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ORCHARD PARK, N. Tyler Toffoli Kings Jersey .Y. -- The Buffalo Bills signed rookie linebacker Kiko Alonso to a four-year contract on Wednesday. The deal is worth close to $4.3 million, with about $1.5 million guaranteed for the second of Buffalos two second-round draft picks. Chosen 46th overall, the 6-foot-3 and 238-pound Alonso was a hard-hitting tackler during three seasons at Oregon. He had 143 tackles, six interceptions and 3 1/2 sacks in 36 career games, including 17 starts. He was the 2012 Rose Bowl defensive player after having an interception and 1 1/2 sacks in a 45-38 win over Wisconsin. Alonso missed his sophomore season after being suspended due to separate alcohol-related offences. He was reinstated the following year. He took a straightforward approach with NFL teams when asked about his past. "I just told them I put in my time and Im moving forward," Alonso said. "Im ready to play football and compete." Alonso will compete for a starting job in a revamped defence thats making the switch to a 3-4 system under new co-ordinator Mike Pettine. The Bills thought highly enough of Alonsos potential that they traded returning starter Kelvin Sheppard to Indianapolis two days after the draft. From Los Gatos, Calif., Alonsos mother, Monica, is from Colombia, while his father, Carlos, was born in Cuba and grew up in Puerto Rico. Alonsos older brother, Carlos Jr., is a second baseman with the Philadelphia Phillies Single-A affiliate in Clearwater, Fla. The Bills have now signed six of the eight players they drafted last month. Only first-round pick, Florida State quarterback EJ Manuel, and second-round pick, Southern California receiver Robert Woods, are unsigned. On the field, the Bills closed a three-day voluntary veteran minicamp Wednesday. Starting receiver Stevie Johnson has yet to practice this spring because of a lingering back problem. He missed all three sessions this week, after missing three minicamp practices last month. Coach Doug Marrone said hes being cautious regarding the injury and doesnt want to rush Johnson into action too soon. Without disclosing the nature of the injury, Johnson would only say hes "getting better.". Veteran defensive tackle Kyle Williams has also not practiced, and is recovering from having off-season surgery to correct a foot injury. Its unclear whether the injury is to the same left foot which Williams had surgically repaired midway through the 2011 season. Williams said its still too early to determine whether hell be cleared by the time the Bills close their series of spring practices with a mandatory minicamp that runs June 11-13. "I dont know. Weve still got a few weeks," Williams said. "Well see." The Bills are off until Monday, when they open a three-day voluntary camp. Dave Taylor Kings Jersey . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. 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The Impact looked to be cruising to a win after Marco Di Vaios Major League Soccer-leading 18th goal in the 23rd minute when the crafty Federico Higuain went to work, setting up a pair of second-half goals in the Crews 2-1 comeback victory on Saturday afternoon. Defender Chad Marshall and striker Dominic Oduro scored for Columbus (10-14-5), which has been a thorn in Montreals side this season. The Crew, who handed the Impact only their second home loss of the season, won the season series with Montreal 2-0-1, taking five of six points at Saputo Stadium. Impact coach Marco Schallibaum uses the French term "bete noire" to describe Columbus, which his players know means nemesis. "Its football -- you always have a bete noire," said Schallibaum. "Its very hard to explain." This one was straightforward. The Impact wasted several chances to make it a 2-0 game, and pushed so hard for a second goal that they left themselves open for talent like Higuain to make them pay. The first was a smartly curled free kick that found Marshalls head on the left side of the penalty area in the 66th minute to tie the game. The second came after Justin Mapp lost the ball in the midfield and Higuain sent a perfect pass that the onrushing Oduro got a toe on in the 79th. "Its difficult to explain, but every time we play against Columbus its a difficult game for us," said Impact defender Matteo Ferrari. "We started well. "In the second half, we were in control and also had some chances. It was important to score the second goal and we didnt. They got the second goal with a mistake in the midfield and then it was difficult to come back." The game-winner was Oduros 10th of the season, including one in each game against Montreal. "It looks like I have their number, but at the end of the day, we just played well," said Oduro. "We wanted to get a result and we did. We played well and made it happen." Montreal (13-8-6), which entered the day in a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference, ended a four-game unbeaten run with a game they should have had salted away by the intermission. Butch Goring Jersey. The Impact got the early lead Patrice Bernier lofted a pass over the penalty area to Ferrari, who headed into the middle for Di Vaio to nod in for his seventh goal in the last five games. But Mapp was stopped from point blank by Matt Lampson in the opening minutes, captain Davy Arnaud just missed converting a Di Vaio pass, Felipe Martins froze on a chance from close range, Di Vaio wasted one when he cut left instead of shooting, and Jeb Brovsky was stopped by a diving save at the end of the half. Di Vaio had another chance early in the second half, but was stopped. "I dont think they were hungrier than us, I just think our focus was maybe too much on getting the second goal and we didnt do a good enough job covering space when we were going forward," said midfielder Collen Warner. It was a game they were counting on to win. Schallibaum started his first 11, not saving any veterans for a key CONCACAF Champions League game in San Jose on Tuesday night. "Its very disappointing," said Arnaud. "I thought we created a ton of chances. "We could have put the game out of reach. We talked before the game about how dangerous they are on set pieces and it hurt us because they got back in the game on a set piece." It all added up to another setback against Columbus, a team that lost eight of 11 games before making a coaching change on Sept. 2. Interim coach Brian Bliss has two wins and a loss since taking over. Now the Crew hope to put a streak together to try to climb back into the playoff hunt. They are on the tail of Chicago, Houston and England for fifth place and final a post-season berth. "This was critical to our goal of getting a playoff spot," said Bliss. "Now weve put some pressure on some teams that are ahead of us." Montreal resumes league play Saturday against the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps. Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '