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With nine games being played Friday night, there are a multitude of options for your DFS basketball lineup. Ben Wallace Pistons Jersey . Whom should you build around and whom should you avoid? Our experts have you covered.Todays panel consists of Kyle Soppe, Joe Kaiser, Jim McCormick and Renee Miller.Players to build aroundJoe Kaiser -- ?Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers How great has Embiid been in his first dozen NBA games? Lets put it this way: He has outscored?Hassan Whiteside (18.2 to 17.3) and is equaling Whiteside in blocks (2.4) despite playing 10 fewer minutes per game (22.8 to 32.8). Embiids minutes restriction has been raised to 28 heading into tonights game against Orlando and his salary doesnt yet factor that in, so take advantage of this while you can. His price tag will likely jump up after tonights game.Jim McCormick -- Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ersHe has a similar projection and ceiling to his more expensive peers, like?Blake Griffin. We also appreciate the expected uptick in minutes for Embiid. More exposure is inviting for Embiid, as only Russell Westbrook, James Harden and DeMarcus Cousins claim higher usage rates than the 76ers standout center. With Philadelphia favored at home against Orlando, we can expect Embiid to enjoy steady minutes with the opportunity to build another big box score.Kyle Soppe -- Jae Crowder, Boston CelticsAt the beginning of this week, it was reported that Crowder had shed the minutes limit he had been under since returning from an ankle injury that cost him over two weeks. He has been a strong value play ever since. I fully expect that to continue tonight against a Kings team that ranks among the bottom 10 in defensive efficiency and has allowed at least 99 points in eight straight games.Im not thrilled about Crowders reliance on the 3-ball dating back to last season (and highlighted again on Wednesday as 10 of his 15 field goal attempts came from distance), but with the Kings allowing the fourth-most made triples a game, Crowder should be getting open looks if he decides to settle. I like the versatile game here, as Crowder has produced at least five rebounds or five assists in four of his last five games. I think his confidence in his health will allow him to be more aggressive and get to the line more than what weve seen this season. Invest in Crowder while the price is still right.Renee Miller -- Rajon Rondo, Chicago Bulls If youve been watching what opposing point guards have been doing to the Cavaliers this season, and over the past week or so in particular, youre with me on this one. Opposing teams point guards have averaged over 70 DraftKings points against Cleveland over the last five games, and the third-most per game for the season.Since returning from injury, Rondo has been effective in just about every statistical category every night -- a key feature in a building block. I want the high floor that comes from multicategory production and the upside that comes from the possibility of a double-double or even a triple-double in Rondos case. His midrange salary gives me plenty of flexibility to work in higher priced stars at other positions.Players to fadeKyle Soppe -- Andre Drummond, Detroit PistonsI mentioned this earlier in the week, and Im going to continue to beat the drummond, as it were. Why would anyone roster Drummond at his current price? Yes, I get the high floor argument, but why pay up for him when you can get DeAndre Jordan for less? ?Last week, doing so paid off big, and while it wont always work out, Im not paying more for an identical skill set.From up here on my soap box, Ill make the anti-Drummond point for tonight in Atlanta. First of all, the Hawks own the most efficient defense in basketball and are a top-five rebounding team. What exactly are you hoping Drummond does well in this spot? Furthermore, the matchup with Dwight Howard scares me. Not only does it open the door for Drummond to get into foul trouble, it also presents a tough matchup on the other end of the floor. Im fading the Pistons big man again tonight and will once again go with Jordan if Im looking for an elite rebounder to anchor my DFS roster.Joe Kaiser -- James Harden, Houston Rockets This is a bold move, especially since Harden is facing a Denver team thats struggled to slow down any guards this season. However, lets remember that Harden is coming off an extremely hard-fought double-overtime win over Golden State on Thursday night. Playing one night later in the altitude of Denver isnt ideal, especially when hes one of the two highest-priced players of the night on both DraftKings and FanDuel. Im fading The Beard for one of the few times all season.Jim McCormick -- Nikola Vucevic, Orlando MagicWhen Joel Embiid is on the court, the 76ers enjoy an elite defensive rating of 98.5 points surrendered per 48 minutes. That rating would be second-best in the league if it were extrapolated out over the whole season. As one of the leagues premier rim protectors, Embiid could give Vucevic fits in the paint. 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But having to lean on its defense against a Cardinals team that Bill Belichick says has as good a group of skill players that weve seen in a long time may not be the worst thing either.Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer is expected to have his full complement of weapons Sunday in receivers Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd and John Brown. It will also be the first real look of what the Cardinals backfield tandem of Chris Johnson and second-year David Johnson can do together.Its a lot for any defense to deal with, and Belichick doesnt expect to truly know what kind of team he has until at least a month into the season. But he acknowledges his defense -- and particularly its veteran secondary -- might be the most cohesive group he has entering Week 1.(There are) a lot of things that we can do now that we wouldnt have been able to do at this time last year with that group of players because weve done them for a year, or we did them in different game plan situations last year, Belichick said.While several position groups were slowed by injuries at different times this offseason, the core secondary group of cornerbacks Malcolm Butler and Logan Ryan, and safeties Devin McCourty and Patrick Chung, has remained healthy.The same is true at linebacker, where starters Jamie Collins and Donta Hightower will be counted on to slow down Arizonas run game.In the secondarys case, its only helped to build more chemistry among a foursome that was on the field to start 13 of the Patriots 18 games last season. It also accounted for seven of their 12 interceptions.It helps as long as we playy well. 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Everybody knows what type of playmakers they have, but you just gotta focus on your responsibilities and trust the man next to you that hes gonna do his job and let the chips fall where they may.McCourty said the unknown also helps drive veterans on defense.In this league you dont always know if its gonna stay that same way, so I always preach to the guys to take advantage of the opportunity, he said.Game notes TE Rob Gronkowski returned to the practice field after being absent on Sunday. ...WR Danny Amendola, who has been recovering from knee and ankle issues this preseason, said Tuesday that he feels he is ready to play despite sitting out all four of the Patriots preseason games. I feel strong. I feel fast. So Im ready to roll, he said. They have a plan, theyve always had a plan, and so have we. 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Watch and read part one of the interview here Lets talk about the other aspects of broadcasting that are important. Nike Air Vapor Max . One of them - neutrality. Was that something you had to cultivate within your work simply because you are this iconic Australian captain? You were identified as an Australian, you are in the box for Test matches involving Australia all the time? I found it pretty easy. I mean, I think you should - it should say impartial broadcast on your CV. It came pretty easy to me because I remember being in England in 1972 for the Ashes series - the first time I captained overseas. And the Olympics were on right near the end of that tour, in Munich. We had the Olympics on television quite a bit and we were getting the English commentators. They were barracking rather than commentating and that annoyed the hell out of me. I thought, Jesus, I dont like blokes who start barracking and Im not gonna do it.But I think also its part of your job. If Im listening to cricket commentary and I can hear certain blokes - particularly a couple of Englishmen Im thinking of - barrack for England, and as England start to go down the mine, their commentary goes down the mine. You can hear from their voice: This is not going too well.If Australia have a good victory, you run into somebody the next day or a couple of days later and they will say, Oh, you must have had a great party after that Australian victory. Ill say, No, mate, I was on the first plane out of there, as quick as I could. And I always say, I stopped worrying about winning and losing cricket matches in March 1980 and there is a simple reason for that. Before March 1980, I could do something about it. Now I cant do anything about it.There were a couple of incidents that were quite prominent, that still get talked about: the underarm incident involving your brothers, and the incident between Javed Miandad and Dennis Lillee, where you were quite critical of Dennis Lillee, werent you? Do you remember those broadcast moments? And was there ever a thought in the back of your mind, These are my brothers, or This is my leading fast bowler? I dont think I was actually commentator. I was in the commentary box, but I wrote a column. I was writing for the Sydney Sun in those days and you know, I was quite categorically against what he did.Richie actually made [the remarks] and Greg [Chappell] was pretty annoyed with Richies comments. I think he said it was a gutless decision by a gutless captain. I think Greg accepted my criticism but he was very annoyed about the gutless comment. I knew what I was going to write, but before I wrote, I thought I might just do a bit of a tester here, so I rang Jeanne, my mother, and I said, Oh, what did you think about…? And Jeanne always said to me, and I think she said it to the other two brothers, Look, if you committed a murder, Id still support you. And I said, Well, hope to hell you never have to do in those circumstances, Jeanne.But anyhow Jeanne was very supportive and I thought, this is going to be difficult to write, but I felt that I had to write and I wrote it.Very funny, because I dont see Greg after the underarm. That was in Melbourne, the next game was in Sydney, and I am living in Sydney, so I drive to the ground. We used to park in those days on the SCG Number 2 ground. As I parked there, a big bus pulls up right next to me and the band who are going to play before play get off the bus. The Australians are practising down the end of the Number 2 ground. I havent seen Greg since the underarm. I thought, right, now is the time. So Im walking past the nets and Greg is bowling and I go, Good day mate, how are you? He looks around, there is no hello or anything. He says, Thought you would have come on the bus. And I said, Mate, you know I live in Sydney, Ive got my own car, why would I come on the bus? On the bloody bandwagon like the rest of those bastards. I said, Well, mate, if you dont like what I write, then perhaps you should not read the newspapers. He paused for a moment and said, Probably just as well you disagreed with it, he said, because I ordered it, Trevor bowled it, and if youd agreed with it they would have thought were all bloody mad. So that sort of cut the ice and everything was fine from that time on.And the Lillee thing, yeah. In fact, David Hill, our producer, said after the days play, Get down there and interview Dennis about the incident with Javed. That did create a bit of a dilemma because I didnt think Dennis should be saying anything about it. At that stage I doubt that hed had the hearing to decide what his punishment would be, and just as a mate I thought hes probably better if he didnt say anything.So I went to him and I said, Mate, David Hill wants me to do an interview with you about the incident, but as a friend I am suggesting that you dont do it. He said, Okay, I wont do it then. So I went back and told Hilly, No, he hasnt agreed to it. But Ive never had a problem with Dennis. You know, Dennis knows how I feel about it. We had that relationship. One of the things I always felt as a captain was important was honesty. The players needed honesty from you and whether they liked me or they didnt like me very much, they always knew they were getting honesty from me.You continue to be part of the Channel Nine coverage. There are a lot of recent Australian players coming into the commentary box who are openly biased and sound like they are supportive of the Australian team rather than objective commentators. Is that a fair assessment? It does annoy me a bit when its a bit jingoistic. See, I was very lucky again. I said to you originally that I drove to Sydney chasing Barbara Ann, and I was lucky that I happened to be in the right place at the right time. Sydney was the right place, but also, we were just starting out. I mean, the cricket coverage had been going for three seasons, but also Wide World of Sports, the Saturday afternoon show, was starting up and I got a gig there.But the main reason why I was lucky was because both David Hill and Brian Morelli - David was the producer, Brian the director - were very, very brilliant at their job, and they had time to help you learn from them. After cricket, lets say a five-day Test match, I reckon two of the five days we would be up in Brians room or Davids room. All the commentators would sit around, have a drink - That was rubbish, What was that all about today? I remember Hilly one day saying to Richie, Now, Richie, just go through that business about legspin bowling again, will you? and so Richie explained it and Hilly said, Ha, now I can see, and I see how we can use that on television. So we kicked all these things around and they had time to tell you things about commentary - dont do this, do this.Now, I get the feeling that, you know, with the ex-player who comes into the commentary box, its: Right, thats your microphone, heres your earpiece, good luck, thats your training now. I had much better training than that and I feel very fortunate that I did.Have you ever sat down with a few of the guys who come in? Do you ever feel as a senior broadcaster that youve noticed something, or they are wandering off into areas that you feel are troublesome? Do you see that as part of your mandate or do you stay away from that? It goes back to the days when I was a player. I didnt like old players coming up to me and saying, Oh son, your grip is wrong, you know, you should be doing this, you should be doing that. If I had a problem with cricket in some form, Id ring Richie or talk to Keith Miller and Lindsay Hassett a bit over a drink. So if somebody comes to me and asks for my advice, Ill give it, but I dont like to start foisting my advice on people. If I feel theres something that I should say, Ill say to the guy, Mate, do you want to hear my opinion? and if he says, No, I dont, well, he dont want to hear it.Is it starting to become a real trend now? That youre almost seeing cheerleaders as commentators. I think only in certain parts of the world. Quite often when I am at home and I say to Barb, come and watch whatever sporting event it is, she will say, Are we going to have their commentary or are we going to have your commentary, because if its yours, Im not coming down. I did get very irate, but as I said before, how I learnt a lot about commentary was from listening to other commentators. Again, I worked on the same basis I did with my captaincy - the things that I liked about a certain commentator, I try to do, things I dont like about it, I try not to do. But I do get a bit irate with commentary from certain parts of the world.Were seeing increasingly home boards now being producers of the coverage. Its not just an Indian phenomenon, weve seen it in South Africa as well. Is that also something that worries you? Because at the end of the day then, is your independence compromised? Well, to me, its very simple. If they employ whoever it is as a commentator, if they dont like what the guy is saying, they just sack him. If they dont like what I am saying, just sack me. I understand that, but dont tell me what I can and cant say.And the other area where I have a real problem with the ICC is the DRS. The DRS should have nothing to do with television, and television people will tell you that. Its an entertainment part of the telecast. Some of that technology came about to enhance the television coverage but not to be involved in the decision-making process. That, in my opinion, should be totally ICC. They should pay for all the equipment. I would love to ask someone from the ICC to explain to me the logic or the fairness of the fact that Test matches are played under different laws in different parts of the world, because obviously the boards who cant afford the greater technology dont use it. So those players are hampered because theyre not playing under the same laws as, say, England and Australia. Thats ridiculous. So if the ICC want to charge extra for the rights to pay for all the equipment theyve got to have and all the technology, thats fine - I have no problem with that. But they not only should provide all the equipment, it should be under their auspices as well. It should be the umpires running it, not the television director.Theres almost an image of Ian Chappell being slightly anti-establishment. I think you carry that almost as a badge sometimes. Im anti-stupidity, thats what Im anti.Do you feel that the modern commentator is under pressure because of this landscape? Because of having to be almost politically correct about things he wants to openly express but doesnt know how the authorities are going to see it? One problem I see for cricket administrators is, theyre charging so much for the rights now that the television companies are having to do so many things to try and recoup their costs. That involves things during the over, so theres a lot of commercial things that youve got to play to recoup your money. I mean, you can be talking about something as a commentator and suddenly you hear from the director, oh, we got to do such and such. Its not relating to what youre talking about. I find that can be at times quite annoying. I understand theyve got their money and thats why I think that theres got to be a happy balance between what you charge for the rights, so that you dont compromise the telecast, because eventually if the telecast becomes unwatchable because it is so commercialised that kids arent watching it, well, they are your future. Theyre not only your future cricketers, but they are your future cricket watchers. So I think you need to be careful and hit that right balance. Sure, you need a lot of money to run the game, but dont go so far that you make it unwatchable.Then theres the other area that has changed a hell of a lot and that is the technology and the graphics. These are pretty expensive things and the television company goes, oh this is good, were going to buy that and we buy something else. Now, you have to use it, and again, sometimes its not used in the flow of the game. Its just, boom, suddenly it appears there out of the blue. To me, its not relating to either what the commentators are talking about or whats happening in the flow of the game. So there are all those sorts of things impinging on commentary, making it different from when I first started. But if youre a commentator, you just got to try and work around them.Is there a place for the non-cricketer in cricket commentary? Is there no place at all for a guy in the box who may not have played the game at the highest level to come in and be a part of the system? I think theres definitely a place for guys who are good broadcasters. Ill give you two examples. Mark Nicholas played at a pretty high level - he was captain of Hampshire - but hes a damn good presenter. Id put him in the same category as Richie. He is a very good salesman for the game. Another good pal of mine, Alan Wilkins - played decent cricket, played at first-class, county level in England, but hes a good broadcaster. Now these people have something to offer and theyve got an opinion that is going to be different from a guy whos played at Test level. And sometimes a guy whos just come off the field and into the commentary box needs to have this information drawn from him. And a good broadcaster can do that. You can do it also as an ex-Test cricketer. But yes Id say: definitely. Its like picking a cricket team.Go back to what David Hill said about that original quartet of commentators - they were all different and you dont want everybody having the same opinion, same sort of voice. You want a mixture. And that mixture definitely includes guys who havent played Test cricket. Are there two or three guys that you like listening to today from the modern generation of commentators? Of the guys from other countries, I like listening to Nasser Hussain, because I think Nasser looks at the game as a captain - captain of both teams. And I think thats how you got to do it. And I am surprised that more blokes who were captain dont look at it that way. But I think Nasser is very good at looking at why is this team on top, whats that team got to do to get back into the game. Hes got ideas and hes got opinions and hes quite prepared to state them. I think thats good.One of the greatest compliments I was ever paid was from a guy called Pat Murphy. Works in radio for the BBC, also does a bit of writing. I had done an Ashes series in Australia with BBC radio as well Channel Nine. At the end of the series Pat came out to me and he said, Ive worked with you before, he said, but I really enjoyed this summer. You know the reason why I enjoy working with you? I said, No, why is that Pat? and he said, Because you tell us what might be about to happen rather than what has happened.And thats one thing that really annoys me. Every time I hear it on television I can hear Brian Morelli in my ear, saying, Last ball, last ball, last ball. What hes meaning by that is all youre talking about is the replay and I can hear some commentators actually waiting for the replay to come up before they say something. Now, if youve played ten or 15 years of international cricket and somethings just happened on the field, you should not have to wait for a replay before you say something. You should be able to make some comment. What if something goes wrong with the machine downstairs and the replay doesnt come up? Youre just going to sit there with nothing? Its very boring television when all you hear is just the last ball, the guy talking about the replay. It will be mostly because hes just talking about what youre seeing. And thats not the art of commentary - telling people what they are seeing.Forty-odd years of doing this - youre still having fun? Thank you for reminding me, Gaurav. From your vantage point, where is the game right now? I think there was an ideal time for cricket to sit down and work out a blueprint for going forward. And, to me, the ideal time was when the ICL started, and then you sort of had the genesis of IPL. To me that was the time for cricket to sit down - administration, umpires, players, sponsors, media, even representatives of the fans - sit around the table and say, right, where are we going with this game? Where is this game going to be in the next ten years?First question, do we need three forms of the game? Okay, if the answer to that is yes, how do we go forward with all three games complementing each other, not one cannibalising another? If the answer is no, we dont need three forms - all right, which one are we going to eradicate here and how do we go forward?But Ive never seen any blueprint for cricket going forward. To me, cricket has evolved as a whole lot of knee-jerk reactions. If you think about it, Test cricket was perceived as boring, so along came limited-overs cricket. 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Everton 3-0 Newcastle Everton returned to form on home soil While loan signing Seydou Doumbia had to wait for his debut, remaining on the bench as an unused substitute, heres all you need to know about how the other new boys got on at Goodison Park…Jonjo ShelveyShelvey had sprayed the ball all around St James Park in his first outing in a Newcastle shirt, but after seeing the best of their new signing that day, this was a reminder of the flaws.Back on Merseyside, the midfielder was partially culpable for Aaron Lennons opening goal, failing to intercept a lofted pass forwards in the centre of the pitch that seemed within his range. Jonjo Shelvey could not produce his best form back on Merseyside He could then do nothing to stop the breakaway with Evertons movement typical of the way he was bypassed for much of the game.With Newcastle enjoying little possession, there were few opportunities for Shelvey to showcase his passing range and when they did come, he failed to impress. 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Any rankings cited in this column come from our ESPN Fantasy staff ranks.?Teams on bye this week: Rams, Dolphins, Giants, Steelers, 49ers, RavensRefresh often for the latest information.Ruled out before SundayRB Matt Jones (knee), QB Cody Kessler (concussion), WR Corey Coleman (hand), RB Thomas Rawls (leg), RB Jamaal Charles (knee), RB Tevin Coleman (hamstring), RB Doug Martin (hamstring), RB C.J. Anderson (knee), RB James Starks (knee), WR Marquise Goodwin (concussion), WR Chester Rogers (hamstring/foot), TE Dwayne Allen (ankle), DE Michael Bennett (knee), S Kam Chancellor (groin), QB Tony Romo (back), DT Stacy McGee (knee), RB Jerick McKinnon (ankle).London game, 9:30 a.m. ETTE Jordan Reed (concussion, questionable) -- active WR Jamison Crowder (groin, questionable) -- active WR DeSean Jackson (hamstring, questionable) -- active TE Vernon Davis (groin, questionable) -- activeEarly games, 1 p.m. ET (seven scheduled)RB LeSean McCoy (hamstring, doubtful) -- inactive RB Mike Gillislee (foot, questionable) -- active WR Robert Woods (foot, questionable) -- active TE Charles Clay (knee, questionable) -- active TE Martellus Bennett (ankle, questionable) -- active WR Julian Edelman (foot, questionable) -- active DE Muhammad Wilkerson (ankle, questionable) -- active TE Eric Ebron (ankle/knee, questionable) -- active RB Lamar Miller (shoulder, questionable) -- active WR Michael Floyd (hamstring, questionable) -- active WR John Brown (hamstring, questionable) -- activeLate games, 4:05 and 4:25 p.m. ET (two scheduled)TE Hunter Henry (concussion, questionable) -- active WR Travis Benjamin (knee, questionable) -- active WR Tyrell Williams (knee, questionable) -- active LB Denzel Perryman (shoulder, questionable) -- active WR Randall Cobb (hamstring, questionable) -- inactive WR/RB Ty Montgomery (illness, questionable) -- inactiveSunday night game, 8:30 ETWR Dez Bryant (knee, questionable) -- active TE Jason Witten (chest, questionable) -- activeUpdates/analysis (most recent first)Green Bay Packers (3 p.m.): Randall Cobb and Ty Montgomery are both officially inactive for todays game.San Diego Chargers (2:40 p.m.): Philip Rivers will indeed have Hunter Henry, Travis Benjamin and Tyrell Williams at his disposal this afternoon, as all three questionable players are active.Denver Broncos (2:30 p.m.): The Broncos defense will not be as healthy as hoped this afternoon. 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It remains to be seen if the Houston offense will take advantage of the situation, especially with Lamar Miller, though active, a bit banged up.Joe Haden (11:40 a.m.): Cleveland will play the cornerback, who has been dealing with a groin injury. New Yorks Brandon Marshall will likely have to deal with Hadens presence for as long as he can stay on the field.Washington Redskins (8:10 a.m.): We knew Matt Jones would be out, opening the door for Robert Kelley to handle the rushing duties. The good news is that all of the other major questionables are active, including Josh Norman, who should spend most of the morning shadowing A.J. Green of the Bengals.Tyler Eifert (8 a.m.): There should be no worries about the Cincinnati tight end this week, as the Bengals have declared C.J. Uzomah to be a healthy inactive. They certainly wouldnt do that without being confident that Eifert could play a full 60 minutes.LeSean McCoy (7:40 a.m.): According to ESPNs Adam Schefter, the Bills RB will not be able to suit up against the Patriots today, as he is still nursing a hamstring injury. Mike Gillislee is expected to start in his stead, though he was limited in practice on Friday due to a toe injury of his own.Lamar Miller (7:35 a.m.): The Houston running back is adamant that he will play against Detroit this afternoon, according to the NFL Networks Ian Rapoport. However, even if he does convince the Texans to let him suit up, he may not truly be able to handle a full workload. 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Last week you saw two great defenses going at it, but what was the difference in the game was turnovers, and weve got to do a good job of getting some this week.Orakpo not only was held without a sack in the opener, he was not credited with a tackle either.Sometimes its like that, Orakpo said. You play on the edge and its like that. Youve just got to control and play your side. ... Youve got to control your side. Nothing really broke on my side. It is what it is. Sometimes its like that.Titans coach Mike Mularkey said getting turnovers and sacks have to be a priority for the defense.For the most part in the history of the NFL, turnovers dictate the outcome of games, Mularkey said. Sacks are right behind turnovers. If you want to look at teams that get sacks and dont, youll look at the win-loss column. 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Shields, on thee other hand, was to me a black girl that was steadily meandering into a space that the world does not care to see black girls occupy: a space where she felt comfortable being who she was; a space where she would be the sole determinator of her destiny. Markieff Morris Jersey. I wanted to be like her, to not care about what people tagged me as, to always see my blackness as something that was beautiful.?Shields made history at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first American boxer to win a gold medal. When I watch her box, I lose myself. With every punch, you can see the release it gives Shields, the power she gains from fighting back. The way her punches work slowly on the opponents face, through her veins, and the more she hits, the more we observe that transition from a young black woman to a ferocious fighter. Shields has found her own recipe for survival, and that is what makes her different and a world champion.Many summers passed since I last watched Shields. One morning, a few days before I started a new term at school, I cut off most of my permed hair and went natural. When I walked into school on that January morning, I did not have long braids that I could twirl around my finger. I had thick, kinky hair, and I hated it. I hated how I looked, I hated how peoples eyes seemed to pierce through me, and I craved my weave.But I also knew that this was the beginning of my process, where I would really confront the fears that I had about moving through the world as a young black woman.Now, Shields is 21. In 2014, Shields won the world championships. A year later, she became the first American to win titles in womens boxing at the Olympics and the Pan American Games. Recently, Shields won gold at the 2016 Americas qualifier in Argentina.People tell me now, sometimes, when you talk about your record, it sounds like youre bragging. Those are facts, Shields tells co-host Tracy Clayton of Buzzfeeds Another Round podcast. Ive had 74 wins with one loss. I dont think its bragging if its the truth ... when I say it, it might sound cocky or arrogant, but thats just my confidence, how proud I am of myself for completing that task.As I listen to Shields speak, especially in the wake of Muhammad Alis death, I cannot help but compare her to him. Its an easy comparison to make, but you have to listen to her to really understand what it means when one says that they are black and proud.When I cut my hair off four years ago, that day was my Shields moment, a new genesis, where I worked hard to be simply satisfied of who I was. Im still not sure of the person I will become. But I know now that my being a black woman is always a thing to embrace, never a thing to hide, and I look to other black women, too, soaring, because they are comfortable with who they are.June Eric-Udorie is a writer from London. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Pool UK, Fusion and Rookie, among many others. She is currently an editorial trainee at Penguin Random House UK.Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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While Van Adams has found extraordinary success running her sports marketing firm for the last dozen years, shes quick to say shes still a STEM girl at heart.Chicago Blackhawks Hoodie . She fostered this love for all things science, technology, engineering and math while growing up outside of Buffalo, and credits it for her ability to multitask and get to the core of the projects she executes in business.And when it comes to projects, there are many. Besides her daily duties at VanAdams Sports Group, shes been the NYC chapter president of Women in Sports & Events (WISE) for the past nine years, helms an organization called Gathering on the Greens that gives professional women the tools to hit the links confidently, and also serves as an adjunct professor at NYU. So what does she do in her limited down time? Just a little light reading of The New England Journal of Medicine to keep her STEM side engaged.A lesson in Thin MintsLooking back now, I can say that I was driven from a young age. I was always involved in any number of things between community, school and church activities. But even as a Girl Scout, I would be the one who would actually look forward to the cookie season. There were prizes for selling a certain amount, and I always strived to win. I wanted to get to the tier for the free Walkman or whatever it was that year, so I would enlist the help of every friend and family member I could. Any aunt or uncle who worked in an office setting, I would ask to go there after school or have them bring the sheets to sell themselves. Hitting a goal makes you really happy when youre young, and I realized early on that you cant do everything yourself. Thats actually a life lesson I still live by today. But by enlisting everyone I knew to assist in selling for me, I guess I was a little entrepreneur before I became an entrepreneur.Swearing off scrubsI went to an engineering high school called Hutchinson Central in Buffalo where I was always good in the sciences, so I think it was just expected that I would become a doctor. But after graduating from Grambling with a pre-med degree, I took a year off for some discovery time to talk with professionals in medicine, who werent only practicing physicians, but were doing research or were in hospital administration. I sought out their opinions and the general theme was that while I may have the brain capacity to do it, I would be better served on the administrative side instead of straight caregiving. So I guess they could see what I couldnt see.But I was always fascinated by athlete recovery and sports psychology, and a light bulb went off that led to my decision to go back to Grambling for a masters in sports administration (although medicine is still a main interest of mine today). I might be one of only a handful of people who routinely reads medical journals as if Im preparing for something, but I am just doing it for fun.Grad school grubGrambling had renowned baseball and football programs, and I learned a lot about discipline working for a variety of the schools teams. Their focus was education first because thats really whats going to carry you through life. There was an emphasis on commitment and finishing what you start. I was inspired by the athletes because my day would start at 5:30 a.m. and go until sundown between my classes, working in the athletic department and also being a professors assistant. But the athletes were on a similar schedule, which gave me some perspective. I joke now that I lived off of red beans and rice with sweet tea the entire time. I needed something quick and portable. I dont recommend anyone do that now, but grab and go was essential at the time.Weather advisoryAfter going to college in Louisiana, I decided warm weather really suited me and began applying to all the teams I could think of in the geographic locales I wanted. But then the Buffalo Bills called with an opening in public/community/athlete relations. Ironic right? Back to the snow. But you have to be receptive to going to places that werent on your radar. We have plans, but it doesnt mean things work out the way we plan them. So I asked some of my contacts who were coaches or had played professionally for their thoughts, and they unequivocally said it was a golden opportunity that I had to take. And I was also from the area, which meant I could save money on rent by living at home. But my focus was, Wait, its so cold up there! And you know what, it wasnt. It was actually a really mild winter that year. And to think I wasnt going to go.Ditching the playbookThe job offers started coming in when I was with the Bills because its true that one thing leads to another. I then spent two years at the USGA in media relations, which also wasnt on my master plan. I could have just thrown out my goal sheet at that point. And then after two years, it led to a job at Sports Illustrated in athlete and team relations and being involved with the Olympic cycles. By then I had made enough contacts to do consulting work on the side and really think about opening my own company.Making good on a dreamI always knew that I wanted to own my own business. Even back when I was going to be a doctor, I wanted to have my own practice. But theres always a question of pulling it off in the beginning. Early on, I worked with companies in a consulting mode by leveraging sports in a marketing capacity or garnering a celebrity athlete to promote a brand. One of the things I didnt think about when I was the middle of it was how natural it came for me and that other people could actually benefit from my expertise.And then athletes started approaching me about assisting with their foundations and needed advice with fundraisers and events. Ive always had a knack for being able to put things together and get things done. While I was doing that, I had every intention of taking a full-time job somewhere in the corporate side of sports. But I ended up becoming so busy that I formed VanAdams Sports Group. That was 12 years ago now, and the rest is history.Always evolvingI assist a lot of athletes going through the transitional phase after they retire from their sport and are looking for whats next. Those conversations take on different aspects -- what they think they would be good at and if theres a marketplace out there for it. A specific example would be Grambling legend Doug Williams, who was involved in a book coming out that chronicled his experience of being the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl. So it was logical to integrate publicity around the NFL Legends events for the former greats that Ive been running for the past seven years ahead of the Super Bowls. Or someone like Giants MVP Ottis Anderson who is looking to test the waters in fan apparel, so Im working with him on that now.But Ive also branched out to becoming a contributing writer for the NFL Player Engagement website, which focuses more on the lifestyle of former players and also their health and wellness. Besides that, Ive been an adjunct professor for a number of years and I taught a course called Revenue, Pricing and Strategy at NYU this summer.It does take a lot of time management to juggle it all, but everything I do is interrelated, so its pretty seamless and interlocking. Its all pulling from the same side of my brain, if you will. And I believe you have to keep changing with the times. Athlete marketing is great, but then you bump it up to the next level where youre integrating those things in a more meaningful way.Executive courseI noticed in my own professional network that there were a lot of women who wanted to learn how to play golf but didnt quite know how to start. Or they took lessons but when they went to play on their company outings, the lessons didnt serve them well. No one wants to feel inadequate or embarrassed in front of their colleagues and peers. So I just felt women needed a little bit more of a push. 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He hasnt pitched since April 13 in Kansas City but Santos says there will be no holding back. “Im going in and I only know one way and thats to go hard and thats what Im going to do,” said Santos. “As far as the maintenance stuff, Im going to be smart about that and obviously pay attention to my body a little bit more than I have in the past and to know that quality of work is better than the quantity of work. Just trying to figure that out.” “Hes here to pitch,” said manager John Gibbons. “We need him to. We cant baby him.” The Blue Jays didnt rush Santos back. He came two days short of maxing out his 30-day minor league rehabilitation assignment and made 12 appearances for three different teams. In six appearances for Triple-A Buffalo, Santos pitched six innings and allowed five earned runs. The results werent there but, for the most part, results arent what rehabbing pitchers concern themselves with up against developing hitters. “Ill flip some good pitches in whether its a good changeup, good slider, my fastball location Ive been pretty pleased and happy with the whole time in my rehab innings,” said Santos.Corey Crawford Blackhawks Jersey. “Everything works off the fastball and if I can build off that hopefully I can have some clean innings.” To make room for Santos return, reliever Dustin McGowan was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique. Brandon Morrow, out since late May with a compressed nerve in his right forearm, was transferred to the 60-day disabled list to accommodate Santos spot on the 40-man roster. McGowan was injured on Monday in Oakland. He pitched 2 1/3 innings of relief in that game but first felt the pain in the sixth while pitching to Yoenis Cespedes. 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