IN BRIEF

PRO FOOTBALL

Linebacker Taylor returns to Dolphins

Linebacker Jason Taylor's newest step has him back where he started. The dancing linebacker signed a $1.5 million, one-year contract Wednesday with the Miami Dolphins.

Taylor played his first 11 seasons with Miami before being traded a year ago to the Washington Redskins -- a fallout from his stint on the TV show "Dancing With the Stars." He was released by Washington in March after one injury-plagued season.

Also: Baltimore Ravens right tackle Willie Anderson is retiring. General manager Ozzie Newsome announced in a one-sentence news release that Anderson was placed on the reserve-retired list.

Anderson, 33, spent all but two seasons of his 13-year career with the Cincinnati Bengals and was named to four Pro Bowls. Last year, he started 11 regular-season games and all three of Baltimore's playoff games.

The new $1.1 billion Dallas Cowboys stadium doesn't have an announced sponsor yet -- but now it has a name. Team owner Jerry Jones announced that the venue will be called Cowboys Stadium.

Running back Fred Jackson signed a four-year contract extension with the Bills as both a reward for his perseverance and his ability to provide Buffalo's run game a valuable one-two punch behind starter Marshawn Lynch.

Garrett Reid, the oldest son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, has returned to prison. Garrett Reid's lawyer, Timothy Woodward, said the 26-year-old Villanova, Pa., man was in an altercation at a Philadelphia halfway house.

Reid was sentenced to two years in a drug rehabilitation program in July after being caught with 89 prescription pills inside his rectum at the Montgomery County Prison.

MISCELLANEOUS

Armstrong struggles in fifth stage of Giro

Lance Armstrong is still a long way from regaining the form that won him a record seven consecutive Tour de France titles.

The Texan finished nearly three minutes behind the leaders in the grueling uphill finish to Alpi di Suisi, Italy, that concluded the fifth stage of his first Giro d'Italia. Armstrong dropped from sixth to 22nd overall, 3 minutes, 34 seconds behind new race leader Danilo Di Luca.

Also: A woman accused of trying to extort millions of dollars from Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino pleaded not guilty in Louisville, Ky. She later defiantly announced she "will not break" while surrounded by supporters on the courthouse steps.

Karen Cunagin Sypher was mostly silent at her arraignment but proclaimed her innocence to reporters afterward.

Marko Cukic, a 6-foot-9-inch power forward who moved to the United States from Serbia in 2007, signed a letter of intent to play basketball next season at UNR.

Los Angeles Sparks star Candace Parker gave birth to a baby girl in Los Angeles.

It is the first child for the WNBA's reigning Most Valuable Player and husband Shelden Williams of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Two former University of Toledo football players charged in a point-shaving scheme were arraigned in federal court in Detroit, including an ex-running back from Canada who is described as a key contact for Detroit-area gamblers.

Not-guilty pleas were entered on behalf of Adam Cuomo of Hagersville, Ontario, and Quinton Broussard of Carrollton, Texas.

Pittsburgh senior linebacker Adam Gunn was suspended indefinitely from the football team after being charged with public drunkenness and several other offenses resulting from a dispute outside a Pittsburgh nightclub.