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NFL issues new player Eagles Boxing Club fielding discipline in bounty case local talent in weekend fight BRE T T MARTEL Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the suspensions of Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith on Tuesday for their role in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal and reduced penalties for Scott Fujita and Anthony Hargrove. Though an appeal panel created by the NFL’s labour agreement vacated the original suspensions on technical grounds, Goodell ruled he was sticking with his decision to suspend Vilma for the season and Smith for four games. Hargrove, a free agent
defensive lineman, will face a two-game suspension once he signs with a team. He originally was hit with eight games, but that was reduced to seven with five games already served. Fujita, who plays for Cleveland, will now miss only one game instead of three. Despite Goodell’s new rulings, the sevenmonth old bounty saga is not over. Vilma offered a response on Twitter, that read, in part, “this is not news to me pride won’t let him admit he’s wrong.” Smith issued a statement saying he will continue to explore his
appeal options. The players were implicated in what the NFL said was a bounty pool run by former Saints defensive co-ordinator Gregg Williams and paid improper cash bonuses for hits that injured opponents. The players have acknowledged a pool but denied they intended to injure anyone. The players can delay their suspensions by appealing again through their labour contract, which they have three days to do. They could also ask a federal judge in New Orleans to revisit their earlier request for an injunction blocking the suspensions.
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The Çranbrook Eagles Boxing Club will be well represented at an upcoming event this Saturday, as four local athletes prepare for showdowns in the ring. Colin Adams, Shannon Ryan, Ryan Lindsay and Tyler Gallinger have confirmed bouts set up on Saturday night at the Eagles Hall, which will be the first boxing event for the Eagles Boxing Club athletes this season.
“He’s going to be looking at himself in the mirror while boxing this guy, because they both have the same style, they’re both bangers.” Bill Watson Headlining the event is Kenny Lally, a threetime Canadian champion, who will challenge Kenny Guzman, an American out of Montana who is a former state champion. Eagles boxing coach Bill Watson is excited to
see what his athletes can do, considering the fact that it will be the first time in the ring for Gallinger and Ryan. Linsday’s fight has the potential to turn into the fight of the night because his opponent approaches fights in a similar manner, according to Watson. Lindsay, 17, will be fighting Ashton Litwinuk, an Alberta senior champion who is two years older than the Cranbrook product. “Before I took it, I called up a couple coaches who’ve seen him in action before,” said Watson, “and they said that he is a tough boxer, he comes straight at you and the first thing I thought of was, ‘Well, that’s Ryan’s style.’ “He’s going to be looking at himself in the mirror while boxing this guy, because they both have that same style, they’re both bangers.” Lindsay said he had no problem facing an older opponent like Litwinuk. “I’m just going to come in with top-notch head movement and speed and just out-box him instead of brawling,” Lindsay said.
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Ryan Lindsay will step up a level and face Ashton Litwinuk, who is an Alberta senior champion boxer. Lindsay is going on his fourth year as a boxer, and Watson remembers seeing the potential in the young fighter when he first started coming to the gym four years ago. “He’s always had the punching power, he’s always hit hard,” said Watson. “His weaknesses were in his defence—he was just taking too many punches.
Former NHLers applaud Sandusky sentencing C ANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY - Two of former junior hockey coach Graham James’s sexual abuse victims says they would like Canada to follow the U.S. in handing out harsh sentences to sexual predators. Former Penn State assistant football coach
Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to the university and led to coach Joe Paterno’s downfall. Former Calgary Flames forward Theo Fleury says it is important to send a message
that child sexual abuse is not taken lightly. He says he would like Canada to adopt a hardline approach for sexual predators and he blames the federal government for showing a lack of leadership. Sheldon Kennedy, who came forward in
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We’ve had to teach him the game of hitting and not getting hit, and he’s come a long way.” Lindsay lost an important bout last year that cost him a trip to the national stage, and Watson said his young pupil is hungry to prove himself. “This could turn into the fight of the night, because I guarantee it’s going to be a war.”
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the 1990s about his abuse by James, would like tougher sentences as well. But he says longer jail terms are not the only answer and Canada is on the right track by educating the public and attempting to prevent abuse before it happens.
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