Cutler, Broncos spoil Quinn’s anticipated debut

Jay Cutler passed for a career-high 447 yards, throwing three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter – the last an 11-yarder to Brandon Marshall with 1:14 remaining – to rally the Denver Broncos to a 34-30 win over the Cleveland Browns Thursday night in Cleveland that spoiled quarterback Brady Quinn’s highly hyped debut as an NFL starter.

The Broncos (5-4) entered the fourth quarter trailing 23-13, but Cutler brought Denver back. He recorded his fifth career fourth-quarter comeback victory despite losing two more running backs to injuries and only having his fullback to carry the ball.

Cutler threw a 93-yard TD pass to rookie wide receiver Eddie Royal, a 28-yarder to tight end Daniel Graham and then finished off the Browns with his toss to Marshall in the corner of the end zone.

Cutler finished 24 of 42 with three TDs and one interception. He piled up 204 yards passing in the fourth quarter.

Quinn threw two TD passes to Kellen Winslow and went 23 of 35 for 239 yards.

•Peterson sent home again: Jacksonville linebacker Mike Peterson was sent home again and probably will be benched or suspended for this weekend’s game at Detroit following a confrontation with coach Jack Del Rio at a team meeting Wednesday.

•Weis’ knee worse than thought: Doctors told Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis the damage to his left knee was far more extensive than originally believed.

Weis knew immediately after he was hit by a player during Notre Dame’s game against Michigan on Sept. 13 that he tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments. An MRI on Wednesday revealed he also tore the posterior cruciate ligament, the lateral meniscus and the posterior capsule. He also has a fractured femur.

•Buckeyes player suspended: Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said that receiver and punt returner Ray Small was suspended for one game “to start with” and that he had handled the situation correctly, despite complaints from Small’s father.

Baseball

A.L. awards Gold Gloves

Carlos Pena raised the Tampa Bay Rays’ profile when he became the first player in franchise history to win the Gold Glove for fielding excellence.

Pena, Texas shortstop Michael Young, Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia and Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer were first-time winners.

The outfield was a repeat from last season: Los Angeles’ Torii Hunter and Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki each won for the eighth straight year and Cleveland’s Grady Sizemore earned his second award.

New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina earned his seventh Gold Glove. Seattle third baseman Adrian Beltre won for the second straight year.

•More renovations at Fenway: The Boston Red Sox are wrapping up almost a decade of renovations to Fenway Park that should keep their venerable ballpark open for another 30-50 years.

This year’s more modest goals are to waterproof the concrete under the lower-deck sections, replace and repair the seats from first to third and add upper-deck seats down the first-base line.

•Yankees decline Marte’s option: Relief pitcher Damaso Marte’s $6 million option was declined by the New York Yankees, who chose to pay the left-hander a $250,000 buyout.

Golf

Stenson leads HSBC

Henrik Stenson birdied No. 16 with a 5-foot putt and then holed a 20-foot birdie on No. 18 for a 7-under-par 65 and a one-stroke lead at the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, China, over four of the game’s best players: Sergio Garcia, Anthony Kim, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott.

•Matteson leads with career-low 63: Troy Matteson opened with an eagle on the Palm Course, ran off three straight birdies at the turn and wound up with a career-low round of 9-under 63 to take a one-shot lead at the PGA Tour’s Children’s Miracle Network Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Hockey

Drury nets hat trick

Chris Drury had two of New York’s three rare power-play goals and finished his hat trick with a short-handed tally for the Rangers, who beat the Tampa Bay Lightning for the third time this season, 5-2 in New York.

Ryan Callahan and Marc Staal also scored for the Rangers.

•Wheeler gets career first: Blake Wheeler had his first career three-goal game to help the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 in Boston.

•Late fury leads to Capitals’ win: Alexander Semin scored twice in the final 3 minutes, getting the winning goal with 10.9 seconds left, to rally the Washington Capitals past the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 3-2.

•Clowe plays hero: Ryane Clowe followed up his two tying goals in the third period with the winning shootout goal, and the NHL-leading San Jose Sharks remained unbeaten at home (8-0) with a wild 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues in San Jose, Calif.

Miscellany

Roy lifts Blazers

Brandon Roy made a fadeway 30-footer as time ran out and the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the visiting Houston Rockets 101-99 in an NBA game where the lead changed three times in the final 1.8 seconds of overtime.

Roy’s 18-foot turnaround gave Portland a 98-96 lead with 1.8 seconds remaining, then Yao Ming made a three-point play for a 99-98 Rockets lead with .8 seconds left prior to Roy’s game-winner.

Venus tops Serena: Venus Williams defeated her sister Serena 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tour’s season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Fire knock out Revolution: Chris Rolfe had a goal and an assist, and the Chicago Fire beat the New England Revolution in the MLS playoffs with a 3-0 victory in Bridgeview, Ill., that eliminated the defending Eastern Conference champions.