CHARLOTTE, N.C. --?Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton spoke with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell by phone on Tuesday in regard to no-calls on late hits hes taking in the pocket, a league source told ESPN.com.The reigning NFL MVP said after Sundays 30-20 win against the Arizona Cardinals that he planned to talk to Goodell about an issue that has made him feel unsafe in the pocket.Carolina coach Ron Rivera spoke to Goodell on Monday, a league source told ESPNs Ed Werder. Rivera said at his Monday news conference that he fully supports Newtons complaints about not being fairly treated as a pocket passer.He added that he has had ongoing discussions with the league about the situation.Its more about making sure he is getting the equal treatment and the protection he deserves as a quarterback in the pocket, Rivera said. I have reached out to the league and the league has responded. And most recently I have reached out to the commissioner and he has responded and well continue to work through this and see how it goes.Newton reached what he called a breaking point after officials did not call a roughing the passer penalty when Arizona defensive tackle Calais Campbell hit him below the knees on a pass play in the third quarter.The league has since admitted that should have been a penalty, a source told Werder.Defensive end William Hayes, whose Los Angeles Rams will face the Panthers on Sunday, said he understands where Newton is coming from but it wont change the way the Rams attack the quarterback.I think some of those hits he was talking about were kind of questionable, and I think if it was other quarterbacks they wouldve been called, Hayes said. But thats not for me to say. But to say were not going to try to go after him, that would be false.Rivera says Newton is getting the same kind of treatment in the NFL that Shaquille ONeal got in the NBA because at 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds Newton is bigger than most quarterbacks.Newton hasnt had a roughing the passer penalty enforced on an opponent against him since the 2014 season, according to ESPN Stats & Information. He had one called in the opener against Denver, but that was negated by an intentional grounding penalty.Hes a bigger guy for that position, as opposed to some of the smaller guys, Rivera said on Monday. When they get hit, they roll around to the ground. When he gets hit, he absorbs them and it doesnt look as bad.I think sometimes that might be part of the reason that he doesnt get the calls he deserves or should get.NFL Hall of Famers Kevin Greene and Brett Favre said on Tuesday that Newton should stop complaining about late hits in the pocket. Favre said he was told all the way back to high school that it was the responsibility of the coach, not the player, to complain about officiating.Greene told ESPN.com, after reviewing the Campbell hit, that it simply was a matter of a defensive player doing his job just as Newton was trying to do his job.Thats just football, Greene said. You never saw Joe Montana and Dan Marino and John Elway bitching about getting hit too much in the pocket.Cam shouldnt be doing that. He is a football player. Everybody knows hes running that zone-read stuff, and hes a runner, too. ... The game is physical. Its played by tough men. This is professional football and its predicated on physical brutality. Thats going to occur to you, Cam, whether youre inside the pocket or outside the pocket.Newton has missed one game this season after receiving a concussion in the fourth quarter of a Week 4 loss at Atlanta. That occurred when the quarterback was attempting to score on a 2-point conversion run.Newtons complaint is that defenders are hitting him late while hes a pocket passer and that officials are not protecting him as they are other quarterbacks.He said that has taken the fun out of football for him.Enough is enough, Newton said on Sunday. I plan on talking to Commissioner Goodell about this. Its not fun, and I dont know what I have to do.Information from ESPN Rams reporter Alden Gonzalez contributed to this report. Thomas Welsh Jersey . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. Jamal Murray Nuggets Jersey . 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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Western Michigan came to Illinois Saturday as three-point favorites to pick up its second win in three weeks over a Big Ten team.Maybe that line should have been a little bigger.The Broncos (3-0) knocked off Illinois 34-10, two weeks after beating Northwestern on the road, 22-21.Western Michigan looked the part of a Big Ten team for much of the game Saturday, pushing the Illini (1-2) around the field. The Broncos held Illinois to 3 yards rushing while they piled up 287 yards on 54 carries.Sophomore running back Jamauri Bogan led Western Michigan with 189 yards on 24 carries, including a pair of long touchdowns.Bogan now has 425 yards -- 6.8 a carry -- and four touchdowns. He praised an offensive line that dominated the Illini defensive line, considered the strength of the Illinois team.Line came to play, he said. Its always the guys around me that allow things to happen when we play good football games.Broncos coach P.J. Fleck celebrated the win with fans who made the trip and said his team was never overwhelmed by the idea of facing another Big Ten team.They never flinched; they werent going to be intimidated, he said, while trying to play down the significance of beating Illinois on the road. Its no bigger or less than any other win.Western Michigan opened up a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter and finished the afternoon with 437 yards of offense.While Western Michigan shoved Illinois down the field, the Illini could barely sustain a drive. Unable to run, their only touchdown came on a trick play, a reverse flea flicker that ended with quarterback Wes Lunt hitting tight end Ainslee Johnson deep down the right sideline to cut the Western Michigan lead to 21-7 midway through the second quarter.Talking about a fourth-and-1 stop by the Broncos in the first half, Illinois coach Lovie Smith summed up the Illinis afternoon.They beat us up front, he said. We knew it was going to be about our line. They know were running, and of course we are running. Now, whos a better man?The two wins over Big Ten teams in a season is a first for Western Michigan, and just the fourth time a Mid-American Conference team has two wins over Big Ten opposition in one season.THE TAKEAWAYWESTERN MICHIGAN: The Broncos win at Northwestern was a squeaker, requiring a late touchdown and some defensive herroics.dddddddddddd The win at Illinois was domination. Western Michigan ran the ball right at Illinois and the Illini couldnt do much about it.ILLINOIS: That feel-good period that followed Lovie Smiths hiring is over and the reality that he has taken over a mistake-prone team short on talent has set it in. Smith said from the beginning he wants to run the ball, but lead back KeShawn Vaughn had just 22 yards on eight carries Saturday. And while Lunt had 312 yards passing, he lacks a true go-to receiver. Smith also questioned his quarterbacks decision-making, particularly opting for short receivers in late-game, long-yardage situations.Theres probably four or five big plays we probably left out there that could have changed the game, Lunt agreed. I think I just need to do a better job when were down by that many points of forcing it down the field.KEEP THE BALLPlaying against an Illinois team that stresses the need to create turnovers, Western Michigan did not turn the ball over Saturday. That gives the Broncos a turnover-free start through their first three games. Opening up that three-touchdown lead helped. The Broncos stuck to the run much of the rest of the way. Quarterback Zach Terrell was just 9 of 13 for 150 yards.FUTILITYIf any one play could sum up the day for the Illini, their third-and-2 at the Bronco 3 early in the third quarter might be it. Lunt rolled left, had Justin Hardee open in the end zone with Reggie Corbin open in front of him at the 1. But with the ball headed toward Hardee, Corbin got his hands on it, and dropped it at the goal line. Illinois settled for a field goal, and remained two touchdowns behind at 24-10.UP NEXTWESTERN MICHIGAN: The Broncos are at home Saturday, against Georgia Southern, before they start MAC play at Central Michigan, which has its own win at a Power 5 school (Sept. 10 over Oklahoma State).ILLINOIS: Illinois gets a week off before heading to Nebraska to open the Big Ten season on Oct. 1. The Cornhuskers provided the 2015 highlight for the Illini, who came from behind to win their meeting in Champaign, 14-13.---Follow David Mercer on Twitter: (at)davidmercerAPAssociated Press college football coverage: collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '