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Captain Steven Stamkos and high-scoring Nikita Kucherov garner lots of attention. However Youth James Washington Jersey , the Tampa Bay Lightning are hardly a two-man show. The top seed in the Eastern Conference got early goals from four players – none of them named Stamkos or Kucherov – before holding off the New Jersey Devils for a 5-2 victory Thursday night in Game 1 of the first-round series. Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson and Yanni Gourde scored, helping the Lightning build a 3-0 lead that New Jersey trimmed to one goal before Alex Killorn and Kucherov, who added an empty-netter with 1:12 remaining, finished off the win before a crowd of 19,092. ”Not the outcome we wanted,” Devils goalie Keith Kinkaid said ”That’s why it’s a series and not a game.” Taylor Hall scored an unassisted goal off a turnover in the second period, then assisted on Travis Zajac’s power-play goal that trimmed the Devils’ deficit to 3-2 midway through third against Andrei Vasilevskiy, who had 29 saves for Tampa Bay, which held off Boston in the final week of the season for the best record in the East. For the Devils, a shaky opening period was too much to overcome. ”I don’t know what happened. That’s the way hockey goes sometimes. Starting on time is a big part of hockey, and especially playoff hockey,” Hall said. ”We have to be a team that’s ready to battle right off the bat and just be aware that they have more than one line; more than Stamkos and Kucherov. They have a lot of dangerous guys and we have to be aware.” The line of Palat, Johnson and Brayden Point, matched up against New Jersey’s top line, produced a pair of first-period goals and finished with six points. Killorn’s shot over Kincaid’s glove restored a two-goal lead before Kucherov, who led the Lightning with 100 points this season, ensured there would be no comeback. ”I thought we played really well. I thought we played within our structure Adidas Alex Ovechkin Jersey ,” said Johnson, who also had an assist on Palat’s goal. ”You’ve got to give Jersey credit. They pushed in that second period. That third period, I thought we took it back over. `If we continue to play like that, I like our chances this series.” Game 2 is Saturday at Amalie Arena. Tampa Bay beat the Devils for the first time this year. The Devils won all three meetings between the teams during the regular season, with each game decided by one goal. Kinkaid entered his first career playoff game as one of the hottest goalies in the league, going 7-0-1 over his last eight starts to help New Jersey grab its first playoff berth since the Devils reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2012. The Lightning, on the other hand, have been driven all season by failing to make the playoffs last spring after making deep runs previous two years. With Kucherov and Stamkos leading the way, Tampa Bay paced the NHL in scoring and Vasilevskiy set a franchise record and tied for the league lead with 44 victories in his first season as a No. 1 goaltender. But after reaching the Stanley Cup Finals in 2015 and coming within one victory of a return trip two years ago, this season ultimately will be judged on whether the Lightning can put together another strong bid to win it all. ”Last year was the first year that I missed the playoffs in any league. I’ve never had a long summer like that and that summer felt like forever,” said Johnson, who has 22 goals in 48 career playoff games. ”So I’m glad where we’re at right now. I’m excited to be back at this time,” Johnson added. ”It’s the best hockey. It’s the most fun you can play in.” While the Devils did a nice job of containing the high-scoring Kucherov and Stamkos, Palat, Johnson, Killorn and Gourde, who set a Lightning rookie record with 25 goals this season, showed why it’s so difficult to totally shut down Tampa Bay’s offense. The momentum shifted on New Jersey’s first power-play opportunity. Even though the Devils didn’t score Redskins Pernell McPhee Jersey , they got off five shots against Vasilevskiy, who weathered the barrage before Hall broke through after Palat turned the puck over in the Lightning zone. ”We looked a little bit tentative, a little bit unsure, but I thought we settled into the game, particularly in the second period,” Devils coach John Hynes said. ”I thought the second half of the game was a little more of how we wanted to play. We’ll regroup and we’ll be a better team Saturday.” Notes: Stamkos returned to Tampa Bay’s lineup after missing the final three games of the regular season with a lower body injury. … It’s the third time the Devils and Lightning have met in the playoffs. New Jersey won both previous series, advancing in the 2003 Eastern Conference semifinals in five games and ending a 2007 quarterfinal matchup in six. … Zajac and captain Andy Greene are the only players remaining on New Jersey’s roster from the Devils’ 2012 postseason run. — The retirement of Joe Thomas left a gaping hole at left tackle for the Cleveland Browns. Left guard Joel Bitonio is willing, but not necessarily eager to succeed his close friend at the position. ”If they want me to do that, like, cool, whatever makes the Browns better,” Bitonio said. ”But I think left tackle is the toughest spot on the line, and after playing left guard for four years, going on five now, it would definitely be different. ”I don’t think it’s a thing where I have to volunteer for the spot, but if we get down the line and something needs to happen, we’ll see what happens there.” Though Bitonio isn’t a household name outside of Cleveland, he is one of a handful of known quantities on a team that went winless in 2017 and is 1-31 in two seasons under coach Hue Jackson. The 6-foot-4 Cowboys Mike White Jersey , 305-pounder was a second alternate for the Pro Bowl and did not miss a play last year, helping the Browns average 4.46 yards per rush to rank sixth in the NFL. Offensive line coach Bob Wylie acknowledged that bumping Bitonio, an All-Mountain West left tackle at Nevada, to the outside is tempting, but not palatable because it would simultaneously create a weakness at guard. ”The state of the left tackle is our state of the union,” Wylie said. ”But (moving Bitonio) is the last option. If you were going to go from A down, that would be Z. That would be Z.” Thomas was the face of the franchise for 11 seasons, earning 10 Pro Bowl selections and playing 10,363 consecutive snaps before suffering a career-ending torn left triceps last Oct. 22 against Tennessee. Third-year pro Shon Coleman has the first shot to fill his shoes, while second-rounder Austin Corbett and former No. 2 overall pick Greg Robinson are in the mix. Coleman was pulled off the field Sunday during practice and received an audible scolding by Jackson. Center JC Tretter, right guard Kevin Zeitler and Bitonio each expressed hope that one of the top three candidates can win the job and keep their three-man interior unit intact. ”I’m excited to work with them again and, hopefully, be a dominant inside group,” said Bitonio, a second-round selection by Cleveland in 2014. ”I’ve become really good friends with JC and Kevin, so we’re kind of bonding and I think the sky is the limit. We’re continuing to grow together.” Tretter said the uncertainty at left tackle hasn’t affected Bitonio during training camp, nor does he expect it to, because he is a ”real pro.” Jackson wants to make a decision before the Browns’ third preseason game on Aug. 23 against the Eagles Authentic Terrell Edmunds Jersey , putting Coleman on the hot seat to produce or force the staff to contemplate option Z. ”I know that Joel will do anything for the football team, but hopefully we do not have to go to that,” Jackson said. ”But if we do, we do. Once we get a feel for what we have there, then as a group we’ve got to make a decision on how to continue to move forward.” Bitonio is hoping for the best, and hoping to stay where he feels most comfortable. All 47 of his NFL games have been played as a starting left guard. ”Right now, I’m really focused on playing left guard and trying to get whoever is playing next to me ready to play left tackle,” he said. ”I think anything else is something that’s pretty far down the line.” NOTES Rookie QB Baker Mayfield impressed Jackson with several sharp passes. ”Baker is deadly accurate with the ball,” the coach said. ”He’s an outstanding listener who has been everything a quarterback can be for an organization so far.” . DE Myles Garrett, the top overall pick in 2017, and RB Duke Johnson were given the day off, along with LB Jamie Collins. WR Corey Coleman also was scheduled to rest, but declined the offer. . 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The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to a five-year extension with wide receiver Brandin Cooks. The Rams traded their first- and sixth-round picks in the 2018 draft to the New England Patriots for Cooks and a fourth-round pick earlier this year. Cooks will replace Sammy Watkins Authentic Customized Colts Jerseys , who left for Kansas City in free agency, and provide a deep threat for quarterback Jared Goff and the Rams, who had the NFL's highest-scoring offense last season. Cooks was entering the final season of his contract and is happy to be staying in Los Angeles for the next several years. "I just knew this was a place that I want to be for a really long time," he said. "As far as the years and all of that, I just let them handle that, my agent handle that, and just knowing I wanted to be here for a really long time. "They took care of that in the way they thought was best and we agreed with it. Other than that I'm just excited to get Game One in, let alone years James Paxton Seattle Mariners Jersey , so that's what I'm focused on now." Before joining the Rams, Cooks played in 58 regular-season games with 46 starts, and had at least 1,000 yards receiving in each of the past three seasons. The fifth-year pro has 280 receptions for 3,943 yards and 27 touchdowns, and averages 14.1 yards per reception. He had nine 100-plus yard receiving games in 2016 with the New Orleans Saints. "Brandin Cooks has shown himself to be a class act on and off the field since the first day he joined our team," Rams coach Sean McVay said in a statement. "He's a proven professional in this league, and signing him to a long-term contract was always our goal. We're excited to keep Brandin in a Rams uniform through 2023." Bobby Wagner reacted as though he was hoping the question would come. With all the changes on the Seattle Seahawks defense 鈥?the leaders Donte Jackson Jersey Elite , the voices, the veterans no longer around 鈥?will there be a new focus on a group of linebackers that at times has seemed underappreciated? "It has always been about the guy in the middle," Wagner said emphatically. "So for me, it's not no different because that's how I look at it, but from the outside maybe it is different because those guys are gone and you guys are looking for someone who is going to be that leader. Y'all ain't got to look. You're looking at the guy right here. I will be that guy and we're going to be fine." And with that, any question about who the leading voice is on Seattle's defense was quickly answered. For most of the past half-decade, Seattle's highly regarded defense was defined by the secondary with the catchy nickname and the flashy personalities. From there, attention often shifted to the defensive line and the type of chaos Michael Bennett and others created on 鈥?and sometimes off 鈥?the field. Then there was Wagner and fellow linebacker K.J. Wright. They have been regarded as two of the best in the league at their positions and sometimes have received that level of recognition. But they were often relegated to a secondary role on their own team in terms of recognition even with Wagner being voted first-team All-Pro three times and Wright being a Pro Bowl selection. "The attention has gone elsewhere http://www.jaguarsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-tanner-lee-jersey , I guess," Wright said. "Nothing will change. We'll still be the bad-ass linebackers on this team. We'll still lead the way. Stuff will still be run in order. We'll still make plays and it'll be fun out there." Seattle's offseason defensive overhaul saw Bennett, Richard Sherman and Sheldon Richardson find new homes; Cliff Avril and Kam Chancellor step away from the game due to neck injuries, and Earl Thomas hold out in search of a new contract. There are changes everywhere across Seattle's defensive alignment, with the exception of the linebackers. Wagner has been calling Seattle's defense from the moment he arrived in the NFL and became a starter as a rookie. His partner the entire time has been Wright. With the departures, those voices they've used together for the past six seasons will be even louder. "Yeah, they had the name, they got a lot of the attention and now the attention may shift to the linebackers http://www.saintsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-natrell-jamerson-jersey ," Wagner said. "But we pride ourselves on being the guys that lead this team and that has been my mindset since I stepped in. I had coach Norton teach me the way." Ken Norton Jr. has returned to Seattle to be the defensive coordinator. He was a mentor for Wagner and Wright as the linebackers coach when both arrived in the NFL. Now he's returned with an even bigger imprint on what Seattle does defensively. "He's the linebackers guy and he put that responsibility more on us. He calls on me in the meeting room to answer most of the questions, calls on Bobby to answer the questions because he knows that we're all on the same page," Wright said. "He knows that we're the guys that can share our leadership abilities, share our knowledge of the game. He's putting that on us." There may also be some schematic tweaks that give Wagner and Wright more freedom defensively. Wright said he believes the adjustments will make Seattle more fundamentally sound defensively and the linebackers could be the benefactors. "I think this defense is hungry," Wright said. "We have a lot to prove. 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鈥?Sending two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul to Tampa Bay for two draft picks gives the New York Giants much-needed salary cap space for 2019 and allows the Buccaneers to continue rebuilding a line that had the fewest sacks in the NFL last season.With the unexpected trade announced Thursday Dolphins Mike Gesicki Jersey , the Giants take another step in their rebuilding under new general manager Dave Gettleman and the Bucs upgraded their defense in a bid to end a decade-long playoff drought.The Giants will get Tampa Bay’s third-round pick (69th overall) in the draft in late April. The teams also will swap fourth-round picks, with the Bucs moving up to the 102nd pick and the Giants selecting 108th.“Jason is an elite-level edge rusher who will make an immediate impact on our defense,” Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said in a story posted on the team’s website . “We are adding a two-time Pro Bowler who is passionate about the game and has established himself as one of the league’s premier defensive ends.”Later in the day, the Giants announced they had terminated the contract of wide receiver and special teams player Dwayne Harris, who missed the final 11 games with a broken foot.While the Pierre-Paul trade only clears up a couple of million dollars in cap space this year, the benefit for the Giants 鈥?who were 3-13 last season 鈥?will be in 2019 when it sheds roughly $18 million in cap space. That will be important with safety Landon Collins and receiver Odell Beckham Jr. both possibly looking for new contracts.The effects will be more immediate for the Bucs, who were 5-11 last season and had 22 sacks.Pierre-Paul, who had 8陆 sacks last season and 58陆 since being drafted with the 15th pick overall in 2010, joins a team that recently signed two members of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, defensive end Vinny Curry and tackle Beau Allen. Former Bears tackle Mitch Unrein also was signed.They join returning six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy on a Bucs’ line that hasn’t had a player finish with double-digit sacks since Simeon Rice in 2005.Not only does Pierre-Paul give the Bucs a pass rusher Authentic Jordan Howard Jersey , the 29-year-old is an every-down player who has overcome a fireworks accident in 2015 that severely damaged his right hand. He signed a $62 million contract last year.“We appreciate everything Jason has done for the Giants,” Gettleman said. “He was a fine player for us.”Pierre-Paul had 68 tackles, 8陆 sacks and two forced fumbles last season. He has played in 111 regular-season games with 85 starts, including all 16 games in 2017. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2011 and ’12 and All Pro in 2011, when he had a career-high 16.5 sacks, the fourth-highest total in Giants history, and helped New York win a Super Bowl.Pierre-Paul also forced 13 fumbles and recovered seven, including one he returned for a touchdown. He intercepted two passes, returning each for a score. He also had defended 47 passes.The move also sends Pierre-Paul back to Florida. He attended the University of South Florida and played high school football in the state.The Giants are moving to a 3-4 defensive alignment under new coordinator James Bettcher, although they will continue to use some 4-3 formations.This is Gettleman’s second trade since replacing Jerry Reese. He acquired linebacker Alec Ogletree from the Los Angeles Rams for fourth and sixth-round draft choices.The Giants will have six picks in the draft Youth Calvin Ridley Jersey , including the second overall. They also have the second pick in the second round (No. 34), two third-rounders (Nos. 66 and 69), the Bucs’ fourth-rounder and the second pick in the fifth round (No. 139). They traded their seventh-round pick to Pittsburgh last year for cornerback Ross Cockrell.Harris did not have a catch last season. He had played in all 16 games with one start in 2016 and was selected for the Pro Bowl as a special teamer.In his first season with New York in 2015, he played in 15 games with six starts and had a career-high 36 receptions for 396 yards and four touchdowns. He finished third in the NFL with a 28.7-yard average on 22 kickoff returns, including a 100-yard touchdown return against Dallas. He also averaged 10 yards on 34 punt returns, including an 80-yard touchdown against the Jets.Harris was the third player in Giants’ history with kickoff and punt return touchdowns in the same season, the first in 60 years.AP Sports Writer Fred Goodall in Tampa, Florida, contributed to this report. 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Manziel is looking to fix his career after flopping with the Cleveland Browns, and the Alouettes certainly hope that he can be part of the solution here.Manziel became a media sensation after a successful tenure at Texas A&M, where he spent two years and captured the 2012 Heisman Trophy. But Manziel's excessive partying off the field was well-documented, and it led to him falling in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft.The Cleveland Browns drafted Manziel 22nd pick that year, but Manziel struggled to maintain good behavior, broke team curfew and was spotted partying aplenty off the field. After two frustrating seasons Authentic Ryan Johansen Jersey , the Browns released Manziel in 2016.In February, Manziel appeared on Good Morning America and revealed that he was fighting bipolar disorder and alcohol addictions. Manziel said he is now sober and is determined to revive his football career. 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Aaron Rodgers sounds as if he's more worried about swimming with sharks than a new contract. Starting training camp without an extension from the Green Bay Packers is not really that big a deal to the two-time NFL MVP. "I've seen a lot of stuff you guys have either written or that's been written about it Jason Witten Jersey ," Rodgers said Thursday. "I talk with my agent daily, so I'm aware of conversations. But I'm really not too worried about it." He's under contract through the 2019 season, though NFL salaries continue to escalate. Star receiver Julio Jones showed up for Atlanta Falcons camp on Thursday after the sides reached agreement to renegotiate Jones' deal next year, avoiding a potential holdout. Not Rodgers' style. "I don't really operate like that. I have two years left on my deal," Rodgers said when asked if he could consider holding out to turn up pressure. "They're obviously more than willing to talk about an extension. There wasn't any animosity on either side." Team president Mark Murphy is hopeful there will be an agreement, too, at some point. "I don't want to put a timeframe on it, but I'm confident we'll work it out," Murphy said after the Packers' annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday night. So there was Rodgers back to work for the first day of camp on Thursday. One of his first throws was a deep pass for receiver Randall Cobb, who was covered tightly by Kevin King. The cornerback went up and wrestled for the ball before appearing to come away with the pick. "That wasn't an interception," Rodgers said. So competitive, even in late July. The quarterback fed his curiosity too when he appeared on an episode of the Discovery Channel show "Monster Tag " in which he put on scuba gear and dove into the Pacific Ocean to help tag a blue shark . It was a Shark Week special on the network, in which scientists studied sharks and ways to help preserve the population. It might be easier to stiff arm a linebacker. "I'm a lot more scared in the water," Rodgers said. Staying upright in the pocket seems as if it's a less stressful task. Protection could get a huge boost if 6-foot-5 veteran right tackle Bryan Bulaga remains on track to come back from a right ACL injury. The right side of the line was in question in the offseason after Bulaga got hurt last season. He has progressed well enough to the point that coach Mike McCarthy hopes that Bulaga will be ready for Week 1, even if the tackle is starting camp on the physically unable to perform list as a precaution. Getting Bulaga back would leave right guard as the only position up front for the Packers to find a new starter after Jahri Evans wasn't re-signed as a free agent. "I'm optimistic about it http://www.seahawksauthorizedshops.com/authentic-alex-mcgough-jersey , yeah," Bulaga said about targeting the season opener. "Yeah I'm disappointed that I started on PUP. 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"So I ate it, walked off the field so as to not create mass hysteria, and proceeded to go through the route of surgery and all that fun stuff," Matthews said wryly in recounting the accident. "So two weeks I'll never get back thanks to Lucas Patrick over there." This version corrects a typo to show that Matthews was hit by the line drive. NHL executives, coaches and players are quick to say the game is faster than ever and there is technology available to track how quickly players skate and how hard they shoot. Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee calls it the ”next wave” in the evolution of the top hockey league in the world, but what happens to that information is secret for now. ”I don’t tell people what we do,” McPhee said as his Pacific Division champion team prepares for its playoff opener against the Los Angeles Kings. Younger, faster – and cheaper – players are pushing out older Dolphins Authentic Jerseys , slower – and more expensive – veterans to kick the pace of the game up a notch. When Radim Vrbata announced he was retiring after this season, the 36-year-old Florida Panthers forward acknowledged the speed of the game played a part in his decision to leave the league. ”The speed of the game has really jumped over the last couple of years,” Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill said. ”You can tell with your eyes. We don’t have any chips in jerseys or any of that stuff.” The league is working with a company, or companies, it will not disclose to use camera-based technology to track players and pucks. ”We are still in the evaluation stage,” NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said in an email. ”We have generally shared the results of our testing as part of an overview of the technology as opposed to on a team or player basis. Ultimately, I would envision most (although maybe not all) of the acquired data would be made available to the clubs, and the public.” Iceberg Sports Analytics, which says it is working with the NHL, uses cameras to track the players and the puck 10 times per second. ”We get a limitless amount of information from these coordinates collected by using machine/deep learning algorithms,” Iceberg global sales director Scott Vargas said. For a while at least, the public may be kept in the dark on some of those details. At the 2018 Winter Olympics , microchips were put in the back of jerseys tracking cameras were perched high above the ice. Data on speed, acceleration, stopping Kyle Long Jersey , distance traveled, shift lengths and ice time was available to teams. How fast a player skated sometimes flashed up video boards in the arena, much to the chagrin of former NHL defenseman James Wisniewski. ”I think for people on TV to see how fast you’re going down the wing, really, does it really matter?” Wisniewski asked. Daly said open questions include how quickly the tracking will grow and which technologies are used. But he believes it will eventually become prevalent in the NHL and in other major professional sports leagues. ”Fans and other observers of the game want and demand more and more information all the time,” Daly said. ”It enhances the way they consume the sport. And it is incumbent on us to respond to and satisfy that demand.” The NHL Players’ Association, meanwhile, will only say it is ready for more dialogue on the topic. ”We look forward to continuing our discussions with the league to ensure the successful implementation of player and puck tracking,” NHLPA general counsel Don Zavelo said. Even in the Detroit Red Wings‘ dressing room, there wasn’t a consensus. ”If you track players and show how fast you’re skating, I think fans will be able to appreciate it and it will look cool on TV,” Red Wings center Dylan Larkin said . Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg provided another perspective. ”I’m not a big fan of that because eventually that will be used as a disadvantage for players,” Zetterberg said. ”Even though they say it won’t be, it will be in contracts and it will be used against players in all different areas with management and coaching issues.” Daly insisted he doesn’t buy that argument. ”Our experience with enhanced statistics is entirely the opposite,” Daly said. ”Players and agents have historically and virtually without exception been able to use enhanced statistics and analytics to their individual benefit. That’s just a fact.” It is also true Jeremiah Attaochu Jersey Elite , without debate, the league’s large, lumbering defensemen have been replaced by smaller, faster players on the blue line. And up front, the days of having enforcers play limited minutes to rough up opponents are over because every team tries to roll four lines of swift skaters who can match up with the best opponents. When teams turn the puck over in the neutral zone, it is coming back at them in a hurry. Retreating and regrouping is more rare these days. Kings President Luc Robitaille said beyond scoring chances for and against, how quickly his team and opponents get the puck up the ice is an important statistic. ”Everyone is measuring how fast you’re moving the puck end to end,” he said, declining to share details. ”Teams that have success are moving faster. Look at Vegas,” Robitaille added. ”Everyone has been wondering why they’re winning and it is because they have a lot of guys with speed.” Rule changes, philosophical shifts by teams and improved training are among the contributing factors to create the need for speed. After the league emerged from a lockout in 2005, players were allowed to make longer passes up the ice to create more scoring chances and officials were told to have zero tolerance for clutching-and-grabbing defensive tactics. ”When the red line was taken out of the game that sped the game up,” Tampa Bay coach Jon .
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The youth movement is alive and thriving for the Boston Celtics. And for the second straight game it was enough to upend a Philadelphia 76ers team that still has much to figure out as it heads home trailing 2-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Rookie Jayson Tatum scored 21 points and hit a pair of free throws in the closing seconds Harold Landry Youth Jersey , helping the Celtics rally from a 22-point deficit to beat the 76ers 108-103 on Thursday night. Terry Rozier added 20 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Marcus Smart finished with 19 points and five rebounds as the Celtics improved to 6-0 at TD Garden this postseason. They have never blown a 2-0 lead. ”Coach was saying whoever is the tougher team is going to win,” Rozier said. ”They definitely punched us in the mouth at the beginning of the game. We just had to bounce back and get things together.” Game 3 is Saturday in Philadelphia. J.J. Redick had 23 points for the 76ers, making five 3-pointers. Robert Covington added 22 points and nine rebounds. Joel Embiid finished with 20 points, 14 rebounds and five assists, but rookie star Ben Simmons missed all four shots and had just one point. ”Mentally, just thinking too much,” Simmons said of his tough night. ”I’m going to have bad games. It happens. Obviously, it’s bad timing.” Philadelphia recovered after squandering its big lead to nudge back in front 93-88 midway through the fourth quarter. But an 11-4 run put Boston back in the lead 99-95 with less than four minutes to play. It was 101-97 when a missed Philadelphia jumper led to a 2-on-1 fast break and alley-oop dunk from Rozier to Tatum with 2:23 left. A layup by Dario Saric cut it to 104-101. But Al Horford was able to drive past Embiid for a layup with 8.3 seconds left. Saric scored out of a timeout to make it 106-103. The Sixers quickly fouled Tatum, who calmly hit a pair of free throws. Following an anemic offensive effort in Game 1 Cheap Derwin James Jersey , the Sixers looked rejuvenated early in Game 2, using a 14-2 run to begin the second quarter on their way to building a 48-26 lead. It didn’t last. The Celtics responded by ending the half on a 25-8 run. It included three straight 3-pointers and a tip-dunk by Jaylen Brown, who returned to action after sitting out the series opener with a strained right hamstring. He came off the bench and played 25 minutes, scoring 13 points and grabbing four rebounds. The Sixers’ lead was completely erased midway through the third quarter, when Aron Baynes got a 3-pointer to bounce in and put Boston in front for the first time. The lead grew to 76-68 on a baseline dunk by Tatum that capped a 50-20 Celtics run. ”Once we got on that run we never looked back,” Rozier said. Brown entered the game for the first time at the 7:14 mark of first quarter. It took less than a minute to make an impact. He missed his first shot attempt before chasing down a loose ball and sprinting ahead for a one-handed dunk . Prior to Thursday, Brown had started every game he’d appeared in this season. It was his first time off the bench since Game 5 of last season’s Eastern Conference Finals. ”They won two games at home and we have to reciprocate,” Sixers coach Brett Brown said. ”There’s not going to be a pity party.” TIP-INS 76ers: Outrebounded the Celtics 49-41. … Went 13 of 33 from the 3-point line. Celtics: The 22-point comeback victory represents their largest come-from-behind playoff victory since Game 4 of the 2008 NBA Finals (24 pts). … Went 15 of 36 from the 3-point line. HE SAID IT ”It’s like a movie. You only see these type of comebacks in movies.” – Celtics guard Marcus Smart. SLOW START Despite Brown’s early highlight, the Celtics were sluggish early. They started off the game 0 for 5 and didn’t score until Smart’s 3-pointer at the 8:37 mark of the first quarter. Horford (1 for 3), Rozier (0 for 4) Walter Payton Jersey Youth , Brown (1 for 4) and Marcus Morris (0 for 3) were a combined 2 for 14 in the period, allowing Philadelphia to build a 31-22. CELEB SIGHTINGS Philadelphia-born rapper Meek Mill sat courtside for Game 2. Mill was released from jail last week after spending nearly five months behind bars on a probation violation. Rapper Gucci Mane sat across from the 76ers bench wearing a Brown jersey. The two met last year when Brown attended one of his concerts. Another Philly native, actor Kevin Hart, sat a few seats down from Gucci. Hart at times antagonized the TD Garden fans, drawing boos. — The NHL has told Brad Marchand to stop licking opponents or the Boston Bruins forward will face punishment. Senior vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell spoke to Marchand and Bruins general manager Don Sweeney on Saturday about Marchand’s actions against Tampa Bay a night earlier. Marchand licked Lightning forward Ryan Callahan on the face during Game 4 of their second-round series after appearing to do the same to Toronto’s Leo Komarov earlier in the playoffs. The league says Marchand has been put on notice that his actions are unacceptable and that similar behavior in the future will be dealt with through supplemental discipline. He could be fined or suspended by the NHL if he continues to lick players. ”All I’m going to say is there is absolutely no place in our game for that,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. ”I don’t get it, I don’t understand it. How would you feel if I walked over to you right now and gave you one big lick? Right from the chin all the way up. There’s just no place in the game for that.” After the game, an overtime loss that put Boston down 3-1 in the series, Marchand said Callahan punched him in the face four times. ”He just kept getting close,” Marchand said. ”Nothing big.” Told that Callahan compared licking to spitting and said it should be penalized accordingly Connor Williams Youth Jersey , Marchand said: ”That’s cute. Good for him.” Marchand’s antics were the talk of rinks on Saturday. Penguins forward Tom Kuhnhackl said it was impossible to avoid hearing about Marchand licking Callahan because it was all over social media. When asked if one benefit of wearing a full face shield was protection from being licked, Pittsburgh’s Carl Hagelin said: `I’m not going to answer that. Funny question, though.” Some Winnipeg players watched the game while in Nashville and had a variety of reactions. Jets forward Adam Lowry said he probably would’ve punched Marchand – the kind of response the known instigator likely was looking for – while coach Paul Maurice said, ”It gives me the willies.” ”It’s a play I’ve never seen happen before in hockey,” Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey said. ”That’s the thing in the playoffs. Crazy stuff goes on and you have to keep a level head.” Predators players talked among themselves about Marchand, asking each other what they would do in that situation. ”It would kind of be funny, but in the moment it probably wouldn’t be very funny,” defenseman P.K. Subban. ”I’m sure looking back you’re like, `I got licked in a hockey game.’ It’s just weird, you know?” For all the trash-talking Kolton Miller Raiders Jersey , pushing and shoving that goes on in hockey, especially with the Stanley Cup as the ultimate prize, the line is usually drawn at spitting. Licking is just as unsanitary and, to most players, unwelcome. ”It’s like spitting on someone. It’s extremely disrespectful,” Lowry said. ”You got to respect your opponents. I get playing hard in a series and there might be some dislike between guys, but there’s a certain line that shouldn’t be crossed and that’s one of them.” — AP Sports Writers Teresa M. Walker in Nashville, Tennessee, and Jimmy Golen in Boston contributed to this report. — More NHL hockey: .
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Everything was going Clay Buchholz’s way. Then Tremaine Edmunds Bills Jersey , a swing-and-miss led to an injury that turned what could have been a gem into a routine solid outing. Buchholz lasted five innings before experiencing tightness in his left side, but the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 3-0 win Sunday. The right-hander retired the first 11 batters he faced before Pirates centerfielder Starling Marte doubled down the right-field line with two out in the fourth inning. Despite throwing just 53 pitches (42 strikes), he was pulled to start the sixth inning after informing manager Torey Lovullo of some pain stemming from swinging at the first pitch of his at bat in the top of the fifth. ”I’ve had oblique, whatever it is, before. It was a lot worse than this one,” Buchholz said. ”I went out (in the bottom of the fifth) and the last two outs, that’s whenever I felt it a little bit more. I was just trying to get through that inning. It’s more precautionary. I’ve gone through things before where I’ve tried to get through it, pitch through it and go another inning, but that’s always led me in the wrong direction.” Lovullo said Buchholz (2-1), who allowed two hits with five strikeouts in five innings for his first win since June 1, would continue to be evaluated throughout Sunday. More information is expected Monday. ”He was attacking the zone with the fastball and driving his fastball on both sides of the plate Isaiah Oliver Youth Jersey , and then throwing some quality secondary stuff,” Lovullo said. ”We want to give him a night to let everything calm down and evaluate him.” David Peralta’s 15th home run, which carried over the wall in right-center field before bouncing into the Allegheny River, and John Ryan Murphy’s ninth powered Arizona to its 12th win in 16 games. ”It’s nice to get a couple runs in the first, always,” Murphy said. ”I was leading off the second and was looking for a fastball. Got one in a pretty good spot.” Brad Boxberger let up a single to Austin Meadows with one out in the ninth before forcing Marte into a double play for his 17th save. Pirates right-handed starter Trevor Williams (6-5) took the loss after allowing the two-run home run to Peralta with two out in the first inning and a lead-off solo homer to Murphy, which made it 3-0 in the second. Those three runs came on five hits in six innings pitched with six strikeouts. ”Unfortunately, that was the game today,” Williams said. ”From there on, I thought I was making all my pitches and being successful the second time through the lineup.” Pittsburgh has scored eight combined runs during its current five-game losing streak after winning four of its previous five games. ”We’re going to keep playing,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. ”The season’s not going to stop. Nobody’s going to feel sorry for us. These guys are working hard in here to get better. We haven’t gotten better.” ROSTER MOVE Diamondbacks: RHP Braden Shipley was recalled from Triple-A Reno on Sunday morning. RHP Jake Barrett was optioned to Reno following the game Saturday. TRAINER’S ROOM Diamondbacks: 1B Paul Goldschmidt was given the day off after homering and scoring three runs Saturday. INF Daniel Descalso took over at first base and hit fifth. Pirates: RHP Michael Feliz was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation on Sunday and recalled RHP Clay Holmes from Triple-A Indianapolis. Holmes allowed one walk in two innings of relief. UP NEXT Diamondbacks: RHP Shelby Miller (0-0 Mike Gesicki Dolphins Jersey , 0.00) is expected to come off the 60-day disabled list to make his season debut against the Marlins on Monday. After undergoing Tommy John surgery for a torn UCL sustained last season against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Miller allowed 10 runs on 20 hits with 28 strikeouts and six walks in a combined 19 1/3 innings during his four rehab starts, two with Double-A Jackson and two with Single-A Visalia. Pirates: RHP Jameson Taillon (4-6, 4.03) will look to find some consistency when he starts against the New York Mets on Monday. He is 2-6 since winning his first two starts of the season against the Minnesota Twins on April 2 and the Cincinnati Reds on April 8. Josh Norman thought football was difficult. Then he appeared on ”Dancing With the Stars.” The Washington Redskins cornerback had some impressive performances with dance partner Sharna Burgess on the show in Los Angeles and each week took a red-eye back to the East Coast for the team’s offseason program. Norman and Burgess finished second to skater Adam Rippon and Jenna Johnson. Norman was back on the field this week with a new appreciation for dancing and a fresh approach to his day job. ”My mindset is a bit different,” Norman said Wednesday. ”I can go further now than I thought I could and push myself to pretty much a new level, I feel, a new height. So now I look at things and I (used to) be like, `That’s hard.’ Nah, I don’t think so.” Norman didn’t quite know what to expect out of ”Dancing With the Stars,” which included 12-hour days of learning, practicing Ronald Jones II Buccaneers Jersey , rehearsing and performing . Add in the cross-country flights and Norman was more fatigued than after a one-on-one showdown with Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. He approached the performances like NFL games, though, and was glad he took on the adventure that reminded him of theater class in college. ”You could be someone else,” Norman said. ”You could be different. Everybody is different in their own right, and everybody work to a common goal. Part of it is just going out there amongst athletes and trying to best them all.” Norman got a good laugh about going shirtless for dance routines because ”there’s a lot of cougars that like the shirt off” and knew voting was involved. Taking a temporary break from his pursuit of the Lombardi Trophy, Norman came away crushed that he didn’t help Burgess win the Mirrorball Trophy she has been trying for the past seven years. ”This was the year to break that curse and I wasn’t the one to do it and it’s just like, `Dang,”’ Norman said. ”It’s like a heart-throbbing gut-puncher that I couldn’t be the one for her to get over the hump.” Norman was a winner to his teammates, a handful of whom traveled to L.A. to watch the finale Monday. Running back Chris Thompson was impressed by the dance moves and felt his teammate ”got cheated.” ”I never saw Josh as being a dancer, for one,” Thompson said. ”It was great. It was just cool just to see somebody doing something different.” Coach Jay Gruden said he watched every episode and came away impressed with Norman’s rhythm Taven Bryan Jaguars Jersey , execution and willingness to balance dancing and football. ”The work that he put in to get ready for that show and also fly back out on red eyes and get here for practice or OTAs, I just really had a lot of admiration for what he did and what he accomplished because that’s not easy,” Gruden said. ”I thought he should’ve won the dang thing. I think he got ripped off, to be honest with you.” Even in a losing effort, Norman figures ”Dancing With the Stars” helped his physical and mental preparation, his footwork, posture and focus. Call it a journey of self-discovery. ”It taught me a lot about myself,” Norman said. ”I grew tremendously. I wouldn’t have wanted anything else from it than that.” With the Redskins in the middle of organized team activities, Norman was hardly breaking a sweat Wednesday after what he had been through under the lights each week dancing. ”This is a cakewalk,” he said. ”This is like picking daisies.” — .
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The Latest on the parade for the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles (all times local): 4 p.m. Police are so far only reporting one act of violence after hundreds of thousands of Eagles fans hit the streets to fete their Super Bowl champion Eagles. Police say someone was stabbed about a half-block off the parade route. No details were given and the person’s condition wasn’t revealed. Throngs of adoring fans swarmed the city to see their champs parade up Broad Street. Overall Tony Romo Cowboys Jersey , the crowds were buoyant and peaceful. There’s no word on any arrests. Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney had asked fans to celebrate with passion and pride after Sunday’s wild postgame celebration was marred by small pockets of ”knuckleheads” who resorted to violence and vandalism. The biggest problem facing parade-goers Thursday afternoon was making the trip home on mass transit. One heavily used subway station was closed about an hour after the victory rally ended due to overcrowding. — 2:45 p.m. The championship Philadelphia Eagles ended their raucous, emotional rally by giving props to their fans. Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles and Carson Wentz thanked the roaring crowds from the ”Rocky” steps at the art museum Thursday, and Jason Kelce gave a rousing lecture on the meaning of the word underdog for Philadelphia. It was a passionate defense of the coach and general manager and went through all the criticism they have faced over the years. Malcolm Jenkins also hit the underdog theme: ”They doubted us as players, they doubted us as a team.” The team descended the art museum steps to Meek Mill’s ”Dreams and Nightmares.” The incarcerated Philadelphia rapper’s song has become an anthem for the team this season. — 2:25 p.m. The Eagles have landed on the ”Rocky” steps. The parade is over but the Super Bowl victory rally is roling with the team descending the art museum steps to Meek Mill’s ”Dreams and Nightmares.” The incarcerated Philadelphia rapper’s song has become an anthem for the team this season. Three fighter jets buzzed overhead, as trumpeter Jesse McGuire performed ”The Star Spangled Banner.” Owner Jeffrey Lurie is telling the crowd ”Philly, you are super bowl champions. And I have one final message for you: We are just beginning. ” It’s the Eagles first NFL title in nearly 60 years. Players are taking turns thanking the roaring crowd. — 12:30 p.m. The championship Philadelphia Eagles are making their way through the jubilant throngs of fans at the city’s first-ever Super Bowl parade, but don’t expect any official estimate of the crowd size. The city has said they aren’t planning to release any crowd size estimates after Thursday’s festivities, making any number a guess as easily inflatable as a football (sorry Pats fans). But there’s certainly a massive, roaring crowd. Easily hundreds of thousands of groupies are lining the 5-mile (8-kilometer) route from the stadium to the art museum’s ”Rocky” steps. It’s a much longer route than the Phillies had for their 2008 World Series championship parade in 2008, and more spread out than the crowds for Pope Francis’s visit in 2015. Organizers prepared for as many as 2 million people. — 11:25 a.m. The Philadelphia Eagles are thanking the fans and sharing their championship glory as the Super Bowl parade makes its way up Broad Street Minkah Fitzpatrick Dolphins Jersey , the main thoroughfare from the team’s stadium to city hall. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie stood atop an open-air double-decker bus along with quarterbacks Nick Foles, Carson Wentz and third-stringer Nate Sudfeld as they made their way through the throngs. Lurie held a sign reading ”Thank You Fans” and a smiling Super Bowl MVP Foles brandished the Vince Lombardi trophy. Coach Doug Pederson disembarked from the bus to show off the trophy to the thrilled crowds; other players tossed T-shirts to fans along the route. And Jason Kelce walked along – dressed in full Mummers regalia looking somewhat like Aladdin – shaking hands with fans and leading them in chants. Hundreds of thousands of roaring, jubilant fans are in position to cheer their heroes along the way to the art museum’s ”Rocky” steps. — 11 a.m. The Eagles have landed on Broad Street: The championship parade Philadelphia has dreamed about for decades is finally underway. Players are cruising along the 5-mile (8-kilometer) parade route atop open-air, double-decker buses. They started off near their stadium just before 11 a.m. Thursday and winding up at the art museum’s ”Rocky” steps. Many players are sporting their parade finest: Chris Long is donning a faux full-length fur coat over an Allen Iverson 76ers jersey. Jason Kelce is in full Mummers regalia, faintly resembling an Aladdin costume in a nod to Philadelphia’s raucous annual parade on New Year’s Day. Hundreds of thousands of roaring, jubilant fans are in position to cheer their heroes along the way. Organizers are prepared for as many as 2 million people. — 7 a.m. All roads and rails lead to Philadelphia as fans pour into the city for the Eagles’ Super Bowl parade. People began lining the 5-mile (8-kilometer) route before dawn Thursday. Organizers are prepared for as many as 2 million people, but the actual number may be much lower. Many fans are taking mass transit. New Jersey Transit on Wednesday suspended ticket sales on it Raptors head coach Dwane Casey knows this much about his future in Toronto: his key to the gym still works. Right now, that’s all Casey can say for certain after meeting with Toronto President Masai Ujiri Wednesday morning, with little else clear about the coach’s outlook with the organization. Ujiri said Casey has been ”unbelievable for our organization” but declined to make a firm commitment about Casey’s future, saying he needed more time to evaluate the entire team. ”We’re evaluating everything and that’s how we’re going to leave it Mitchell Trubisky Jersey ,” Ujiri said. ”It’s my responsibility as a leader to do that and we’ll go from there.” It was the first time Casey and Ujiri spoke to reporters since Toronto was swept out of the second round of the playoffs for the second straight season. Ujiri talked about his uncertainty regarding Casey’s future the same day Casey was named coach of the year by the National Basketball Coaches Association . The award is voted on by NBA head coaches. A media panel voted separately for the NBA’s coach of the year award, which will be announced June 25. Ujiri’s wait-and-see approach didn’t appear to bother Casey, who said he was aware of the questions about his job but didn’t need Ujiri to provide a public backing. ”I haven’t gone looking for a vote of confidence or anything like that because no one is saying anything different,” Casey said. ”Until they do, I’m still here, still fighting, still scratching, still meeting with players. That’s all I can do. Nobody has changed my key card, the door still opens. I’ve had some meetings with Masai talking about what we can do better next year to get over the hump.” It’s not uncommon for Ujiri to withhold definitive support for a head coach – he also declined to address Casey’s status after last year’s sweep. Ujiri said the Raptors are ”absolutely disappointed” at their playoff exit after a franchise-record 59 wins in the regular season gave Toronto the top seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time in franchise history. That came after Ujiri demanded a ”culture reset” last spring, leading a greater emphasis on ball movement Leighton Vander Esch Jersey Elite , depth, and 3-point shooting. ”In the regular season there was good success,” Ujiri said. ”Going from last year to this year, we’re happy with the jump we made, with some of the things we said we wanted to do. We got stuck at a certain point.” While playoff results may suggest otherwise, Casey insisted ”the gap is closing” between the Raptors and Cavaliers, who ousted Toronto form the postseason for the third year in a row. ”A lot of folks have run up against Cleveland in the last few years and had the same challenge and it went down the same way,” Casey said. ”That’s the mountain this organization has to climb.” Ujiri bristled about the Raptors being the butt of jokes about their long-running struggles with the Cavs, who have won 10 straight postseason games against Toronto. ”We believe in what we’re doing here,” Ujiri said. ”We believe in the growth. We’re relevant now in the NBA. And when you get relevant Joe Thomas Jersey , now you have to meet the challenges, every day, of expectations and growing, getting bigger, and winning. And that’s what we’re going to try and do.” — .
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A look at what’s happening around the majors Sunday: CHICAGO’S ACE Jon Lester has put together some ace-worthy seasons during his 13-year major league career James Daniels Jersey , including four All-Star appearances and a runner-up finish in the Cy Young voting two years ago. The Chicago Cubs left-hander is in the middle of what might prove to be his finest season so far, and he’ll look to become the National League’s first 12-game winner when he takes the mound against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Lester is 11-2 with a 2.25 ERA this season, and he’s won his last seven starts – including going 5-0 with a 1.13 ERA during June. GRADE-A OAKLAND The Oakland A’s downed Cleveland 6-3 in 11 innings on Saturday, winning for the ninth time in their last 11 games and for the 15th time in their last 19. Oakland sits at a season-high nine games over .500 and will try and stay unbeaten for a seventh straight series when it closes out its series with the Indians. Brett Anderson (0-2, 7.63) starts for the A’s, and Shane Bieber (4-0, 2.97) goes for Cleveland. GOING GREINKE Arizona starter Zack Greinke has turned around his season since posting a 5.04 ERA in April and is 9-5 with a 3.35 ERA overall, including 112 strikeouts in 109 2/3 innings. The Diamondbacks right-hander will take the mound against the San Diego Padres Joe Namath Jersey , and he comes in having allowed only two runs in his last three starts combined – a span of 19 2/3 innings. RICK’S REBOUND Rick Porcello struggled mightily to follow up his 2016 Cy Young award-winning season a year ago, finishing a disappointing 11-17 with a 4.65 ERA. The Boston right-hander has returned to form this year with a 10-3 record and 3.57 ERA, and he’ll be on the mound when the Red Sox close out their season series with the Kansas City Royals. OZUNA’S OUTAGE Since winner the NL’s Player of the Week award last month, St. Louis outfielder Marcell Ozuna has been in a prolonged funk – going 15-for-71 (.211) and failing to hit a home run during that stretch. The Cardinals left fielder was the prized offseason acquisition in a trade from Miami, coming off a season in which he hit .312 with 37 home runs and 124 RBIs. This year, Ozuna is hitting .275 with 10 homers and 46 RBIs in 83 games. — The unprecedented success enjoyed by the Vegas Golden Knights in their inaugural season carried over into the second round of their first playoff run. Now that the San Jose Sharks have home-ice advantage after a dramatic win, the question is how will Vegas bounce back from its first taste of postseason adversity? The best-of-seven series between the Golden Knights and the Sharks shifts to Silicon Valley, starting with Game 3 on Monday night. Vegas blanked the Los Angeles Kings twice and limited them to three goals in a first-round sweep. The winning ways continued as three-time Stanley Cup winner Marc-Andre Fleury posted his third shutout during this postseason Ty Montgomery Jersey Youth , 7-0 over the Sharks in Game 1 on Thursday. San Jose evened the series with a 4-3 victory in double overtime on Saturday. Fleury posted 43 saves, but Logan Couture notched the game-winner — his second goal of the night — eight seconds after Vegas defenseman Jon Merrill was sent off for hooking. Less than 24 hours later, Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland refuses to dwell on the defeat. “It’s a new day today,” he said Sunday. “We lost. You didn’t expect to go through playoffs not losing a game. We’ve just got to take what we can from last game and get back at it tomorrow night.” While San Jose rallied from a two-goal deficit with three straight goals in the second period and overcame a tying goal from Nate Schmidt late in regulation, Sharks defenseman Brent Burns reminded everyone that there’s still a lot of hockey to be played. “It’s just one game,” Burns said. “Obviously we had to win it, but it’s one game.” Vegas coach Gerard Gallant didn’t rip his team for the effort but said they need to be better prepared. “We didn’t show up for 45 minutes tonight,” he said Saturday. “We didn’t play a good game tonight. We played a great game the other night Marcus Davenport Jersey , and competed and battled, and tonight we didn’t show up to play our game tonight, and it cost us big time.” Vegas went 1-0-1 at the Shark Tank during the regular season. On Feb. 8, the Golden Knights exploded with three straight goals in the final 10:24 en route to 5-3 win. On March 22, Tomas Tatar scored early, but the Sharks answered with a goal from Burns before Couture scored 39 seconds into overtime to lift San Jose to a 2-1 win. Sharks coach Peter DeBoer noted that Saturday’s win was a result of keeping true to the same message that has been communicated throughout the season. “I think we’ve always taken the approach all year that we play our game and at the end of the day, good things happen,” he said. A key to San Jose knotting the series was Martin Jones having a short memory. After yielding five goals on 13 shots in Game 1 Josh Allen Jersey , he didn’t face more than eight shots in any period in Game 2 and finished with 26 saves. “My confidence isn’t going to get shaken from one bad game. It’s not the first time I’ve had a bad game. You put that behind you. It’s why you have a routine,” said Jones, who stopped 75 of 77 shots at home in Games 3 and 4 of the Sharks’ first-round sweep of the Anaheim Ducks. One player who has been hard to stop in the postseason is Vegas center William Karlsson. He scored twice in Game 2, giving him seven points (three goals, four assists) in a four-game points streak. Karlsson enjoyed a breakout season with career highs of 43 goals and 35 assists. San Jose is expected to have winger Evander Kane back in the lineup after he served a one-game suspension for cross-checking Golden Knights center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare in Game 1. Acquired at the Feb. 26 trade deadline from the Buffalo Sabres, Kane had eight of his 14 points with the Sharks at SAP Center. That’s also where Game 4 is scheduled Wednesday night. .
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The Minnesota Vikings have activated quarterback Sam Bradford from injured reserve Leighton Vander Esch Jersey , putting their original starter this season on the roster before their first playoff game. The Vikings waived tight end Kyle Carter on Saturday to make room for Bradford, who last played at Chicago on Oct. 9 and returned to practice last week after recovering from a left knee injury. The Vikings host New Orleans on Sunday. Bradford was stellar in the opening win against the Saints Myles Garrett Jersey Youth , but unable to play the following week. Case Keenum started the next three games. Bradford was back for the Bears game, but hobbled around in the first half before being pulled for Keenum. Teddy Bridgewater and Kyle Sloter give the Vikings four quarterbacks on the active roster. — The Minnesota Vikings have signed first-round pick Mike Hughes James Daniels Jersey , putting their entire eight-player draft class under contract the week before training camp begins. The 5-foot-10, 189-pound Hughes was the 30th overall selection Jamal Adams Jersey Youth , the highest drafted defensive player in Central Florida program history. Hughes made a strong impression during spring practices with the Vikings, taking turns at the nickel cornerback position and also working as a kickoff returner. Hughes had four interceptions for the Knights in 2017 to tie for the team lead and a 31.8-yard average on kickoff returns to rank fourth in the FBS. The four-year deal with a fifth-year option was done on Thursday. Vikings rookies report to headquarters on Tuesday Kolton Miller Youth Jersey , with their first on-field practice on Wednesday. — .
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BUFFALO BILLS (9-8) UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: WRs Jordan Matthews Blake Martinez Jersey Elite , Deonte Thompson, Brandon Tate, and Jeremy Butler; CBs E.J. Gaines, Leonard Johnson, and Shareece Wright; LBs Preston Brown and Ramon Humber; DT Cedric Thornton; Ss Colt Anderson and Shamarko Thomas; RBs Travaris Cadet and Taiwan Jones; FB Mike Tolbert; OT Seantrel Henderson; QB Joe Webb. RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: None. NEEDS: Quarterback moved to the top of the list after Buffalo traded three-year starter Tyrod Taylor to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a third-round pick. The deal leaves Nathan Peterman – a fifth-round draft pick last year – as the only quarterback on the roster. Aside from free agency, the Bills are anticipated to select a quarterback in the draft. The defensive front seven could be in store for major overhaul, though Williams re-signed. Starters Brown and Humber are eligible for free agency. Unanticipated hole to fill is center after Eric Woods was diagnosed with career-ending neck injury in January. Bills already addressed needs by signing nine-year veteran CB Vontae Davis and running back Chris Ivory Eli Manning Jersey , who is expected to take over as LeSean McCoy’s primary backup. AVAILABLE SALARY CAP SPACE (approximately): $37 million. — The Los Angeles Angels haven’t faced right-hander Zack Greinke since the 2015 season, but they’ve continued to feel his effects. Greinke (5-5. 3.97 ERA) is scheduled to start when the Arizona Diamondbacks open a three-game series Monday night at Angel Stadium. The Angels (38-34) have lost five of their past six to fall eight games back of the final American League wild card. The Diamondbacks (39-32) dropped their past two after winning six of seven. Their lead in the National League West has dwindled to 1 1/2 games over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Angels remain just as starved for playoff success as they were in July 2012 when they acquired Greinke in a deal that sent young infield prospect Jean Segura to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of the package. It was an exciting time in Anaheim. Albert Pujols, a three-time NL Most Valuable Player, was in his first season with the Angels at age 32. Los Angeles center fielder Mike Trout was in his first full season in the majors and already an All-Star. Greinke even did his part, going 6-2 with a 3.53 ERA in the last two months with the Angels, but they missed the playoffs for a third straight season and he opted to sign with the Dodgers in the offseason. Still in his prime, Greinke went 51-15 in three seasons with the Dodgers and helped them reach the playoffs each year. Meanwhile Mitchell Trubisky Jersey Youth , Segura was named an NL All-Star a year after he was traded by the Angels and the 28-year-old shortstop continues to improve. Only now he’s in the AL West with the Seattle Mariners and playing a key part. After Segura was traded to the Diamondbacks and he led the NL in hits in 2016, he was dealt to the Mariners, where he entered the weekend with the second-highest batting average in the majors (.344). The Mariners lead the Angels by eight games for the final AL wild card. Meanwhile, the Angels are still seeking their first playoff win since 2009. They’ve had success when facing Greinke in the past. He’s 3-5 with 3.91 ERA in 12 career appearances against the Angels, including 11 starts. Several Angels players have also hit well against Greinke during their careers. Luis Valbuena is 11-for-26, Pujols and Justin Upton are each 10-for-29, and Trout is 5-for-15. They’ll try to drop Greinke’s season record below .500 Cheap Josh Rosen Jersey , something he hasn’t experienced this late in a season since 2010. “As long as I’m able to make good pitches, it’s fine,” Greinke told reporters after his last start. The Angels will have one of their most successful starters this season ready to oppose Greinke. Jaime Barria (5-2, 2.61) has solidified himself as a regular starter for the Angels, both through his performance and injuries to other pitchers. He took the loss in his last outing, but even that performance included plenty of positives. The 21-year-old right-hander went five innings against the Mariners, allowing three runs (two earned) and eight hits in the 6-3 loss. “I think Jaime has definitely pitched himself onto our depth chart from spring http://www.newyorkgiantsteamonline.com/odell-beckham-jr-jersey ,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia told reporters last week. “We’re encouraged at how much he’s grown, where he is right now and how much he’ll help us this year. There’s no doubt, he’s pitched his way into more looks for us.” Barria has allowed more than two earned runs in just one of eight starts this season. .
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The Pittsburgh Pirates will be trying to win three games in a row after a rough month and the Cincinnati Reds will be looking to avoid the start of a skid when the teams play the middle game of a series Saturday at PNC Park. Pittsburgh (34-35) won the series opener 3-2 Kolton Miller Raiders Jersey , posting back-to-back wins for the first time since winning three straight May 15-17 to reach a season-best nine games above .500. In the interim before Friday’s win, the Pirates were 6-18 and entered the weekend as close to the last-place Reds (eight games) as they were to first-place Milwaukee in the National League Central. “It’s a long season. There’s going to be times where stuff like that happens,” Pittsburgh third baseman Colin Moran said of the poor stretch. “It’s more important that we bounce back like we did.” Cincinnati (23-44) had won three in a row before Friday. Pirates right-hander Ivan Nova (3-5, 4.68 ERA) is scheduled to face Reds right-hander Luis Castillo (4-7, 5.79) on Saturday. Nova on Sunday returned from the disabled list (sprained right ring finger) without having made any rehab starts. No matter. He struck out eight in 5 2/3 innings, giving up one run and four hits in a 7-1 win over the Cubs in Chicago. It showed the Pirates that the veteran can still be highly effective. It showed Nova that it is better to be forthcoming about nagging injuries and be willing to step away and heal. “Just the way that the ball was coming out of my hand, I could tell the difference right away,” Nova said. “To be able to pitch a game like (that) … I think that’s kind of a lesson for you. Don’t force it.” He had not had any sort of organized outing since his last appearance before May 24 when he went on the DL. “He was ready to pitch,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “At the end of the day Zack Martin Jersey , he showed you he was ready to pitch.” Nova also impressed the opposition. “He was hitting the corners all day, keeping the ball down,” Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo told MLB.com. “It’s tough to do anything when he’s on like that.” Nova is 3-7 with a 4.67 ERA in 10 career starts against Cincinnati. Castillo’s last start was much more mixed than Nova’s. In a 6-4 loss to St. Louis, Castillo had a career-high 10 strikeouts but also a career-high two homers allowed as Jose Martinez and Marcell Ozuna smacked back-to-back dingers in the first inning after Castillo struck out the first two hitters on six pitches. He also gave up a first-pitch, bases-loaded triple to Yadier Molina in the third. “You just have to be strong mentally, more than physically,” Castillo said through an interpreter. He gave up five runs and four hits in six innings that game. Despite the rocky start and the loss, Castillo, 25 Cheap Christian Kirk Jersey , managed an in-game turnaround, allowing just one batter to reach base in his final three innings. “You saw the talent of Castillo,” Cincinnati manager Jim Riggleman said. “The last three innings that he threw were outstanding, and it’s exciting to know that this guy has got a chance to be around here for a very long time. He’s just going to get better and better once he gets past these growing pains.” Castillo is 1-2 with a 3.68 ERA in four career starts against Pittsburgh, with 22 strikeouts in 22 innings. NEW YORK — Greg Bird was rehabbing a right ankle injury for the first six meetings between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. He carried a .191 average and several frustrating at-bats into Friday’s series opener. Then he slugged two homers and possibly gave the Yankees something to think about with the first baseman’s playing time against left-handers Chris Sale and David Price and the final two games. While Bird could get the game off, his New York temmates will get a crack at solving Sale on Saturday night in the second game of three-game series against Boston at Yankee Stadium. Bird posted his second career multi-homer game and the Yankees opened the series by hitting four homers in an 8-1 rout on Friday. After homering twice, Bird is batting 204 (19-for-93) in 29 games since coming off the disabled list. “Perhaps, I think about that a little bit,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “It was really good to see Birdie impact the ball. I was happy for him and that’s something that can kind of jump-start him a little bit because what we believe he brings is that left-handed on-base Austin Corbett Browns Jersey , power guy in this ballpark.” If Bird is in the lineup, he will be getting his first career at-bats against Sale. If Bird is not in the lineup, it could be Brandon Drury or Neil Walker at first base. Regardless if Bird plays, the Yankees were glad to see him homer to left-center field and right-center field against Eduardo Rodriguez in the fifth and Justin Haley in the eighth. “It’s only a matter of time,” Yankees right-fielder Aaron Judge said of Bird. “It takes a lot of time to kind of get in that groove.” Sale is 7-4 with a 2.56 ERA this season but rolling of late. He is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in his last three starts and in the last four starts has totaled 43 strikeouts in 28 innings while allowing a paltry .155 average. Sale last pitched Sunday when he allowed four hits and struck out 13 in a 5-0 win over the Seattle Mariners. Sale posted his second straight double-digit strikeout game, sixth this season and ended the outing by fanning Mike Zunino with a 100.5 mph fastball — the fastest pitch of his career. This season as the Red Sox attempt to keep Sale fresh for the final months of the year, his velocity is steadily increasing. His average fastball was 92.5 in April, 95.6 in May and 97.0 this month. “I think it’s just getting back into a little bit better rhythm,” Sale said of his increase in velocity. “I’ve been saying the same thing over the last three or four starts — it’s feeling good and getting into that tempo and getting back into a little bit better rhythm than I had been starting the year. I put a lot of work into it. I’m glad where we’re at.” If Sale posts double-digit strikeouts Saturday Cheap Austin Corbett Jersey , it will mark the fourth time he has at least 10 strikeouts in three straight games. “A lot of people get caught up on strikeouts,” Sale said. “They’re nice, but at the end of the day your job is to pitch as deep into that game as you can and keep as few runs off the board (as possible).” Sale enters the game with 153 strikeouts, two ahead of Houston’s Gerrit Cole for the league lead. He also is hoping to see his teammates produce a better offensive showing after losing for the second time in eight games. The left-hander faced the Yankees on April 10 in a 14-1 win at Fenway Park. He is 5-4 with a 1.73 ERA in 16 appearances (13 starts) against the Yankees. While Mookie Betts was 2-for-4 and had his 25th multi-hit game, J.D. Martinez was 0-for-4 and is now hitless in his last nine at-bats. New York will counter with Sonny Gray, who is 5-5 with a 4.93 ERA. Gray is 2-1 with a 3.23 ERA in his last five starts since lasting 3 2/3 innings in an 11-4 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on May 26. His last outing was last Saturday in Tampa Bay when he allowed four runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 4-0 loss. Gray faced the Red Sox on April 12 in Boston when he allowed six runs and seven hits in a season-low three innings of a 6-3 loss. Since joining the Yankees, he is 0-3 with a 7.20 ERA in three starts against the Red Sox. For his career, Gray is 1-5 with a 5.97 ERA in seven games against Boston. .
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Al Horford has been the Celtics‘ quiet leader this postseason Mike McGlinchey Jersey Youth , and Marcus Smart might be the kindling Boston was missing in back-to-back losses in Milwaukee. The duo was reunited for Game 5, and together, they helped put the Celtics on the verge of closing out their first-round series. Horford had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Smart made an impact in his first game since mid-March and Boston beat the Bucks 92-87 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 lead. Smart came off the bench and had nine points, five rebounds, four assists and three blocks in his first action since right thumb surgery. He played 25 minutes wearing a protective splint and had a key assist to Horford late from the bottom of a scrum beneath three Milwaukee players. ”I just tried to make sure I got him the ball and it was going to take everything I had,” Smart said. ”They weren’t taking it from me.” Terry Rozier added 16 points and five assists for Boston. The home team has won all five games in the first-round series, and Game 6 is Thursday in Milwaukee. Khris Middleton led the Bucks with 23 points, Jabari Parker added 17 points and eight rebounds, and Giannis Antetokounmpo had a series-low 16 points with 10 rebounds and nine assists. The Celtics led by 16 before Milwaukee rallied to make it 74-70 with 7:33 left. Middleton scored later and was fouled to get Milwaukee within 84-79, but he failed to complete the three-point play. A few possessions later, Smart managed to squeeze out the pass to Horford with three Bucks draped over him, and Horford easily dropped in a layup to make it 86-79 with 28.1 seconds left. Milwaukee got within 87-84 after a layup by Eric Bledsoe Josh Jackson Jersey , but the Celtics hit enough free throws the rest of the way to secure the win. The Bucks entered the game shooting an NBA playoff-best 54 percent from the field, but they hit just 37 percent for the game (32 of 87) – a series low. Boston needed an energy boost after slow starts in Games 3 and 4, and Smart gave the Celtics exactly that. He checked in for the first time late in the first quarter. Less than a minute later, he deflected a pass and won a scramble on the floor for the loose ball. A few possessions later, he was helping protect the rim, getting his hand in to deny an alley-oop dunk attempt by Antetokounmpo. He was also active on the offensive end, helping drive the ball into the interior of Milwaukee’s defense, like when he tossed an alley-oop to Horford late in the third quarter . Boston made a change to a smaller lineup, shifting Horford to center in place of Aron Baynes and starting Semi Ojeleye at forward. Ojeleye drew the primary responsibility of guarding Antetokounmpo and handled it well. Antetokounmpo had just 10 field goal attempts. ”It’s on me. I had open shots, but they wasn’t my shots,” Antetokounmpo said. ”I think my teammates did a great job finding me, but coming the next game, Game 6 Cheap M.J. Stewart Jersey , I’ve got to be more aggressive and make more plays.” TIP-INS Bucks: F John Henson missed his third straight game with back soreness. … Scored 15 points in first quarter. It was low for a quarter in the series, excluding the Game 1 overtime period (eight points). Celtics: Finished with 18 turnovers. … Outscored the Bucks 32-28 in the paint. HE SAID IT ”It’s win or go home, so I mean you can’t leave nothing on the line. That’s pretty much how you play this whole playoffs – you leave it all out there. Tonight we had too many lapses where we just didn’t want it as bad as they did.” – Middleton DROUGHT AND A RUN The Celtics went without a field goal from Rozier’s 3-pointer with 9:14 left in the third until Jaylen Brown hit from beyond the arc with 4:26 to go in the period. It allowed Milwaukee to go on a 12-2 run, trimming Boston’s lead to 58-52. STILL BEEFING Rozier and Eric Bledsoe got tangled up with 9:33 left in the third quarter. Rozier bumped Bledsoe near the baseline. Bledsoe responded with a hard shove. They then got face-to-face and had to be separated. Bledsoe was assessed a flagrant foul and Rozier was issued a technical foul. It was the continuation of some off-court chiding between the pair. Rozier called Bledsoe ”Drew Bledsoe” when asked about him after Game 1. Bledsoe has since responded by saying ”Who?” whenever he’s asked about Rozier. ”We’re looking forward to Game (6),” Bledsoe said. ”It’s as simple as that.” — More NBA basketball: TORONTO — A year ago at this time, Francisco Liriano was pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays amid speculation that he would be traded. The left-hander is again a subject of trade speculation as he returns to the Rogers Centre on Friday night as the starting pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, who will try to end a nine-game losing streak in the opener of a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Tigers (36-46) lost 4-2 to the Oakland Athletics at Comerica Park on Thursday afternoon. The Blue Jays (37-43) had the day off after completing a 3-4 trip with a heartbreaking 7-6 loss to the Houston Astros on Wednesday on Alex Bregman’s two-run, walk-off homer. Both teams are expected to trade some veteran players by the July 31 deadline for deals without waivers. Liriano (3-3, 3.94 ERA) will face Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman (0-5, 6.80). Both pitchers will make their second start after returning from the disabled list. The Blue Jays did trade Liriano on July 31 to the Astros, who went on to win the World Series. In the deal, Toronto received outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, who has become a regular. Liriano signed with the Tigers as a free agent on Feb. 23. He will make his 12th start of the season in the series opener. Liriano went on the DL with a strained right hamstring after making his start on May 26 and did not pitch again until Saturday when he took the loss at Cleveland Baker Mayfield Jersey Youth , allowing three runs (two earned), four hits and three walks in four innings. All of the runs came in a 40-pitch first inning. He did not allow another hit in the next three innings. “I was rushing things,” Liriano said. “I hadn’t pitched in a while and I was trying to do too much, trying to do more than I can do, and I ended up missing pitches. … Everything feels great. Leg feels good, body feels nice.” The 34-year-old has faced the Blue Jays seven times in his career, including five starts, going 1-4 with a 5.40 ERA. He last pitched against Toronto on Aug. 5 with Houston when he took the loss after allowing one run, one hit and one walk in two-thirds of an inning in relief. In 18 career appearances, including 17 starts, at the Rogers Centre, Liriano is 8-4 record with a 4.03 ERA and 98 strikeouts. Stroman also returned from the DL on Saturday when he allowed six hits and one walk while striking out five in five scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Angels. He did not factor in the decision of a game the Blue Jays won 4-1. He had not pitched since May 8 because of inflammation in his right shoulder, a problem that shortened his spring training. Stroman believes that in retrospect he probably should have taken a couple of more weeks to build up the shoulder before starting to pitch in the regular season. “When I’m going good Cheap Marcedes Lewis Jersey , I feel like I’m pitching at 80, 85 percent and that’s where I’m at right now,” Stroman said. “Earlier in the season, I was max effort, I was pitching at 100 percent every pitch and now I’m back to being very free and easy. Once I’m free and easy, I can do whatever I want.” Stroman said the shoulder “feels way better.” “I’m moving way easier, I can pause, I can mess with my delivery now, I can do many things I wasn’t able to do previously in the year,” he added. “Feels great.” In two career starts against the Tigers, he is 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA. The Tigers won two of three games against the Blue Jays at Comerica Park on June 1-3. Detroit will try to win its first season series against Toronto since 2013. The Tigers lost two of three games at the Rogers Centre last season, the fourth straight series they have dropped in Toronto. .
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>The Latest on the NFL playoffs on divisional weekend (all times EST):7:20 p.m.The Vikings expanded their lead in their divisional round game at Minnesota.Kai Forbath’s second field goal Cheap Jamal Adams Jersey , a 49-yarder in the early in the fourth quarter gave the Vikings a 20-14 lead over the Saints.The winner advances to the NFC championship game at Philadelphia.7:15 p.m.Drew Brees and the Saints are getting closer in their divisional round game at Minnesota.Brees connected with wide receiver Michael Thomas for the second time in the game. The second score was a 3-yarder early in the fourth quarter to make it 17-14.The winner advances to the NFC championship game at Philadelphia.7 p.m.The New Orleans Saints are climbing back into their divisional round game at Minnesota.Drew Brees found Michael Thomas for a 14-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter to finally get on the scoreboard and cut the Vikings’ lead to 17-7. Then on the next play, Case Keenum was intercepted by Marcus Williams to give the Saints the ball again deep in Vikings territory.The winner advances to the NFC championship game.鈥?Dave Campbell, reporting from Minneapolis6:25 p.m.The Minnesota Vikings have blanked Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints for the first half of their NFC divisional round game, taking a 17-0 lead into the locker room.The Vikings forced punts on the first three possessions for the Saints. Then they intercepted Brees on consecutive drives before Will Lutz pulled a 58-yard field-goal try wide left. The Saints are 0 for 4 on third down conversions against the league’s top-ranked defense.The winner advances to the NFC championship game in Philadelphia next weekend to play the Eagles.鈥?Dave Campbell, reporting from Minneapolis5:40 p.m.The Minnesota Vikings have taken a commanding 17-0 lead on the New Orleans Saints, early in the second quarter of their divisional round.Latavius Murray powered the ball in from the 1-yard line, after a pass interference call on Saints safety Marcus Williams against wide receiver Stefon Diggs gave the Vikings first-and-goal.Andrew Sendejo’s diving interception of a long pass by Drew Brees gave the Vikings the ball back near midfield before the end of the first quarter to set up their second touchdown drive. Brees and the Saints are also 0 for 3 on third down conversions against the NFL’s top-ranked defense.鈥?Dave Campbell, reporting from Minneapolis5:30 p.m.The Minnesota Vikings have a 10-0 lead on the New Orleans Saints at the end of the first quarter of their divisional round game.Andrew Sendejo’s diving interception of a long pass by Drew Brees gave the Vikings the ball back near midfield. Brees and the Saints are also 0 for 3 on third down conversions against the NFL’s top-ranked defense.The Vikings have outgained the Saints 106-33 in total yards.鈥?Dave Campbell, reporting from Minneapolis5:05 p.m.The Minnesota Vikings have taken an early 10-0 lead on the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round game at deafening U.S. Bank Stadium.Jerick McKinnon took a pitch from Case Keenum around left end for a 14-yard touchdown run that capped an eight-play Devin Hester Bears Jersey , 55-yard drive for the Vikings.On the other side, the Vikings have forced punts on the Saints’ first two possessions.The Vikings made it 10-0 when Kai Forbath made a 20-yard field goal to finish off a seven-play, 79-yard drive.The winner advances to the NFC championship game next weekend at Philadelphia.鈥?Dave Campbell, reporting from Minneapolis4:35 p.m.Rookie running back Leonard Fournette ran for 109 yards and three touchdowns, Blake Bortles added 214 yards passing and a vital fourth-quarter score and the relentless Jacksonville Jaguars stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers 45-42.The third-seeded Jaguars (12-6) will face top-seeded New England next week in Foxborough, Massachusetts, after jumping on Pittsburgh early, then holding on late. Jacksonville raced to a 21-point lead, fended off a Steelers rally and responded every time Pittsburgh (13-4) challenged.Ben Roethlisberger threw for 469 yards and set a franchise record with five touchdown passes Anthony Miller Jersey Youth , but was also intercepted once and had a fumble returned for a score.All-Pro Antonio Brown caught seven passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns in his return from a left calf injury. Le’Veon Bell had 155 yards of total offense and two scores.But Pittsburgh’s vaunted “Killer Bs” couldn’t keep pace with Jacksonville.4:15 p.m.Josh Lambo’s 45-yard field goal with 1:45 left may have finally booted Jacksonville past Pittsburgh and into the AFC title game.Lambo’s clutch kick 鈥?the first field goal of the game after 11 TDs 鈥?put the Jaguars ahead 45-35. Jacksonville got to work with a short field after the Steelers failed to execute an onside kick.4:10 p.m.The Steelers aren’t going down easily.Le’Veon Bell took Ben Roethlisberger’s lateral and ran 8 yards for a TD as Pittsburgh cut Jacksonville’s lead to 42-35 with 2:18 left.Big Ben scrambled from the pocket and ran for 1 yard before swinging the ball to Bell, who beat one Jaguars defender for the game’s 11th TD.Pittsburgh then tried an onside kick that was recovered by the Jaguars.鈥?Tom Withers reporting from Pittsburgh.3:55 p.m.The Jaguars answered back.Blake Bortles threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to fullback Tommy Bohanon with 4:19 left to give Jacksonville a 42-28 lead over the Steelers.After Pittsburgh closed within seven for the second time in the half, Bortles drove the Jags 75 yards for the crucial score. Bohanon got behind Pittsburgh’s linebackers and Bortles completed the scoring toss with ease.3:45 p.m.Here come the Steelers again.Antonio Brown caught a 43-yard TD pass from Ben Roethlisberger with 9:05 left to bring Pittsburgh within 35-28 of Jacksonville.It was Brown’s second TD and it revived the Steelers, who fell behind by 14 moments earlier.The Steelers have come back after trailing 21-0 and 28-7.鈥?Tom Wither Hannah Foslien/Getty ImagesAfter deciding to return for a 16th NFL season, Terence Newman made it clear that he believes the 2018 campaign will be his farewell tour.聽The 39-year-old defensive back re-signed with the Minnesota Vikings on Monday. One day later, he revealed that he plans to hang up his cleats at the end of the season."I think this will be my last year no matter what happens," Newman said, per Chris Tomasson of the聽Pioneer Press. "After 15 years, I've soaked as much as I can in. It's been a heck of a ride. I understand when it's time for me. 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Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee stood alone in the hallway outside of his team’s locker room Friday night Josh Allen Jersey Youth , as someone walked by and blurted: ”One more George.” ”Yep,” McPhee replied, smiling briefly before turning his attention back to his phone. And if they get it, the Golden Knights will be Pacific Division champions. Jonathan Marchessault’s goal 22 seconds into overtime lifted Vegas to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues, inching the playoff-bound expansion team closer to a division title in its inaugural season. The Golden Knights (49-22-7) can win the Pacific with a point in Saturday’s home game against San Jose. ”We’re trying to get as many points as we can,” Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said. ”Somebody told me we’re one point away from clinching the division and that’s what the goal is. Let’s keep battling hard, and playing hard, and winning as many games as we can. I really don’t care who we beat, and the next season will start soon enough.” St. Louis (43-28-6, 92 points) currently holds the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference, one point back of Anaheim (93). Colorado (92) is tied with the Blues, who hold the tiebreaker. St. Louis Kyle Long Bears Jersey , whose season-best, six-game win streak ended, has now earned points in six of its last seven road games (4-1-2). Marchessault scored two goals, while William Karlsson and James Neal also scored for Vegas. Malcolm Subban improved to 12-3-2 after stopping 21 shots. Barely into overtime, Marchessault took the puck by himself into the zone, skated by two defenders before circling to the point and firing a long wrist shot past Jake Allen for the game-winner. ”We had a great effort and I think it was a real good positive game for us,” Marchessault said. ”It was a big game tonight. I think it would be great for our fans (to clinch the division), they’ve been awesome all year. To get the win and clinch the Pacific would be awesome. Whoever we face, we just need to play well and I’m sure tomorrow is going to be a good game.” Patrik Berglund, Brayden Schenn and Chris Thorburn scored for the Blues. Allen, who is now 8-1-1 in his last 10 starts, made 22 saves. ”We fought hard. This is really good hockey team and we knew it was going to be a close game Roquan Smith Bears Jersey , so not surprised to see it go to overtime, you get into 3-on-3 hockey and anything can happen out there,” St. Louis coach Mike Yeo said. ”There are some things that we have to be a little bit better at … I think we could’ve moved the puck a little bit better tonight. Credit to them, they check well, and they pressure you hard.” But it was the Blues setting the tone early, when Alexander Steen fed Berglund from behind the net, and he smacked home his 13th of the season. Karlsson tied the game with his 41st of the season, a short-handed breakaway courtesy of a perfect pass from Cody Eakin. Marchessault gave Vegas a brief 2-1 lead with a stroke from a side angle. Schenn tied the game later in the period when he took a pass from Jaden Schwartz and beat a shielded Subban from the right circle. After a rather quiet period, Tomas Tatar tapped the puck to Erik Haula, who touch-passed to Neal, who snapped a 12-game drought by going top shelf to beat Allen and give Vegas a 3-2 lead with 3:25 left in the second. Scottie Upshall’s pass from behind the net found Thorburn creeping at the doorstep and the right wing slipped it through Subban’s five-hole to knot the game at 3 with 13:46 left. ”Overall, they played really well http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/lesean-mccoy-jersey , they’re working hard and they’re finding a way to win hockey games,” Gallant said. ”We got down early, but I love the way we played. We competed the whole 60 minutes. We played a hell of a hockey game tonight against a real good team.” NOTES Schwartz has 21 points in 27 games since returning from a lower-body injury on Jan. 25. … Neal is now one game from playing in his 700th career game and five points shy from his 500th career point. … Marchessault is one game away from his 200th career game. UP NEXT St. Louis: Visits Arizona on Saturday. Vegas: Hosts San Jose on Saturday. Investigators are hoping to interview Janoris Jenkins' brother William as a "person of interest" in the death of music producer聽Roosevelt Rene, whose body was found in the home of the聽New York Giants cornerback.Ontario County District Attorney James Ritts told TMZ of their interest in Jenkins' brother, adding:聽"Bergen County wants to talk to him."The TMZ report also added that according to jail records, William Jenkins was arrested about nine hours before the body was discovered in the home for an "unrelated parole warrant聽issue."Josina Anderson of ESPN first reported on the police looking for a person of interest in the case:ig: josinaanderson @JosinaAndersonThe potential cause of death of the male victim, identified as Roosevelt Rene, was described to me this morning as "highly suspicious" however a police source underlined there was "not a clear-cut" explanation for Rene's demise, at this time. https://t.co/qHURkkCI3fThe 25-year-old Rene, also known as聽Trypps Beatz, was a family friend of Jenkins.According to聽Taylor Tiamoyo Harris and Noah Cohen聽of NJ.com, the 29-year-old Jenkins has reportedly been in Florida since the Giants ended their minicamp earlier in June.Anderson聽added that "Multiple sources who have connected directly with Janoris Jenkins told me that the Giants cornerback says he's 'good' and 'okay' and 'waiting for the legal process to play out.'""Janoris wanted to get back to New Jersey but the New York Giants and the attorneys have told him to stay in Florida at this point as police continue to investigate Jimmy Garoppolo Jersey ," ESPN's Dianna Russini reported (h/t聽Mike Florio聽of Pro Football Talk).ig: josinaanderson @JosinaAndersonOvernight an officer from the New Jersey Fair Lawn Police Department kept patrol outside of Janoris Jenkins' home while the perimeter blocking off the area was maintained.Rene's cause of death remains undetermined, and an autopsy is being performed at the聽Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office. However, according to聽Mike Garafolo聽of NFL.com, "police are investigating a possible strangulation/suffocation as the cause of death."Jenkins and Rene had collaborated on a song together, "Hood Jumpin," which Rene produced and Jenkins rapped on under the name of "Rabbit," per聽Pat Leonard聽of the聽New York Daily News..
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To say the offseason and camp for the聽New England Patriots聽have been interesting would be an understatement. Alleged issues between coach Bill Belichick聽and star quarterback Tom Brady is front and center in the news Ty Montgomery Jersey , Julian Edelman's troubles with a PED scandal didn't help matters, and a rumored trade of tight end Rob Gronkowski had the media in a stir when everyone thought he'd been traded,聽only to hear rumors Brady had squashed the trade dead in its tracks. So, to see arguably the best QB in football teasing a time frame for his eventual retirement is just another moment that will go down as one of the wackiest gaps between Patriot seasons.ESPN shared a statement聽on Instagram Brady made to Oprah Winfrey about his career winding down. They wrote that Brady was "seeing that there's definitely an end coming, sooner rather than later." Of course, the post got all sorts of attention and fans flooded the comments sections with everything from hoping the news wasn't true to asking what he meant by his comments. In an effort to either answer the question or perhaps stir the pot further, Brady himself commented on the post writing,聽聽"Cuarenta y cinco," which translates from Spanish to 45. Stephen Curry on the sidelines again, this time with a hurt knee. No longer the sure-thing No. 1 seed. Steve Kerr piecing together rotations based on who’s available through illness and injury. It hasn’t exactly been an easy course this season for the defending NBA champions. The Golden State Warriors are used to being the best out West Dak Prescott Jersey Womens , a top target that everyone in the NBA seeks to unseat. It’s just a little different this time. Not that Kerr is overly concerned. Golden State’s coach thinks the Warriors will be just fine when they open their best-of-seven series against No. 7 seed San Antonio at home Saturday afternoon. ”We’re going to have new life when the playoffs start. And I’m well aware of what a long, difficult season it’s been,” he said. ”So many things have been thrown at us here the last month, especially all the injuries, which have really shaken up our rotation. That’s made it difficult on everybody and our players. But they’re fighting and that’s the main thing. ”We’re going to be all right.” During one especially tough stretch, all four All-Stars were out because of health – Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. Golden State dropped seven of 10 at one point last month, then lost its final regular-season game by a jaw-dropping 40 points Tuesday night at Utah. Yet, now http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/tremaine-edmunds-jersey , everybody is relishing a new season. ”It’s not a carbon copy of last year by any stretch,” Curry said. ”But I know for sure we have the guys and the IQ and the resiliency to understand how we’re going to accomplish our goal this year and not compare it to last year. Because I’m sure you can ask any championship team along the way that’s trying to repeat or whatever the case is, every journey is defined by different circumstances. ”Injuries, the fact that we have been in the 2 spot for about two weeks now with really no chance to climb or fall, so you have to fight human nature in that sense. I think all that we’ve invested in our game, in our team and in our identity over the course of the last three, four years will show up when the time is right.” Two years ago, Golden State put its focus on going for a record 73 victories and lost to LeBron James and the Cavaliers in the Finals. Then late last season, the Warriors were gearing up for that inevitable Finals rematch with rival Cleveland while Durant worked back from a knee injury before capturing his first title and becoming Finals MVP. For Kerr, the goals lately were simple: find some rhythm and return everybody to health. He used 27 different starting lineups – yes Walter Payton Bears Jersey , a huge number – in a big jump from his first three seasons coaching Golden State. Last season there were 14 different starting five combinations for the Warriors on the way to a second title in three years, 12 the year before that and just eight during 2014-15 as the franchise won its first championship in 40 years. And this time around, the Warriors didn’t even know their opponent until Wednesday night, meaning Golden State’s video crew worked overtime preparing for all the possible opponents. ”Basically we spend most of our time trying to predict what’s going to happen, and we’re all wrong,” Kerr quipped last week. ”And the next day we reshuffle the deck and we guess again.” Golden State will still look a lot different when the ball goes up at Oracle Arena without Curry. The two-time MVP is expected to miss the entire first round after spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee March 23 on the very night he returned from a six-game absence with his latest ankle injury. It was bad luck, too, as center JaVale McGee fell into him. Curry’s absence as a floor leader and heart of the team hurts. ”They’ve been pretty fortunate here in that the injuries hadn’t been the long ones where guys are out 10-15 games. It’s been three or four games or maybe a five-game stretch,” Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said. ”It’s something different, but I really do feel like everyone would love to struggle and be 57-22 if you can consider that struggling.” Golden State finished 58-24 Jordan Howard Bears Jersey , dropping 12 home games – something unheard of the previous three years when they were barely blemished with only nine losses total at one of the NBA’s most imposing stops. The Warriors want to re-establish that energy and swagger at home. Immediately. Kerr didn’t worry about the record. He was too busy mixing and matching just to get through games over the past month. ”It’s been a long haul, for sure. I was hoping that we would be heading into the playoffs healthy, obviously everyone wants that,” he said. ”But this is all part of it, it’s all part of the journey. This is our journey this year. Every year’s different, so it’s been a bumpy road but here we are. I’m really proud of our guys.” And the rest of the league still realizes what it’s up against. ”You can’t count these guys out, and I don’t think anybody is counting them out,” Pacers coach Nate McMillan said. ”They’ll get their guys back and they have enough guys I think they can survive until they get everybody back.” — .
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Jason Miller/Getty ImagesFantasy football drafters are not known for their patience. If an NFL player betrays them once Blake Martinez Packers Jersey , some managers will impede their own chances of success by holding a grudge.聽聽Gamers assign hopes and dreams to rookies every year. They have never proved their worth at the NFL level, but they have also never let anyone down. Those who falter inevitably fall in聽average draft position聽the following season.For all the fear of sophomore slumps鈥攍ooking at you, Evan Engram鈥攄rafters should emphasize second-year value picks poised to redeem an underwhelming arrival. In the cases highlighted below, limited opportunities and/or ill-fitting personnel derailed a debut.聽The circumstances have changed heading into 2018.聽Let's also skip some of the more obvious names (Patrick Mahomes, Joe Mixon and Corey Davis) already drawing high praise and higher draft slots. While these guys aren't necessarily sleepers either, there's still room for profit potential.聽 聽 聽聽Mitchell Trubisky, QB, Chicago BearsMitchell Trubisky now has the coaching staff and receivers to fare better in his sophomore campaign.Hannah Foslien/Getty ImagesAnyone who has read anything about Mitchell Trubisky has likely already seen the Jared Goff comparisons.The highly drafted quarterback struggled in an archaic offense that offered him few opportunities to stretch the ball downfield. Sound familiar?聽Yet there's hope for a second-half breakout despite last year's聽No. 2 overall pick聽averaging a putrid 182.8 passing yards per game and 6.7 yards per attempt.聽With John Fox out as head coach, the Chicago Bears can join the 21st century under Matt Nagy, who helped Alex Smith finished fourth in fantasy scoring among quarterbacks as the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive coordinator.聽Also like the Los Angeles Rams Zack Martin Jersey Elite , the Bears revamped their pass-catching unit. They added Allen Robinson, who is returning from an ACL tear suffered at the start of last season. The 24-year-old already聽has a 1,400-yard, 14-touchdown campaign alongside Blake Bortles.Trey Burton tallied 112 yards and three touchdowns in the two games Zach Ertz missed last season.聽He'll now receive more snaps in an offense overseen by Nagy鈥攚ho led Travis Kelce to stardom鈥攁nd former New York Giants tight ends coach Kevin Gilbride, who steered Engram to immediate prominence.Rookie wide receiver Anthony Miller is also a sleeper whose stock is going to soar throughout August. The 22nd quarterback off the board, per his consensus ADP, Trubisky is worth a late-round flier for drafters waiting out the deep position.聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Jamaal Williams and Aaron Jones, RBs, Green Bay PackersJones will serve a two-game suspension to start 2018.Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty ImagesYes, this is cheating. An analyst is supposed to take a hardened stance between Jamaal Williams and Aaron Jones and avoid the other at all costs.But more gamers are competing in multiple leagues Blake Martinez Jersey , especially because of the聽rising popularity in a聽best-ball format. Those drafters will want some exposure to both second-year running backs.A zero-sum game makes this competition simultaneously maddening and appealing. Between Williams, Jones and Ty Montgomery, one back logged at least 80 percent of Green Bay's snaps in 10 games. Packers head coach Mike McCarthy could disappoint everyone with a three-man committee, but it's more likely one frequently lines up behind a returning Aaron Rodgers.Montgomery was fantasy's seventh-best running back through Week 3. Jones ranked 11th from Weeks 4 to 8, and Williams placed sixth in the closing nine weeks.Those seeking upside should choose Jones, who averaged 5.5 yards per carry and had six runs of 20 yards or more. Yet he will serve a two-game suspension to start 2018, giving Williams a chance to lock down the spot.While he averaged just 3.6 yards per rush and had one 20-yard run, Williams is a stout blocker who recorded Next Gen Stats' ninth-best efficiency rating. There's a higher probability of his handling a high-volume role.Per聽Packers Wire's Zach Kruse, McCarthy spoke fondly of Williams at the start of training camp."He's bigger, stronger. He looks good Joe Montana Jersey Limited ," McCarthy said. "I feel pretty confident that when we're talking about the season that he's going to be one of the guys that's taken the big second-year jump."Rank Williams higher, but don't be afraid to take a later flier on Jones if he falls near the 10th round.聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Chris Godwin, WR, Tampa Bay BuccaneersChris Godwin will reportedly start for the Buccaneers.Streeter Lecka/Getty ImagesAccording to the Tampa Bay Times' Rick Stroud, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers intend on starting Chris Godwin alongside Mike Evans at wideout. That's huge news for someone often going undrafted with a WR76 ADP.聽Although he registered just 34 catches for 525 yards and a touchdown, Godwin flourished when given the opportunity. In five games in which he played聽more than half of Tampa Bay's snaps, the newcomer caught 21 of 36 targets for 363 yards and the score. He closed 2017 with 209 yards in a pair of contests without DeSean Jackson.聽Now to slow the bandwagon a bit. Jackson isn't going anywhere, but simply shifting to the slot. Fantasy Guru's Graham Barfield noted the complications presented by this formation:Graham Barfield @GrahamBarfieldIn a perfect world, Chris Godwin should be the #Bucs slot WR. Tampa ran 11-personnel (3WR) on 74% of pass plays last year (NFL average is 70%).Still, Godwin only saw 7% of TB targets when聽Winston-Jackson-Evans聽were all on the field together鈥?https://t.co/I1M0XwUpuQThose who only deem league-winning players worthy of a breakout label will look beyond Godwin. He still needs an injury to Jackson or Mike Evans to truly shine as a dependable weekly option.Yet this is a player who will see the field more after striving in fleeting opportunities. There's little risk to taking him at the end of a draft in case he fully supplants Jackson in both the depth chart and target hierarchy.聽 聽 聽 聽Snap counts courtesy of Pro Foo Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown was sent back to Pittsburgh from camp to deal with a minor injury on Thursday.聽According to聽Michael David Smith聽of ProFootballTalk Deion Sanders Jersey , Brown is dealing with a strained quad muscle and is expected back "within a few days."Head coach Mike Tomlin told reporters聽the injury was of the day-to-day variety.Brown has established himself as one of the NFL's most valuable offensive weapons with at least 100 catches and 1,250 receiving yards in five straight seasons. He racked up 101 grabs for 1,533 yards and nine touchdowns across 14 regular-season games in 2017.The 30-year-old聽Central Michigan product missed two contests with a partially torn calf suffered in a Week 15 loss to the New England Patriots last year. He missed just one game over the previous four seasons combined.If the dynamic threat is forced to the sideline again, JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Washington will likely split the targets from Ben Roethlisberger rather than either one operating as a true No. 1 receiver. Justin Hunter and Darrius Heyward-Bey should also see an uptick in playing time.Ultimately, the Steelers' offense is still in the capable hands of Roethlisberger and Le'Veon Bell when Brown is unavailable, but the unit clearly isn't the same without him..
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Abbie Parr/Getty ImagesNew York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson accepted a plea deal stemming from his January arrest for reckless driving.聽Per NFL Network's Mike Garafolo Michael Gallup Youth Jersey , Anderson pleaded no contest to receive a withheld adjudication and six months of non-reporting probation.聽An NFL spokesman told Garofolo the league is still reviewing Anderson's case to determine if he will be suspended under the personal conduct policy.聽Anderson was聽arrested聽on Jan. 19 in Sunrise, Florida, and was facing nine different charges, including聽resisting an officer/obstruction without violence,聽felony harm to a public servant or family and聽felony fleeing/eluding while lights/siren active.聽According to the police report, Anderson threatened to sexually assault the officer's wife after he was pulled over.聽Anderson was聽previously arrested聽while attending a music festival in May 2017 on charges of resisting arrest with violence and obstruction of justice. The 25-year-old had those聽charges dropped聽last month.The Jets signed Anderson in 2016 after he went undrafted out of Temple. He led the team with 941 receiving yards and seven touchdowns last season. The Columbus Blue Jackets played one more playoff game this season than last, but it’s all the same to general manager Jarmo Kekalainen and coach John Tortorella. Not good enough. And apparently there’s plenty of blame to go around. ”Everybody has to give skin here Sean Lee Jersey Womens , from the coaches right on through, as far as what happened,” Tortorella said in his exit interview with reporters Thursday. The Blue Jackets promising season fizzled out in the end. They overcame injuries to key players and finished the regular season strong, making the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second season in a row. They won the first two in the first-round playoff series on the road against the Washington Capitals, only to drop the next four straight. It ended with a thud in a 6-3 loss in Game 6 on home ice Monday night. Despite how all that sounds, the team didn’t implode, Tortorella said. ”We were a good enough team to beat Washington this year Dak Prescott Jersey Elite ,” he said. ”We just did not make that big play and or get that big save at key times, and they did. ”I like our team, I like our personnel,” he said. ”The biggest thing is we need to change our mindset here, (so) that we feel we belong in the playoffs. We need to think stronger in how to find a way. I want us to be more aggressive in our thinking and expect some more.” The Blue Jackets undoubtedly will have some different faces next season. Just how many remains to be seen. Kekalainen was coy when asked if the team needs more talented players to get deeper into the playoffs. ”We’re always looking to upgrade, one way or another,” he said. ”I think we’re going to get better again from inside. It’s going to be the same approach.” Kekalainen cited the surprise trade last summer that brought star winger Artemi Panarin to town and the swift emergence of rookie center Pierre-Luc Dubois. But he won’t talk strategy. One the goals likely will be to sign Panarin and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky – the team’s biggest stars – to contract extensions. Both will be unrestricted free agents in 2019 Jim Kelly Bills Jersey , and the team would like to lock them up before that. Defenseman Jack Johnson and forward Matt Calvert will be unrestricted free agents on July 1, so the Blue Jackets will have to make a decision on whether to sign them to new contracts. The 28-year-old Calvert, the longest tenured Blue Jacket at eight seasons but never more than a bottom six player, tied his career-high season point total with 24 and had three playoff goals. The Blue Jackets also will have to decide whether to re-sign forwards Thomas Vanek and Mark Letestu and defensemen Ian Cole, all of whom were added at the trade deadline. Columbus finished with 97 points, second most in franchise history after last season’s 108, and qualified for the playoffs as a wildcard. The team punctuated a furious comeback down the stretch with a 10-game winning streak in March. But the playoffs were a bust. Again. ”We expected more out of ourselves this year Joe Thomas Jersey Elite ,” defenseman Zach Werenski said on his way out this week. ”Go up 2-0 on the road, come back home we don’t get a win. I just think we have higher expectations, and we should. We are a good hockey team and we fell short of our goals this year. At the end of the day, if you are not holding the Stanley Cup, it’s kind of a failed season. This one definitely stings.” — .
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Now that they’re headed back to the postseason Jim Kelly Jersey , the San Jose Sharks will spend the final week of the season looking to complete a task that was discussed in training camp. San Jose opens its last homestand of 2017-18 on Tuesday night against the Dallas Stars, who have their eyes on playing spoiler down the stretch. The Sharks secured their 12th playoff appearance in 13 seasons when the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday. The win also clinched a spot for the Minnesota Wild. San Jose (44-25-10) looks to avoid losing its fourth in a row after reeling off a season-high eight straight wins. “The good news is we’ve set ourselves up to finish this season off with three home games and an opportunity to clinch home-ice advantage, which is something that’s been a goal of ours from Day One,” coach Peter DeBoer said after San Jose’s 3-2 loss to Vegas on Saturday night. “So, we’ll sweep this one under the rug and get ready for the next one.” Following this game, the Sharks meet Colorado on Thursday before closing the season Saturday against Minnesota. San Jose is in second place in the Pacific Division with narrow leads over the Kings and Anaheim Ducks. First, the Sharks will focus on the Stars Davante Adams Packers Jersey , who handed San Jose a 6-0 defeat behind 26 saves from Ben Bishop on New Year’s Eve in Texas. Six weeks later, DeBoer’s club evened the season series with a 5-2 win on home ice as Mikkel Boedker scored twice. San Jose is 10-2-1 in its last 13 at home versus the Stars. The Sharks may be without forward Evander Kane, who missed practice Monday with an undisclosed injury and will be a game-time decision, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Since coming over from the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 26, Kane has given the Sharks a boost with nine goals and five assists in 16 games. Only Joe Pavelski has more points since the trade with 17 (six goals, 11 assists). Pavelski is tied with Brent Burns for the team lead with 63 points, and San Jose’s captain has three goals and three assists in a three-game points streak at home versus Dallas. Martin Jones needs one win to reach 30 for the third straight season since joining the Sharks in 2015. He’s 2-1-0 with a 2.66 goals-against average in three career home games versus Dallas while with San Jose. Backup Aaron Dell’s only career win over the Stars came in a 29-save effort on March 12 Ezekiel Elliott Jersey Elite , 2017 at SAP Center. Dallas (40-31-8), which defeated the Wild 4-1 on Saturday, was eliminated from playoff contention when the Ducks rallied with the final three goals in a 4-3 overtime victory against the Avalanche on Sunday. “The time for reflecting is you got all summer to do that — and it’s not now,” Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said Monday. Dallas’ fate was sealed with 0-6-2 slide in March, when the club lost 12 of 16 (4-8-4). The Stars have missed the playoffs in eight of the last 10 seasons. Dallas winds down its season with a three-game trip through California with the chance to play spoiler. “This is three playoff teams that need points, so we’re going to get a really good test and it starts in San Jose,” Hitchcock said. “We haven’t had a lot of luck there lately and we want to change that.” Kari Lehtonen http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/jim-kelly-jersey , who’s been pressed into service with Bishop (lower body) out for the season, is 0-6-1 with a 3.40 GAA in his last seven road games. He’s also 0-2-2 with a 2.64 GAA in his last five games (four starts) in Northern California. On Saturday, Tyler Seguin became the third player in Dallas history with 40 goals, joining Jamie Benn (41 in 2015-16) and Mike Modano (50 in 1993-94). Seguin has a goal and four assists in his last three games overall, and a goal with four helpers in seven career games in San Jose. Shelby Miller is scheduled to return to the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ rotation Monday, 14 months after the right-hander underwent Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery. Miller will face the Marlins in Miami. He rejoined the NL West-leading Diamondbacks before their game Thursday night against the Pirates after making four rehab starts in the minor leagues. ”I’m pretty excited but I’m assuming the first (start) back won’t be perfect,” Miller said. ”There are going to be times where I’m going to have to bear down and get through some stuff. I’ve talked to people (who have had the surgery) and they say command is the last thing to come back.” The 27-year-old Miller pitched a combined 19 1/3 innings in his rehab starts Devin Hester Jersey Youth , two with Double-A Jackson and two with Single-A Visalia. He allowed 10 runs and 20 hits while striking out 28 and walking six. A 15-game winner in 2013 with the St. Louis Cardinals and an All-Star in 2015 with the Atlanta Braves, Miller was injured in his fourth start last season. He has a 5-14 record and 5.78 ERA in 24 starts since the Diamondbacks acquired him from the Braves in a trade prior to the 2016 season. ”I definitely have some thing to prove over here,” Miller said. Miller will take the rotation spot of rookie right-hander Matt Koch, who was optioned to Triple-A Reno. Koch was 5-4 with a 4.40 ERA in 13 games, including 12 stats. Right-handed reliever Jake Barrett was recalled from Reno. He has appeared in three games for the Diamondbacks this season. .
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