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| SAN DIEGO - There appears to be no stopping Philip Rivers and the rest of the San Diego Chargers. Michael Jordan Jersey 45 .And Rivers wants to be clear a€” while the Chargers have been called San Diego soft in past seasons, theres none of that with this group.Rivers threw two touchdown passes to Antonio Gates and rookie running back Branden Olivers big day included his first two NFL touchdowns as the Chargers earned the leagues first shutout this season in beating the hapless Jets 31-0 Sunday for their fourth straight win.The Chargers (4-1) heaped more pain on the Jets (1-4), who lost their fourth straight game and turned to Michael Vick. Vick replaced Geno Smith on New Yorks first possession of the second half, but wasnt any more effective.The Chargers lost their third centre and third running back in five games, yet kept playing hard. Oliver started the season as the No. 4 running back, and on Sunday, he became No. 1 after Donald Brown went out with a concussion.Rivers said the Bolts biggest trait after five games is toughness.For whatever reason, whether its Southern California, or the vibe that you get out here of just a finesse group of guys that like to throw it around in 75-degree weather, I think weve shown our toughness, Rivers said We talk about it all the time. Not just being tough, but whos going to be the toughest the longest, through four quarters, through 16 games, through a tough stretch, they arent all going to be like this. We might hit a bump in the road going forward, but I think our toughness has been shown the last five weeks.Weve dealt with injuries and just played tough on both sides and thats just awesome to see.Other than being sacked three times, Rivers had his way with the Jets. He was 20 of 28 for 288 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception.The Chargers last shutout victory was 31-0 against Kansas City on Dec. 12, 2010. The Jets were blanked for the first time since losing 34-0 against San Francisco on Sept. 30, 2012.New York didnt make it across the 50-yard line until 7:35 left in the fourth quarter, thanks to a 33-yard gain on a pass interference call against Richard Marshall. The Jets had only four first downs through three quarters.First off, I apologize to our fans a€” those that are left, coach Rex Ryan said. This is on one person and thats it. Its certainly not on a quarterback and one individual that way. Its on me. Clearly got outcoached. I thought we had a good plan going in and obviously that wasnt the case.Smith said he didnt like getting benched but I had to change my mindset to support these guys. I understand these days will happen.He said it was a pathetic show on my part. I didnt help at any point during the game, so Im going to look myself in the mirror.Vick was sacked on his second play. In the fourth quarter, Vick was called for intentional grounding on one drive and later was whistled for throwing a pass while beyond the line of scrimmage, negating a touchdown catch by Greg Salas. That left the Jets with fourth-and-goal from the 16 and Vicks completion was short.Rivers threw scoring passes of 8 and 12 yards to Gates in the first half. Theyve combined for 65 touchdowns, the most in NFL history between a quarterback and a tight end. They were Gates first scores since he caught three touchdown passes in a 30-21 upset victory against Seattle in Week 2.Gates has 92 career TD catches, moving him into 10th place all-time.On third-and-17 from the San Diego 27 late in the second quarter, Rivers avoided a sack and threw a short pass to Oliver, who made two Jets defenders miss before he was finally brought down by David Harris at the Jets 23. Branden scored on a 15-yard run up the middle three plays later.Oliver had a 9-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter on a drive he kept going with a 52-yard run.Oliver, a free agent from Buffalo, helped jumpstart San Diegos weak running game with 19 carries for 114 yards. He caught four passes for 68 yards.Oliver came up big on a day when the Chargers lost yet another running back. Donald Brown was knocked out of the game with a concussion in the first half. The Chargers already have lost Danny Woodhead for the season with a broken lower right leg and Ryan Mathews indefinitely with a sprained right knee.Smith completed only four of 12 passes for 27 yards with one interception for a rating of 7.6. Vick was 9 of 20 for 47 yards.NOTES: Rivers passer rating was 125, giving him a career-best four straight games of 120.0 or higher. ... Chargers C Doug Legurksy left the locker room on crutches after injuring his left knee. RT D.J. Fluker had an ankle injury and WR Malcom Floyd a calf injury. ... The Jets top-ranked run defence allowed 162 yards rushing.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Michael Jordan Jersey Throwback . Saltalamacchia has agreed to a $21 million, three-year deal with the Miami Marlins, two people familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday. Michael Jordan Jersey Chicago White Sox .com) - The Oakland Athletics needed to rely on a lot of young pitchers to win an American League West title this season. https://www.sportsstarsjerseys.com/ . -- So much for concern that running back Marshawn Lynch would be absent from the Seattle Seahawks minicamp.NEW YORK -- Baseball players and management hope to reach a new drug agreement this week that would increase initial penalties for muscle-building steroids and allow a decrease of suspensions for some positive tests caused by unintentional use, people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. For future suspensions, the deal also would eliminate the loophole allowing Alex Rodriguez to earn almost $3 million during his season-long ban, the people said. They spoke on condition of anonymity in recent days because talks are ongoing. The sides hope to reach an agreement by Sunday, when the Los Angeles Dodgers open the U.S. portion of the major league schedule at the San Diego Padres. While the lengths have not been finalized, a person involved with the talks said Wednesday the most likely penalties would be about 80 games for an initial testing violation and a season-long ban for a second. "It will be a significant deterrent because players will know theyre not going to just easily walk back into a lineup," Travis Tygart, chief executive officer of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, said in a telephone interview. "It probably is the best policy in professional sports." For use of a limited group of substances, the sides were discussing giving the arbitration panel that hears appeals grievances the authority to reduce suspensions by as much as 50 per cent if the player proves the positive test was caused by unintentional use, the person said. "What were all here for it to rid sports of the intentional cheats, those who are intending to defraud both the fans and their fellow teammates, the integrity of competition," Tygart said. "You want to have provisions in place that allow for whether theres an inadvertent or a truly non-intentional situation which may arise." Since the 2006 season, the Major League Baseballs drug agreement has called for a 50-game suspension for a first positive steroids test, a 100-game ban for a second and a lifetime penalty for a third. Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig called for tougher penalties last March, and then-union head Michael Weiner said players would consider them for 2014. Weiner died in November and was succeeded by former All-Star Tony Clark, who has led the negotiations. Major League Baseballs investigation of the Biogenesis of Amerrica anti-aging clinic led to 14 suspensions last summer, including a 65-game penalty for former NL MVP Ryan Braun of Milwaukee and a 211-game ban for Rodriguez, which was reduced to 162 games in January by an arbitrator. College Tom Brady Jersey. The section covering violations not related to positive tests, which was used by Selig in the Biogenesis case, will be clarified but still will allow discipline for "just cause." Many players have advocated stiffer penalties as a deterrent. Arizona pitcher Brad Ziegler spoke out after Jhonny Peralta, who served a 50-game suspension, agreed in November to a $53 million, four-year contract with St. Louis. "We thought 50 games would be a deterrent. Obviously its not. So we are working on it again," he tweeted then. "It pays to cheat... Thanks, owners, for encouraging PED use." Some players said suspensions should lead to larger monetary losses. San Diego Padres outfielder Will Venable maintained last summer "somehow having to forfeit or void your contract that youre under is something that needs to be the main focus of the penalties." But for the majority of players, that would go too far. "Id venture to guess that even though there are concerns on a number of levels, that we will never end up in a world where player contracts are voided as a result," Clark told the AP during a January interview. Addressing positives caused by inadvertent use was a factor in the talks. Philadelphia infielder Freddy Galvis was suspended for 50 games in June 2012 for a Clostebol Metabolite, which he later claimed was contained in a foot cream he used. Reliever Guillermo Mota, then with San Francisco, was suspended for 100 games in May 2012 after taking a cough syrup with Clenbuterol. The new deal also will state that a player receives none of his salary during a season-long suspension. The current deal said a player loses as many days pay as games he is suspended. Since players are paid over a 183-day season this year, arbitrator Fredric Horowitz ruled Rodriguez was entitled to 21-183rds of his $25 million salary, or $2,868,852. "Thats fantastic," Tygart said. "You hit them in the pocketbook, and thats really where the cheaters are most deterred from attempting to steal money from the other players." ' ' ' |
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