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CLEVELAND - Manny Acta stopped himself in mid-sentence, closed his fist and knocked three times on top of his wooden office desk.

DENVER - Carmelo Anthony arrived at media day Monday wearing a Denver Nuggets jersey.

While Kurt Warner is showing off his footwork on "Dancing With The Stars," more teams than usual are doing the cha-cha when it comes to their quarterbacks.

The NFL season just started and with it came heartache and trouble, on and off the field: a player's apparent suicide; drunken-driving charges against another; a drug suspension; Reggie Bush's broken leg; a female reporter's locker room plight; chaos at quarterback.

CINCINNATI - Drew Stubbs homered and Cincinnati's deep bullpen held off the Arizona Diamondbacks with the help of a homer-saving catch by right fielder Jay Bruce as the Reds moved one step closer to the NL Central title with a 7-5 win Wednesday night Orlando Cabrera had three doubles - giving him five in his last three games - and scored three runs and five relievers teamed up to pitch six innings of two-run relief in support of starter Homer Bailey, who left the game after three innings with dizziness.