CLEVELAND - Billy Cundiff practiced inside FirstEnergy Stadium on Thursday, working on his mechanics and hoping to snap out of his recent funk.He wont play there Sunday.The Browns waived the slumping kicker Saturday and replaced him with veteran Garrett Hartley, who will likely kick against the AFC North-leading Cincinnati Bengals.Cundiffs release comes a week after he missed a 40-yarder in a one-point loss to Indianapolis and following two days in which he kicked well in practice before injuring his knee.On Thursday, Browns special teams coach Chris Tabor offered his support of Cundiff, who had missed a kick in each of Clevelands past five games. Tabor gave a glowing report on Cundiffs workout at the downtown stadium.We just got back moments ago, and I thought he kicked the ball as well as Ive ever seen him, Tabor said. There are some other things that sometimes go into it, but if he strikes the ball the rest of the season like he did today, well be in great shape.Cundiff, however, then missed Fridays practice and coach Mike Pettine said the 34-year-old veteran had injured himself the previous day.Cundiff refused to discuss his injury, deferring all questions about his status to Pettine. Although Cundiff had a sleeve on his left leg, the Browns said on their injury report he hurt his right knee.Whatever the case, with three games left, the Browns (7-6) couldnt afford to squander any more scoring chances if they want to make the playoffs.Hartley was one of three kickers the Browns worked out earlier this week. He kicked in 57 games for New Orleans from 2008-13 and made 82 field goals. Hes converted on 81 per cent of his attempts.Cundiff made 22 of 29 field goals in his second season with Cleveland. Last year, he was good on 21 of 26. The Browns signed him as a free agent in 2013 after deciding not to re-sign steady Phil Dawson, who went to San Francisco. Cundiff has also played for Washington, Baltimore, New Orleans and Dallas. He was previously with the Browns in 2009.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP_NFLJae Crowder Jersey . The redshirt freshman finished the regular season with nearly 3,500 passing yards, and 35 touchdowns with another three on the ground while leading the Seminoles to the top of the BCS Rankings. Trey Lyles Jersey . Henderson (20-3) received winning scores of 48-47 and 49-46, and the other judge scored it 48-47 for Thomson (20-6). The announcement drew boos from the United Center crowd. "Train this hard for this long, its such a long camp and I see my title shot disappear," said Thomson, who fought most of the fight with a broken right hand. http://www.officialjazzproauthentic.com/.Y. - Carey Price had an early feeling that one goal might be enough to settle the latest matchup between his Montreal Canadiens and longtime Original Six foe, the New York Rangers. Adrian Dantley Jazz Jersey . Abduraimova had not won a tour-level match since 2009 but was a wild-card entry in Tashkent and broke her opponent twice in each set to reach the second round. Second-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania advanced easily by beating Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine 6-3, 6-1, while No. Jeff Hornacek Jazz Jersey . Some members of the U.S. Congress arent so sure. They say Russia isnt doing enough to assure that athletes will be protected at the Feb. 7-23 games, happening not far from an Islamic insurgency that Russias huge security apparatus has struggled for two decades to quell. Russia may run greater risks in towns outside the tightly controlled Olympic zone. Suicide bombs last month a few hundred kilometres (miles) away have increased concerns, and an Islamic warlord has urged his followers to attack the Sochi Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putins pet project.HALIFAX -- Mexicos Jose de Jesus Rodriguez had a hole-in-one and another eagle Thursday in the Web.com Tours Nova Scotia Open en route to an 8-under 63 and a two-stroke lead. Rodriguez holed a 9-iron from 166 yards on No. 5, and made a 30-yard chip for eagle on the par-5 17th. "I hit it very good and I had a lot of opportunities," Rodriguez said. "In the last tournament I hit it very goood, but I didnt make the putts.dddddddddddd Today, I made the putts." David Skinns, James Sacheck and Aaron Goldberg shot 65, and Canadian Adam Hadwin, the Chile Classic winner in March, was another stroke back along with Henrik Norlander. Hadwin had a bogey-free round. "I didnt struggle all day," he said. "I burned a few edges and had tap-ins for pars." Cheap Jerseys OnlineWholesale Black NFL JerseysYouth NFL Jerseys WholesaleCheap Jerseys WholesaleWholesale Nike NFL JerseysWholesale NFL JerseysWholesale Jerseys Free Shipping ' ' '