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PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers difficult season just got worse.Defensive end Cameron Heyward (pectoral injury) said on his official Instagram account that he will miss the remainder of the 2016 season. A source said Heyward has a torn pectoral muscle that will likely require surgery. He suffered the injury in Sundays 35-30 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.The news about Heyward came shortly after Steelers coach Mike Tomlin announced that wide receiver Sammie Coates has been dealing with two broken fingers, which helps to explain his declining production.Tomlin on Tuesday cited Coates broken fingers on his hand limiting his ability as a wide receiver, and a source says Coates has fractured ring and index fingers on the same left hand, including tendon damage. He hurt the index finger in Week 5 against the New York Jets, and he fractured the ring finger in a later game.Heyward, a team captain who signed a six-year, $59-million extension in 2015, played his first 85 career NFL games without injury issues. This year, he will miss nine games with a hamstring injury and now pectoral injury.I would like to thank everyone who has been in my corner this season, Heyward wrote on Instagram. It pains me to say that I will not get to continue playing this season. My role will change as I cannot play but it will not change the goals the team has set out. My support for this team will only grow and I look forward in watching this team grow and fight on. Hate being on the sideline but there is a greater plan taking place. My patience will be tested but I look forward to 2017. My hand will remain in the pile no matter what!The Steelers were 22nd in the league in total defense (380.8 yards per game) with Heyward, who is considered a run-stopping stabilizer who can get pressure on the quarterback. Veteran Ricardo Mathews will likely start in Heywards place.Coates broke out with 421 yards and two touchdowns in his first five games, but he has four receiving yards in his past four games. Coates had zero catches on one target Sunday against Dallas.With Coates injury and veterans Darrius Heyward-Bey and Markus Wheaton (shoulder) still sidelined, Cobi Hamilton is getting first-team reps on the outside alongside Antonio Brown and slot receiver Eli Rogers.Jerseys China . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. 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With their top three point guards and Kobe Bryant all sidelined by injury, the Lakers signed Marshall out of the D-League on Friday before their home game against Minnesota.Wasps missed the chance to go top of the Aviva Premiership as they were outgunned by a fiercely committed Gloucester at Kingsholm.The home forwards were the major influence on the game, preventing their opponents from getting any fluency.Richard Hibbard, Mark Atkinson, Matt Scott, Charlie Sharples and Henry Purdy scored the Gloucester tries with James Hook converting four and adding a penalty in a 36-18 win.Thomas Young scored two tries for Wasps with Jimmy Gopperth kicking two penalties and a conversion.Gloucester began strongly and took a fifth-minute lead when Hook fired over a penalty before Wasps rallied with two well-judged kicks from Dan Robson and Danny Cipriani securing them a platform in the home 22.At a line-out five metres out, the Wasps three-quarters joined the driving maul for Young to score the opening try, but Gopperth was badly off target with his conversion attempt.Despite this reverse, the home forwards allowed Gloucester to have the better of the opening quarter with the visitors conceding a number of penalties as they struggled to cope with the pressure.Gloucester gained their reward when Hibbard crashed over following a driving line-out and with Hooks successful conversion, the hosts deservedly led 10-5 after 20 minutes.Rob Miller burst out of defence for the best piece of attacking play during the first half but after a threatening 40-metre run, the Wasps full-back passed the wrong way and the chance was lost.A minute from the interval, Wasps conceded their eighth penalty of the half, this time for a line-out push, but Hooks kick at goal fell nnarrowly short.ddddddddddddloucester brought on Matt Kvesic in place of Jacob Rowan at the interval but it was the visitors who started the second half with a bang.A couple of drives from Young and two penetrating runs from Kyle Eastmond secured Wasps a platform in the home 22 as they showed far more urgency than anything they had displayed in the first half.They reduced the deficit after 46 minutes when Gopperth kicked a penalty before bringing on Ashley Johnson and Marty Moore in the pack in the hope of providing further impetus.Gopperth was on target with his second penalty to edge Wasps back ahead but an error from Cipriani gifted the hosts their second try.His clearance was charged down by John Afoa and when the outside-half tried to retrieve his mistake, he fumbled the ball which allowed Atkinson to pick up and score with Hooks conversion giving Gloucester a 17-11 at the end of the third quarter.It soon got worse for Wasps when they conceded another try after a strong run from Atkinson was supported by Scott, who picked up to force his way over.They were narrowly denied by the TMO before Young scored his second try with six minutes to go.A nerve-racking finish looked on the cards but two minutes later the match was sealed when Sharples easily won the race to a long kick ahead from Will Heinz for a bonus point.Wasps miserable afternoon was completed when Purdy scored a fifth a minute from time after another visitors attack broke down. 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