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CLEVELAND - Cavaliers All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving is coming back to the court after missing three games with a sprained right ankle.Irving had his ankle stepped on by teammate Anderson Varejao in practice early last week and didnt play in Brazil when Cleveland faced the Miami Heat.Cavs coach David Blatt says Irving will play in Fridays exhibition against Dallas. Blatt says Irving is raring to go, and thats good. Blatt isnt worried about Irvings conditioning because he played this summer with USA basketball.Blatt is anxious to get Irving on the floor with LeBron James and Kevin Love in advance of the Oct. 30 season opener. Love, though, will not play against the Mavericks. Blatt wants to rest Love, who has played in all four preseason games but was bothered by a stiff neck after a collision in Wednesday nights game in Cincinnati. . -- San Francisco 49ers offensive co-ordinator Greg Roman is a finalist to replace Joe Paterno at Penn State, his agent said Monday. . - Young and old. . -- Those impatient for the Stanley Cup to return to Canada will have just one team to root for in the NHL playoffs -- the Montreal Canadiens. . The 24-year-old Raley was 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA for Chicago in his first two career starts after being called up from Iowa on Aug. 7. He was optioned to Iowa on Monday after losing 3-0 to Cincinnati in Chicago on Sunday. .J. -- Travis Zajac of the New Jersey Devils took a lot of grief considering his scored the first of his career-best three goals just 12 seconds into a crucial game against the Florida Panthers.Canadian defensive tackle Neville Gallimore declared for the University of Oklahoma on Sunday, during the US Army All-America Bowl. The 6-3, 311 pound Ottawa native selected Oklahoma after receiving more than 30 offers from Division 1 schools, including Florida State, Ohio State, Oregon, Auburn and Wisconsin. Galllimore attends the Canada Prep Football Academy in St.dddddddddddd. Catherines, Ontario. The four-star recruit is the 10th Canadian to commit to a Division 1 program in the 2015 recruiting class. Though Gallimore did not play in the All-America game, he was the first Canadian ever to be invited. ' ' '
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