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We need our own “jaguars guy” for super creative and effective defensive schemes dreamed up by m smith
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Those damn Stick Carriers put a jinx on the season. Once Dirk got cozy with them, the season went to hell. Then when they elected HATE president, the stuff really hit the fan.
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I couldn’t be there, but great to see @CubsJoeMadd and wife Jaye among those supporting Bucs’ @MikeEvans13_ and @ashlievans213 at tonight’s event to launch the Mike Evans Family Foundation. @Maddonrespect90
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Missouri names Vernon Hargreaves its inside linebackers coach
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During the “Great American Teach-in” WWE wrestler Thaddeus Bullard “Titus O’Neil” shares his life story with students at Ruskin Elementary School on Thursday, November 16, 2017.
WWE wrestler Thaddeus Bullard “Titus O’Neil” is having fun in the Tampa Bay area with all of his humanitarian projects of giving back to the community. Bullard is working hard to pull off one of the largest city-wide gift giving events on December 23rd titled the “Joy of Giving.” A collaborative of faith based organizations, local corporations and several non-profit organizations that will help in providing services and gifts for families in need.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dick Enberg, the longtime sportscaster who got his big break with UCLA basketball and went on to call Super Bowls, Olympics, Final Fours and Angels and Padres baseball games, died Thursday. He was 82.
Engberg’s daughter, Nicole, confirmed the death to The Associated Press.
She said the family became concerned when he didn’t arrive on his flight to Boston on Thursday, and that he was found dead at his home in La Jolla, a San Diego neighborhood, with his bags packed.“He was dressed with his bags packed at the door,” wife Barbara told the Union-Tribune. “We think it was a heart attack.”
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I give the PR guys a hard time, but my condolences to Mark.
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Follow Follow @MarkCook1970Sometime early this morning the Lord whispered and told my mother to stand up from her wheelchair, it’s time to come home. She did. I love u
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Follow Follow @TonyDungyAnother January birthday. This time it’s Eric—Happy 26th! And a look back to 17 years ago
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“It will eventually come down to me playing on the tag or not,” Bell said. “They tag me again, it will be me [saying], ‘OK, do I want to play on the tag or do I not want to play on the tag?’ That’s what it comes down to. If I was a free agent and they let me go, be a free agent, then yeah, I’m going to go explore free agency, test the market.”
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Less than month after starting in bowl game, Washington State QB commits suicide, police say
By Washington Post on Jan 17, 2018 at 9:08 p.m.Washington State Cougars quarterback Tyler Hilinski (3) looks to throw during the first quarter against the Michigan State Spartans in the 2017 Holiday Bowl at SDCCU Stadium. Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Police in Pullman, Washington, announced Tuesday night that they found Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at his off-campus apartment. He had failed to show up to a workout earlier in the day so police went to his apartment to do a welfare check, finding a rifle next to his body and a suicide note.
He was 21 years old.
“We are deeply saddened to hear the news of Tyler’s passing. He was an incredible young man and everyone who had the privilege of knowing him was better for it. The entire WSU community mourns as thoughts and prayers go out to his family,” Washington State Coach Mike Leach said in a statement.
Two notable former Washington State quarterbacks, Drew Bledsoe and Ryan Leaf, also chimed in on social media.
Leaf, who has had well-chronicled legal and substance-abuse issues, referred last year to his own “botched suicide attempt,” in an essay for The Players’ Tribune. On Wednesday he said, “Every human life is precious. All I wish is that I could’ve been in that [apartment] in Pullman, looked that amazing young man in the eyes & said you’re loved Tyler! I’m just like you & I’ve been here & there is hope, hugged him & never let go.”
Calling Hilinski “a great friend and mentor to my son,” Bledsoe pleaded for those in emotional distress to view “reaching out for help” as “NOT a sign of weakness” but as “the ultimate sign of STRENGTH!!”
Hilinski, a third-year sophomore from Claremont, California, played in eight games and started the Cougars’ Holiday Bowl loss to Michigan State in 2017, completing 130 of 179 passes for 1,176 yards and seven touchdowns, with seven interceptions. Hilinski threw three touchdown passes, including the game-winner in the third overtime, after relieving an injured Luke Falk in Washington State’s 47-44 win over Boise State on Sept. 10. He was expected to assume the Cougars’ starting quarterback job in 2018.
“The tragic news today surrounding Tyler Hilinski is devastating to all. Tyler was a tremendous individual, great friend and teammate, and he will be deeply missed. Our hearts go out to his family and friends,” Washington State interim athletic director John Johnson said in a statement released Tuesday night. “Earlier tonight, the football team was brought together and informed of the tragedy. There, they were met by campus and department counseling and psychological services, including athletics’ on-staff clinical psychologist and a licensed mental health counselor, along with WSU Athletics medical team. The university will continue to coordinate and provide ongoing counseling care for all student-athletes as long as needed.”
Washington State was scheduled to introduce Pat Chun as its new athletic director on Wednesday. That news conference has been postponed, the school said.
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Former Husker Kenny Bell has signed a futures contract with the Denver Broncos.
Nebraska’s all-time leading receiver has not played in an NFL regular-season game since being selected by Tampa Bay in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL draft. He spent most of last season on the Baltimore Ravens practice squad.
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Former Bucs WR @Oneway_Reedy, who spends his off-seasons making $11 an hour transporting people in wheelchairs and stayed behind to assist with Hurricane Irma evacuations, is headed to the Super Bowl with the Patriots. My story from last spring, ICYMI:
========================NFL player’s $11-per-hour side job: Helping those ‘who can’t help themselves’
May 19, 2017
Jenna Laine
ESPN Staff WriterCLEARWATER, Fla. — Just before 11:30 on a Friday morning, Bernard Reedy gets a buzz on his phone with an address. It’s for a client who needs Reedy to pick him up.
The 25-year-old Reedy climbs into a large white van and heads down U.S. Highway 19. It will be the first of several pickups for a rather unique offseason job for an NFL wide receiver: working as a driver for Care Ride, a Tampa-area company providing wheelchair and ambulatory transport.
Care Ride is similar to Uber and Lyft, but for people with wheelchairs. Drivers must receive special training to operate lifts in the vans and properly secure patients. They must be first-aid and CPR certified, and undergo sensitivity training.
Reedy, who is trying to stick with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a stint with the Atlanta Falcons, pulls up to a quiet mobile-home park in Largo. He greets his first client of the day, Carlos Velez, who is waiting under a carport.
Velez, 70, served in Korea and Vietnam and is now confined to a wheelchair. He still has some walking ability, but he fell last year and suffered a hematoma, forcing him to undergo brain surgery. A wheelchair helps him get around safely.
“Is that your motorcycle?” Reedy asks as he gently pushes Velez toward the van.
Velez responds, “I used to have one, but I sold it because of my vision.” He points to his right eye. “I’m legally blind.”
Reedy says, “I like motorcycles. … You ever rode a dirt bike?”
Velez responds, “Back home in Puerto Rico when I was young. I always had a Honda. The last Honda I had was a 1300.”
The two have ridden together in the van before. Their conversations are usually centered around the weather, politics, restaurants and how Velez is feeling physically. Sometimes Velez airs out his frustrations with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Despite their many conversations, Velez forgot that Reedy is an NFL player. Most of his clients have no idea. And why would they? Most NFL players don’t have side jobs like Reedy’s. Only a few of his Bucs teammates know about his other gig that pays him $11 an hour.
“All my other teammates that I know that I personally talk to, they all caked up — they all got money, a whole lot of money,” says Reedy, who has a $465,000 base salary with the Bucs for this season, but it’s not all guaranteed. “When I get to that tax bracket with them, I’m going to continue to work here during the offseason. … You always want to be grateful.”
Getting a job ‘so I could continue to live’
When the Falcons waived Reedy in 2015 and he had trouble landing with another team, he moved to St. Petersburg, right outside Tampa, and back into his childhood home. It helped ease the burden of having to pay rent, and it allowed him to continue to train while looking for work.
“The money in your savings is only going to last so long. I had to go out and get a job so I could continue to live,” Reedy said. “You want to always have something you fall back on. If you don’t work, you don’t have any more income, so it’s just decreasing. You’ve gotta go find a way to make some money.”
As an undrafted free agent out of Toledo, Reedy had spent the entire 2014 season on the Falcons’ practice squad, earning $108,600, according to NFLPA records. But in 2015, because he took part in only OTAs, he made $6,240 from football. That’s how unpredictable the NFL can be for a player like Reedy.
He spent the entire 2015 season at Care Ride, working eight-hour shifts, five days a week, including Sundays. He didn’t listen to NFL games on the radio because that was too hard. He listened to gospel music instead. Faith is what kept him motivated.
In February 2016, he signed a futures contract with the Bucs, reuniting with head coach Dirk Koetter and defensive coordinator and former Falcons coach Mike Smith. Reedy suffered a torn meniscus in the preseason and was waived/injured. He re-signed with the Bucs’ practice squad after he healed in December and was on the 53-man roster for two games, earning $85,879 for the season, according to NFLPA records. That figure does not include an injury settlement.
“When I get to that tax bracket with [my teammates], I’m going to continue to work here during the offseason. … You always want to be grateful.”
Through it all, Care Ride has been accommodating with his NFL schedule, allowing him to work three days a week when the offseason begins. Now that the Bucs are into offseason conditioning, he’s at the team facility four days a week and cuts back to once a week or every other week with Care Ride.
When it’s the regular season, the focus is 100 percent football. But if football isn’t in the picture, he can work more shifts.
“They know that my other job is like a dream come true, so that comes first,” Reedy said of Care Ride. “They understand. A lot of them like sports that work there.
“I could still see me doing this [after football]. I’m financially stable enough now that I could be OK if I didn’t do this, but why sit home after you’re done working out, going over your plays and stuff? Why sit home when you can come out and make you some more money and help people on top of that? And I’m talking about really helping people, helping people who can’t help themselves.”
Football isn’t entirely forgotten when Reedy is on the job. If there’s a lull between pickups, he said he’ll pull over to study his playbook or read the Bible. He also turns the van into a portable gym at times.
“I’ll put my feet up on the [seat] and do some incline pushups and then I go and do dips,” said Reedy, who also tries to find a large parking lot so he can get out and do sprints.
Finding perspective and making connections
The NFL is a brutal business and Reedy knows it. You can get injured or cut at any moment, but it pales in comparison to the hardships many of his clients have endured. That keeps Reedy grounded.
“A lot of people … you may think you’re sacrificing a lot until you hear somebody else’s story,” Reedy said. “And when you pick up the same people every week, you get attached to them.”
That makes it difficult when they pass away. He still thinks about Michael Banks and Robert Latoza.
“[Michael and I] used to talk about muscle cars. He used to build engines,” Reedy said.
Latoza, who died a year ago, “was my dog. That’s what we called each other. That was my dog.”
He left cards at their doorsteps after they passed, sharing some of the stories he was told on their trips together.
It’s that level of compassion that endears Reedy not just to his clients but also his co-workers.
“He was one of the youngest employees we’ve ever hired,” manager Vince Cocks said. “He’s done a wonderful job for us.”
The two have known each other since Reedy was 16, when Cocks and his wife would attend Reedy’s games at Lakewood High School. He remembers the time Reedy won the game against Countryside High in 2009, when he ran back a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown.
But there’s much more to Reedy than just football, and Cocks makes that clear. Even though sometimes he has to bolt off to practices and can’t work for months at a time, Reedy is an asset to them.
“He’s very personable. We get calls from our clients just saying how good and polite and safe [he is]. And he takes the time with them,” Cocks said. “We hope he does well over there [with the Bucs]. Naturally, we’d like to have him here, but we want him to play football.”
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NFL LEGEND CORTEZ KENNEDY
DONATES BRAIN TO CTE RESEARCH
… Autopsy Reveals1/22/2018 2:10 PM PST
EXCLUSIVENFL Hall of Famer Cortez Kennedy donated his brain to the most famous CTE research center in the world when he passed away in May … this according to the autopsy obtained by TMZ Sports.
Kennedy’s body was discovered by a friend on May 23, 2017. At the time, it was unclear how the 48-year-old passed away.
But according to the autopsy report, the official cause of death is hypertensive heart disease — a heart condition caused by high blood pressure, according to Healthline.com.
The medical examiner also lists pneumonia and diabetes as a contributing factor to Kennedy’s death. He’s listed in the autopsy as 6’1″ and 265 lbs.
As we previously reported, Kennedy was hospitalized for swollen legs just days before he died.
The report shows Kennedy’s family requested the ex-NFL star’s brain be sent to the Boston University CTE Center for further examination.
BU is widely regarded as the leader in CTE research — they’ve studied the brains of several deceased NFL stars including Aaron Hernandez and Dave Duerson.
Kennedy played 11 seasons for the Seattle Seahawks … and was an 8x Pro Bowler. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
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There’s usually a trick play or two in the Pro Bowl, right? Just sayin’ – Gerald McCoy has good hands. – at ESPN Wide World of Sports -
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