Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen responded to allegations from Houston coach Gary Kubiak that his hit on quarterback Matt Schaub was dirty.

Allen says he didn’t intend to injure Schaub when he hit the quarterback in the knee on Sunday. Schaub’s medial collateral ligament was damaged and he is expected to miss two to four weeks.

On his weekly radio show in Houston, Kubiak said he thought Allen intentionally went for Schaub’s knees and would submit the play to the NFL for review.

Pro Bowl defensive end Patrick Kerney is out indefinitely and getting a second look at what’s wrong with his surgically repaired shoulder. It’s the latest in an epidemic of injuries for the teetering Seattle Seahawks.

Coach Mike Holmgren said Friday morning on his radio show that Kerney is returning to Alabama to see Dr. James Andrews. Andrews is the surgeon who repaired torn labrum cartilage in Kerney’s left shoulder after last season.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo says his broken pinkie will keep him off the football field again this week.

“It’s going to be Brad (Johnson). Brad is going to go this week unless something happens that I don’t foresee,” Romo said on Terrell Owens’ “Inside the Huddle” radio show at the House of Blues.

Romo broke the pinkie on his throwing hand during overtime of the Cowboys’ loss to Phoenix two weeks ago.

Don Imus said Tuesday morning on his radio show that he was trying to “make a sarcastic point” with his latest on-air remarks about race, but that they had been misunderstood.

Imus resurrected his radio career six months ago with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by a racist and sexist comment he made about a women’s basketball team.