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(AP) Philip Rivers capped an 80-yard drive with an 18-yard pass to Vincent Jackson with 21 seconds to play and the San Diego Chargers stunned the Giants 21-20 on Sunday, handing New York its fourth consecutive loss.

Rivers was 24 of 36 for 209 yards and three touchdowns, including two to Jackson, in helping San Diego win its third straight game.

The Giants are 5-4 heading into a bye week.

CHARGERS-GIANTS INJURIES Giants backup linebacker Gerris Wilkinson has wrist injury

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants backup linebacker Gerris Wilkinson was knocked out of Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers with a wrist injury.

Wilkinson was injured in the third quarter.

He made the tackle on the opening kickoff of the second half, but the team did not say when he was hurt nor which wrist.

CHARGERS-GIANTS INACTIVES Boley, Canty return to Giants lineup for Chargers

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Weakside linebacker Michael Boley and defensive tackle Chris Canty returned to the New York Giants for Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers.

Boley has been out about a month after having surgery on his right knee. Canty has not played since sustaining a calf injury in the season opener.

The Giants' defense has given up 112 points in losing its last three games.

Backup defensive end Dave Tollefson was made inactive to clear space for Canty.

Chargers starting inside linebacker Kevin Burnett was inactive for the game with an ankle injury. His status was questionable Friday.

Brandon Siler replaced him in the starting lineup.

TITANS-49ERS Johnson, Young rally Titans

(Titans 34, 49ers 27.)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Six plays after his 81-yard touchdown run was overturned, Chris Johnson took a pitch from Vince Young and ran 2 yards for a go-ahead score and led the Tennessee Titans to their second consecutive win with a 34-27 victory over the stumbling San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Young showed his comeback is legitimate, outplaying fellow first-round draft pick Alex Smith down the stretch. Young has been clutch twice in as many weeks, getting the Titans in the end zone when it mattered.

Johnson converted on fourth and inches for his TD, making up for those six points that were negated only a few minutes earlier after it was determined he stepped out of bounds on the long run.

Going for it when the Titans could have tied it with a field goal was a sign of coach Jeff Fisher's faith in Young and Co. to get it done.

TITANS-49ERS INACTIVES Kearse inactive again for Titans

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tennessee defensive end Jevon Kearse is among the Titans' inactives against San Francisco, the fourth consecutive game he hasn't been on the active roster after being listed with a knee injury this week.

Leroy Harris started at right tackle in place of the inactive David Stewart, rookie Gerald McRath replaced David Thornton at outside linebacker, and cornerback Rod Hood stepped in to start for Nick Harper.

Injured left tackle Joe Staley (sprained knee) and cornerback Nate Clements (broken shoulder blade) were on San Francisco's inactive list.

Also before the game, the Titans released receiver and kick returner Chris Davis, a fourth-round pick in 2007 who was arrested for driving under the influence in August, and signed center-guard Fernando Velasco.

NEVADA-SAN JOSE ST Colin Kaepernick leads Nevada past San Jose State 62-7

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Colin Kaepernick ran for 115 yards and three touchdowns to lead Nevada to a 62-7 victory over San Jose State last night.

Vai Taua had 138 of his 144 rushing yards in the first half and scored a touchdown as the Wolf Pack won their sixth game in a row after losing the first three of the season.

Luke Lippincott added 112 rushing yards and two touchdowns and Lampford Mark had 114 yards and a score. Courtney Randall also scored. L.J. Washington caught a 46-yard touchdown pass. Kaepernick threw for 122 yards and a score.

Jordan La Secla threw for 226 yards as the Spartans lost their seventh consecutive conference game, including their last five at home.

CAL-BEST HURT Cal tailback Jahvid Best released from hospital

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California star tailback Jahvid Best has been released from the hospital and will miss at least one game after sustaining a concussion on a terrifying fall in the end zone.

Best spent the night at Highland General Hospital in Oakland for observation and tests after landing on the back of his head in the end zone and being briefly knocked unconscious in the Golden Bears' 31-14 loss to Oregon State on Saturday night.

The school says results from a CT scan and X-rays came back normal.

Best will not play Saturday against Arizona. His status for future games will continue to be evaluated.

This was the second week in a row that Best sustained a concussion.

Best has 16 touchdowns and 867 rushing yards this season.

PAC-10 RACE Pac-10 race wide open with 4 weeks to go

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford made one thing clear with its upset victory over Pac-10 leader Oregon: There will be a full-fledged scramble for the conference title over a chaotic final four weeks.

With the Ducks losing their first conference game 51-42 to the Cardinal on Saturday, there are five teams with a legitimate shot to at least share the championship and a seemingly infinite number of ways for the race to shake out.

Few thought at the beginning of the season that a scenario with Stanford and Arizona finishing ahead of Southern California and California was a possibility.

But that's just what the standings show after the first Saturday in November.

HORNETS-LAKERS Kobe gets 28 in Lakers' 5th straight win

(Lakers 104, Hornets 88.)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant scored 28 points, Shannon Brown added 15 and the Los Angeles Lakers thrived again without their top two big men, beating the New Orleans Hornets 104-88 last night.

DJ Mbenga (muh-BENG'-guh) had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the defending NBA champions, who easily won their fifth consecutive game and their second in a row without injured center Andrew Bynum and forward Pau Gasol (pow gah-SOHL').

Bryant scored all but two of his points before halftime, repeatedly capitalizing down low with ease against Devin Brown's defense. Los Angeles opened a 27-point lead in the third quarter and coasted to a 6-1 start.

Chris Paul had 15 points and nine assists for the inaccurate Hornets, who opened a three-game West Coast road trip with their fourth loss in five games.

WARRIORS-KINGS Evans helps Kings top Warriors

(Kings 120, Warriors 107.)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Tyreke Evans scored 18 of his 23 points in the second quarter and Sacramento beat Golden State 120-107 to win back-to-back games for the first time in nearly a year.

Beno Udrih added 20 points and six assists for the Kings, who last won consecutive games on Nov. 7 and Nov. 9, 2008.

Stephen Jackson scored 21 points and Corey Maggette (muh-GET'-ee) added 20 for the Warriors. Kelenna Azubuike (keh-LAH'-nah ah-zoo-BWEE'-kay) had 13 points, Anthony Randolph had 14 and Anthony Morrow 11.

Warriors leading scorer Monta Ellis made just 4-of-11 shots and scored nine points.

Jason Thompson had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Donte Greene added 17 points for Sacramento.

UCLA-HONEYCUTT HURT UCLA's Honeycutt out with leg injury

LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA's Tyler Honeycutt will be out 3 to 4 weeks with a stress reaction in his right tibia.

Coach Ben Howland said yesterday the freshman forward was injured a day earlier in practice and an MRI confirmed the injury.

The Bruins open the season on Nov. 16 against Cal State Fullerton.

MLS-CHIVAS USA-GALAXY Landon Donovan penalty shot sends Galaxy to West finals

(Galaxy 1, Chivas USA 0.)

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Landon Donovan sent the Los Angeles Galaxy to the Western Conference finals by burying a 73rd-minute penalty shot for a 1-0 victory over Chivas USA on Sunday night.

Donovan tied an MLS record with his 16th postseason goal and put the Galaxy through 3-2 on aggregate after a 2-2 tie last week.

The Galaxy will host Houston in a single match Friday night to determine who goes to the MLS Cup final.

Donovan converted after Chivas USA's Yamith Cuesta fouled Mike Magee in the penalty area by wrapping his right leg around Magee's groin in the 70th minute.

David Beckham began the play with a cross to Donovan, who passed to Magee on the right side of the area.

ENGLAND-BECKHAM Beckham to miss out on England squad after Galaxy win

LONDON (AP) — David Beckham will miss England's friendly against Brazil next week after his MLS club Los Angeles Galaxy beat Chivas USA in the Western Conference semifinals.

Beckham was picked for the England squad yesterday -- but with the understanding that the 34-year-old midfielder would not be available if the Galaxy won their playoff match later in the day.

The Galaxy are playing Houston in next weekend's Western Conference final, when England is in Qatar (GUH'-tur) to face Brazil.

England coach Fabio Capello picked the squad as he prepares for the World Cup next June in South Africa.

AMERICA'S CUP-WING America's Cup challenger unveils giant wing

SAN DIEGO (AP) — America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing has unveiled what is believed to be the world's largest wing, which it will test as a replacement for a traditional soft-sail rig on its monster trimaran.

Complete with flaps, the wing will tower nearly 190 feet above the deck when it's installed this week. It is longer than the wing of an Airbus 380, the world's largest passenger airliner.

The wing was unveiled five days after the trimaran's 200-foot carbon-fiber mast fell and broke in two during a sail on the Pacific Ocean.

BMW Oracle Racing will face defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in a best-of-three showdown beginning Feb. 8 for the oldest trophy in international sports.

BILL SHOEMAKER AWARD Jockey Julien Leparoux wins Shoemaker award

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Julien Leparoux (lah-pur-OH') rode three winners during the Breeders' Cup world championships, earning the Bill Shoemaker award as the outstanding jockey of the two-day event.

The 26-year-old jockey was the only one with more than one victory.

Leparoux won the Juvenile Fillies with She Be Wild and the Filly & Mare Sprint aboard Informed Decision on Friday.

He added the Dirt Mile with long shot Furthest Land on Saturday, giving him five career BC wins.

Garrett Gomez rode in 10 of the 14 BC races, highlighted by his win aboard Life Is Sweet in the Ladies' Classic on Friday.

He had four second-place finishes, and his mounts earned $2,829,000, of which Gomez receives 10 percent.

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