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George Ford has accepted he must shoulder the responsibility for inspiring England’s attack in Joe Nieuwendyk Youth Jersey the absence of his fellow playmaker Owen Farrell after Eddie Jones conceded his 
fly-half’s form has tailed off towards the end of the season.Ford is expected to start for England at fly-half against the Barbarians on Sunday and he will be charged with leading an inexperienced backline in Argentina next month, one which may yet include Denny Solomona. Jones revealed on Sunday that the New Zealand-born wing was unlikely to be fit for the tour but Solomona is hopeful he may still take his seat on the plane, despite a foot injury.“I’m not out of Argentina just yet, I’m doing everything in my power to make sure I make the trip,” said Solomona, who remains with Sale and will be further assessed at the end of the week. “I’ve done all the necessary steps to get back in there.”England will be without the Harlequins outside-centre Joe Marchant and the Northampton tighthead Paul Hill – ruled out with toe and neck injuries respectively. Jones will finalise his 31-man squad for Argentina on Monday, when the replacements will be named.Ford endured a mixed afternoon the last time he started for England without Farrell alongside him. It was 12 months ago, with Wales rather than the Baa-Baas the opposition in the end-of-season fixture, and while he pulled the strings as England scored five tries, he missed six out of seven kicks at goal and was booed by the Twickenham crowd.“Eddie has challenged me to keep improving our attack and try to ask more questions of the opposition, and be more dangerous,” Ford said. “We definitely have good enough players to go over there and get results, regardless of who http://www.officialflamesauthentic.com/Johnny_Gaudreau_Jersey is available. It’s good sometimes to play with different people and come up with different ways of trying to break teams down.”Jones is confident Ford can handle the added responsibility, with Farrell away in camp with the British & Irish Lions, but he believes Bath’s style of play has not suited the 24-year-old, who missed a crucial late penalty in his side’s Challenge Cup semi-final defeat by Stade Français. Last week Jones said: “Sometimes players in their clubs are asked to play in a different way and it doesn’t suit them but as long as I see effort from them … and I saw plenty of effort from George …”Ford rejoins Leicester on a lucrative contract worth £450,000 a year next season and believes he can rediscover his best form at Welford Road alongside other big names such as Ben Youngs, Matt Toomua and Manu Tuilagi. “I suppose that chapter of my career [at Bath] is over now,” Ford said. “I’m looking forward to rejoining Leicester and hopefully being part of a team that can really challenge and win trophies again because I know that’s what the club can do and as a player that’s what you want. You want to be part of a successful team.”Jones’s squad for the two-Test Argentina tour contains 15 uncapped players but there are 19 without Test experience preparing to face the Barbarians, with those from Exeter, Wasps and Northampton all unavailable.It means Ford, along with Jussi Jokinen Authentic Jersey Danny Care, Mike Brown and Chris Robshaw, is now one of the old guard, but it is a role he is relishing. “I’m looking to try to develop that all the time really,” he said. “As a 10, you’re more an on-field leader but I suppose especially last week and this week there’s some more off-field stuff that I’ve tried to develop and take upon myself a little bit more.”ngland’s two Test matches against the Pumas have taken on added significance after the sides were drawn in the same World Cup pool, alongside France, in what on paper would appear to be the hardest of the four.Ford is determined, therefore, to make a statement this summer. He said: “I don’t think you would want to go to Argentina thinking: ‘Let’s try our best and see what happens.’ We want to go there and win 2-0 – and we are expecting to do so regardless of who is here.”No man, as we all know, is bigger than his team, particularly when he has not yet worn the jersey. But Billy V? Not the Saracen tank who has been steamrollering all-comers, until the weekend at any rate. Not now. What a massive hole his absence leaves in Warren Gatland’s planning.It was impossible, consequently, to ignore the elephant-sized issue in the room as the coach held court beneath the http://www.officialpanthersonlinestore.com/Jussi_Jokinen_Jerseychandeliers. Perhaps the only other player whose exit would cause a comparable groan is Owen Farrell, presently a prime candidate for both the 10 and 12 jerseys. Gatland did his best to look on the bright side, grateful to have as many as 30 players in Ireland courtesy of last weekend’s defeats of Saracens and Leinster.Only four individuals – Jonathan Sexton, Sean O’Brien, Rhys Webb and Ken Owens – were restricted to static bikes while the rest of the squad embarked on what will be a crucial week of training. In less than a week from now they will be on the plane to New Zealand; there is general acknowledgment they could do with another fortnight’s preparation time at least.Gatland knows this better than anyone but it is too late now to do much about it. All the conditioning staff could do was drag the other bruised Saracens off to the cryotherapy chamber in an attempt to fast-track their recoveries. “We’re trying to cover an eight-week pre-season in about two weeks, so having players we didn’t expect to have is a huge bonus for us,” said the coach. Everyone’s spirits are willing; hopefully their bodies will eventually follow.Sadly, though, the Vunipola setback recalls the premature injuries which undermined the Lions last expedition to New Zealand in 2005; to Lawrence Dallaglio against the Bay of Plenty in Rotorua and Brian O’Driscoll in Giannis Antetokounmpo Jersey the first Test in Christchurch. Psychologically the ripple effect was significant in both cases, even if the outcome of the series would almost certainly have remained the same.The only positive is that at least Vunipola’s exit has taken place before the squad have flown out. It tends to be harder to stay coolly philosophical when you are in a small New Zealand town, the rain sluicing down, when you have just lost to a local provincial team and one of your key Test totems is sitting head bowed and distraught in the lobby. The big No8 has been spared the never-ending flight home too.And as one door closes, another one opens. Anyone who watched Vunipola’s cousin Taulupe Faletau in Bath’s last few games of the season will be aware the Welsh No8 is running back into some form at the right time. CJ Stander and Ross Moriarty will not take a backward step and James Haskell will come stampeding out of every dressing room determined to prove he should have been on the tour in the first place.The mind also slides back to Rob Howley’s horribly painful shoulder injury in 1997 and the series-turning opportunity that suddenly knocked for Matt Dawson. On the last tour the Lions ended up winning the series with a different captain – Alun Wyn Jones – and a replacement prop – Alex Corbisiero – leading the way. Not all unforeseen events are unfortunate.Injuries, too, are simply part of rugby: an occupational hazard at all levels.http://canisius94.net/event/6260http://madhorses.com/event/4298http://www.politishun.com/blogs/post/25307http://sharelt.com/blogs/post/30560
fly-half’s form has tailed off towards the end of the season.Ford is expected to start for England at fly-half against the Barbarians on Sunday and he will be charged with leading an inexperienced backline in Argentina next month, one which may yet include Denny Solomona. Jones revealed on Sunday that the New Zealand-born wing was unlikely to be fit for the tour but Solomona is hopeful he may still take his seat on the plane, despite a foot injury.“I’m not out of Argentina just yet, I’m doing everything in my power to make sure I make the trip,” said Solomona, who remains with Sale and will be further assessed at the end of the week. “I’ve done all the necessary steps to get back in there.”England will be without the Harlequins outside-centre Joe Marchant and the Northampton tighthead Paul Hill – ruled out with toe and neck injuries respectively. Jones will finalise his 31-man squad for Argentina on Monday, when the replacements will be named.Ford endured a mixed afternoon the last time he started for England without Farrell alongside him. It was 12 months ago, with Wales rather than the Baa-Baas the opposition in the end-of-season fixture, and while he pulled the strings as England scored five tries, he missed six out of seven kicks at goal and was booed by the Twickenham crowd.“Eddie has challenged me to keep improving our attack and try to ask more questions of the opposition, and be more dangerous,” Ford said. “We definitely have good enough players to go over there and get results, regardless of who http://www.officialflamesauthentic.com/Johnny_Gaudreau_Jersey is available. It’s good sometimes to play with different people and come up with different ways of trying to break teams down.”Jones is confident Ford can handle the added responsibility, with Farrell away in camp with the British & Irish Lions, but he believes Bath’s style of play has not suited the 24-year-old, who missed a crucial late penalty in his side’s Challenge Cup semi-final defeat by Stade Français. Last week Jones said: “Sometimes players in their clubs are asked to play in a different way and it doesn’t suit them but as long as I see effort from them … and I saw plenty of effort from George …”Ford rejoins Leicester on a lucrative contract worth £450,000 a year next season and believes he can rediscover his best form at Welford Road alongside other big names such as Ben Youngs, Matt Toomua and Manu Tuilagi. “I suppose that chapter of my career [at Bath] is over now,” Ford said. “I’m looking forward to rejoining Leicester and hopefully being part of a team that can really challenge and win trophies again because I know that’s what the club can do and as a player that’s what you want. You want to be part of a successful team.”Jones’s squad for the two-Test Argentina tour contains 15 uncapped players but there are 19 without Test experience preparing to face the Barbarians, with those from Exeter, Wasps and Northampton all unavailable.It means Ford, along with Jussi Jokinen Authentic Jersey Danny Care, Mike Brown and Chris Robshaw, is now one of the old guard, but it is a role he is relishing. “I’m looking to try to develop that all the time really,” he said. “As a 10, you’re more an on-field leader but I suppose especially last week and this week there’s some more off-field stuff that I’ve tried to develop and take upon myself a little bit more.”ngland’s two Test matches against the Pumas have taken on added significance after the sides were drawn in the same World Cup pool, alongside France, in what on paper would appear to be the hardest of the four.Ford is determined, therefore, to make a statement this summer. He said: “I don’t think you would want to go to Argentina thinking: ‘Let’s try our best and see what happens.’ We want to go there and win 2-0 – and we are expecting to do so regardless of who is here.”No man, as we all know, is bigger than his team, particularly when he has not yet worn the jersey. But Billy V? Not the Saracen tank who has been steamrollering all-comers, until the weekend at any rate. Not now. What a massive hole his absence leaves in Warren Gatland’s planning.It was impossible, consequently, to ignore the elephant-sized issue in the room as the coach held court beneath the http://www.officialpanthersonlinestore.com/Jussi_Jokinen_Jerseychandeliers. Perhaps the only other player whose exit would cause a comparable groan is Owen Farrell, presently a prime candidate for both the 10 and 12 jerseys. Gatland did his best to look on the bright side, grateful to have as many as 30 players in Ireland courtesy of last weekend’s defeats of Saracens and Leinster.Only four individuals – Jonathan Sexton, Sean O’Brien, Rhys Webb and Ken Owens – were restricted to static bikes while the rest of the squad embarked on what will be a crucial week of training. In less than a week from now they will be on the plane to New Zealand; there is general acknowledgment they could do with another fortnight’s preparation time at least.Gatland knows this better than anyone but it is too late now to do much about it. All the conditioning staff could do was drag the other bruised Saracens off to the cryotherapy chamber in an attempt to fast-track their recoveries. “We’re trying to cover an eight-week pre-season in about two weeks, so having players we didn’t expect to have is a huge bonus for us,” said the coach. Everyone’s spirits are willing; hopefully their bodies will eventually follow.Sadly, though, the Vunipola setback recalls the premature injuries which undermined the Lions last expedition to New Zealand in 2005; to Lawrence Dallaglio against the Bay of Plenty in Rotorua and Brian O’Driscoll in Giannis Antetokounmpo Jersey the first Test in Christchurch. Psychologically the ripple effect was significant in both cases, even if the outcome of the series would almost certainly have remained the same.The only positive is that at least Vunipola’s exit has taken place before the squad have flown out. It tends to be harder to stay coolly philosophical when you are in a small New Zealand town, the rain sluicing down, when you have just lost to a local provincial team and one of your key Test totems is sitting head bowed and distraught in the lobby. The big No8 has been spared the never-ending flight home too.And as one door closes, another one opens. Anyone who watched Vunipola’s cousin Taulupe Faletau in Bath’s last few games of the season will be aware the Welsh No8 is running back into some form at the right time. CJ Stander and Ross Moriarty will not take a backward step and James Haskell will come stampeding out of every dressing room determined to prove he should have been on the tour in the first place.The mind also slides back to Rob Howley’s horribly painful shoulder injury in 1997 and the series-turning opportunity that suddenly knocked for Matt Dawson. On the last tour the Lions ended up winning the series with a different captain – Alun Wyn Jones – and a replacement prop – Alex Corbisiero – leading the way. Not all unforeseen events are unfortunate.Injuries, too, are simply part of rugby: an occupational hazard at all levels.http://canisius94.net/event/6260http://madhorses.com/event/4298http://www.politishun.com/blogs/post/25307http://sharelt.com/blogs/post/30560 
Manly veteran Brett Stewarts future in the NRL is in real doubt after he was booked in for knee surgery that has ruled him out for at least six weeks. Josh Jones Packers Jersey .The club confirmed on Monday that the Sea Eagles fullback will go under the knife in two weeks before making a decision on whether he will finish up for the season.Stewart has been a shadow of his former self this year, scoring just one try in 11 appearances, leading to a chorus of calls for fullback-in-waiting Tom Trbojevic to be shifted from the flanks.Trbojevic, who is currently in camp with the NSW State of Origin team as a development player, starred in the clubs last-start win over St George Illawarra, when Stewart was rested.Sea Eagles fans will now get a glimpse of the future as the 19-year-old fills in for Stewart, possibly for good, with Stewart linked to a reunion with brother Glenn at Catalans Dragons in the Super League.Stewart, 31, has one more year remaining on his current contract.Sea Eagles forward Jamie Buhrer on Monday backed Trbojevic to perform in any position.Hes a freak, he told reporters at the Sea Eagles base in Narrabeen.The club was aware of that when they signed him up long-term and hes shown that. It doesnt matter where we put him, he puts in cracking performances and its really encouraging for the future.Stewarts injury comes on the same day star Dylan Walker was ruled out for a month and fined $10,000 after injuring his hand punching his apartment door over the weekend. Kevin King Packers Jersey . Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL. Vince Biegel Youth Jersey . Burke is expected to miss two to three months after breaking a finger in the teams third preseason game. Tinsley, a 10-year veteran, spent the last two seasons in Utah, where the point guard averaged 3.http://www.packersauthoritystore.com/Authentic-Montravius-Adams-Packers-Jersey/ . The next step is a better finish. Bae played bogey-free Friday on another gorgeous day at Riviera for a 5-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead over Aaron Baddeley and Robert Garrigus going into the weekend.Alex Anthopoulos cautioned us last week not to expect the Blue Jays to make any more deals for the rest of this month after he shipped Emilio Bonifacio to Kansas City for cash or a player to be named later. The month following the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline traditionally isnt as busy. Teams can for instance use waiver claims to block rivals from picking up key players. That can cause deals to be aborted, or teams to be stuck with players they didnt really want in the first place. In 1998, San Diego claimed lefty reliever Randy Myers from the Blue Jays just to make sure he didnt wind up with Atlanta. Myers career was beginning a slow fade, and the Blue Jays were able to get out from under his rather large contract. Still, there have been significant trades made in August. In fact you could argue that the Blue Jays made two of the biggest in franchise history during the eighth month of the year. On August 27, 1992, the Blue Jays acquired right-hander David Cone from the New York Mets for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson. Though the rookie Kent would later star with the Mets and the Giants, Cone was instrumental in helping the Blue Jays win their first World Series when they beat Atlanta in six games. Former Blue Jays reliever Dan Plesac, who was with the Milwaukee squad that was trying to pass the Jays for first place, said at the moment that trade was made, the Brewers knew it was over because they realized their organization would never be able to swing that kind of impactful trade at that point of the season. Cone, you must remember, was essentially a rental. He become a free agent in the off-season and signed with Kansas City. The Blue Jays traded for him again in the spring of 1995. However, lightning didnt strike twice. Toronto had a disappointing season and Cone was ultimately traded to the Yankees later that same year. The Blue Jays other big August deal looked rather innocuous at the time. The Blue Jays picked up Jose Bautista from Pittsburgh for catching prospect Robinson Diaz on August 21, 2008. At the time Bautista was a journeyman outfielder who was running out of last chances. It took him the rest of 2008 and most of 2009 to find his groove. But in six years with the Blue Jays, "Joey Bats" has hit 168 homers, has been an All-Star four times and twice has finished in the top four of MVP voting. Diaz hasnt played in the Majors since 2009 and has only one career home run. Unless the Blue Jays move one of their boatload of relievers or send free-agent-to-be Rajai Davis to a contender, I dont see them making any deals between now and the end of August. All A.As heavy lifting will be done in the off-seasson. Kevin King Youth Jersey. Around the Majors The Baltimore Orioles are still in the thick of the battle for a postseason spot. Theyre only four-and-a-half games back of Boston in the A.L. East and three behind Oakland for the second Wild Card slot. It will be interesting to see how they react to losing pitching coach Rick Adair who has taken a leave of absence to deal with a personal issue. Bullpen coach Bill Castro takes over as pitching coach, and former Orioles star Scott McGregor moves in as the new bullpen coach. The As have got their own issues to worry about. Their 14-game winner Bartolo Colon has gone on the 15-day DL with a groin muscle problem. Veteran lefty Tom Milone, who had struggled off and on this season and was demoted to Triple-A, has been called back up. The L.A Dodgers have practically wrapped up the NL West with a seven-and-a-half game lead on Arizona, and what a run they are on. Don Mattinglys crew has won 42 of their last 51 games. They are on a 19-2 run on the road and are on an incredible stretch of 25-4 since the All-Star break. As well as Dustin Pedroia has played for the Red Sox, and Mike Trout for the Angels, there is little if any doubt Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers is going to win his second straight AL MVP Award. Hes hitting .360 with 40 home runs and 120 runs batted in with six weeks left in the season. Only two other players in history have put up those kind of power numbers while hitting over .350. Those two gentlemen, Hall of Famers Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx. Travis DArnaud, who was a key component of the deal with the Mets that brought R.A. Dickey to the Blue Jays, played in his first two Major League games over the weekend at San Diego with John Buck away on paternity leave. The Mets, however, dropped both games. DArnaud went 0-for-4 but did walk four times, twice in each game. On Sunday, Mets ace Matt Harvey pitched six solid innings in a no-decision. He gave up just two earned runs on six hits and didnt walk anyone, while striking out six with the rookie behind the plate. The Mets are playing a make-up game on the road against the Twins on Monday afternoon before Buck is due to rejoin the team for Tuesday nights game at home against Atlanta. Heres hoping the National League Central stays as close as it is right now, because the Pirates and the Reds will play home-and-home series on the final two weekends of the regular season, first at Pittsburgh and then at Cincinnati. Right now the Pirates, who havent made the playoffs since 1992, lead St. Louis by one game and the Reds by two-and-a-half. Over those same two weekends, the Cardinals are at Milwaukee and home to the Cubs. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys AuthenticWholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
The 2016 class of Eric Lindros, Sergei Makarov, Rogie Vachon and Pat Quinn were elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame Monday night in Toronto, so were turning our attention to next years inductions. Tanoh Kpassagnon Chiefs Jersey . In addition to obvious candidates Dave Andreychuk and Paul Kariya, here are three other players who should be considered for the class of 2017 in this, a special edition of Morning, Joe.Teemu Selanne: Selanne, 46, will be in his first year of eligibility and the Finnish Flash should be a no-brainer. After 21 seasons in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets (1992-96), Anaheim Ducks (1996-2001, 2005-14), San Jose Sharks (2001-03) and the Colorado Avalanche (2003-04), he is 15th on the all-time scoring list with 684 goals, 773 assists for 1,457 points in 1,451 games, which is incredible. Hes the last player to score 70 goals in a season, a feat he accomplished with 76 goals as a rookie with the Jets. He won the Calder Trophy (1992-93), Maurice Richard Trophy (1998-99) and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (2005-06). Oh, and he also won that thing called the Stanley Cup, with the Ducks in 2007. His international résumé speaks for itself as well: He won an Olympic silver medal and three bronze medals playing for Finland, not to mention inspiring scores of players to take up the game.Mark Recchi: Its inconceivable that Recchi, 48, is not already in the Hall of Fame. He won three Stanley Cups as a player with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins. He also earned another in a management role with the Penguins last season. As a player, he recorded 1,533 points in 1,652 games, which is 12th all-time. Recchi made a difference both on and off the ice, no matter where he played during his 22-year career: with the Penguins (1988-92, 2005-06, 2008-09), Philadelphia Flyers (1991-95, 1998-2004), Montreal Canadiens (1994-99), Hurricanes (2005-06), Atlanta Thrashers (2007-08), Tampa Bay Lightning (2008-09) and the Bruins?(2009-11). He officially retired while celebrating on the ice with his Bruins teammates after defeating the Vancouver Canucks in 2011. Its about time Recchi is inducted.Daniel Alfredsson: Alfredsson, 42, is also in his first year of eligibility and should receive serious consideration. He spent 18 seasons with the Ottawa Senators (1995-2013) and one with the Detroit Red Wings (2013-14) and recorded 10 seasons of 70-plus points. A six-time All-Star, Alfredsson never won a Stanley Cup, which could hurt his chances to start, but he will one day earn enshrinement. He won the Calder Trophy (1995-96) and the King Clancy Memorial Award (2011-12). 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"Martyn is a highly-respected coach with experience at the top levels in England," said Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson. CHICAGO -- If the producers of the movie Fever Pitch ever considered a sequel, there are several thousand people in Chicago who could provide plenty of new material.It wouldnt necessarily follow up on the love story between the characters played by Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon, a rabid Boston Red Sox fan so devoted to the team that he nearly had to choose between his cherished season tickets and his girl.No, the stars of the movie in the view of Cubs fans hoping for their teams first World Series championship in 108 years, was the colorful group of season-ticket holders who were more than Fallons seatmates, more than the people who traded wisecracks and baseball chatter, listened to his problems and tried to talk him out of selling his seats to stay with the girl.For Jerry and Judy Shapiro, a suburban Chicago couple whose courtship actually did resemble the main characters -- You can make that analogy, Judy agreed -- the plot picks up 35 years, three kids and a grandson in a little Cubs hat later. It resumes 32 years after they bought season tickets at Wrigley Field and became just two of thousands of regulars who populate the place in little groups and subsets and full-blown communities of former strangers who say the team that drew them there, have turned them into family.Shapiros group calls itself 228 for Sect. 228, which sits between home and first, even with the mound and just above the big aisle. Just high enough that people walking in the aisle dont bother them and just under the overhang so they stay dry when it rains.In other words, perfect.I just love being at the park and experiencing the joys of Wrigley Field with these people that I have become so close with and really care about, Jerry Shapiro said.It is, mostly, luck of the draw. But Melanie Wyatt believes Good people find good people. And so it was 13 years ago that she met fellow season-ticket holder Tom Peak, who shared her section in the grandstand, and then decided together eight years ago that the bleachers would be more fun.We sit there every game with people we would not otherwise know from any other walk of life, said Wyatt, who has two tickets but usually goes alone. We just found each other. And now were family.Doctors, business owners, brokers from their mid-30s to mid-50s, they dubbed themselves Cubbie Family, a group that occupies the top section of the bleachers in right-center field and can swell to as large as 45 or shrink as small as 10 diehards who bristle at the suggestion that somehow theyre the poor stepchildren of the season-ticket holder population.Once the domain of the shirtless Bleacher Bums, a group that inspired a long-running Chicago play starring Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz in the original cast, the Cubs started offering the bleacher seats to season-ticket holders about 15 years ago.Retaining the spirit if not the image of the Bums, even the season-ticket holders have to line up (albeit in their own line) two-and-a-half hours before first pitch in order to secure the seats they want, which they reserve with long rows of Cubs beach towels secured by bungee cords.For us, its just a better time out there, but the days of no shirts is kind of lost, Peak said, though the men in the group did vow to go shirtless if Miggy jacked one with the bases loaded in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the National League Championship Series last week.Sure enough, Miguel Montero hit a pinch-hit grand slam and the guys followed through.We had to promise no pictures, Wyatt laughed.Wyatt, 47, and Peak, 52, are the unofficial administrators (they have a Facebook group of about 150) and cruise directors, often recognized on the street as Arent you that dude [or woman] we always see on TV holding up the big W flag?Its Peaks and its about 9 feet by 5 feet, filled with signatures of players past and present, and has been a television staple at the end of Cubs games.We know people all over the park, Peak explained, and that includes the cameramen.No one presides over 228, but if there were patriarchs of the family, it would be Jerry and Karen Johnson -- Jerry, 75, once the VP of regulatory affairs for a pharmaceutical company who now teaches jazz singing to kids in an after-school program, and Karen, 74, a retired project researcher for Sears, Roebuck and Co. who counsels newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.Were the grandparents, Karen said.Jerry Johnson is a third-generation Cubs fan. His father Dale, who died in 1988, was born three months after the Cubs won their last World Series in 1908 and was turned onto the team by Jerrys grandfather.Among the very beginnings of the Cubs is in my blood, Jerry said.Growing up in Galesburg, Illinois, Jerry remembers keeping score of Cubs games by the overhead lights in his fathers pink 54 Buick because it was the only radio that could get Chicagos WIND, the only station that carried their night games.But I only did it a few times because I ran down his battery and the car wouldnt start the next morning, he recalled.Occasionally, when he was lucky, the family would get up at 5 in the morning and make the 200-mile trip to Wrigley Field, hopefully see a doubleheader, and then drive five hours back and hopefully get home by midnight, Jerry recalled.Jerry Johnson still keeps score -- on cards he makes himself -- with different colored pens and his own detailed system that includes a backward K, meaning the batter swung and missed, and a regular K, a called third strike. It draws fans from far beyond 228 to ask him for balls and strikes on previous batters. They also ask him how he scored close plays.He still keeps the pitch count, Shapiro said of the groups teasing, and were like, Jerry, they keep that on the scoreboard now. Look, we can see it.Jerry Johnson laughs along, and he and Karen, who stand arm in arm to sing during every seventh-inning stretch, are adored by the group. When they had their crazy medical things, as Karen refers to them -- serious accidents that once left Jerry with the loss of an eye and another time with a punctured lung, and serious illnesses like Karens breast cancer -- the group checked up on them constantly and researched their choice of doctors.We consider our seatmates family, Karen said. We would do anything for them and they would do anything for us, and we all know that and its so cool. We were just so, so lucky to find each other.The couple considers Ryland Denson, the youngest of the 228s at age 11, their sixth grandchild and the Shapiros three kids -- Scott, 30, Allie, 33, and Jami, 20 -- like their own as well. When the Shapiro girls were younger and their father brought them to the game, it was Karen Johnson who took them to the bathroom. Now they bring their boyfriends and girlfriends to meet the Johnsons.Were so worried when one of the younger people are going with someone, Karen said. We ask, Are they a Cubs fan? They have to run it by us.The 228s have a few rituals. Mike Denson found out one of them two games into his familys first season in Section 228, when he was told, You have to point to Tom. Patrick Mahomes II Chiefs Jersey. e were like, Whos Tom? And why are we pointing to him? he said.Before they could answer, the whole group was on their feet, pointing to the field and to a guy standing on the pitchers mound with the ball and resin bag, who pointed back. And so they learned of Tom Farinella, one of the original members of 228 who was lured down 10 years ago to replace a friend as umpires room attendant.I try to get up there before games to say a quick hello, said Farinella, 64, the former Des Plaines fire chief, and then Ill go back to the umpires room and think about how much I miss sitting up there with my friends. I look forward to the day Im not working anymore and can sit back in the stands with them.Toms sons, Joe, 38, and Lou, 36, took over their dads seats. Denson was introduced to the boys after the first point. Ten minutes later, we were introduced, This is Tom, these are his kids, and we had an instant connection.Denson was also immediately included in 228s post-mortem dinner, an October tradition that this year will have to wait. And then theres the other 228 ritual heightened to an art form by Shapiro and Denson that drives their wives and other family members a little crazy.We text during every road game, three hours back and forth, two grown men like were sitting at the ballpark next to each other, Shapiro said. My kids think we have a bromance and mock the crap out of it. But were so in sync in our texting, saying the same stupid thing at the same time, we marvel at how stupid we are.It got real bad three years ago, Denson said of the culmination of two seasons in which the Cubs would lose a combined 197 games. It was, Oh my God, why are we watching this? Why are they doing this? Now lets try not to be crazy negative. I wish we had saved all the texts where we told each other, Its OK to be optimistic.Ryland Denson so badly wanted to join in on the texting madness that after recently getting a new iPod for his birthday, he went up to his room leaving his dad watching a road game in the basement and telling him, Well text.Mike, a high school dean, grimaced.Theyre not always age-appropriate, he said. It would limit me.After the Densons first season in 228 about four years ago, the Cubs offered a lottery for season-ticket holders in which they could have moved down to what were considered better seats. Mike and Kim considered it. Shapiro wouldnt allow it.I said, You cant do that, he recalled. Dont you know how much we love coming here and being with your family, hanging out with your son? You cant do it.And so they didnt, texting Shapiro: How can we move? Were here. We love hanging out with you guys too. Thats half the fun.It takes the Densons an hour and a half or more to drive from Minooka, a suburb southwest of Joliet. They estimated they attend 50 to 60 Cubs games, spring training and at least two road trips a year.When theyre not there, Ryland said, I definitely miss it. Its a great place. Sometimes I come straight from my [baseball] games and I dont even have time to change, so Ill be wearing my uniform and we barely have time to get there.The Densons have tickets to the first World Series game at Wrigley but Ryland wont be there.I gave it to my grandpa, he said.In addition to the rituals, they also have a few rules. For the Cubbie Family, its pretty simple:1. No ties 2. You throw back home run balls from the visiting team 3. No WaveEver, Wyatt emphasized. And we take that to heart. It is not an option. I had a neighborhood bar owner once come up to me and say, I saw you stop the Wave four times. Heres a free drink coupon.Someone once asked me, Whats the deal with stopping the Wave? I said, The Wave is for someone who doesnt understand whats going on, on the field. Youre at a baseball game. Its your team. People do it when our team is up. How rude. Oh, and Santo hated it.The unofficial fourth rule is more a superstition.Dont touch the W flag until after the last out, Wyatt said.For 228, its more a belief system.They dont like crazy seventh-inning stretch or just plain bad anthem singers. (228 fun fact: Their own Jerry Johnson sang the anthem about 20 years ago and it was good.) They dont much care for faux Cubs fan celebrities. Oh yeah, and like the Cubbie Family: No. Wave. Ever. They all believe that once the game starts, you focus on the game.Its all baseball, Shapiro said. We dont talk politics, dont talk about work, were not some guys on the golf course talking about business deals. Its the lineup, whos hurt, whats [Joe Maddon] doing, the strategy, everything connected to the game itself.The worst is when they cant help but hear people around them, the tourists or worse, the blowhards at their first game of the season talking loudly about their stock options or, worse, spouting their baseball knowledge.Theyre not watching the game at all. And theyre usually wrong about every single thing, Denson said. We sort of have fun listening to that. And we talk about it amongst ourselves.Same thing in the bleachers.Every once in a while you have yahoos sitting around you using profanity, not very bleacher friendly, and we remind them, Hey man, there are kids around, said Peak, who takes great pleasure in handing out the BP homers he catches to the kids in the bleachers.The look on their face is just epic, he said. Right at the end of this season, a guy came up to me and said, Two years ago, you gave a ball to my little girl and every time she sees you on TV she says, Theres that nice man who gave me the ball. Those are moments you cant buy. This past January, on the occasion of Jerry Shapiros 60th birthday, his wife Judy wanted to do something special.But he hates surprise birthdays, he was depressed he was turning 60, he was basically miserable, she said.Glumly wearing the Cubs jersey his family made him put on that snowy morning, he was standing in their kitchen when Ryland Denson appeared, his family having made the hour-and-a-half drive from Minooka to Northbrook. And one after another, the gang from 228 followed.It was like This Is Your Life, Judy said. Ive never seen Jerry so happy. It was like bringing it all home. 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Were just taught to throw it back under the basket when were going out of bounds.West Virginia ended the game with another run in the second half outscoring New Hampshire 36-9 in the final ten minutes.Ahmad led six Mountaineers in double figures. Lamont West had 13 points, Adrian and Jevon Carter had 12 and both Teyvon Myers and Tarik Phillip had 11.I feel like I have been aggressive (in the first two games), said Ahmad. I definitely see myself taking more of a leadership role. Along with JC (Carter) Nate (Adrian), of course you look at those guys as leaders but I definitely look at the role too.West Virginia also continued its heavy press presence, scoring 47 points off of 34 New Hampshire turnovers.Yeah, (New Hampshire head coach) Billy (Herrion) is a really good coach and they are really good in half-court if you saw their Temple game, said Huggins. 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But you cant play three quarters of football the way that we played.The troubles have become pronounced that even players are speaking freely about whats gone wrong.After Sundays 30-27 loss to previously winless Jacksonville, Andrew Luck offered a rare, general critique by calling on the Colts (1-3) to be more professional.He also blamed this seasons sluggish start to bad ball and a lack of focus. Other players shared similar sentiments in the locker room.And the usually cautious Pagano hasnt held back, either.Too many penalties. Too many missed opportunities. Too many dropped balls, he said Sunday. We didnt tackle well, they ran the ball well. We didnt do our job on the defensive side when it had to be done.For the Colts (1-3), these are not new problems.Last season, they finished 18th in the NFL in penalties and routinely found themselves trying to dig out of early deficits.Everyone from team owner Jim Irsay to Paganos assistants spent the offseason discussing the need to better protect Luck, and general manager Ryan Grigson responded by using four of eight draft picks on offensive linemen.So far, little has changed.Indy has allowed a league-high 15 sacks and Luck is on pace to be hit nearly 200 times this season -- far more than anyone wants.While part of that could be explained by the infusion of rookies, three of whom started Sunday, the bigger concern has been the play of left tackle Anthony Castonzo, a six-year veteran. Thirteen months ago, Castonzo signed a four-year, $43 million contract, but struggled most of last season and is off to another poor start this season.But the problems run deeper on offense. 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You overcome it in some games, you dont in others.Defensively, there are other concerns.Only nine teams have fewer sacks than Indy (seven), only five teams have allowed a higher completion rate than Indy (68.1 percent) and only two teams have allowed more points than the Colts (125).And they didnt help themselves with a spate of penalties that included three unnecessary roughness calls plus a pass interference call and a holding call during a four-play sequence that led to a Jacksonville field goal at the end of the first half.Its enough to baffle any coach, especially one such as Pagano, who had previously coached the secondary and served as a defensive coordinator.Penalties, poor execution, just fundamental things early on got us in the hole that we were in, he said. Again, we had opportunities. 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The Pacers still out-rebounded the Knicks, 54-36. Indiana, one of the best defensive squads in the NBA during the regular season, held the New York to 35 percent shooting on Tuesday. The offensive woes for the Knicks have been exacerbated under the bright lights of the playoffs, but they exist. Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 24 points on 9-for-23 shooting in Game 4. He has been the butt of subtle criticism from fellow Knicks about stagnant ball movement, but who is going to carry the load for them? J.R. Smith, the reigning Sixth Man of the Year, has shot 28 percent from the field during this series. His scoring, which was at 18.1 ppg, is down to 14.3 ppg during the postseason. After the Game 4 loss, he was candid about his play. "I take the blame for this whole series," admitted Smith. Thats unfair. "My job is to get us out of this hole," Woodson said. He needs some of his players to start scoring the basketball. Jason Kidd hasnt scored a point in the month of May. 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The Buffaloes made only three of 19 3-pointers while the Rams were 6 of 15 from beyond the arc.Senior forward Wesley Gordon, who chipped in 11 points for Colorado, suggested the Buffaloes may have taken the Rams lightly.I think we underestimated guys and they came out and handed it to us, Gordon said. We lost to a team that we should have beat. If we dont come out to play, thats whats going to happen every game.Colorado was held to a season-low in points, well off their 78.7 scoring average coming into the game.They came in here and were tougher than us and outplayed us, Colorado coach Tad Boyle said. They deserved the win and we didnt.Building on a three-point halftime lead, the Rams got 3-pointers from Omogbo and Carvacho to help them pull out to a 40-31 lead.Colorado managed to narrow the gap but Coloorado State kept hitting their free throws, including a pair by Che Bob with 4:35 left that gave the Rams a 56-49 lead. Vladimir Tarasenko Blues Jersey. Moments later, J.D. 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