This weekend’s Major League Soccer playoff game between the New England Revolution and Chicago Fire has been moved from Saturday to Sunday. Originally scheduled for a 4 p.m. Saturday start, the teams will now play the first game of their two-game, home-and-home series on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Gillette Stadium. The game still will be televised on Fox Soccer Channel. The second game is Nov. 7 at 8:30 p.m. in Chicago . . . Toronto FC dismissed interim coach Chris Cummins after the team missed the playoffs.

Blake Griffin’s broken kneecap has reminded the Clippers’ No. 1 draft pick it’s not always a good idea to play through pain. Griffin will be off the court for six weeks to rest his knee after injuring it in a preseason game last Friday. He isn’t likely to resume basketball activities until mid-November. . . . Bob Knight’s attorney has notified Indiana University that the former coach will not accept the school’s $75,000 offer to settle a lawsuit. Knight sued Indiana, claiming the school did not properly defend him against a suit from Ron Felling, a former assistant coach. Indiana fired Knight in 2000. He is to be inducted into Indiana’s Hall of Fame next week . . . Former Wake Forest and South Carolina coach Dave Odom is the new chairman of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. Odom succeeds former Big East commissioner Dave Gavitt and will run the eight-team invitational, which celebrates its 26th anniversary next month . . . Merrimack edged Bentley as the top pick in the Northeast-10 preseason coaches’ poll, with UMass-Lowell third. In the women’s preseason poll, Stonehill was first, followed by Bentley.

Oklahoma State All-American wide receiver Dez Bryant will remain suspended for the remainder of the football season, the NCAA ruled yesterday. The junior will not be eligible to play until September 2010, possibly bringing an end to his college career, since he’ll be eligible to enter next year’s NFL draft. The university announced on Oct. 7 Bryant was declared ineligible for lying to the NCAA about his relationship with former NFL star Deion Sanders . . . Iowa starting running back Adam Robinson is likely out for at least the rest of the regular season with a high ankle sprain.

Andre Agassi’s upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997, the year he dropped to No. 141 in the rankings. In an excerpt posted on People magazine’s website, Agassi writes: “I can’t speak to addiction, but a lot of people would say that if you’re using anything as an escape, you have a problem.’’ Agassi won eight Grand Slam singles titles before retiring in 2006. His book’s publishing date is Nov. 9 . . . Defending champion Venus Williams lost to Elena Dementieva in the first round of the elite, eight-player WTA Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar. Victoria Azarenka made a successful tournament debut by defeating Jelena Jankovic, while second-ranked Serena Williams overcame Svetlana Kuznetsova. Top-ranked Dinara Safina and No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki play today . . . The US team of Serena Williams, Melanie Oudin, and the doubles team of Liezel Huber and Alexa Glatch will face host Italy in the Nov. 7-8 Fed Cup final.

Kyle Busch will have a new crew chief after this weekend’s race at Talladega Superspeedway, with Joe Gibbs Racing replacing Steve Addington with Dave Rogers after a season that fell far short of expectations. Addington, who guided Busch to 12 victories in 68 races, will crew chief Sunday’s race, then be replaced by Rogers . . . A New York judge has ruled that Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, cannot host the America’s Cup based on the 19th-century document that governs sailing’s marquee regatta. The ruling is a blow to two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland. The Swiss picked the Persian Gulf for their February showdown against American challenger BMW Oracle Racing. . . . Golfweek and Golf Digest reported that Michael Whan has been selected LPGA Tour commissioner and will be introduced this morning. Whan, 44, was most recently president and CEO of Mission Itech Hockey.