LOS ANGELES -- A judge on Thursday ordered lawyers handling a rape lawsuit against Knicks guard Derrick Rose to temporarily stop talking to reporters, faulting attorneys for actions that have raised pretrial publicity about one of the NBAs stars.U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald said Thursday he was inclined to issue a longer gag order in light of pretrial publicity about the case, which has included interviews with Roses accuser and her attorneys allowing a letter confirming a police investigation of her rape allegations to become public.Fitzgerald told the womans attorney, Waukeen McCoy, that his teams filing of the letter in the public court docket was borderline unethical. He also said legal filings from Roses attorney, Mark Baute, were tailored for the press and not to secure favorable rulings for Rose.Rose is being sued by a 30-year-old woman who accuses him and two of his friends of gang raping her in her apartment in 2013. The woman, identified in court filings only as Jane Doe, dated Rose for two years before the alleged rape.Rose and his friends contend they had consensual sex with the woman, who has said she was unconscious after a night of drinking.She is seeking millions from Rose, who is beginning his first year with the Knicks after playing seven seasons for his hometown Chicago Bulls.Fitzgerald accused the womans attorneys of using the press to put pressure on the Knicks and team President Phil Jackson, Roses sponsors and force the guard to settle the case. Its perfectly obvious, he said.The judge said he was issuing the gag order after taking the unusual step of reviewing news stories written about the case in recent weeks. Earlier this month, The Associated Press published a story after a lengthy interview with the woman, and she subsequently spoke to several other media outlets.We dont care about a settlement in this case, McCoy said, despite previous statements by his client that she wanted to settle the case before trial so she could preserve her anonymity. He said most of the stories had been in national media outlets and had not tainted the jury.When Baute told Fitzgerald his ruling was fantastic, the judge bristled.Im really fed up with both of you, Fitzgerald said. Radek Faksa Stars Jersey . John Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early. Martin Hanzal Stars Jersey . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. 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MEXICO CITY -- Ferrari found the pace to put some spice into the Mexican Grand Prix.Sebastian Vettel jumped ahead of the Mercedes championship duel by posting the fastest time of Fridays practice sessions, sending a warning that theres still life in the Italian team near the end of what has been a disappointing season.Vettel sprung a surprise lap of 1 minute, 19.794 seconds. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton pulled within 0.004 seconds but couldnt find the lap to catch Vettel before the session ended.The car seems to work, not only from the result but as an overall feeling ... We had a very good day, Vettel said, adding he expects better times from Hamilton in Saturday qualifying. I think he has more in the pocket, so tomorrow we need to be realistic.Hamilton trails teammate Nico Rosberg by 26 points in the championship standings heading into the final three races of the season and likely needs to win to keep the pressure on. Rosberg was 0.435 seconds behind Hamilton in third on Friday.All the drivers are contending with cool temperatures, high altitude and an evolving track, which they expect will have more grip after its debut last season.On one early lap, Rosberg had a tire lockup near the end of the long straight, driving through the first turn and onto the grass before straightening out. That followwed an early practice session when Rosberg finished a distant seventh behind Hamilton despite running on the same medium tires.dddddddddddd.Ferrari seemed very quick, so they will be a big threat, Rosberg said in post-practice television interviews.Ferraris good sessions Friday show the red cars could scramble the season championship just a bit. Any pressure Ferrari can put on Rosberg favors Hamilton. Although Rosberg can win the title with two second-place finishes and a third in the final three races, anything lower than that behind Hamilton on Sunday could significantly raise the pressure when Formula One wraps the season in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.Ferrari began the season hopeful that a resurgent season in 2015 would have the team challenging Mercedes in 2016. But Ferrari remains winless this season and currently sits in in the in the team championship behind Red Bull.Ferrari missed the podium a week ago at the U.S. Grand Prix in Texas when Vettel finished fourth and teammate Kimi Raikkonen retired early.Ferrari had a tough time in the Mexican Grand Prix last year when both cars crashed out. It was the first time since 2006 both Ferrari cars failed to finish a race. ' ' '