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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Taking the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro was always considered a bit of a risk. http://www.brownsrookiestore.com/Browns-James-Burgess-Jersey/ . Now that South Americas first games are drawing to a close, the question is: Did the gamble pay off?The answer, according to experienced Olympic officials and experts, is a mixed bag.Yes, Brazil managed to pull it off under difficult economic and political conditions, with the sports competitions, venues, athletes, friendly hosts, television images and Rios scenic backdrops all rising to the occasion.Yet, behind the scenes, these were also troubled Olympics that fell short in other areas -- empty seats, ticket fiascos, organizational mishaps, spread-out venues, green water, street crime, traffic chaos and lack of a clear Olympic feel in the parks.The Olympics on TV are never the same as the Olympics on site. Thats been the case more than ever this time, reminiscent of the 1996 Games in Atlanta, where great sporting moments contrasted with lost buses, failures in the technology system and other off-the-field problems.This has been probably a little below the expectations of the experts, but will have televised well for the 99.9 percent of the population of the world that experiences the Olympics, senior Canadian IOC member Dick Pound said.International Olympic Committee vice president John Coates of Australia acknowledged the games have not run as smoothly as desired.Its been difficult, he said. To be fair, some of that was because of the economic and political background on which the games are being held.For Olympic historian David Wallechinsky, attending his 17th games, the shortage of volunteers, lack of Olympic signage and other logistical glitches have outweighed the well-run competitions and welcoming Brazilian people.I think these games will be seen in the continuum of Atlanta, Athens, Rio -- the ones that didnt work out, he said. One just hopes the lessons are learned.But the games must also be judged from a local perspective. Many Brazilians and Rio residents -- known as Cariocas -- will feel pride over how theyve put on the worlds biggest sports event and will cherish their moments on the global stage.And, for the host country, the games are ending on a delirious high- with a gold medal in mens soccer. Brazilian fans wanted more than anything to finally win the top Olympic prize that has eluded them in their national sport.Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes said the Olympics have been a catalyst for building new public transport lines and renovating the port area, insisting that no white elephants will be left behind. Comparing Rio to the richer cities that lost out for the 2016 Games would be misguided, he said.We come from a tropical experience, the Latin ways of Brazil, which sometimes made the IOC members a little bit crazy, Paes said. If you want to be fair to Rio, you cannot compare us to Tokyo, to Chicago, to Madrid. These are cities that have much better infrastructure. They come from developed countries. You have to compare Rio to Rio.When Rio was chosen as host city seven years ago, IOC members were convinced the time had come to take the games to South America. Brazil was a rising economic force at the time. But local organizers quickly fell behind in preparations and were forced into an Athens-like mad dash to catch up.Then, over the last two years, the economy plummeted into its worst recession in 80 years, the country was engulfed by a massive corruption scandal centering on the state-run oil company Petrobras, and the president was suspended and sent for impeachment.Its also a games in the middle of reality, not organized in a bubble, IOC President Thomas Bach said Saturday. They were games in a city where there are social problems and social divisions. ... The IOC has shown that it is possible to organize games also in countries which are not at the top of the GDP rankings.The athletes produced the goods -- Bolt with three more gold medals to take his career tally to nine, Michael Phelps with five more golds for a total of 23, and gymnast Simone Biles with four golds. But the games also were marred by the bad behavior -- and concocted stories -- of Ryan Lochte and his U.S. swimming teammates.For all the drumbeat of bad news in the months ahead of the Olympics, two of the biggest issues caused barely a ripple. The Zika virus, which had led some scientists to call for the games to be postponed or moved, was hardly mentioned. Worries over Rios sewage-filled waters did not hamper the competitions, with only a handful of athletes falling ill.Elsewhere, there were embarrassing setbacks, mostly during the first week: the green water that marred the diving and water polo events; the windows of a media bus shattered in an attack; foreign team officials and government ministers mugged in the street; volunteers who never showed up or just quit.Its just not acceptable with seven years in advance not to signs ready, not to have volunteers who know anything, as friendly as they may be, Wallechinsky said.Arguably the most damaging drawback was the lingering issue of empty seats. Some venues, such as tennis, basketball, swimming and gymnastics, drew good crowds and produced a lively atmosphere. But others suffered from lesser turnouts and lack of buzz. The track and field stadium was a quarter- or half-full for some sessions; the stands were not even completely packed for Usain Bolts gold medal races.The long distances and travel times between the three main venue clusters meant there was no single area where large, colorful crowds could congregate and produce a Carnival atmosphere.For the future, Olympic officials believe greater oversight and concrete benchmarks are needed to make sure organizers are on time and delivering as promised. Pound said the IOC and international federations should carry out a forensic analysis after Rio on what worked, what didnt and why.Going forward, the IOC has to learn from the experience in Rio if it wants to take the games to places other than settled, affluent cosmopolitan cities, IOC vice president Craig Reedie said. We should train the city well in advance. We have to work out how better to prepare them and help them.http://www.brownsrookiestore.com/Browns-Sammie-Coates-Jersey/ . 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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Jacob Peterson scored and Benny Feilhaber had an assist to help Sporting Kansas City beat the Portland Timbers 1-0 on Sunday.Peterson flicked a header, off a free kick by Feilhaber, to the bottom-right corner in the 50th minute.Alec Kann made a diving stop of a strike by Darlington Nagbe -- Portlands only shot on goal -- in the 10th.The Timbers (7-8-8) had chances in stoppage time. Jack McInerney blasted a right footer from the left side of the box off the crossbar in the first minute, and Fanendo Adis heeader, off a cross by Vytautas Andriuskevicius, from the right side of the 6-yard box missed wide right about three minutes later. http://www.brownsrookiestore.com/Browns-Seth-Devalve-Jersey/. .Sporting (10-10-4) has won two in a row and five straight at home.Portland has lost two straight after an nine-match unbeaten streak.Kansas Citys Jimmy Medranda earned and fifth yellow card and will be suspended for Sportings next match, Aug. 7 at Portland. 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Hugh Bowman will represent Australia on the world stage in the International Jockeys Championship in Hong Kong. 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There were too many hits and its amazing they only had one run.Handed a three-run lead before he threw a pitch, Nova (2-0) has won both starts for the Pirates since they obtained him from New York at the Aug. 1 trade deadline. The right-hander scattered nine hits over 5 1/3 innings in his first outing against the Dodgers and improved to 9-6 overall this season.Theyre aggressive hitters and some of the balls they hit would have been out of an American League ballpark, Nova said.Los Angeles remained one game behind the first-place Giants in the NL West. San Francisco lost 5-2 to Baltimore.Pittsburgh opened a six-game West Coast swing and moved within a game of Miami for the second NL wild card.Nova twice struck out opposing pitcher Ross Stripling to end a rally. The new Pirates starter was replaced by Antonio Bastardo, who got the final two outs in the sixth. Felipe Rivero, Neftali Feliz, Juan Nicasio and Tony Watson followed and shut down the Dodgers.Watson came on with runners at the corners and retired Corey Seager for his fifth save.Dating to June 23, the Pirates bullpen has posted the lowest ERA (2.13) and best winning percentage 11-2 (.846) of any major league team.Everyone in the bullpen accepts their roles and pulls for one another, Bastardo said. It gives us confidence and were winning games.Stripling (3-4) started in place of Rich Hill, who remained on the disabled list with a middle finger blister on his pitching hand. After a rough first inning, Stripling retired 17 of 19 hitters but gave up five runs, including solo homers to McCutchen and Mercer.Those were probably the two worst pitches I made all night, Stripling said. They definitely punished me for them.McCutchen also made an outstanding, over-the-shoulder catch near the warning track in left-center in the second inning to take an extra-base hit away from Yasmani Grandal.McCutchen had a fantastic game. Im going to keep running him out there, Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said.Los Angeles outfielder Josh Reddick robbed Josh Harrison of a home run when he reached over the low right-field wall to make a grab.Pittsburgh, which had lost eight of 10 road games, extendded its recent dominance of the Dodgers. DeMarcus Cousins Jersey. The Pirates have beaten Los Angeles in four of five games this season and improved their record to 14-4 against the Dodgers since the beginning of the 2014 season.Pittsburgh jumped on Stripling for four hits and three runs in the first. McCutchen and David Freese stroked RBI singles, and Mercers RBI fielders choice made it 3-0.Howie Kendricks two-out RBI single in the second cut the lead to 3-1. Kendrick finished with three hits.McCutchen continued his torrid hitting at Dodger Stadium with a third-inning solo shot, his 16th of the season. In his last seven games at Dodger Stadium, the slugger is 8 for 16 with four doubles and two home runs.I love Dodger Stadium and LA. Its Paradise, and the weather is always great, McCutchen said. When we come out here, I seem to get more down time and Im more relaxed.Mercer led off the seventh with his seventh homer of the season, upping Pittsburghs lead to 5-1.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Pittsburgh C Francisco Cervelli is day to day after leaving Wednesdays game after four innings with left wrist discomfort. ... C Chris Stewart, on the DL since July 2 with left knee discomfort, is expected to begin a rehab assignment Friday with Double-A Altoona.Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw, on the 60-day DL with a mild disk herniation, is scheduled to play catch Saturday. No target date has been set for his return. ... RHP Joe Blanton was reinstated from the bereavement list, and the Dodgers optioned LHP Luis Avilan to Triple-A Oklahoma City. ... The Dodgers plan to activate LHP Brett Anderson (herniated disk surgery) off the DL in time to start Sundays series finale.CHARLIE HUSTLEDodgers 2B Chase Utley has 409 plate appearances this season without grounding into a double play, the most of any big leaguer. According to STATS, only one Dodgers player has completed an entire season with more plate appearances and zero GIDPs (current manager Dave Roberts in 2003, with 440 plate appearances).UP NEXTPirates: RHP Gerrit Cole (7-7) pitches Saturday. His last time out, Cole gave up four hits and four runs in 5 2/3 innings and lost 7-3 to the Reds. He is 3-0 against the Dodgers in four career starts.Dodgers: RHP Brandon McCarthy (2-2) felt healthy during workouts this week and is expected to pitch Saturday. In his last outing, McCarthy went 3 2/3 innings, gave up two runs and walked five against Boston. 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The Township is home to approximately 20,000 people and is comprised of small towns, settlements, and farms. The Township is home to a number of athletes, including former Toronto Maple Leaf and NHL Rookie of the Year Howie Meeker and former CFLer Larry Mohr.The $25,000 prize money from the Kraft Celebration Tour will go towards creating a new splash pad for the community. Wilmot was named to the Kraft Celebration Tour after winning a national, head-to-head online vote over St. James Town (Toronto). Wilmot brought home the victory with 207,324 votes, while St. James Town (Toronto) amassed a total of 79,353 votes in support of its nomination. Voting Canadians can decide the final winning community for the Kraft Celebration Tour today until 12 noon ET tomorrow, as the last community match-up – Dryden, Ont. vs. Fort Frances, Ont. – is now featured on KraftCelebrationTour.ca and Tourneedecelebrationkraft.ca. 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The U.S. is a very powerful nation from the standpoint of the financial situation. Every company in Formula One now does business in the Unites States." Scores of Americans have given F1 a try but few have succeeded. Andretti was the last American to win a drivers championship title and before him it was Phil Hill in 1961. More common were the likes of Andrettis son Michael, who raced 13 grand prix races for McLaren in 1993 with a third-place finish as his best result. Speed never scored a point in the two years he raced in F1. There was talk in 2010 of creating an American team dubbed USF1 team with strong backing from YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley and featuring Danica Patrick and possibly Speed as drivers. But USF1 struggled to attract sponsors amid the global recession and ran afoul of F1 when it didnt race in 2010. The dearth of drivers — there are only Americans Alexander Rossi and Conor Daly in all the F1 feeders — is blamed on the a mix of cultural and financial factors. Among the biggest challenges is raising the millions needed to fund a team from American corporations that may have doubts about the benefits of investing in a sport that is not a major attraction in the U.S. "Its extremely difficult for an American mostly because there is no American support from companies," said Speed, who now races in NASCAR and Global Rally Cross. "Why would an American company spend x amount of money in Formula One when they can get 10 times that exposure in America racing NASCAR? It makes zero sense financially." F1 drivers and executives said it also can be difficult for an American to make the transition to F1 since they are raised on tracks and a system that grooms them for IndyCar and NASCAR rather than serpentine circuits of Europe. There also isnt the kind of support system that European drivers can count on to provide mentoring and the occasional break as they attempt to rise through the ranks of the sport. "Formula One has flirted with North American for many years but Formula One hasnt been seen as the pinnacle of the sport in the eyes of youngster in North America. North America has evolved in a slightly different approach with things like NASCAR," said McLarens Martin Whitmarsh, who heads the F1 teams association. "North American doesnt have the karting program. Without exceeption, every single one of these (F1) drivers started at 8 or 9 in karting and went into competitive karting. Terry Porter Jersey. Karting became the launch pad for their careers." In the short term, Whitmarsh said prospective American drivers will have to go to Europe early on in their careers. But Andretti said the addition of two American races should help in the long-term — by inspiring more youngsters to take up the sport, providing the facilities needed to develop that talent and convincing American companies to step up their sponsorship. Rossi and Daly have beaten the odds partly because they are not your typical American drivers. Rossi is a reserve driver for Caterham and drives for them in the series GP2 which is a notch below F1. Daly drives in a lesser, GP3 series with ART Grand Prix. Both grew up on F1 — Rossi watching as a 6-year-old with his father — and Daly benefiting from the stories a father, Derek, who raced in F1 from 1978 to 1982. They also raced in Europe at a young age which Whitmarsh and others recommend. Rossi moved to Italy at 16 to pursue his F1 dream while the 21-year-old Daly first raced as a 16-year-old in Europe before moving there in 2011. The duo also have the belief they will make it to F1 — emboldened by the success they have had so far. Daly won a race in Barcelona last year and again this year in Valencia and sits fifth in the GP3 standings. Rossi joined Caterham in 2011 as a test driver and was named a reserve driver this year. He then replaced Chinese reserve driver Ma Qing Hua in GP2 after the opening race in Malaysia and placed third place in Bahrain. "When we were able to come over here and win races and qualify on pole, it justified that we can do it too. That is what has been encouraging," Daly said. "Rossi has been great so far and he has done an awesome job and he has kind of gotten there with Caterham already," he said. "Its not just one American we want in F1. Its as many as we can get. Right now, its just us two that at least have made it into Formula One cars and are kind of getting there." The two also understand the significance of becoming the next American on the grid. They have already witnessed a few flag-waving Americans at European races and the kind of support that comes across Twitter and Facebook when they win races. Doing that in Austin or New Jersey, they said, would be special. "It would mean everything not only to be an American on the grid but to be an American on the grid as Formula One starts to rebuild an audience in America," Rossi said. "The timing would be amazing." Noting the buzz he saw for Brit Lewis Hamilton at the British GP and Spaniard Fernando Alonso at the Spanish GP, Daly said an American race needs a homegrown driver. "In America, we have a race. Any drivers? No. Was there a good crowd? Absolutely, its a great venue Austin and the track is incredible. But in reality, who do Americans have to cheer for?" he said. "Its like the Olympics. When you watch the Olympics, you want to see Americans do well." Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys NFL China Cheap Jerseys 2019 NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys 2019 Cheap Jerseys Wholesale ' ' '
RIO DE JANEIRO -- If you strapped weights to Usain Bolts chest, replaced his six-pack stomach with abs stretched out of shape, de-tuned his muscular frame and explosive power by jellifying his joints, and forced him to take the best part of nine months off, how amazed would we all be if the worlds fastest man fully recovered from that fitness-shredding assault to once again vie for medals at the Olympic Games?Short answer: stunned. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Earl-Mitchell-Jersey/ . Likely adoring.Yet, across the Rio Games, amazing women are doing exactly this without the celebrate-this-from-rooftops full fanfare they deserve.Were talking, of course, about Olympic moms.By competing post-pregnancy, the likes of self-declared Momma on a Mission Dana Vollmer, a swimmer, are showing that having children and a continuing career in elite sport need not be mutually exclusive. That freedom to not have to choose either one or the other is important in encouraging women to compete for longer and later into their lives.On the most fundamental level, if nationalism and the race for medals are stripped away, the Olympics showcase what an astounding piece of machinery the human body is: malleable, adaptable, capable of absorbing and recovering from great punishment.Olympians who have put their bodies through motherhood and then willed and beaten them back into world-conquering shape are the purest embodiment of this.They are also something of a scientific mystery.Kari Bo, a Norwegian School of Sport Sciences researcher working on IOC-backed studies in this field, notes big holes in the scientific communitys understanding of how pregnancy affects elite athletes bodies. One common yet not fully understood impact is on joints.In pregnancy, the body produces a hormone, relaxin, that helps loosen up ligaments and the pelvic area for birth.Once back in the Olympic business of aiming faster, higher and stronger, looser joints arent necessarily a plus.British 10,000-meter runner Jo Pavey, competing at her fifth Olympics, blames relaxin for collapsing the arch of her left foot during pregnancy. She had to wear a bigger shoe on her left foot than on her right and stress-fractured her big toe, with a diagonal crack through a bone.Vollmer, who has an individual bronze and relay silver so far in Rio, says looser ligaments were a big thing for me in her post-pregnancy comeback. Having battled injuries in the past, she worried about over-extending her newly more flexible joints.I played it really cautious, she says. Just trying to make sure that everything was really stable before I really cranked on my strokes.And what of her post-pregnancy abs, so vital in her stroke, the butterfly?There were none, she says matter of factly.After seven weeks of enforced bed rest and having gained 50 pounds (22 kilograms), the triple gold medalist at the 2012 London Games was probably 10 percent of the athlete she used to be when she started working out again following her son Arlens birth in March 2015, says her coach, Teri McKeever.Gains and shifts in weight from pregnancy and breastfeeding also disrupt balance and change your relationship with the water, McKeever says.She still had a nice stroke but you go 100 meters and you have to stop, the coach says. Its amazing how quickly you lose it.Defending Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill also became a mother between London and Rio. To stop her from comparing herself to the athlete she was before son Reggies birth in July 2014, her coach, Toni Minichiello, wiped the slate clean, using what he calls post-pregnancy personal bests to measure Ennis-Hills progress since.Physically she wasnt the same person, Minichiello says on a blog chronicling their Rio journey. It was really tough mentally. Her body was changing month to month.Weakened ankles were a post-pregnancy problem for U.S. high jumper Chaunte Lowe, competing at her fourth games, because I had been waddling for so many months.It felt like it was impossible, she says of resuming jumping. You have that question of whether you have lost it forever.Second and third pregnancies broadened out what had been slim, boyish hips, giving Lowe less ideal new curves to squeeze over the high bar.By the third time, I felt like I had it down, she says. But then I was sleep deprived.So why start a column about amazing women with an amazing man, Bolt?Because if men were capable of all this, you can be sure more fuss would be made.Theres a school of thought which holds that it demeans women to make a big deal of pregnancy. After all, the argument goes, women have babies all the time.But few of them, too few, come back to compete at the Olympics. Just 10 of the 298 U.S. women are also moms.I was told that you can never get your body back, Vollmer says. I wanted to show that you can. I think it will keep women in sports much longer, that you can have family and you can make it work.They deserve our applause.---John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicester(at)ap.org or follow him at http://twitter.com/johnleicester http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Jerry-Rice-Jersey/ . 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MINNEAPOLIS -- Needing a touchdown to win and down to 27 seconds left in regulation, the Minnesota Vikings sent their massive nose tackle in to clear a path for their most powerful running back on third-and-goal from the 1.Linval Joseph lined up in the I-formation in front of Matt Asiata, and the blockers began to make space behind the left tackle.Thats not where the play went, though, on one of many sharp calls by offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur in his first game at the controls.Rhett Ellison had motioned across the formation before the snap, and Sam Bradford quickly stuck the ball in the backup tight ends chest for a surprise burst into the end zone off the right end.Every week we try to add some new wrinkles, and we felt good about the play to Rhett, Bradford said. Its nice to get it called and executed the way we did.The lead was short-lived, because Minnesotas defense uncharacteristically disintegrated after that in a 22-16 overtime defeat by the Detroit Lions on Sunday.The Vikings (5-3) lost their third straight game for the first time since Oct. 19, 2014, in coach Mike Zimmers first year, but if theres a positive development for them to take away at the midpoint of their season its the way the offense responded during a tumultuous week marked by the change in offensive coordinators .Shurmur was promoted after Norv Turner abruptly resigned, citing a difference in philosophy with Zimmer about strategy.To be sure, the playbook is the same as it was a week ago when Turner was at the helm. Bradford said the game plan for the Lions was fairly set in place before Shurmur stepped in.Coincidence or not, the display of sequence and style by the Vikings was a stark contrast from the sputtering performances at Philadelphia and Chicago the past two weeks.Favoring the screens, curls and other assortments of short low-risk passes from the West Coast scheme that Shurmur has run before, with a little bit of Chip Kellys fast-paced, no-huddle attack from the Eagles the past two years mixed in, the Vikings crossed the Detroit 30-yard line on six of ninee possessions. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Solomon-Thomas-Jersey/. I thought they had a good rhythm today with some of the things that theyve done, Zimmer said.Behind the concerted effort to make quicker throws with shorter drops and minimize the pressure he faced against the Eagles and Bears, Bradford completed 31 of 40 passes for 273 yards, one touchdown and no turnovers.After being sacked 11 times over the previous two games, he took only two in this one. Five different players ran the ball. Ten different players caught a pass, including Bradford himself on a pass batted at the line .Everybody is getting their piece of the pie, said wide receiver Stefon Diggs, who had a career-high 13 catches for 80 yards.As much culpability that lies with the soft defense down the stretch and the missed extra point and field goal by Blair Walsh, the offense sure wasnt perfect. So Shurmur will still have plenty to work on in the second half of the season.After an interception return by Chad Greenway gave them the ball at the Lions 18, the Vikings went backward 22 yards because of a false start by right tackle T.J. Clemmings, an illegal block by left guard Jeremiah Sirles, a 4-yard loss on a run by Ronnie Hillman and a devastating 9-yard sack to push them out of field goal range in the second quarter.According to Fox Sports, the Vikings became the first team in five years to punt after starting a drive inside the 20-yard line. St. Louis did so in an Oct. 2, 2011, game against Washington.Then there was the drive in the fourth quarter that reached the 6-yard line for third-and-2. Jerick McKinnon gained only 1 yard up the middle.Then Asiata was stuffed up the middle for no gain to give the ball back to the Lions. Two weeks ago against the Eagles, just about the exact same sequence occurred.Weve got to get that. Thats on us up front, left tackle Jake Long said. 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MINNEAPOLIS -- Its hard to imagine a more prime location for an out-of-town Ryder Cup spectator to spend the night than Jason Wendlandts two-bedroom home. Jon Casey Jersey.Its 80 feet from the main entrance to Hazeltine National, the course in the Minneapolis suburb of Chaska thats hosting the prestigious international golf tournament this weekend. Its well inside the tight, extended security perimeter.And its $900 a night, sleeps four people and offers a view over Lake Hazeltine.With most of the areas 41,000 hotel rooms already booked, hopeful homeowners near and not-so-near the course are hoping to cash in, listing their homes on Airbnb, Craigslist and other vacation rental sites. However, theyre finding out that asking for hundreds of dollars a day isnt the same thing as getting that much.Twenty-five people looked at Wendlandts Airbnb listing on Sunday alone. A neighbor with a similar house got $5,500 for the week, he said, but no one had asked to stay in his home by Monday. Hes already dropped the price once but knows time is running out with the first round slated to start Friday.Ive been told by people whove been around the world and done stuff like this that anything can happen, he said. So well see what happens.David Newman didnt list his three-bedroom town house on Airbnb until four weeks ago. Hes had lots of viewers but no takers for his $719-a-night listing, which is 3 miles away from Hazeltine.I think people had already made a lot of their travel plans prior to that, he said.If Kari Bouavichith finds a renter for her home, which is a mile from the course, she said shell use the $600-a-night for living expenses. Shes a nurse at a hospital where fellow nurses have been on strike for three weeks. Shes currently on medical leave but is pessimistic about a settlement before shes due back in less than two weeks.I just thought if I could make some quick cash Id go for it, she said.Encouraged by a neighbor who found a renter about a month ago, Natalie Jamison recently registered her three-bedroom home on Airbnb. Shes asking $975 a night and lives about 2 miles from Hazeltine, but the listing is in walking distance of a shuttle bus stop to the course.Shed use the money for plane tickets for Christmas vacation, when Jamison and her husband plan to visit his family in his native New Zealand. The long flights there are especially expensive over the holidays, she said.Wendlandt said having the Ryder Cup played a pitch shot away from his home is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so either way he wins.If it doesnt rent, Ill just enjoy going to the Ryder Cup, he said. And entertaining friends going there. 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In the end, the quarterback and the rest of the Cincinnati Bengals were the ones standing.Mike Nugent kicked a 47-yard field goal with 54 seconds left, lifting the Bengals to a back-and-forth 23-22 season-opening victory Sunday.Dalton threw for 366 yards and a touchdown, but was sacked a career-high seven times by the Jets, including 2 1/2 by Leonard Williams and two by Steve McLendon.Any time you can get a win on the road, youve got to take these games, Dalton said. This one was big.A.J. Green caught 12 passes for 180 yards, mostly against Darrelle Revis to help the Bengals beat the Jets for the first time in 10 meetings in New Jersey.The whole week everybody was saying A.J. vs. Darrelle, Green said. Revis is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Its my honor going against him. I was just trying to make plays anytime the ball came my way.Josh Shaw sealed the victory with an interception of Ryan Fitzpatrick in the closing seconds, helping Cincinnati improve to 7-7 in openers under coach Marvin Lewis.Nick Folk kicked a go-ahead 23-yard field goal with 3:23 remaining, but Dalton marched the Bengals (1-0) downfield for the winning drive. The first missed extra point in Folks career and a blocked 22-yard attempt came back to haunt the Jets (0-1).Dalton finished 23 of 30 with the TD and an interception, and Jeremy Hill ran for 31 yards and a touchdown. The Bengals took the lead in the third quarter when Hill bulldozed his way up the middle for a 12-yard TD run. The drive was aided by Brandon LaFells 49-yard catch over Marcus Williams on third-and-18.The Jets drove to the Bengals 1 on their next possession, but stalled, leaving it to Folk to kick a 20-yard field goal to make it 20-19. After Nugent, a former Jet, was wide right on a 52-yard attempt, the Jets drove down the field and went ahead on Folks go-ahead 23-yarder.Fitzpatrick finished 19 of 35 for 189 yards and touchdown passes to Quincy Enunwa and Eric Decker. The Jets were hurt by drives sputtering in the red zone and having to settle for field-goal attempts raather than touchdowns. Marc Methot Jersey. We had our opportunities, Fitzpatrick said. We were winning in the fourth quarter and we just couldnt shut the door.PREGAME TRIBUTEThe Jets held a pregame tribute for the families and victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga led the entire team out of tunnel carrying the American flag. Moments later, Jets safety Rontez Miles did the same to huge cheers from the MetLife Stadium crowd.Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was an honorary captain, along with representatives from the FDNY, NYPD and PAPD and the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Tower Foundation. Former wide receivers Wayne Chrebet and Laveranues Coles and linebacker Marvin Jones, members of the Jets 2001 team, were also at midfield for the pregame coin toss.Every member of both teams stood on the sideline during the singing of the national anthem.INJURIESJets linebacker David Harris continued his playing streak after being questionable with a bruised shoulder. He started his 117th straight regular-season game.Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert was out, still recovering from an ankle injury in the Pro Bowl. He was replaced in the starting lineup by C.J. Uzomah.THATS RIGHTThe Jets rotated backups Ben Ijalana and Brent Qvale at right tackle with starter Breno Giacomini out for at least six weeks with a back injury.FORTES DEBUTMatt Forte, signed as a free agent in the offseason, ran for 96 yards on 22 carries for the Jets, and caught five passes for 59 yards.FOLKS MISSESFolks missed extra point went wide right after a 15-yard touchdown catch by Decker with 9:38 left in the first half -- ending a streak of 312 straight made PATs.Folk had set the NFL record for most extra points without a miss with 322 overall, including the playoffs. The reliable veteran, who held off Duke rookie Ross Martin in training camp, also had a 22-yard attempt blocked in the first quarter by Margus Hunts tip of a low kick.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys NFL China Cheap Jerseys 2019 NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys 2019 Cheap Jerseys Wholesale ' ' '
BRISTOL, Tenn. Jerick McKinnon Jersey . -- Kevin Harvick believes Bristol Motor Speedway is on to something. Now, he wants similar tracks to follow that lead.Bristol officials used a tacky resin to polish the track and improve grip on the bottom lane so racers would have a two-groove layout and be able to pass down low.Harvick used the lower groove several times to stick and move past drivers on the way to winning the rain-delayed, water-logged Sprint Cup race Sunday night.The past few years, Harvick said there was no use taking the low side of the high-banked, concrete track because cars were three-or-four tenths of a second slower.Tonight, you could hold your ground, you could get past lapped cars, he said. It gave everybody an option to do something different and, as a driver, thats what you want.Harvick pointed out a couple of other similar circuits in need of Bristols grippy approach.Martinsville needs to call Bristol and say, `What do we need to do to make a second lane come in? because they did a great job here, he said. I think that would be the first place I would attack and do something different.Drivers and fans had complained that Bristol had become a top-heavy, one-groove race track where passes were far less frequent than in the bump-and-run days of Darrell Waltrip, Rusty Wallace and the late Intimidator, Dale Earnhardt.Harvick gushed how Bristols gamble could become a blueprint to improve the on-track product.On Friday night, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch were locked in a pass-happy duel before Busch eventually wrecked and Keselowski ran out of gas -- all after 295 of 300 scheduled laps.I think Friday night was probably one of the beset Xfinity races Ive ever sat and watched, Harvick said with a grin. Just really happy to see Bristol back where it is this weekend.---Other things weve learned from the weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway:BAD LUCK BUSCH: Kyle Busch was in position to win both the Sprint Cup and Xfinity races, yet left the track wrecked both times. On Friday night, he tangled with rival Brad Keselowski and wound up in the wall with five laps to go. On Sunday, Busch led a race-high 256 laps, yet got hit by Justin Allgaier after a spin. Busch threw his helmet and called both Allgaier and his spotter the biggest moron(s) out there.GOOD LUCK BUESCHER: Rookie Chris Buescher, the surprise winner at Pocono earlier this month, moved into 30th in points which would qualify him for NASCARs Chase. Buescher left here 13 points ahead of David Ragan. Buescher has three races left before the 16-man playoffs begin.GORDONS FINISH: Jeff Gordon wound up 11th, his best showing in the four races hes run in the No. 88 car replacing injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. Gordon wont drive in Michigan because of a prior commitment. Earnhardt is scheduled for tests and Hendrick Motorsports will update his status early next week.WHERES JGR?: The Joe Gibbs Racing quartet looked like it would sweep the top spots after it finished 1-2-3-5 in qualifying Friday night. 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One of their most important players on the edge, linebacker Clay Matthews, has missed the last couple weeks with a nagging hamstring injury.Tennessees third-ranked running game (144.2 yards per game) rightfully draws a lot of attention. But between Mariotas mobility and the Titans focus on protecting the quarterback, whether the Packers generate pressure -- and how they do it -- will be important, too. The Titans have allowed 12 sacks this season, tied for the second-lowest total in the league.Theyve got big, physical runners. And then you combine that with the quarterbacks mobility because he can certainly make plays with his feet ... to where thats an extra gap you have to handle because he can pull the ball at any time and take it outside on the perimeter, defensive coordinator Dom Capers said.This is an area where the athletic Matthews could especially help. He moved back outside this year after spending much of the last two seasons at inside linebacker to help shore up the run defense, with the goal of letting the long-haired linebacker wreak havoc again from the edge.Matthews has three sacks. He looked like he was inching closer to returning at midweek last week before McCarthy said Matthews had a setback.He seems unlikely to play Sunday after missing the first couple days of practice this week.The Packers remain hopeful that they can generate enough of a rush if Matthews misses another week. When Matthews is in the lineup, his versatility allows the Packers to use him in ways other than rushing the passer.The coaches do like how the defense is getting into the backfield, at least. Last week , the Packers had eight hits on shifty Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.Mariota, though, is more of a runner, with the ability to slice through defenses. With a four-man rush, the rest of the defense will have to hold coverage and remain patient, inside linebacker Blake Martinez said.As long as we can do that, I think well get the right amount of pressures, Martinez said.PRACTICE REPORT: The Packers appear closer to getting two key pieces on offense back after running back James Starks (knee) and tight end Jared Cook (foot) practiced on a limited basis for the second straight day. Cook has been out since Week 3, while Starks has missed about a month.Green Bay has been without an experienced running back with the injuries to Starks and starter Eddie Lacy (ankle). Receiver Ty Montgomery has taken over as the lead back, though coach McCarthy has had to get creative with his game plans.The 6-foot-5 Cook gives quarterback Aaron Rodgers a big, physical target over the middle. Cook, whenever he returns, could help open up a passing game that has faced more man-to-man coverage of late.Those are the most fun games. Youre usually going to have a safety or a linebacker covering you, so either youve got an ability to beat him one on one, or youve got the ability to open somebody else up, Cook said.INJURY REPORT: CB Damarious Randall (groin) returned to practice on a limited basis after missing the last few weeks. ... WR Randall Cobb (hamstring) was limited for a second straight day.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Michael Jordan Jersey . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. 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Eight years ago, on the 100th anniversary of the Cubs last World Series championship, ESPN profiled 11 such fans -- one from every decade going back to 1908 -- to reveal both the optimism and torture these die-hards have endured. At the same time, theyve tried to understand why they keep coming back for more. And when -- if ever -- the hope ends.With the Cubs playing in their first World Series since 1945, were revisiting our cast to see how their love for the Cubs has evolved and what the ride has been like with this 2016 team.Sadly, three members -- Richard Savage, Helen Keiling and Betty Maute -- have since died. Savage made it to 105 but died in 2013. Keiling was 95 when she passed in 2010. And Maute was 90 when she died in 2014. But their love for the Cubs is still alive in the form of their families. As each member of our cast said in 2008: Well wait. Well wait for our parents, their parents and anyone else who has ever cheered for the Cubbies. And when our time here runs out, our kids will wait for us.Here are the stories of these 11 Cubs fans. Some who swear they never lost hope, others who have had their hearts trampled enough that they refuse to believe even this team will be the one to win the World Series.Wrigley Fields2008: Age 7 | Ross Dettman for ESPN2016: Age 15 | Alyssa Schukar for ESPNAs Cubs catcher Miguel Montero rounded the bases after his pinch-hit grand slam in Game 1 of the NLCS, Wrigley Fields sat in his bedroom and played video games, somewhat annoyed at all the noise his parents were making in the living room as they watched the game. The boy was named after one of the most iconic stadiums in the world, but hes not that big of a baseball fan.Its just kind of slow and boring. I cant sit still that long, said Fields, a freshman at Lockport High School in Chicagos southwest suburbs. I keep up with the team. I know if theyve won or lost. With my name, I have no choice. But its not like Im some rabid fan who lives on every pitch. Thats my dad. For me, school, diving and video games. Thats my life.Still, Fields loves his name. He chuckles when a substitute teacher stumbles during roll call or when his name is announced at a diving meet and parents look around in disbelief. Sure, kids might tease him occasionally, but with his laid-back personality, he couldnt care less.Ive never had a day where I havent liked it, he said. People learning my name for the first time is honestly the best part of my day. Its the best ice breaker. And then people try to talk to me about the game, and I just play it off like I know what theyre talking about.Wrigleys mom, Kathy, who agreed to let her husband, Jerry, name their first boy after the stadium, has similarly grown to love it.Hes just Wrigley, she said. I dont even think of him associated with the stadium most of the time. Its a name that is as unique as he is.As for the World Series, Wrigley says hell be watching. Sort of. He did manage to come out of his room when the Cubs were two outs away from winning the pennant.I know how big of a deal this would be, he says. I hope they do it.Anna Patras2008: Age 16 | Ross Dettman for ESPN2016: Age 24 | Alyssa Schukar for ESPNTo say that Anna Patras is still as passionate about the Cubs as she was in high school would be an understatement. During the 2015 playoffs she nearly lost her administrative assistant job as she traveled back and forth from Minneapolis for as many games as she could, often taking 6 a.m., morning-after-the-game flights to be at her desk by 8. Looking back on it now, probably not the wisest of decisions, she said. But I can get blinded sometimes by all things Cubs.The 2016 run has been far better for her career, considering she received a promotion and transferred this past summer to her companys Chicago office. Still, she has friends who dont always get it when she drops everything - and, if needed, anyone -- to be in Wrigley or at a Wrigley pub to watch the playoffs. To me, its about the game, and that doesnt always sit well with everyone, she says. And if I have a ticket -- even a single -- well, Im going to go.Patras has also used her Cubs passion to raise more than $6,000 for esophageal cancer research at the Mayo Clinic. The disease took both her uncle and the father of her best friend. During last years playoffs, she ran a half-marathon in a goat costume to raise donations, and this year, when she won the Cubs lottery for playoff tickets, she auctioned off a ticket to NLDS Game 2 with proceeds going to the Mayo Clinic. She plans to watch every game of the World Series in Wrigleyville, except one, which she will watch on the couch next to her grandmother, who is 81.Her and I are long overdue to watch the World Series together, she said. I cant wait.Kurt Evans2008: Age 29 | Ross Dettman for ESPN2016: Age 36 | Finn OHara for ESPNEight years ago, as the founder and writer for Cubs blog Goat Riders of the Apocalypse, Kurt Evans knew without question that the greatest moment of his life would come when the Cubs eventually won the World Series. But then in 2010 he left his high-pressure sales job to become a teacher. His creative energy for the blog dwindled as he focused on the classroom. Four years later, he and his wife welcomed their first son into the world. And now everything has changed.I was totally wrong, Evans said. Becoming a dad will be the greatest thing that ever happened to me.Evans still follows the team closely, especially since Tom Ricketts bought the team and in 2011 brought in Theo Epstein to run the baseball operations department.If you think about it, the real, true curse -- if there ever was a curse -- is the curse of bad ownership, Evans said. Its pretty obvious thats what held this team back for so long.The morning after the Cubs won the NLCS, the Toronto resident connected with old Cubs friends and devoured as many Cubs stories as he could find. And he thought about his son, who wont have much of a choice in choosing a favorite baseball team.Hes going to have a completely different Cubs experience than the one I had, Evans said. Hes going to grow up with a Cubs team that is likely to be competitive and interesting every year. And could maybe even win multiple World Series. Its strange just to say that. But it couldnt make me any happier.I was totally wrong. Becoming a dad will be the greatest thing that ever happened to me.Kurtis EvansDavid Diaz2008: Age 32 | Ross Dettman for ESPN2016: Age 40 | Alyssa Schukar for ESPNIn the top of the ninth inning in Game 1 of the NLCS, former WBC world champion David Diaz crossed his arms and legs in his bed and refused to move, hoping to spark some sort of rally in a game in which the Cubs and Dodgers were tied 3-3. And when three Cubs reached base and Miguel Montero hit a grand slam, Diaz didnt budge until the game was over.My wife tried to take my hand, and Im like, Leave me alone! Diaz said. I didnt move or say anything else until the game was over. And then when the Cubs won I finally told her, I thought it was me. I was the one making all this happen.Its crazy, I know. But thats me and the Cubs -- anything I feel I can do to help.Diaz retired from boxing in 2011 and now works as a real estate agent in Chicago and trains youth fighters. Hes as passionate -- and superstitious -- about the Cubs as ever. Just as he was in 2008 when he was asked to enter a prefight press conference with Manny Pacquiao alongside a goat. I was like, no way, Diaz said. I cant be associated with some goat.Diaz, whose Realty of Chicago office is on the citys South Side, doesnt mince words about his goal for the 2016 Cubs team: I want the World Series. We want that belt. Im happy the Cubs are doing great, but the ultimate prize is to finish No. 1. And then when itt is over, go out and do it again next year. Womens Wizards Jerseys. Now that would be something to shut everybody up from the South Side.Billy Corgan2008: Age 41 | Ross Dettman for ESPN2016: Age 49Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan politely declined a request to talk about his Cubs fandom, suggesting he did not want to grant any Cubs-related interviews until after the World Series. But Corgan has been seen during the playoffs at Harry Carays restaurant and at Wrigley Field.Dr. Jordan Grafman2016: Age 65 | Alyssa Schukar for ESPNIts been almost a decade since Dr. Jordan Grafman penned a chapter in the book Your Brain on Cubs, and yet, despite his renowned work as the director of brain injury research at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, his lifelong love for the Cubs is still one of the things that brings him nationwide notoriety. Hes quoted regularly by George Will, and this October, the interest has come in the form of interview requests. Reporters from all over the country are eager to listen to Grafman explain how the brain of the Cubs fan is intellectually superior to that of any other team because of the mental gymnastics it takes to support a perennial loser.Its not like this is going to help my career or anything, but to be a fan about something since you were young and have all these people ask your advice is kind of fun, Grafman said.Although Grafmans love for the Cubs hasnt waned, hes learned to no longer be driven by bottom-line results. He says he doesnt care if the team wins the World Series. And he isnt kidding.I know people are going to look twice at that, but this team is so much fun to watch. I take so much joy in watching Javy [Baez] and [Jorge] Soler and the younger guys. I just want to see them play longer and longer. Of course, if they play longer than anyone else, theres a good chance that means they will win it all. But to me that isnt everything.Ronnie Woo-Woo Wickers2008: Age 67 | Ross Dettman for ESPN2016: Age 75 | Alyssa Schukar for ESPNThere was a time when Ronnie Woo-Woo couldnt sit still at Wrigley Field. When the most polarizing Cubs fan would spend games scampering up and down the cement bleachers, wooing all along the way. But those days are long gone. Wickers fell at Wrigley on July 19, tearing the patellar tendon off of his kneecap, prompting surgery and a lengthy rehab that caused him to miss all but the last two games of the regular season. And even then, on subsequent trips to Wrigley, hes worn a bulky knee brace and needed a walker to get around.It was the first time Ive ever seen him at Wrigley Field where you could see that sort of sadness on his face a bit, said his longtime friend Janet Tabit. He used to be the one running up and down those stairs cheering all the time. And that day we had to move to a different part of the ballpark where he could be more comfortable. And you could tell it bothered him.Just as frustrating in recent years has been the fading of Wickers voice. Doctors have looked at his throat and vocal chords and determined nothing is wrong. But the wear and tear of a half-century of wooing for the Cubs has prompted his voice to come and go.I try to get past it, Wickers said. People ask me to cheer, I give them a woo. Sometimes its still there. But I promise if they win the World Series, it will come back again. This team is in it to win it. And when they do, thats all the medicine I will need.Bruce Ladd2008: Age 72 | Phil Ellsworth for ESPN2016: Age 80 | Justin Cook for ESPNWhen told this October that he is the oldest living cast member from ESPNs original No Love Lost feature in 2008, Bruce Ladd responded with his typical honest, frank tone. Hot damn, Ladd joked. My mother always told me I should accomplish something respectable in my life.The former Washington, D.C., lobbyist confessed earlier this year that his motivation in starting a Beltway-centric Cubs fan club, called the Emil Verban Society, was based not on his love for the team but rather his desire to grow his Rolodex and open some doors in Washington. It did wonders for me, he said. By the time he stopped sending club newsletters and put the operation on a permanent hiatus in 2010, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney and Antonin Scalia were all members.Ladd, now 80 and retired in North Carolina, has battled 30 years of heart disease and multiple melanomas. Now he says his kidneys are giving him trouble. And hes learned over the years not to expect too much from his favorite baseball team. Not even this year.I know the answer should be, Oh yes, we are going to win the World Series. But honestly, my expectations were lowered a long time ago, he said. Im not looking to win the World Series this year. Why would I possibly think that? There is 108 years of history saying that isnt going to happen.The number of times we have been in the playoffs the last 20 years? If you look at it, honestly, its just more false hope. The Cubs love it. The fans love it. Its good for the bottom line. But honestly I dont have any expectations.Im not looking to win the World Series this year. Why would I possibly think that? There is 108 years of history saying that isnt going to happen.Bruce LaddBetty Maute2008: Age 84 | Ross Dettman for ESPN2016: Family of Betty Maute | Alyssa Schukar for ESPNOn the night the Cubs won the National League pennant, all three of Betty Mautes children, six of her seven grandchildren and all six of her great-grandchildren gathered together to watch the game. Just the way she would have wanted it. Grandson Brian Maute, who attended a Cubs game with his grandma every summer from the time he was 4 years old until she died, wore the Betty #7 jersey she used to wear all the time. And when the Cubs turned the final 6-4-3 double play to beat the Dodgers, it was understandably emotional.There were a few tears in the room, of course, Brian said. The Cubs were such a big part of her life. Shes the matriarch of why we all became big Cubs fans. And we just couldnt help but think how she would have been so super-excited. On absolute cloud nine.Before Betty died in 2014, her grandson says she was excited about the hiring of Theo Epstein and the direction the club was headed.Of course, wed love it for her to be here to see this - she would have adored this team and the way they play and carry themselves, Brian said. But she had 90 years of Cubs fandom in her life. It was a great life. So its hard to be too upset. We will just have to celebrate for her.Helen Keiling2008: Age 93 | Ross Dettman for ESPNWith each Cubs victory during the playoffs, Leslie Keiling hasnt found herself smiling. Her mother, Helen, died in 2010, but she was such a fanatical Cubs fan that when she was alive, Leslie would read her the Cubs articles in the newspaper each morning.Weve said it so many times this year, Leslie said. When they nailed the division, when they beat the Giants and then the Dodgers. If only Mom was here. If only Dad was here. Were far from the only ones. Thats what this is about for so many people. We have a grandma or someone wishing they could see this team.The 2016 Cubs, Leslie says, would have been one of her mothers favorites. She hated all the showboaters like Sammy Sosa, Leslie said. But this team, they are such gentlemen. Everyone who knows my mom always says that -- she would have loved these guys. Like the way [Anthony] Rizzo apologized to the umpire in Los Angeles? She would have been so giddy about what theyve done and the gentlemen they are.Richard Savage2008: Age 100 | Ross Dettman for ESPNRichard Savage photographed in 2008 in Chicago, Ill. He died in 2013 at age 105.Andrew HancockAfter 107 seasons and more than 15,000 games there is no fan base that has ever been more tortured. The question is whether or not this is the year it finally comes to an end. Far less for the hyper teenagers or always believing die-hards in their 20s and 30s and more so for their parents, grandparents and great parents. For loving the Cubs is something that is passed down from one generation to the next, with the promise to never give up. Because someday, it will happen. Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Authentic JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
SAN JOSE, Calif. Mike Cammalleri Jersey . -- San Jose signed pending restricted free agent forward Tomas Hertl to a two-year contract Thursday worth a reported $6 million, keeping one of the teams top young players in the fold as the Sharks try to build on last seasons trip to the Stanley Cup Final.The 22-year-old Hertl is coming off his best season as a pro, having recorded career highs with 21 goals and 25 assists in 81 games. He thrived when moved to the top line with Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski in the middle of the season and was a big reason behind San Joses postseason success.I wont even put a limit on him, general manager Doug Wilson said. He just gets better and better. Hes a big, strong guy. ... When we drafted him, we expected him to be a dominant player and so does he. He has high expectations for himself. He loves to play the game. You can see that smile on his face. Its contagious.Hertl got off to a fast start as a rookie in 2013-14, scoring 15 goals in 35 games before being sidelined by a knee injury. He returned late that season and struggled to regain that form in his second year as a pro.But after scoring just four goals in his first 37 games last season when he played both center and wing, Hertl surged when moved to the top line as a wing alongside Thornton and Pavelski. Hertl had 17 goals and 14 assists in the final 44 games and was productive in the playoffs as well with six goals and five assists in 20 games.Hertl injured his right knee late in Game 2 of the final against Pittsburgh and his absence the rest of the way played a role in San Joses six-game loss to the Penguins.The Sharks expect him to pick up where he left off when next season starts.We think this guy is a high-end player, Wilson said. When you have that physical gift with the size and the hockey sense that he has. But he has this love of the game that all the top players have. Throw that combination together and we think hell be a great player. We really do. Big games and big situations he likes to step up. We missed him when he was out against Pittsburgh. Theres no doubt.Wilson said he expects to have conversations next summer with Hertl about a longer-term deal but both sides thought it was best to opt for a bridge contract because of Hertls potential to emerge into a star. He will be eligible to be a restricted free agent when this deal is done in 2018.Its good for me too because now I have two years to show my best hockey and show I can play longer here with the Sharks,, Hertl said. Its on me. Its better to sign the contract and well see the next two years how I play.Hertl said he is progressing well from the injury suffered in the final and will not need surgery. He said he expects to be 100 percent by the time the season starts but is not sure if he will be healthy enough to play for his native Czech Republic in the World Cup in September.Wilson said he is having talks with two other pending restricted free agents: forward Matt Nieto and defenseman Dylan DeMelo. Wilson previously said he will let pending unrestricted free agents Roman Polak, Nick Spaling, James Reimer and Dainius Zubrus hit the market on Friday. Trevor Lewis Jersey . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. Kelly Hrudey Jersey . The return match will take place next Wednesday. Udinese leads Fiorentina 2-1 in the other semifinal. Napoli staged a second-half comeback from two goals down after Gervinhos opener and a stunning strike from Kevin Strootman. http://www.shopkingsonline.com/Jake-Muzzin-Jersey/ .ca NHL Power Rankings for the second straight week, ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- It was North Carolinas strangest blowout win in a long time.Mitch Trubisky passed for 184 yards and three touchdowns to help the Tar Heels beat The Citadel 41-7 on Saturday.T.J. Logan had a touchdown catch and a 100-yard kickoff return for a score for North Carolina (8-3), which forced a season-high four turnovers.We were worried about that football team, North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said. We knew they were a really good football team, that they would control the clock and that our guys were going to have to steal a few possessions. Defensively, we did that.North Carolina won even though its high-octane offense was quiet for much of the day. The Tar Heels converted just 1 of 8 third downs and were outgained by the Bulldogs 371-356.Perhaps most surprisingly, the Tar Heels intercepted a pass.Dominquie Green ended North Carolinas interception drought when he picked off a pass and returned it 58 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. The Tar Heels had been the only FBS team not to intercept a pass this season.Ryan Switzer added a 72-yard touchdown as North Carolina won for the 11th time in its last 12 home games.The Citadel (10-1) rushed for 344 yards, possessed the ball for more than 42 minutes and ran 33 more plays than North Carolina.Grant Drakeford had a 28-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the Bulldogs, whose school-record 10-game winning streak came to an end.We were nowhere near playing where we wanted today, Citadel coach Brent Thompson said. We needed a day like today to remind us that if you dont play well and you turn the ball over and you make a lot of mistakes, youre not going to win very many football games.THE TAKEAWAYThe Citadel: The Bulldogs stumbled in their stiffest test of the season to date. Lacking an effective passingg attack, they were unable to rally after falling behind early. Nic Dowd Jersey. The Citadel must try to avoid similar circumstances in the postseason as opponents load up to try to stop its vaunted running game.North Carolina: Coming off a deflating loss and playing an undefeated opponent with an unconventional offense, the Tar Heels won a dangerous game without much difficulty. Their advantages in speed and overall talent were too much for The Citadel to overcome.We werent as sharp on offense, but we picked it up in other areas, Trubisky said.HE SAID ITFedora had grown tired of talking about his teams lack of interceptions, but he cracked a joke about the end of the streak.I was told that were the only team in the country that has returned all of their interceptions for touchdowns, he said. Thats a pretty big deal right there, I would think.HIGHLIGHT REELLogans 23-yard touchdown grab in the second quarter was impressive. He ran through the middle of the defense uncovered, and it appeared that Trubisky threw the ball too far in front of him. But Logan dived and speared the ball with his right hand before rolling over with control of it in the end zone. His kick return for a score to begin the second half was his school-record fourth kickoff return for a touchdown.UP NEXTThe Citadel: The Bulldogs will play in the FCS playoffs after earning the automatic berth from the Southern Conference.North Carolina: Still alive for the ACCs Coastal Division title, the Tar Heels host rival N.C. State on Friday. North Carolina needs to win and needs Virginia Tech to lose at home to Virginia in order to play in the conference championship game for the second year in a row. Cheap Jerseys WholesaleCheap Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
DENVER -- Nick Hundley waited nearly eight years for his first major league grand slam. Kawhi Leonard Jersey . He made sure it was an important one.Hundleys slam in the eighth inning broke open a close game and helped the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-7 on Friday night.Pinch-hitter Daniel Descalso also homered in a seven-run eighth, and Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez each had two hits for the Rockies.Hundleys grand slam was the second for Colorado in two games. Rockies rookie Stephen Cardullo hit one in the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Dodgers on Wednesday.I told Cardullo hes been in the league two days and hes got more grand slams than me, Hundley said. I couldnt let that happen.Cardullos homer came in a heartbreaking loss, but Hundleys was part of a huge rally.The game was tied at 7 with two outs in the eighth when Enrique Burgos (1-2) hit Charlie Blackmon with a pitch.Arenados single two batters later put the Rockies ahead and, after two walks, Hundley hit his ninth homer and first career slam off Silvino Bracho.Hundos coming on strong. He never stops grinding, Colorado manager Walt Weiss said. Hes been a great leader for us. Its great to see him finishing strong.Descalso followed with the third pinch-hit homer of his career to cap the outburst.Carlos Estevez (3-7) worked a perfect eighth for the win two nights after he and closer Adam Ottavino combined to blow a six-run lead against the Dodgers.We needed to win today, Arenado said. It was important for us to come back and win that game.Four hits and a throwing error by Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa helped Arizona put up four runs in the fourth to give Robbie Ray a 5-0 lead.De La Rosa allowed five runs, none earned, in five innings.Ray yielded just one hit through four but fell apart in the fifth. Colorado scored six runs -- five earned -- on seven hits before Ray left after getting just one out. Arenado had a run-scoring single in the rally and has 117 RBI, tops in the majors.I only had 44 pitches in four innings. I was feeling good, Ray said. Things didnt work out.A.J. Pollocks two-run homer off Jordan Lyles, his first of the season, gave the Diamondbacks a 7-6 lead in the sixth, but Colorado tied it on David Dahls single in the bottom half.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: LHP Andrew Chafin (shoulder) was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Reno. ... RHP Rubby De La Rosa (elbow inflammation) pitched one inning for Class A Visalia on Thursday. It was his first game action since May 25 with Arizona.Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (back) and reliever Justin Miller (oblique strain) were activated from the 15-day disabled list. Colorado also reinstated Descalso from the paternity list.PURE GOLDPaul Goldschmidt extended his streak of reaching base against the Rockies to 49 games. It is the longest ever against Colorado.100/100 MANArenado scored two runs to reach 100 for the season. He became the first Rockies player to have at least 100 runs and 100 RBI in the same season since Gonzalez did it in 2010.EXPANDED ROSTERSThe Rockies recalled long reliever and spot starter Christian Bergman from Triple-A Albuquerque. Bergman was optioned down on Aug. 20.Colorado also beefed up its roster by recalling catcher Tom Murphy and outfielder Raimel Tapia from Albuquerque. Tapia made his major league debut with a pinch-hit, infield single in the sixth.The Diamondbacks recalled outfielder Socrates Brito from Triple-A Reno.UP NEXTDiamondbacks RHP Braden Shipley (2-3, 4.75 ERA) faces Chatwood (10-8, 3.78) on Saturday. Tony Parker Jersey . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. David Robinson Jersey .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. Hawkins, who turns 41 in December, will compete with Rex Brothers for the closers role at spring training. http://www.shopspurs.com/womens-bruce-bowen-basketball-jersey/ . Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. Glamorgan 286 and 296 (Wallace 78, Rudolph 56, Bragg 54) beat Essex 319 (ten Doeschate 117, Foster 64, Wheater 59, Meschede 5-84) and 252 ( Chopra 79, Hogan 5-45, Van der Gugten 4-56 ) by 11 runs ScorecardEssexs players set off for a night on the town to celebrate their Division Two title success after suffering only their third Specsavers County Championship defeat of the summer.Promotion to Division One having been sealed on Tuesday when they garnered the five bonus points required to put them in an unassailable position, they found Michael Hogan in party-pooping mood with five wickets for 45 to leave Essex 11 runs short of victory.It was the Australians second five-wicket haul in successive games, taking him to 44 Championship wickets for the season. He was well supported by the parsimonious Timm van der Gugten, who claimed four for 56 from 29.5 overs, and ended Essexs obdurate last-wicket partnership with 19 balls to spare.At one point, Varun Chopra looked as if he might carry Essex to a seventh win on his own when he rattled up 79 out of the 138 scored while he was at the crease. His seventh Championship score in excess of fifty this season - the other six were for Warwickshire - came from 128 balls with 10 fours. But with wickets falling all around him, and no one sticking around long after he had gone, Essex were always ahead of the rate but without enough men to see them over the line.Essex had been set 264 to win in a minimum of 91 overs, and the openers put on 92 fairly comfortably in 26 overs before three quick wickets fell. Nick Browne departed to the last ball before lunch, caught in the slips by Will Bragg off van der Gugten for 30. When he reached 20, flicking Morgan off his legs, he became the third Essex batsman to 1,000 Championship runs for the season.Tom Westley, who had passed the milestone in the previous game against Worcestershire, lasted just three balls after lunch before he fell lbw to Michael Hogan without score. And Essex lost another wicket in the immediate post-lunch period when Ravi Bopara was pinned in his crease by one from van der Gugten that kept low.At the other end, Chopra was compiling his highest score since his return to his first county. He despatched a full-toss from Kiran Carlson for his eighth four to reach fifty froom 73 balls. Sean Elliott Jersey. He was particularly strong through the offside.But he was fourth out just after an involuntary edge by Dan Lawrence had taken Essex past the halfway point with 43 overs gone. Chopra was beaten by an inswinger from Hogan, who then accounted for Lawrence five overs later to another that swung in and took middle and leg.Essex were less fluent in an afternoon session of 38 overs in which they added just 62 runs. But ten Doeschate joined Adam Wheater just before tea and together they put on 40 in 12 overs before the captain became Hogans fourth victim, caught behind by Mark Wallace for 23.Wheater played second fiddle in the partnership, and it was not until the 58th ball he faced that he registered a boundary, stroking van der Gugten through the covers. But he then scooped a return into Hogans hands to leave Essex 64 runs away from victory with three wickets left.Glamorgan gave Graham Napier a guard of honour as he came out with runner Lawrence to begin his last innings after a 20-year career with Essex. He contributed 12 in an eighth-wicket stand of 23 with James Foster before he went lbw to van der Gugten. Foster then chased a wide one from Meschede to toe-end it to the wicketkeeper.David Masters received a similar welcome to Napier after confirming his retirement at the end of the season to the crowd at lunch-time. They were equally generous to the last pair when they dropped fairly routine catches in successive balls - Masters at short extra cover by Jacques Rudolph and Jamie Porter in the slips by Aneurin Donald. Van der Gugten took his fourth wicket when he yorked Porter to end a 23-run stand for the last wicket.Essex needed just 14 deliveries with the new-ball in the morning to take the remaining Glamorgan wicket. Not that they required any assistance from their opening bowlers, Masters and Bopara - Wallace decided to chance a second run to Lawrence on the backward square boundary and was run out by a long way.Wallace had added three runs to his overnight score to finish on 78. 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Warriors rising star Tuimoala Lolohea has been dumped from the squad for the crucial NRL clash with North Queensland in Townsville on Saturday night. http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-Coty-Sensabaugh-Jersey/ .Lolohea, 21, endured a dire evening at fullback and was substituted in the 54th minute last weekend as lowly-ranked South Sydney put a spike in the Warriors finals hopes with a 41-22 win in Auckland that dropped them to ninth.David Fusitua will replace Lolohea in the No.1 jersey while centre Blake Ayshford returns to the starting XIII after a fortnight on the pine.Lolohea, who can play fullback or in the halves, will play in reserve grade.(Lolohea) needs to get some confidence back in his game, as well as having the chance to play in his preferred spot in the halves, Warriors coach Andrew McFadden said on Tuesday.David has shown his ability in all the positions in the outside backs.Loloheas axing comes as media reports linking troubled Kiwi star Kieran Foran to the Warriors grow louder.Chief executive Jim Doyle said on Tuesday that Foran, released from the Eels on compassionate grounds, would be welcome at the club when ready to return to the NRL.When Kieran decides hes ready to resume his playing career, well certainly be interested in talking to him further, Doyle said in a statement.Elsewhere, the side retains a similar shape to that which fell to Souths.Thomas Leuluai and Shaun Johnson take up their regular roles in the halves, with Jazz Tevaga again deputising for the crocked Issac Luke at hooker.Jacob Lillyman and Albert Vete will line up as props, with Bodene Thompson and skipper Ryan Hoffman behind them in the second row.McFadden has decided to do away with his usual outside back on the bench, injecting front rower James Gavet into the XVII.It is hoped Gavet, who has played eight NRL games in 2016, will add some much needed thrust to the Warriors play through the middle.Were looking for a lot more from our forwards this week, McFadden said.We need to do much better in the battle in the middle, in what will be a really tough game for us.Fifth-placed North Queensland, the reigning NRL premiers, sit four points outside the top four after losing four of their last five matches.The Warriors have a poor record in Townsville, losing 10 of the 15 matches played in the Queensland city, but edge the Cowboys 18 to 17 overall. http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-Greg-Lloyd-Jersey/ . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-Daimion-Stafford-Jersey/ . LOUIS -- Rookie Tavon Austin has missed another day of practice, lessening the odds hell be ready for the St. http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-Dan-Mccullers-Jersey/ . NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through the first period. Barcelona has agreed terms with a relatively unknown Argentine league coach, Gerardo Martino, to follow in the footsteps of two of European footballs most successful coaches. According to a club statement on Tuesday, Martino will be given a two-year contract. He will replace Tito Vilanova, who in turn succeeded Pep Guardiola. Vilanova began as Guardiolas assistant, providing the tactical know-how that helped his then boss forge one of the best teams in the history of the sport -- winning 14 of a possible 19 titles from 2008-2012, including two Champions League trophies. During Vilanovas single season in charge, he led Barcelona to the Spanish league title with a record-tying 100 points. He stepped down as Barcelona coach last week following a recurrence of throat cancer. Despite having no experience coaching a European club, the 50-year-old Martino received backing from Barcelona star Lionel Messi before the clubs sporting director travelled to Buenos Aires to negotiate the deal. Messi spoke glowingly of Martino, better known in Argentina by the nickname "Tata." "I like Tata Martino," Messi said recently. "He is a great coach," adding that "his teams play well and we all respect him." Martino acknowledged Messis influence in landing the job. "I have no doubt that Jorge (Messis father) and Lionel have had importance," Martino said at a news conference in Rosario, Argentina. "They surely have spoken with the club officials. Surely they were asked their opinion." The club praised Martino on its website for "his clear commitment to the passing game" and the attacking style that have become Barcelonas on-field trademark. However, in a poll published Tuesday by the Catalan regions leading newspaper, La Vanguardia, under the banner "Do you approve of Tata Martino signing?" 58 per cent of readers answered "no" and only 32 per cent approved. http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-Sean-Davis-Jersey/. Ten per cent of the 1,000 people polled had no opinion. Barcelona said it will specify plans for the Argentines arrival in Barcelona "in the coming hours." Martino is expected to travel from Argentina to sign a contract and be presented officially to the club. Martino played as a midfielder from 1980-1996, including a short spell in 1991 at Spanish club Tenerife in the Canary Islands. He also led Paraguay to the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time, in 2010. Martino is due to arrive with his assistant from coaching Newells Old Boys last season, Jorge Pautasso, fitness coach Elvio Paulo Rosso and coach Adrian Coria, who once was in charge of Messi at the Argentine club. Barcelona says Martino will become the fourth Argentine to coach the club, after Helenio Herrera (1958-60, 1980 and 1980-81), Roque Olsen (1965-67), and Cesar Luis Menotti (1983-84). Barcelona is due to travel to Germany on Wednesday for a preseason friendly match against Bayern Munich -- which is now coached by Guardiola -- but Martino is not going to be able to accompany the squad, the club said. In what he called an "open letter" released Tuesday, Vilanova said his doctors had advised him to give up coaching, but said he would not be leaving the club altogether. "I will continue to be very close and will carry on working at this club that I love so much on other tasks within the area of sports," said Vilanova without specifying any further. Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Jerseys WholesaleWholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '