Published Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:14 AM

Third & Short

Wire reports

NFL

IRVING -- The Dallas Cowboys are teaming with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to help fight breast cancer.

The Cowboys have a launched a campaign called "I Promise" featuring the team's blue star logo and the charity's pink ribbon icon.

The team will step up its involvement in October, which is national breast cancer awareness month. Charity founder Nancy Brinker and Troy Aikman's mother will be honorary team captains Oct. 10.

Brinker was among the first people in Dallas to befriend franchise owners Gene and Jerry Jones when they moved to Texas. The charity is named for her sister, who died of the disease. Brinker promised her she would try finding a cure and has become a leader in the fight.

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Jeff Saturday spent Tuesday night walking around, signing autographs at Woodland Bowl.

It was just the sight Peyton Manning was hoping to see at his annual bowling tournament.

The four-time Pro Bowl center returned to practice for the first time since Aug. 20, and several hours later said he could be ready to start the season-opener Sept. 12 at Houston.

"I'd hope so," Saturday said during Manning's annual bowling tournament. "That's the goal, but we'll have to see how the knee responds."

Saturday did only limited work at practice Tuesday -- his first action since having arthroscopic surgery to remove a "loose body." The Colts have not said which knee he hurt, and coach Jim Caldwell never established a timetable for Saturday's return.

Team owner Jim Irsay later said Saturday would miss two to six weeks.

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RENTON, Wash. -- The Seattle Seahawks surprisingly traded starting cornerback Josh Wilson to the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday in exchange for a conditional 2011 draft pick.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said they felt there was enough depth at the position with Kelly Jennings and rookie Walter Thurmond that they could part with Wilson.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Mark Ingram's run for a second Heisman Trophy has been put on hold, and possibly even derailed, before the Alabama tailback had a chance to gain a single yard.

Ingram will miss No. 1 Alabama's opener against San Jose State after injuring his left knee late in practice Monday, coach Nick Saban said Tuesday.

Saban said in a statement the star tailback had an arthroscopic procedure and should make a full recovery in a "relatively short time."

"Mark will definitely be out for this week's game against San Jose State and we will manage this on a week to week basis beyond this week," Saban said.

If the absence proves short-lived, it figures to have more of an impact on Ingram's bid to join Ohio State running back Archie Griffin as the only two-time Heisman winners than it does on Alabama's hopes for a repeat national title.

San Jose State went 2-10 last season, but the Crimson Tide face a much stiffer test in the second week of the season. No. 19 Penn State visits Tuscaloosa on Sept. 11, then Alabama travels to Duke.

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