Browns' Quinn done for the year

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Crutches by his side and his left foot in a protective boot, quarterback Brady Quinn stared at the ground as his teammates practiced.

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Crutches by his side and his left foot in a protective boot, quarterback Brady Quinn stared at the ground as his teammates practiced.

This wasn't the ending he imagined.

Quinn's uneven season is over, and so is his chance to impress new Browns president Mike Holmgren.

Quinn was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with an unspecified foot injury, the second straight season he has finished on IR. He got hurt while scrambling for 24 yards in the fourth quarter of Cleveland's 41-34 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

Browns coach Eric Mangini gave no specifics about Quinn's injury but said his recovery could "take a little while." Mangini said the team did not yet know if surgery was necessary and that it was unclear on film how Quinn, who was tripped up as he neared the sideline, was injured.

A person familiar with the injury told The Associated Press on Tuesday that McGee is tentatively scheduled to have the operation Wednesday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the team had yet to make an announcement.

McGee was hurt early in the third quarter of Buffalo's 17-10 loss to New England on Sunday, when he attempted to break up a pass to Randy Moss. Leading with his right shoulder, McGee hit a leaping Moss in the hip as the receiver hung on for a 16-yard catch.

The Buffalo News first reported Tuesday that McGee will have surgery.

McGee's injury is the latest blow to an injury-depleted team that prepares for Sunday's game at Atlanta. The Bills (5-9), who will miss the playoffs for a 10th straight season, already have 15 players on injured reserve, including six who opened the year as starters.

WASHINGTON — Jason Marquis says he's ready to fill the role of veteran leader for a young Washington Nationals pitching staff.

The free-agent right-hander signed a $15 million, two-year contract Tuesday. He joins a staff whose rotation at times last season consisted of second-year player John Lannan and four rookies.

Marquis made at least 32 starts in five of the past six seasons, while Lannan was the only pitcher to make 20 or more for Washington in 2009.

Marquis says he hopes the younger pitches "can feed off" what he does. He also said Washington is becoming a more attractive free agent destination after the signings of No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg and 14-time All-Star catcher Ivan Rodriguez.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Female ski jumpers are setting their sights on 2014 now that they have lost their final bid to compete at the Vancouver Olympics.

The Supreme Court of Canada refused on Tuesday to hear an appeal of two lower-court rulings that said Canada's Charter of Rights cannot dictate which sports are included in the Winter Games.

The women contend that Vancouver organizers are breaking the charter by hosting only men's ski jumping.

American jumper Lindsay Van, who won the first women's World Championship in February in the Czech Republic, said she was disappointed but not surprised by the court's action.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Saying the NFL "has been in my heart for a while," Rutgers offensive tackle Anthony Davis is skipping his senior season and entering the draft.

"It's always been in the back of my head and now that the opportunity is here, I sat down with my coaches and my family and we decided that this my best move," said Davis, who has been projected as a first-round pick.

Some experts have slotted Davis as the third-rated, draft-eligible offensive tackle.