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Feb 16 '19
OXNARD, Calif. http:///...es-navy-blue-jersey/ . -- Dallas defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence faced his teammates in the spring, apologizing for a violation of the NFL substance-abuse policy that will sideline him for the first four games this season.The next step was addressing the suspension publicly, which the third-year player did on the second day of training camp Sunday with the Cowboys.My disappointment is its on me, Lawrence said. I messed up. I learn from my mistakes and I just have to move on and get everything right.Lawrences ban was one of three in the offseason for the Dallas defense under the substance-abuse policy. Fellow pass rusher Randy Gregory will miss at least four games and faces a longer suspension over another failed drug test. Linebacker Rolando McClain already has a 10-game suspension.The 24-year-old Lawrence is the only one of the three to report for camp.Gregory is in rehab, raising doubts about whether he will play at all a year after sliding to the Cowboys late in the second round of the draft when he failed a marijuana test at the NFL combine. McClain didnt report after staying away from the team most of the offseason.Both are on the reserved-did not report list, subjecting each to $40,000 daily fines and leaving Lawrence to answer for suspensions that snared three starters.I cant speak for nobody else. I just know my situation, said Lawrence, who led the Cowboys with eight sacks last season. I just made a mistake. Everybody makes mistakes. But its what you do from it.Lawrence is also coming off back surgery in the offseason and is unlikely to go full speed in camp with the suspension looming as well. Hes eligible for preseason games, so the coaching and medical staffs will have to decide how far to go to get him ready for Oct. 9 against Cincinnati.You have to get them ready, coach Jason Garrett said. Hes going to get plenty of work. I do think we can achieve both things, where he still gets his work and lays a foundation for the season, and you still get the other guys an opportunity.Lawrence missed the first half of his rookie season when he broke his foot early in training camp two years ago. He started to show up late that season, getting one sack in the regular season and another in the playoffs. He started slowly last season before getting seven sacks in the final eight games.Now hell have another slow start because he wont be out there until Week 5.Im going to deal with it by trying to help my young guys and making sure theyre ready, Lawrence said. Im just going to work as hard as I can off the field, you know? Just by doing film studies and giving them little keys or whatever they need. Im here for the team.Garrett said Lawrence delivered that message in the spring.Hes a good person, Garrett said. Hes a good teammate. He works hard. He wants to be the best he can be and he wants his team to be the best it can be. I think hes acted accordingly since then.Game notes QB Tony Romo skipped the second camp workout Sunday in order to be available for the first two padded practices Monday and Tuesday. The routine will be similar to 2014, when he was coming off back surgery and had roughly a day off for every two workouts. ... Garrett said several other veterans will get periodic days off, including Dez Bryant. The 2014 All-Pro receiver is coming off two surgeries after breaking his right foot in the opener last year.---Online:AP NFL websites: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Schuyler Dixon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/apschuylerhttp:///...er-navy-blue-jersey/ . Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon. http:///...ow-navy-blue-jersey/ . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. http:///...an-navy-blue-jersey/ . The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., captured a World Cup downhill event Saturday, his second this year and fifth career victory on the circuit. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Swimmer Yusra Mardini, who survived a harrowing sea crossing a year ago and is now among 10 refugees competing under the Olympic flag in Rio, won her preliminary heat in the 100-meter butterfly Saturday. But the result wasnt enough to advance her to the semifinals.Mardinis time of 1:9.21 put her 41st overall in the preliminary round, and only the top 16 swimmers moved on to the late-night semifinals. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden had the top qualifying time of 56.26 seconds.Mardini will compete is a second individual event Wednesday when she swims the womens 100-meter freestyle.Mardini was a competitive swimmer in Syria until she fled the war with her sister last August and survived a hazardous crossing on the Aegean Sea to reach Europe. The Mardini sisters had been among Syrias brightest swimming stars and their family had been moving around to avoid the fighting so they could continue swimming. But the war intensified and eventually the decision was made to leave altogether.The sisters joined a wave of Syrian refugees who left Damascus last summer. They made their way to Lebanon and then Turkey, where they paid smugglers tto take them to Greece. http:///...ch-navy-blue-jersey/. Their first attempt was thwarted when Turkish coastguards drove their boat back so they tried again, boarding a small inflatable dinghy at dusk.All but three of the 20 people crowded on the dinghy couldnt swim. Within half an hour, the boat was taking on water.The passengers bags were thrown overboard in an effort to stay afloat as wind churned up the Aegean Sea. But it wasnt enough. As a last resort, the Mardini sisters and another strong swimmer jumped into the water to give the boat more buoyancy.For 3 1/2 hours they clung to the side of the small boat until it reached the Greek island of Lesbos. A weekslong overland trek followed through Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary. They had to hide from police in cornfields to reach Hungary.Eventually, the sisters made it to Austria and then Germany, where they have since been joined by the rest of their family in Berlin.---Learn more about the refugee Olympians competing in Rio: http://interactives.ap.org/...6/refugee-olympians/;Cheap Hoodies From China Discount NFL Shirts Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Cheap NFL Jerseys ChinaWholesale China Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Fast Shipping China Jerseys Stitched Jerseys ' ' '
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