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DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies will try to go over .500 on Wednesday for the first time since they were 20-19 on May 18.After beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series, the Rockies are a major-league-best 13-5 since the All-Star break.Colorado has won six of its past seven games and 10 of 12, and the team responded well Tuesday in the first game since rookie shortstop Trevor Story was lost for the balance of the season with a left thumb injury.An ulnar collateral ligament tear was diagnosed after Story underwent an MRI on Monday. He injured the thumb Saturday in New York against the Mets. He thought he had just jammed it after an X-ray came back negative.Its just very disappointing, very frustrating, said Story, who set a record for a National League rookie shortstop with 27 home runs and was hitting .272 with 72 RBI. The timing of it all, its the worst. I think thats the worst part of it.I just feel terrible that I wont be able to play every day. I feel like I mean a lot to the team. To not be out there, that hurts.Daniel Descalso started at shortstop Tuesday, and Cristhian Adames and Rafael Ynoa, who was recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Albuquerque, also will see time at the position, manager Walt Weiss said.I feel bad for Trevor, because he was doing some really special things, historical things, Weiss said. Well be OK as a club. Well mix and match and do our thing. I talk all the time to our club about the fact that over the course of seven months, youre going to be challenged in a variety of ways -- sometimes in the form of an injury, and thats what were dealing with now.Tyler Anderson, who is 3-3 with a 3.33 ERA in his first nine career starts, will take the mound for the Rockies on Wednesday. He is 3-1 with a 3.47 ERA in six starts at Coors Field.Brock Stewart (0-1, 9.00 ERA) will make his second career start for the Dodgers, who pushed both Kenta Maeda and Scott Kazmir back one day to give them extra rest.Stewarts spot start comes as the Dodgers try to sort out their rotation and weigh the availability of Rich Hill and Bud Norris. Hill, whom the Dodgers acquired Monday from Oakland, is on the disabled list with a blister on his left middle finger. He played long toss Tuesday and will throw a bullpen session Wednesday.Norris stayed back in Los Angeles to receive treatment for the back injury that ended his Sunday start against the Arizona Diamondbacks after just 13 pitches.Right now, were shooting for Saturday, Roberts said of Norris potentially starting against the Boston Red Sox. Well see how he responds.Hill could make his Dodgers debut Saturday. He threw a lengthy bullpen session over the weekend with Oakland just to keep his arm in shape as he had the finger bandaged. Hill will have what he called a big test when he throws a bullpen session with the finger uncovered.General manager Farhan Zaidi said Tuesday that the possibility of Hill tearing the blister open again early in the game has the Dodgers considering sending him out to make one rehab start.Is this a situation where having him go quote-unquote, all out, unprotected, in a rehab setting makes sense? Zaidi said. Is it a necessary step? Its still being evaluated. Wholesale Vans For Sale .com) - The Montreal Canadiens embark on their first road trip of the season as they head out west to battle the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Wholesale Air Max 90 Cheap . 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After 14 NFL seasons, the man with more catches than anyone else currently playing had made up his mind.Time to retire.He said hes been contemplating it for weeks and his heart was not in it, Mularkey said Monday. This is a tough business to be in when your hearts not in it.The 35-year-old receiver was nowhere to be found, apparently not ready to publicly discuss his decision. He was not available on Monday and did not release a statement through his agent or the team.None of that prevented Mularkey from trying to talk Johnson into staying. The Titans signed Johnson the day they reported for training camp to a two-year deal paying the veteran minimum this season with the chance at a bigger payday in 2017. Johnson started four of the eight games he played but hadnt caught a pass in the last three.I could tell he had talked about it and it was really useless for what I was saying, Mularkey said.A seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, Johnson spent the first 12 seasons of his career with the Houston Texans who made him the No. 3 overall pick in the 2003 draft out of Miami. Tennessee had been his third team in as many seasons after Johnson spent 2015 with another AFC South team, the Indianapolis Colts.Johnson finishes his career among the best receivers in NFL history. He ranks ninth all-time with 1,062 catches and 10th with 14,185 yards receiving and also had 70 touchdowns. Johnson led the NFL in catches in 2006 (103) and in 2008 (115). He led the league in yards receiving in 2008 (1,575) and 2009 (1,569).Johnson and former Colts receiver Marvin Harrison, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame earlier this year, are the only NFL players to have four seasons of 100-plus receptions and 1,400-plus yards receiving.Denvers Gary Kubiak, who coached the 6-foot-3 Johnson in Houston, said he texted back and forth with the receiver Monday. Kubiak said Johnson was a fine a football player and person that hes ever been around.Played really big for me, had some really big years. Very unselfish guy, Kubiak said. He was with an organization that was a startup organization, and he always kept his mouth shut and worked. And Im really proud of him. Great person, great career and I hate to see him step away but Im proud of him.dddddddddddd Good man. Good for the NFL.For as much of an impact as Johnson had on the football field, he was so quiet in the locker room that Houston cornerback Johnathan Joseph compared him to a ghost not talking to teammates. Joseph said Johnson opened a bit more in recent years.For him to call it quits, he had to feel in his body that that was the time, Joseph said. Great Hall of Fame career. Great player, great friend off the field, great guy, was a great teammate. It was a blessing to play with him.Johnson also is the leading receiver in Houston Texans history with 1,012 catches for 13,597 yards and 64 touchdowns.Texans coach Bill OBrien said Johnson will go down as one of the NFLs best receivers of all-time. But the coach recalled what Johnson did off the field for children with Christmas gifts, items during Thanksgiving and clothes as having just as big an impact on Houston.When he spoke, everybody listened, kind of like E.F. Hutton, OBrien said.Johnson had nine catches for 85 yards and two touchdowns this season, including a game-winning score with 1:13 left in a 16-15 victory over the Detroit Lions during the second week of the season. But he hadnt caught a pass in four games this season.The wide receiver called Mularkey on Sunday night, letting his coach know Johnson needed to speak with him Monday.His newest teammates learned of Johnsons decision from coaches and called and Face Timed with the veteran they nicknamed Sensei after the character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They had done their best to soak up how Johnson took care of his body and worked hard from practice to the weight room to meetings.Hopefully one day soon, well get to see him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Titans wide receiver Kendall Wright said.Game notes Mularkey said the Titans wont be in a rush to fill Johnsons roster spot immediately. Tennessee has its regular workouts of available players scheduled Tuesday. Receiver Tre McBride, currently on the practice squad, is an option for promotion.---AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton in Englewood, Colorado, and AP Sports Writer Kristie Rieken in Houston contributed to this report.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '