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8:15 PM Portland Blazers coach Nate McMillan will undergo surgery for a ruptured achilles tendon he suffered during practice on Friday. McMillian will coach the Blazers on Saturday but will not travel with the team for their following four-game road trip.

8:00 PM The Sun reports that former WWE wrestler Edward "Umaga" Fatu has died at the age of 36 of an apparent heart attack.

7:45 PM The Wall Street Journal reports that Congress could be voting on a bill to force a college football playoff as early as next week. But BCS head Bill Hancock counters: "With everything going in the country right now, doesn't Congress have more important things to do?"

7:30 PM Players from both the Bears and Blackhawks were going to appear together in commercials showing solidarity between the two Chicago franchises. But the NFL stepped in and put a stop to it.