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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Wednesday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- Colin Kaepernicks ongoing protest against social injustices has opened discussion and debate on a national level. For high schools across the country, where a host of football players have joined the San Francisco quarterback by kneeling during the national anthem, the issue is much more personal and complicated.- CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton is expected to address his health after taking a beating in the season opener and give his thoughts on whether hes treated like other QBs in the NFL when it comes to being protected by officials.- So you think this is easy? Heres what Pro Picks was up against on opening weekend: road teams going 9-7, nine teams trailing in the fourth quarter before winning.- Oklahoma and Mississippi entered this season with legitimate College Football Playoff hopes. Facing virtual must-win games in September, the Rebels and Sooners could exit this trying to convince themselves that two losses isnt too many.- The Big 12 had three teams that got into November last season undefeated, and four more that made it until October without losing. Only two weekends into 2016, only three teams are without a loss.- There are six undefeated teams in the Southeastern Conference, eight in the Top 25 and most have not played a conference game. Yet, early in the season it feels like theres an even wider gap than usual separating defending national champion Alabama from the rest of the league. That theory will be put to the test this week when No. 1 Alabama visits No. 19 Ole Miss, the one team that seems to have the Crimson Tides number.- NEW YORK -- Clayton Kershaw (11-3) makes his first career start at Yankee Stadium when the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers wrap up their series against playoff-contending New York. Michael Pineda (6-11) goes for the Yankees. Game starts 4:05 p.m.- BOSTON -- The Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox jockey for playoff position when they play the finale of a three-game series. Rick Porcello (20-3) aims to add to his major league-high victory total when AL East-leading Boston faces Kevin Gausman (7-10) and Baltimore.- Pittsburgh Penguin teammates Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will be on opposite sides when Crosby and Team Canada face Malkin and Team Russia in a World Cup of Hockey exhibition. Game starts 7 p.m.- With the World Cup of Hockey a few days away, most teams are settling on their starting goaltenders. Jonathan Quick earned the job for the U.S., Carey Price is a no-doubter for Canada and Team North America is keeping things secret.- RIO DE JANEIRO -- He jokes about being unable to shake hands. Thats about all he cant do. Matt Stutzman was born without arms, but hes among the worlds best archers, holding a long-distance record for all archers -- able-bodied and otherwise. 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Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliotts jump into a big Salvation Army red kettle after scoring a touchdown in Sunday nights game versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers seems to be paying dividends for the charity.In the roughly 12 1/2 hours after Elliotts jump, until 10:30 a.m. ET on Monday morning, the Salvation Army took in $182,000 in online donations, said Lt. Col. Ron Busroe.Busroe said that was a 61 percent increase over a similar time period from Sunday night into Monday last week.The publicity surrounding the jump into the oversized kettle was worth at least $4 million in equivalent advertising exposure, said Eric Smallwood, president of sponsorship evaluation firm Apex Marketing Group.Lets give Zeke credit for that. It is certainly fun, Cowboys owner, president and general manager Jerry Jones said Monday. We have those kettles there because we do want the visibility of reminding everybody, certainly at this time of year, how doing the most good is putting a dollar in that red kettle. To have gotten that attention in front of probably 20 million or so people [Sunday] night for the Salvation Army was just wonderful.The online donations were a welcome surprise for the Salvation Army; Busroe said through last week that red kettle donations were down 16 percent compared with last year, when donations totaled a recorrd $150 million.dddddddddddd Approximately 6 percent of donations to the Salvation Armys red kettle holiday campaign come online.Frigid temperatures in some cities are expected to have an impact on donations in the final days of the year.We needed this boost, Busroe said.Its certainly the most weve been talked about in the five years Ive been here, Busroe said. We were trending on Twitter last night.Elliott was flagged for excessive celebration, which usually carries a fine of $12,154, but NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy tweeted Monday morning that Elliott would not be fined. Elliott, who had planned to match a fine with a donation, tweeted he would still donate.Odell Beckham Jr. also chimed in on Twitter and didnt seem too pleased that the NFL let Elliott get by without a fine.?Busroe confirmed what Elliott had said postgame: Despite a two-decade close connection between the Cowboys and the charity, the Salvation Army and Elliott had not planned the stunt, nor did they have any official relationship. Elliott was part of a group of Cowboys rookies who attended a function at a Salvation Army in Fort Worth last month.The Cowboys defeated the Buccaneers 26-20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. ' ' '