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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Thursday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- CHICAGO -- The Cubs return to Wrigley Field tied with the Indians and set to host a World Series game for the first time since 1945. Kyle Hendricks starts for Chicago in Game 3 on Friday night against Clevelands Josh Tomlin.- ABOARD THE LAKE SHORE LIMITED -- When the Indians last won the World Series in 1948, they traveled by charter train. Players fly these days, but fans experience that old-time feeling on the Lake Shore Limited.- NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The NFLs Thursday night game features the AFC South. Tennessee (3-4) plays the Jacksonville Jaguars (2-4), with the Titans needing one more win to top last seasons victory total. Game starts 8:25 p.m.- RENTON, Wash. -- The aftermath of last Sundays tie between Arizona and Seattle became a study in the delicate psyche of kickers and how they are handled by their coaches.- CHICAGO -- Dwyane Wade makes his Chicago debut when the Bulls open the season against Al Horford and the Boston Celtics. After 13 seasons with the Miami Heat, Wade agreed to join his hometown team. Game starts 8 p.m.- ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Hawks begin anew with Dwight Howard when they open against the Washington Wizards. Once one of the leagues most dominant players, Howard wants to get his career back on track. Game starts 7:30 p.m.- Two notable college football games Thursday night: No. 25 Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh (7 p.m.); California at Southern California (10:30 p.m.).- Two weeks into the NHL season, goals are being scored at a pace not seen in more than a decade. The reasons? More young skill players, backup goaltenders, turnovers and the World Cup of Hockey.- Some are injured. Some are keyed on by opponents. Some are victims of plain bad luck. Whatever the case, a number of Big Ten players havent been able to build on big seasons from last year.- LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky coach John Calipari returns yet again with another star-laden freshman class of big players who can fill many positions. Add them to a core veterans and another season of big expectations awaits.- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessees lack of frontcourt depth means the Lady Volunteers will need a big season from 6-foot-6 center Mercedes Russell. She arrived on campus three years ago as the nations No. 1 high school prospect.- SINGAPORE -- Dominika Cibulkova reaches the semifinals of the WTA Finals after Angelique Kerber eliminates Madison Keys. Cibulkova defeated Simona Halep earlier in the day.- SHANGHAI -- Rickie Fowler shoots a 7-under 65, leaving him one shot behind leader Rikard Karlberg of Sweden, who made an auspicious World Golf Championships debut with nine birdies in his round of 64.- MEXICO CITY -- Its been a wild season for Dutch driver Max Verstappen. To many, the brash teenager is a much-needed dose of excitement for Formula One and a likely future champion.- MADRID -- The question in the Spanish league: When will Cristiano Ronaldo start playing like, well, Cristiano Ronaldo? His Real Madrid team is in first place, but not thanks to him. Custom Alan Trammell Jersey . It is a cliché dragged out by fans and pundits regularly when discussions take place around which teams are better than others. 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PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin understands the negativity associated with a four-game slide and stressed his underachieving team would do its best to absorb it and move forward.Its a path theyll have to travel without Cam Heyward. The defensive end and co-captain is out for the rest of the season with an upper-body injury suffered in Sundays loss to Dallas.Heyward posted a message on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon indicating his 2016 season is over.My role will change as I can not play but it will not change the goals the team has set out, Heyward wrote .Maybe, but the loss of their most consistent defensive player will make achieving those goals far tougher.While Heyward didnt specify the exact nature of the injury, Tomlin described it as a pectoral or chest problem. Heyward was examined on Monday and received a second opinion on Tuesday before making the announcement.My patience will be tested, but I look forward to 2017, Heyward wrote. My hand will remain in the pile no matter what!The loss of Heyward deals Pittsburghs already struggling defense with another significant blow. He missed the first two games of his six-year career in October when he tweaked his left hamstring in a win over the New York Jets on Oct. 9.The Steelers run defense collapsed without Heyward, giving up 204 yards to Miamis Jay Ajayi and 127 to New Englands LeGarrette Blount , games that started a midseason swoon.Heyward returned against Baltimore on Nov. 6 and the defense seemed to make significant strides against the Ravens and held Dallas rookie Ezekiel Elliott largely in check last Sunday before giving up a pair of touchdown runs in the final two minutes of a 35-30 setback that left Heyward fuming and led quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to call out some of his teammates for a lack of discipline.Not exactly the kind of chatter the Steelers expected to be generating in mid-November.Tomlin understands the frustration of his players. At the same time, he believes emotions are not as important as results.Were not doing enough of the good things well enough to win on a consistent basis, Tomlin said. Weve got to change that. We still feel very comfortable that were capable of being a good football team. But those (hurt) feelings are lesss important .dddddddddddd.. than wins.A feeling the Steelers havent experienced in more than a month. While a potential reprieve awaits at winless Cleveland (0-10) on Sunday, the way Pittsburgh has played of late -- particularly on the road, where it is 1/3 -- doesnt exactly have Tomlin brimming with optimism.This is the third losing streak of at least four games during Tomlins tenure. The Steelers dropped five straight in 2009 and four straight in 2013. Both years Pittsburgh failed to make the playoffs.Missing out on the postseason seemed farfetched during a 4-1 start, but the Steelers have been so lifeless, careless or both recently that sitting at home in mid-January has become a very real possibility.The tape says there are not enough people doing the right things on a consistent basis, Tomlin said.A couple of his stars included. Though wide receiver Antonio Brown caught 14 passes for 154 yards and a touchdown against the Cowboys, he also was meekly pushed out of bounds at the Dallas 20 on the games final play rather than flipping the ball back into the field hoping for an unlikely score.Tomlin understands the odds of the ball somehow winding up in the end zone following a series of laterals are slim. Slim, though, is better than none.At the end of the game Id like to see us stay inbounds and see us fight and claw and scratch, Tomlin said.Something Pittsburgh will try to do without Heyward, who has embraced the role as the vocal leader of a defense in transition. Its telling both of Heywards effort and Pittsburghs issues getting to the quarterback that his 3.0 sacks lead the team even though he missed two full games and the part of another.My support for this team will only grow, Heyward wrote, and I look forward in watching this team grow and fight on.Game notes LB Steve Johnson (ankle) was placed on injured reserve. Pittsburgh added linebacker L.J. Fort to the 53-man roster. ... WR Darrius Heyward-Bey (foot) is out against the Browns. ... The availability of WR Markus Wheaton (shoulder) will be determined later in the week.---For more NFL coverage: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '