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More than three months removed from Super Bowl 50, Carolina Panthers wide receiver Corey Brown is still eager for his upcoming rematch with Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib.
Talib, you may remember, intentionally slung Brown down by his facemask in the first half of Denver"s 24-10 victory in Santa Clara. The two continued to trash talk one another throughout the game before Brown suffered a concussion in the third quarter and didn"t return.
While Brown"s memory is a bit unclear after the concussion, his remembrance of Talib is unblemished.
"He"s a Pro Bowler; he"s this and that, going up an undrafted guy," Brown told Black & Blue Review. "I guess he thinks he can bully, but that ain"t happening. Nobody"s going to bully me."
Brown finished the game with four receptions for 80 yards, but it was the Broncos who came out victorious. Nonetheless, there was talk after the game that Talib would be suspended for a game the following year, but he was ultimately just fined. And that was OK with Brown.
"I think he should be out there," he says. "I would be glad to see him play Week 1. I would love to play against him."
Novak Djokovic Practice For The Final - Roland Garros 2016
After squandering that opportunity with a unforced forehand error, he swiped his racket at the clay in frustration. It struck the ground and flew backward not Djokovics intent at considerable speed, missing a linesman by a small margin after he twisted away from its flight path.
Oh, I was very nervous, Vajda said of the tossed racket. Oh my gosh, I dont know why he did it. Im not very happy about this. It could turn to be not good for him.
Players have been defaulted on the spot for hitting officials or ball people with rackets or b***s: Tim Henman during a doubles match at Wimbledon in 1995; Richard Gasquet during qualifying at the 2004 United States Open. David Nalbandian was disqualified during the final at Queens Club in 2012 after kicking an advertising board into a line judges leg.
Photo Dominic Thiem, 22, defeated David Goffin to advance to his first Grand Slam semifinal. Credit Caroline Blumberg/European Pressphoto Agency
There are no automatic defaults, said Stefan Fransson, the French Open tournament referee. The decision is made based on each different situation.
The players intent and the consequences are part of the decision-making equation, but supervisors made it clear on Thursday that if a player hit an official with a thrown racket and caused an injury, there would be a default.
The bottom line: Djokovic was lucky, very lucky, even if he was not much in the mood to dwell on it after his 11th straight victory over Berdych.
Asked if he realized how close he had come to hitting the line judge, Djokovic answered: I mean, its obvious what I tried to do. I dont understand your question. I threw a racket on the ground, and it slipped and almost hit the line umpire. I was lucky there. Thats all.
Anger management has been an issue for Djokovic of late. He remains the worlds dominant player by a wide margin, but it has been a challenging clay-court season, one in which he has sometimes snapped with little warning. In Rome last month, he pushed the chair umpire Carlos Bernardess arm out of the way as they were examining a ball mark on the clay (and received no penalty from the ATP). In the final against Andy Murray, a match Djokovic would go on to lose, he also flung his racket in frustration after losing his serve in the fourth game. It ended up bouncing into the stands.
No wonder Vajda wants to tape the grip to Djokovics hand.
When asked about the Rome and Roland Garros incidents, Djokovic said: Im just not thinking about those kind of situations. I am aware that I have been lucky, and I apologized to, you know, to people that have been in this particular situation with me and that could have been hurt by my racket. But, you know, it was never the intention. It was just some unfortunate bounce, but fortunate ending of that scenario.
Todays top players are mild-mannered compared to some combustible champions of the past; see Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe. But Djokovics recent behavior could also be a reflection of the pressure he is feeling as his latest great chance at winning the French Open comes into clearer focus.
Vajda, the good-humored Slovakian who has been a key figure in Djokovics rise, understands the situation, but likes Djokovics chances.
Its more mental, he said. I think he has to refocus even more, and I hope he can find it. Hes fine so far, but this is getting closer, and he might be worse. So he has to stay calm and take it as a positive as he can, just be there in the match, just try to be present, which is tough. But he can do it.
Djokovic certainly recovered his composure quickly on Thursday, despite hearing a few disapproving whistles and boos from the French Open crowd that he has worked so hard to win over through the years. He went on to break Berdych in the game in which he threw his racket.
When tournament officials briefly stopped play with the drizzle intensifying at 3-3 in the third set, Djokovic quickly packed his bags and marched off court while Berdych fumed, maintaining that the conditions had not changed enough to warrant a stoppage.
This is an absolute circus; one big circus! he said to the supervisor, Wayne McEwen.
Berdych would not win another game after they resumed play less than 15 minutes later.
They are relying on someone who is closed in little room and saying that hes a meteorologist, and hes predicting whats going to happen or not, Berdych said later.
It has been a Drench Open, with the rainiest May in Paris since 1873. But it is the homestretch in June that has been the stumbling block for Djokovic, who has lost in three of the last four French Open finals.
He will have a huge edge in experience against Thiem, who advanced with a 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-1 quarterfinal victory over David Goffin. Thiem had never been past the fourth round at a major until now.
Djokovic won their two previous matches in straight sets, but both were on hardcourts. Thiem, who is seeded 13th and will break into the top 10 for the first time next week, is at his most dangerous on clay.
Hes playing the best tennis of his life, no doubt about it, Djokovic said.
Thiem is coached by Gunter Bresnik, a fellow Austrian who once worked with Boris Becker, the three-time Wimbledon champion. With Becker part of Djokovics coaching team, Fridays match will also be about Becker versus his former mentor.
With the rain playing nasty tricks on this years schedule, Friday will be the fourth straight day of singles play for Djokovic and Thiem. In the bottom half of the draw, Murray and Stan Wawrinka, who will meet in Fridays other semifinal, had Thursday off.
But Djokovic, a tightly wound man of late, was able to conserve precious resources by defeating Berdych in straight sets.
Very important, Vajda said. To save the energy and to save the best for tomorrow.
But the physical challenge is surely not the biggest challenge at this stage, not in his 12th visit to the French Open. There seems to be no point in Djokovic and his team trying to ignore the elephant in the room.
Exactly, Vajda said. Elephant in the room. Good one.
The ninth month of the Muslim Lunar calendar is known as Ramadan, which is expected to begin on 5 or 6 June depending on the moon sighting. Muslims around the world will observe the day by fasting from sunrise to sunset. The observance of the holy month is one of the five pillars of Islam. The month-long fast is to commemorate the first Quranic revelation to Muhammad.
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The beginning of the month is decided through moon sighting and continues for 29 or 30 days depending on the moon sighting for Eid-al-Fitr. During the fasting period, Muslims are prohibited from eating, drinking, smoking and having sexual relations during daylight hours. Devotees are also expected to increase donations to the poor and other charities.
When Ramadan 2016 begins Muslims in the Arabic, Asian and European countries are expected to observe the first day of the holy month on 7 June. Meanwhile, The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has appealed to Muslims around the Kingdom to report the sighting of the Crescent.
To commemorate the month, IBTimes UK has compiled a list of quotes to share with friends and family .
"Fasting is a shield with which a servant protects himself from the fire." Prophet Muhammad
"Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness." Tariq Ramadan
"O believers, fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you. So that you may become righteous." Surah Al- Baqara Ayah 483
"Ramadan is the month whose beginning is mercy, whose middle is forgiveness and whose end is freedom from fire." Prophet Mohammad
"He who gives iftar [evening meal] to another fasting person shall earn reward equivalent to a fasting man without detracting from the reward of the latter." Prophet Muhammad
"Three prayers are not rejected the prayers of a father, the prayers of a fasting person, and the prayers of a traveller." Al-Bayhaqi
"When the month of Ramadan start, the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of h**l are closed and the devils are chained." Sahih al-Bukhari
"Fasting is shield. It will protect you from the hellfire and prevent you from sins." Prophet Muhammad
"The lord you worship in Ramadan is the same lord you turn away from in all the others months." Sheikh Abu Abdissalam
"When the month of Ramadan arrives, the doors of mercy are opened." Sahih Muslim 2496
Temecula Fire TEMECULA FIRE: Blaze, traffic taking their toll on weekend business
Garage Brewing Co. in Temecula had about half its usual sales Saturday because of the traffic jam on I-15 related to the Temecula Fire, manager Julian Lopez said Sunday, June 5.
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TEMECULA - Nearby businesses were hoping to recover Sunday from a lackluster day Saturday when customers -- and employees -- had difficulty getting places because of the traffic backup.
At Garage Brewing Co., which serves fast-fired pizza, manager Julian Lopez said the restaurant did about half its normal sales on Saturday, which is normally its busiest day.
"Even our employees were an hour to two hours late," Lopez said. "All we can do is send people home and clean."
Lopez sent a message to employees Sunday through the restaurant"s online schedule to leave home early for work. He didn"t believe that Sunday"s I-15 nightmare was as bad as Saturday"s.
Customers began trickling in about 11:30 a.m.
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The fire had been 30 percent contained as of 9:30 a.m.
The Nos. 3 and 4 lanes of the southbound I-15 remained closed from just south of Temecula Parkway to just south of Rainbow Valley Boulevard, causing a serious traffic backup in the approximate 2.5 distance for a second day in a row as crews mop up hot spots from flames that burned right to the highway Saturday.
Officials were hopeful of reopening the No. 3 lane soon, but there was no timetable for that at mid-day Sunday.
The cause of the fire had not been determined as of Sunday.
Or, how to attend a fashion show and look like you walked straight off the runway.
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Somewhere during his progression from child movie star to genderbending quasi-philosopher on social media, Jaden Smith became a style icon.
At this years Met Gala the 17-year-old turned heads with his sister, Willow, and at this weeks Louis Vuitton Cruise 2017 collection he was at it again, fitting in seamlessly to the shows setting at the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Smith stunned in a black and white look that included a skeletal-themed jacket over a white shirt atop sleek, layered black pants with white piping throughout. Metallic toe detail on Smiths black leather boots complimented his understated accessories, making him look like the definition of how one should let their style mature with age.
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Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho (middle) dribbles past two Honduran defenders. (Photo : Getty Images)
A high-profile Group B match between world no. 7 Brazil and world no. 12 Ecuador is set on Saturday, June 4 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena as the 2016 Copa Amrica Centenario kicks off.
Brazil and Ecuador are the favorites to advance in the knockout stages of the tournament as they are with 46th-ranked Peru and 71st-ranked Haiti in Group B.
Even if the Pentacampees are without their veteran stars Neymar, David Luis, Thiago Silva, and Oscar in this tournament, they are still tipped as the choice to top the group with Philippe Coutinho, Hulk, Willian, Luis Gustavo, Marquinhos, and Casemiro leading the way.
Dani Alves and Kaka will be there to provide veteran leadership, but as a whole, the squad is a "relatively inexperienced team featuring 14 players with fewer than 10 international caps," as per the Los Angeles Times.
Team captain Neymar said to have passed up the chance to participate so that he could compete in the upcoming Rio Summer Olympics, which is in his sights for a long time. Even so, the Seleo is not in shortage of star players as mentioned above.
However, Canarinho has not been playing consistently with head coach Dunga and so they are not the top favorite to win the whole tournament.
Meanwhile, Ecuador is the best team in the group aside from Brazil and so it is highly probable that they advance in the knockout round, as long as they stave off Peru.
Head coach Gustavo Quinteros" crew will have to overcome the absence of top goalscorer Felipe Caicedo, though, as the Espanyol striker suffered a thigh injury before the competitions, NBC Sports reported.
The team is currently bannered by Manchester United"s Antonio Valencia, Swansea City"s Jefferson Montero, West Ham United"s Enner Valencia, and Gremio"s Miler Bolaos, but they are one striker short of having the chance to topple Brazil in this match.
The predicted result is a 3-1 victory for Brazil.
Brazil starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Alisson; Alves, Marquinhos, Luis, Miranda; Casemiro, Elias; Willian, Coutinho, Gustavo; Hulk
Ecuador starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Dominguez; Ayovi, Paredes, Erazo, Achilier; Noboa, Arroyo; A. Valencia, Montero, Mena; E. Valencia
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If the premier division consists of eight teams, nothing much changes from the current schedule; if it consists of six, then Sri Lanka or West Indies might give up on Test cricket, thinking it too long a haul to reach the top again, and their players would focus ever more on white-ball cricket not just their own domestic leagues but the Indian Premier League.
A premier division of seven teams, playing in a three-year cycle, with home and away series of three Tests (or five for the Ashes), should achieve the right balance. No team could afford a serious lapse, and the country who are relegated can expect to be promoted again in three years. Or it might be saved from relegation by winning a play-off against the second division winners.
This second division would consist of five teams: initially Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Ireland, and the team that will be eighth in the ICC rankings at the cut-off point. They would not play so often in the three-year cycle, but then the broadcasters would not want them to. And there is scope for other countries to join, like Nepal.
