DENVER -- Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon is giving struggling Jason Heyward the weekend off, allowing his right fielder to take a break as the team begins a road trip in Colorado.Started off by giving him a day, Maddon said of Thursdays game against Milwaukee. We have a lefty today [facing the Cubs], lefty on Sunday so ... just give him the whole weekend off. Let him chill a little bit for the weekend.Heyward, who signed an eight-year, $184 million contract with the Cubs last winter, is hitting .225 with a .617 OPS. He has five hits in his past 29 at-bats and just one multihit game since July 9.We had a great conversation, Maddon said. You just sit there and have a straight-up conversation between two people and both sides get it. It sounded like a good idea to him, also. He was all for it.Heyward is being pushed by hot-hitting outfielders Jorge Soler and Matt Szczur; both are in Fridays starting lineup facing the Rockies. Maddon indicated Heyward would start on Monday against San Diego, but when asked if he might sit more against left-handers, the manager didnt commit to anything longer term.Well make that evaluation as we move it forward, Maddon said. You can see right now Jorge is doing well, Matt Szczur is doing well.It was only a day ago that Maddon indicated he liked how the team looked with Heyward as a starter.If youre standing in the dugout and you dont know anything else and you look at him in right field, I cant be more comfortable with this guy on the field while were playing baseball, Maddon said Thursday. Hes such a good baseball player.Heywards offensive struggles combined with backups hitting well obviously changed Maddons mind.Come back for sure Monday in San Diego, Maddon said. Play him in an emergency only [this weekend]. Pavel Datsyuk Jersey .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. Alex Delvecchio Jersey . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. http://www.redwingshockeyauthentic.com/steve-yzerman-jersey/ . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Michael Rasmussen Red Wings Jersey .ca look back at each of the Top 10 stories of 2013. Today, we look back at Boston Strong - a citys recovery from tragedy. Terry Sawchuk Red Wings Jersey .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Dom Dwyer scored twice and Sporting Kansas City held the Seattle Sounders without a shot until the 88th minute in a 3-0 victory Sunday.Dwyer, charging to the top of the 6-yard box, headed home a cross by Roger Espinosa in the 21st minute.Jacob Peterson, from just inside top of the box, hammered a feed from Saad Abdul-Salaam past the out-stretched arms of goalkeeper Stefan Frei and innto the top-left corner just before halftime.dddddddddddd.Dwyer scored his 10th goal of the season, fifth-best total in MLS, in the 79th minute.Sporting (9-10-4) snapped a two-game losing streak.Seattle (6-12-2) has lost five of its last seven matches, including four shutouts. ' ' '