIAL boys soccer playoff doubleheader on Thursday.

In a Class AA quarterfinal, Mars (16-2-1) will face Montour (13-3-2) at 6 p.m.

In the second game, Seneca Valley (13-1-1) will battle Central Catholic (11-5-2) in a Class AAA quarterfinal.

NEWARK, N.J. — Jason Pierre-Paul and the New York Giants have agreed to a one-year contract more than three months after the defensive end's right index finger was amputated following a fireworks accident in Florida.Pierre-Paul met with the team over the past two days and was given the OK to play by team doctors. A new contract had to be negotiated because the Giants were not willing to have him sign the franchise tender that was offered before the July 4 accident.

ST. LOUIS — A loud and often rowdy crowd greeted NFL executives as St. Louis Rams fans at a public hearing made their case for keeping the team in Missouri amid talk of a relocation.About 1,500 people, many wearing Rams jerseys, stood and chanted “St. Louis Rams!” as NFL executives walked onto the Peabody Opera House stage. The crowd cheered when Dave Peacock, co-leader of the effort to build a new riverfront stadium in St. Louis, was briefly introduced. Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff received scattered boos.The league is hosting three meetings as part of the process to decide which team or teams get to relocate to the Los Angeles area.

CLEVELAND — NFL investigators spoke to the police officers who questioned Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel following an in-car argument with his girlfriend.The league is looking into whether Manziel violated its personal conduct policy. A dispatcher for the Avon, Ohio, police said Tuesday that the investigators visited last week with the officers who questioned Manziel on Oct. 12.His girlfriend, Colleen Crowley, told police that the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner hit her “several times” and pushed her head into a car window when the couple quarreled on an interstate highway.

HOUSTON — Ryan Mallett finally ran out of chances in Houston and was released by the Texans.The Texans released the quarterback after he missed the team's charter flight to Florida this past weekend.They announced the decision on Tuesday and also placed Arian Foster on injured reserve, a day after coach Bill O'Brien said he would miss the rest of the season with an Achilles tendon injury.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr is still experiencing symptoms caused by complications following back surgery this summer and isn't sure when he will resume his duties on the bench.