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DAVIE, Fla. — Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter has been fined $7,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct during Miami's 48-28 loss to New England Sunday.

NFL spokesman Corry Rush said Friday that Porter was fined for verbally abusing the opponent after the play was over.

Raiders defensive lineman Gerard Warren also was fined $5,000 for roughing the passer against Denver.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress will miss Sunday's game against Washington with a sore right hamstring.Burress pulled the hamstring in the Giants' win over Baltimore on Nov. 16. He then aggravated the injury in the opening series last Sunday against Arizona.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Alex Henery kicked a school-record 57-yard field goal with 1:43 left and defensive end Ndamukong Suh returned a tipped pass 30 yards for a touchdown seconds later, giving Nebraska a 40-31 victory over Colorado Friday.Henery's third field goal of the game allowed the Cornhuskers to take the lead in a game the 18-point underdog Buffaloes made closer than expected.Suh snuffed the Buffs' last hope. Fellow defensive end Zach Potter deflected Cody Hawkins' pass and Suh made the catch and ran it back for his second interception return for a touchdown this season.Nebraska (8-4, 5-3 Big 12) positioned itself for an invitation to the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day. The loss knocked Colorado (5-7, 2-6) out of bowl contention.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jockey Julien Leparoux has broken a 23-year-old Churchill Downs record for wins at a Fall Meet previously held by Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day.Leparoux rode home five winners Friday, bringing his total to 59 during the five-week meet that concludes Saturday. Day previously established the Fall Meet mark in 1985 when he rode 55 winners in a 30-day meet.Leparoux tied Day's record in the second race aboard Calabria and broke it in the next race atop Just Like William.