PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Terrell Owens won't return to the Philadelphia Eagles this season - or probably ever - because of ``a large number of situations that accumulated over a long period of time,'' coach Andy Reid said.

Owens was suspended for Sunday night's 17-10 loss at Washington, and will remain suspended for three more games without pay. After that, the Eagles plan to deactivate him for the rest of the season.

Owens was suspended Saturday, two days after criticizing the Eagles for not publicly recognizing his 100th career touchdown catch on Oct. 23. In the same interview with ESPN.com on Thursday, Owens said the Eagles would be better off with Green Bay's Brett Favre at quarterback instead of Donovan McNabb.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were arrested at a bar where witnesses told police the women were having sex in a restroom stall, angering patrons waiting in line.

They were kicked off the team for violating a signed code that bans conduct embarrassing to the team or organization, Panthers spokesman Charlie Dayton said.

Thomas was charged with battery for allegedly striking a bar patron when she was leaving the restroom, then landed in even more trouble after police said she gave officers a driver's license belonging to another Panthers cheerleader who was not in Tampa.

NEW YORK (AP) - Alabama moved into third place - slightly ahead of Miami - in the Bowl Championship Series standings, putting the unbeaten Crimson Tide in position to play for a national title if Southern California or Texas stumbles down the stretch.

The first-place Trojans and Longhorns remain locked into the top two spots and on course to play for college football's championship at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 4.

Duke is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason college basketball poll while defending champion North Carolina failed to even make the Top 25.

North Carolina becomes the first defending national champion not to be in the preseason poll the next season since Kansas in 1988-89. The Tar Heels lost their top seven scorers from last season, three to graduation and four underclassmen as NBA lottery draft picks.

NEW YORK (AP) - Huston Street became the second consecutive AL Rookie of the Year from the Oakland Athletics, and Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard won the NL award.

Street, who took over as Oakland's closer in May, got 15 of 28 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America and finished with 97 points. New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano came in second with 57 points.

Called up from the minors for good on July 1, Howard replaced injured star Jim Thome at first base and led all rookies with 22 home runs. He received 19 of 32 first-place votes and 109 points to beat out Houston outfielder Willy Taveras, who got 78 points.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Pete Rose Jr., the son of baseball's all-time hits leader, pleaded guilty to charges that he distributed GBL, a drug sometimes sold as a steroid alternative, to his minor league teammates.

Rose could be sentenced to 21 to 24 months in federal prison and fined up to $1 million under terms of his deal with prosecutors, Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul O'Brien said.

The indictment said Rose admitted he received GBL from a person in Tennessee while a member of the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. Rose was on the Chattanooga roster in 1997, 2001 and 2002.

Pete Rose Sr. holds the major league record of 4,256 hits. He agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball in 1989 following an investigation that he bet on games; after 14 years of denying it, he admitted in his autobiography that he bet on Reds games while managing them in the late 1980s.

The title will be awarded to former champion Hasim Rahman, WBC president Jose Sulaiman said. He said Klitschko was given at least another week for doctors determine the severity of the injury that led him to again cancel a bout against Rahman.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Former NASCAR champion Bobby Labonte and Joe Gibbs Racing said they will part ways at the end of the season after 11 years together.

NEW YORK (AP) - Penguins forward John LeClair was examined by team doctors in Pittsburgh for the second straight day, but it was still too soon to determine when he could return from a freak injury that left him with broken bones in his face.

Doctors still believe that surgery won't be necessary for LeClair's injuries to heal. His face is still too swollen, however, for a full evaluation to know just how much playing time he will have to miss.

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