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HOUSTON -- When Leah Stills cancer entered remission, her attention turned to unfinished business -- both for her and her dad. Air Max 97 CR7 .For Leah, 6, that meant resuming the bicycle-riding lessons she started just before being diagnosed with late-stage neuroblastoma. The first post-remission session took place in Philadelphia, and it was challenging, even with training wheels. But Leah pushed through until she conquered it, just as she conquered the disease that threatened her life two years ago.For her dad, Texans defensive end Devon Still, that meant football. It meant proving he could still play the game he put on hold so he could help nurse his daughter back to health.Shes very excited Im back here on the football field, Still said. I want to dedicate this season to my daughter, and just go out here and play the type of football I know I can play.The Texans are giving him that chance. Between Leahs diagnosis in June 2014 and her last treatment in January 2016, Stills mind hadnt really been with the game. He was a free agent throughout the 2015 season -- completely out of football and training by himself. After that, the Texans signed him to a futures contract. Now hes competing to be the teams starting defensive end opposite J.J. Watt.Devons had a good couple of days here, Texans coach Bill OBrien said. He works very hard. Typical Penn State guy. Good football player, tough guy. Glad we have him.Still graduated from Penn State in 2011, the year before OBriens first of two years as the Nittany Lions head coach. The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Still in the second round of the 2012 draft but released him before the 2014 season, though they didnt leave Still completely on his own. To ensure medical insurance through Leahs treatments, they signed Still to the practice squad. In Week 2, Still was promoted to the teams active roster.His story and his daughters fight for her life inspired many.The Bengals began selling his jersey and raised more than $1 million for pediatric cancer research. A year later, the Bengals were ready to focus solely on football. They released Still, who still retained his insurance according to the terms of the NFLs collective bargaining agreement.It was hard, but I had bigger problems that I had to solve off the field with my daughter still battling cancer, Still said.Leah had her final treatment on Jan. 8, the same week the Texans signed her dad to a futures contract. The contract, though executed in January, became effective when the league year began on March 9.When he did play he was productive and he did his job well, OBrien said. High character guy, obviously. Big guy, strong at the point of attack ... we feel like weve got something we can really work with there.Last season, Jared Crick started opposite Watt on the Texans defensive line, with nose tackle Vince Wilfork between them. Crick became a free agent after the season and signed with the Denver Broncos.Now Still is competing with Christian Covington, whom the Texans drafted in the sixth round in 2015, and Brandon Dunn, whom the Texans signed off the Bears practice squad during the 2015 season.Instincts, Wilfork said, when asked what he notices about Still. Hes got great instincts for being a defensive lineman. Being away from the game as long as hes been, its very exciting to see a guy like that work the way he does.The person he wants to impress the most, though, might also be his biggest fan, Leah.To be able to come out here and play and not have the world on your shoulders, its easy to come out and play football, Still said.His normal life has resumed just like his daughters has.Game notes Texans outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney did not practice Sunday. OBrien said Clowney was getting a day off, and his absence was not due to injury. Just trying to monitor how many reps they get, OBrien said of Clowney and running back Lamar Miller, who also missed practice. This is the first of his three training camps that Clowney has been completely healthy. He had groin surgery in June 2014, one month after the Texans drafted him first overall, then a concussion during training camp. A lateral meniscus tear he suffered in the first game of the 2014 season led to Clowney needing arthroscopic surgery in September and then microfracture surgery in December. He spent all of the 2015 offseason recovering and missed part of that years training camp, too. Last season, Clowney missed time with an ankle injury, a back injury and then suffered a midfoot, or Lisfranc, sprain that caused him to miss the Texans regular season finale and their 30-0 playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Air Max 97 Country Camo . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. Air Max 97 Ultra 17 Uomo . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. http://www.airmaxscontionline.it/nike-air-max-97-prezzo-basso/air-max-97-ultra-17.html . Parker had 26 points and eight assists and San Antonio beat Toronto 112-99 Monday night. "We won that game because of Tony Parkers aggressiveness," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "His juice; his aggression all night long. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Fifteen years ago, Melissa Stockwell was a senior at Colorado, wearing her ROTC uniform as she watched the Sept. 11 attacks unfold on television.On Sunday, she will put on a different national uniform, Team USAs, as she competes for gold in the Paralympic triathlon.To hear the national anthem, with my hand over my heart on Sept. 11 -- theres not even a way to really describe the feelings that I would have in that moment, Stockwell said.In 2004, Stockwell lost her left leg to a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq, becoming the first female American soldier to lose a limb in active combat.Stockwell usually competes with a Never Forget 9/11/01 sticker on her American flag-themed bike. The sticker is just above the handlebars, so she can see it while shes racing.For Sundays race, though, she will have to cover up the sticker to comply with International Paralympic Committee rules. She used some blue electrical tape for the job.We have specific rules regarding what brands can be displayed here in competition, IPC spokesperson Craig Spence said, so that (covering the sticker) is consistent with the rules.Said Stockwell: I know its under there, so Ill be imagining it.Stockwell was a gymnast as a child. Through that, she fell in love with the American flag and the idea of putting on a uniform and representing the U.S. at the Olympic Games.While that dream never materialized, Stockwell found another way to represent her country by joining the Army through ROTC. Three weeks after she was deployed to Iraq in 2004, the Humvee she was riding in hit the bomb.In 2008, Stockwell became the first Iraq War veteran to compete in the Paralympics, swimming in three events. She did not qualify for any finals. She carried the flag for Team USA in the closing ceremony.She won the first of three consecutive paratriathlon world championships in 2010. Then, in 2014, she gave birth to her son, Dallas.She basically had to start over, Stockwells husband, Brian Tolsma, said aboout her training. Nike Air Max 97 Scontate. She went harder, stronger and faster than Ive ever seen.But now shes back on a global stage. The Rio Games mark the first time paratriathlon is on the program.While in Rio, Stockwell will be away from her son for about 2+ weeks. She shared with her husband that she felt depressed about being away from Dallas for so long, but then she remembered all of the soldiers that leave their children for a year at a time.Stockwell has been awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star Medal. She said she would cherish a Paralympic medal slightly more.I want to be known more for not what happened to me, she said, but what I did with my injury after it happened.Stockwell signs everything Melissa Stockwell USA, said Keri Serota, executive director of the nonprofit Dare2tri Paratriathlon Club that Stockwell co-founded to help athletes with physical disabilities and visual impairments train for triathlons.Tolsma joked that she signs her checks the same way, so people end up referring to her as Mrs. USA.Anywhere she can put a flag, shes just going to do it, Tolsma said. Whether its a room in her house, her bike or her prosthetic leg, there is an American flag of some sort.She does this, she said, because it might spark a conversation with a bystander about the military and thanking those who have served for their sacrifices. Stockwells sacrifice did not stop her. Instead, she called it added motivation for Sundays race, on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.Somebody over in Iraq didnt want me here anymore and they took my leg, Stockwell said, but I have the rest of me and here I am competing in Rio at the Paralympic Games, going for the gold.---Kendra Hansey is a journalism student at the University of Georgia. Penn State and Georgia are partnering with The Associated Press to supplement coverage of the 2016 Paralympics. Wholesale Jerseys 2019 Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Cheap Jerseys Jerseys Wholesale China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China ' ' '
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