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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Green Bay Packers finally have an experienced traditional running back at their disposal with the return of James Starks.Starks was cleared to play Sunday at Tennessee for his first action since Oct. 9. He had surgery to repair a torn meniscus a week later after he experienced a problem during a workout. He was listed as questionable this week.Starks and the Packers never indicated which knee was injured.Without Starks and Eddie Lacy, who last played on Oct. 16 and then went on injured reserve, Packers coach Mike McCarthy has used a makeshift running game led by converted receiver Ty Montgomery with undrafted rookie Don Jackson sprinkled in.Jackson, however, was a healthy scratch against the Titans, which means the bulk of the work will fall on Starks and Montgomery.Starks was largely ineffective before his injury. He averaged just 1.8 yards per rush on 24 attempts before his knee injury, while Montgomery had two productive games as a runner (seven carries for 53 yards last week against the Colts and nine carries for 60 yards two weeks earlier against the Bears).The Packers did not get tight end Jared Cook?back; he, like Starks, returned to practice this past week. He hasnt played since Sept. 25, when he sprained his right ankle.As expected, linebacker Clay Matthews will miss his third straight game (and fourth overall this season) because of a hamstring injury. Other inactives were cornerback Damarious Randall (groin), center JC Tretter (knee), tackle Kyle Murphy (healthy scratch) and defensive tackle Christian Ringo (healthy scratch).Aaron Judge Jersey . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. "Id love to look at those opportunities as they arise," Pierce said in an interview from his Winnipeg eatery. Kobe Bryant Jersey . 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Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods.The 17th-ranked Purdue basketball team will attempt to win its third November tournament in the past eight seasons Wednesday night when the Boilermakers face Auburn in the Cancun Challenge championship game.And if coach Matt Painters team wins, the Boilermakers will have beaten a Southeastern Conference opponent in each of those three events title games.Purdue (3-1) defeated Tennessee in the 2009 Paradise Jam in The Virgin Islands when current Auburn coach Bruce Pearl was coaching the Volunteers. The 2015 Boilermakers defeated Florida in the Hall of Fame Tipoff title game in Connecticut.Now, Painter will attempt to get the best of Pearl again after Auburn defeated Texas Tech 67-65 in Tuesdays first semifinal, and Purdue pulled away from Utah State, 85-64.Boilermaker center Isaac Haas scored a career-best 26 points against Utah State, guard Dakota Mathias added a career-best 25 on 9 of 10 field goal shooting and power forward Caleb Swanigan had 15 points.Dakota had a great night, and Isaac was just as good on the interior, taking his time, Painter said. A lot of people who have some size arent used to doubling. When they go and double, its tough for them when they get there late. Trouble happens.Against Utah State, Isaac did a good job of waiting and taking his time. I thought Caleb did, too. Both of those guys really had a good night Tuesday.Painter is hoping to get just as much perimeter help from Mathias against Auburn as he got against Utah State.The more you can make other teams pay -- getting them in foul trouble, playing against their backup bigs -- and then being able to step up and hit some 3s will really help us set our defense more, Painter said.dddddddddddd.The more consistent we can get on the offensive end, they constantly are going to be going against a set defense, which is what you want.Mathias said Haas and Swanigan help create open shots for Purdues perimeter players.They are so good when they get doubled or triple-teamed, being able to pass out of it, Mathias said. I think especially Isaac has improved.When teams double our big men, weve got guys on the perimeter who can move around the horn and make shots. That is tough to guard.Auburn improved to 4-0 for the second time in the last 10 years. In Mustapha Heron and Danjel Purifoy, the Tigers had two freshmen reach double figures in each of their first four games for the first time since Scott Pohlmam during the 1997-98 season.Beating Texas Tech was a great win for our program and a great win for our kids, Pearl said. Texas Tech is an NCAA caliber team. I thought we stopped guarding in the second half, but hey, I would rather learn and win than learn and lose.While Pearl starts three freshman and two sophomores, he is happy to have fifth-year graduate student point guard Ronnie Johnson, who was Purdues starting point guard as a freshman and sophomore before transferring to Houston to play for Kelvin Sampson.After earning an undergraduate degree in the spring, Johnson opted to move again -- this time to Auburn. ' ' '