Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Monday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- CLEVELAND -- The World Series opens Tuesday night between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, two longtime losers trying to end droughts spanning generations.- CLEVELAND -- Jason Kipnis grew up outside Chicago and dreamed about one day helping the Cubs finally win a championship. Clevelands second baseman made it to the World Series, and now dreams give way to a reality check.- Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt writes in a column for the AP that while the long years without titles for the Cubs and Indians preoccupy fans, the dry spells wont affect the players.- The NBA season opens Tuesday night. With a super team, the worlds best player, stars in markets around the country, rivalries aplenty and a global audience with unparalleled access, this could be one compelling year.- The run-up to the NBA season has been dominated by talk about issues that many of the leagues African-American players confront daily. The league also has many players from outside the U.S., some unsure where they stand.- OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kevin Durant prepares for his debut with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night against San Antonio.- DENVER -- The Texans play the Broncos, a Monday night game between 4-2 teams in which Houston quarterback Brock Osweiler returns to Denver and coach Gary Kubiak is back after another health scare. Game starts 8:30 p.m.- Lets not write off the NFL, no matter what declining TV ratings say. Still, Week 7 consisted mainly of one long day of tedious, bad football that showcased various problems with the state of the game.- NEW YORK -- Coach Todd Bowles and the New York Jets are in a quarterback quandary. Ryan Fitzpatrick was benched, but then had to take over after Geno Smith injured his right knee in a victory over Baltimore. Now what?- RENTON, Wash. -- The first tie in Seahawks history was an affirmation that Seattles defense can withstand the most difficult conditions. The game also underlined worries about the offensive line and an inconsistent offense.- What is a better loss? Getting beaten up by Alabama or letting one slip away at Penn State? Texas A&M and Ohio State can sort that one out after being sent to their first loss.- ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- It has been a little more than a year since Michigan infamously botched a punt, leading to another loss to rival Michigan State that is still boiling, with at least one Wolverine.- SEATTLE -- Most of the attention around the 7-0 start by No. 4 Washington has gone to quarterback Jake Browning. But hes got receivers making plays, namely John Ross and Dante Pettis.- SINGAPORE -- A physically spent Svetlana Kuznetsova beats defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 at the season-ending WTA Finals. In the third set, Kuznetsova uses scissors to cut off part of her braid.- CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolinas basketball team wont have a difficult time finding motivation this season. The memory still stings of losing the NCAA championship game on a last-second 3-pointer to Villanova.- LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville cant wait to start its basketball season after missing last years tournament because of a self-imposed ban. The Cardinals come back with their trademark pressure defense.- RIO DE JANEIRO -- In Brazil, where soccer is king, the game is playing a big part in an election in one major city amid growing disgust with career politicians. Vapormax Flyknit 3 Femme . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. Vapormax 95 Pas Cher . Schenn scored the game-winning goal and added two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday. http://www.vapormaxpaschersoldes.fr/vente-air-vapormax-flyknit.html . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. Vapormax Grossiste Vapormax 97 Homme Pas Cher . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The most experienced cornerback on the Kansas City Chiefs roster is entering his third year in the NFL.The best of them is entering his second.In other words, the eyes of Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers should light up when he steps inside Arrowhead Stadium for the season opener Sunday. Hes coming off a 4,800-yard season with plenty of production coming against defensive backs that have been through the professional grind.But the Chiefs seem unconcerned by their cornerback pups.In fact, they seem downright confident in them.We do have some young guys, Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said, but you know what Ive seen from preseason games? I think theyve all done a really nice job.Now its time for the real season to start. Now you take it up to that next level, and I think these guys WILL take it up to the next level.The Chiefs lost veteran starter Sean Smith in free agency , yet were still confident enough in their youngsters that they traded Marcus Cooper to Arizona for a draft pick before final roster cuts. Cooper had been losing playing time but had still appeared in 38 games, giving Kansas City some semblance of experience.Their departures left Phillip Gaines as the Chiefs elder statesmen, and the fact that hes entering his third season in the NFL is tempered a bit by the way his first two years have gone.Gaines struggled to get on the field as a rookie, the acclimation process taking longer than the third-round pick expected. And once Gaines earned the starting job a year ago, he tore the ACL in his left knee in Week 3.Gaines won back his starting job in training camp, and will pair with Defensive Rookie of the Year Marcus Peters in giving the Chiefs perhaps the youngest starting tandem in the NFL.We lost a lot of guys last year -- well, this year -- so weve got to pick it up, Peters said.That is certainly true for Peters, who was usually matched up with an opponents second wide receiver a year ago. He is now the No. 1 cornerback and will be given much more difficult tasks.Weve told him and he knows what theyre going to try to do to him, Chiefs defensivee backs coach Emmitt Thomas said.ddddddddddddHell step up to the occasion. Were not worried about him. Hes our guy back there that can get the ball, turn the ball over and hes our best cover guy on this team. Hell be ready.Will the guys deeper on the depth chart be ready?The first two cornerbacks off the bench, and the first options at nickel back, appear to be Kenneth Acker and Steven Nelson. And while both have some experience, they are still relative newcomers.Acker spent a year on the San Francisco practice squad before starting 13 games a year ago. But he was traded to the Chiefs relatively late in training camp, so the pressure has been on to quickly learn the nuances of defensive coordinator Bob Suttons press-man coverage scheme.Nelson appeared in 12 games as rookie a year ago, though much of that was on special teams.Its the small things, he said. Playing defensive back is a game of inches back there, so working on the small things is important. Having a short-term memory is important too.No problem there: Quite a few of the Chiefs defensive backs have yet to make any memories.KeiVarae Russell was a third-round pick out of Notre Dame and D.J. White a sixth-round pick out of Georgia Tech, and both have flashed some talent at cornerback. Fourth-round pick Eric Murray played mostly cornerback at Minnesota, but hes forced his way onto the field in Kansas City at safety.All of them are quickly learning what life is like in game week.You can tell the focus has been taken up a notch, Russell said. Every game counts at this point and you obviously want to win every game and work toward that No. 1 playoff seed. Its not like preseason.In that respect, Russell at least sounds like a veteran.I dont know how often my name will be called, but its going to be exciting getting out there, he said. This has been a longtime dream of mine and its going to become a reality on Sunday.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '