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By Anthony Caruso III
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Clay Harbor is a member of the Philadelphia Eagles for now.

But, according to Geoff Mosher of CSNPhilly.com Philadelphia Eagles insider, Harbor will not be a part of the Eagles this upcoming season. Harbor recently made the switch from tight end to outside linebacker.

Harbor moved to fourth on the depth chart in a hurry before the switch was recently made. The Eagles already have Brent Celek, James Casey, and Zach Ertz at tight end.

Casey signed with the Eagles as a free agent. Ertz was a second round selection in this year’s draft.

“I’m going to go out there and play as hard as I can and hopefully I’ll be able to help this team win,” Harbor said. “That’s really as far as I look into it. Obviously there’s a good chance that I could be somewhere else but right now I’m just focused on being the best player I can and helping this team win if it’s special teams, if it’s switching positions or playing a couple of different positions.

“I’m trying a little outside linebacker, actually, to be more versatile. So we’ll see how it works out.”

He has never played on defense in his college or professional career. He was previously a wide receiver before going to tight end.

“It’s a new position,” Harbor said. “I’m just basically going through the beginning stages of it. Learning some coverages and learning just the defense — when I’m blitzing, when I’m covering, when I’m dropping into zone. Any way I can help the team is where my mindset is right now.”

Harbor was drafted with the 125th overall pick in the fourth round by the Eagles in the 2010 NFL draft. He then signed a four-year contract, worth $2.243 million.

He had 47 receptions for 421 yards and 4 touchdowns in the past three seasons with the Birds.

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By Anthony Caruso III
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The New York Jets have shown little tolerance with players, who have been arrested lately. And Mike Goodson, who is a running back, now has to watch out.

He is now in hot water with the Jets after his early morning arrest. He was arrested, with a friend Garant Evans, this morning at around 3 am in Denville, New Jersey.

The Jets have released two other players, who have been arrested since April. These two other players, were also arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, but they were lesser known players.

Those players were defensive end Claude Davis and cornerback Cliff Harris were arrested and charged with marijuana in April. Both Davis and Harris have never played in an NFL game, while Goodson has bounced around.

But Goodson’s situation is very similar to the one that Davis and Harris were caught in. Davis and Harris were arrested in late April by Morristown Police Department.

The players were in a 2013 Chevy Tahoe SUV. The players were also joined in the SUV by Daniel Godfrey, who was reportedly a friend of the two.

This is where things get similar to Goodson’s arrest this morning. Godfrey had a loaded handgun in the vehicle when he was arrested with Davis and Harris.

Nearly 20 minutes away and nearly a month later, in Denville, Goodson and his friend Garant Evans were arrested for marijuana and weapon charges. Goodson had a small amount of marijuana on him, before police were able to locate additional marijuana and .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun in the vehicle, which was loaded.

He was officially charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams, possession of paraphernalia, unlawful possession of a loaded handgun and possession of hollow-point bullets. He is presently in the Morris County Correctional Facility with a $50,000 bail.

Evans, who a known felon, has the same charges against him as Goodson. Except, he has additional charges, including DWI, traffic summonses, and possession of a weapon with a prior felony conviction.

He has a $150,000 bail.

A Jets team spokesperson said: “We are aware of the report and are gathering information.”

Goodson, who signed a three-year, $6.9 million dollar deal, has played in 40 career games with the Carolina Panthers and the Oakland Raiders.

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By Anthony Caruso III
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At one time, Kurt Warner was a star in the Arena Football League.

Warner would learn how to be a quarterback in the fast-paced indoor game. That was before he got his shot with the St. Louis Rams, and led the Rams to the Super Bowl.

The rest is history, as Warner is now a Hall of Fame candidate. Now, a former NFL quarterback has two offers from teams within the AFL.

Neither team has heard back from Tim Tebow, who has receiving offers left-and-right – it seems – from all different leagues. He has also received offers from the Legends Football League, formerly the Lingerie Football League, and the Canadian Football League.

The Philadelphia Soul offered Tebow a contract on Wednesday. The Orlando Predators also offered Tebow a contract.

Clint Dolezel, who is in his first year as the Soul head coach, has seen his team struggle early on this season. With the team struggling, the quarterback Dan Raudabaugh has said multiple times that the team’s struggles are on him.

Yet, Dolezel doesn’t believe that if Tebow accepted the Soul’s offer that he could start in the league right now. But he believes that Tebow could learn from the game.

“It is adapt or die in our game,” said Dolezel. “It helps you learn quick reads. I think he can figure it out.”

One of the problems that Tebow has had to deal with since he was at Florida was his mechanics. People thought he could not make it in the NFL with these mechanics.

Yet, he was a first-round draft pick by the Denver Broncos in 2010. Then, he spent the 2010 and 2011 season with the Broncos, before being traded to the Jets in 2012.

It was a disaster with the Jets, where they tried to ruin his career. And they finally released him the Monday after the NFL draft when they knew teams already had their quarterbacks.

He has 2,422 passing yards in the NFL right now with 17 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. He also has 989 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.

In 2011, when the Broncos were struggling, the Broncos made the switch to Tebow, where he led the team to the playoffs after getting off to a 1-4 start. And they even won a first-round matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers, before getting beat by the New England Patriots.

“His release does need to quicken up,” said Dolezel. “We can help him with that in our game. I can use him in the red zone. He could learn from this.”

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By Anthony Caruso III
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Dennis Schröder has been shut down by a team.

It is not clear, who is the team that shut down Schröder at the NBA Combine on Thursday. A source has indicated that he has a promise deal in place with the unknown team.

The promise deal in place is reported with a team towards the end of the lottery. But many mock drafts have Schröder going from 18th through the 23rd pick, before today’s promise deal.

There was speculation that Schröder may be linked to the Oklahoma City Thunder; however, nobody is saying who it is. But, even with Russell Westbrook injured, it is not clear if they would be willing to use their projected 12th overall pick on Schröder.

If it is the Thunder, he would give the Thunder another talented player on their young roster. Besides Westbrook, the Thunder have Derek Fisher and Reggie Jackson as backup point guards.

Fisher, who is expected to retire from basketball this summer, was signed to a one-year deal. Jackson will be back with the Thunder, as long as he is not traded by the team. Schröder would give the Thunder a 19-year-old, who is ready to come to the United States this season.

Schröder was a breakout start at the Portland Hoop Summit. There, he impressed general managers and scouts in attendance with his play.

While at the Hoop Summit, Schröder out played Kasey Hill and Demetrius Jackson. In a game, featuring all three players, he scored 18 points, while having 6 assists and 3 turnovers.

His game is more tailored to the NBA style than the European style. He has great speed, which he has used to break down opponents.

While playing in Germany, he was named the Most Improved Player in the BBL. The BBL, which is the Basketball Bundesliga League, which is the highest league in Germany.

He averaged 11.9 points in 31 games with NY Phantoms. He also averaged 2.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists.

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By Anthony Caruso III
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Ike Davis is a young first baseman for the New York Mets.

But it is not clear how long he’ll be with the team in Flushing, New York. Why? The Mets are interested in trading their struggling first baseman.

Davis’ name has been swirling in trade rumors involving other teams since after the 2011 season. But at that time, the Mets could not get a good deal for Davis.

Davis is off to his worst start in his 4-year Mets career. He has a measly .157 batting average through 37 games.

Yet, while he is struggling this season, he did have a career season last season with 32 home runs and 90 RBI’s. And he only has 4 home runs so far this season.

Mets manager Terry Collins put Davis in the cleanup spot numerous times since the beginning of the season. However, Davis has been a failure, as the Mets cleanup batter.

“I was slotted in the four-hole in the beginning of the year for a reason,” he said. “It’s the type of player I can be. I just haven’t done it this year.”

If the Mets can find a taker for Davis, they may not get much in return. They would like to get a starting pitcher in return for Davis.

Right now, the Mets do not have the best 3-5 pitchers, as Matt Harvey and Jon Niese lead the rotation. Behind Harvey and Niese is Shaun Marcum, Dillion Gee, and Jeremy Hefner, who are 2-13 overall.

Gee is 2-5, while both Marcum and Hefner are 0-4 on the season.

But they may have to settle for prospects in return for Davis when a trade does take place. When Davis is moved, he would be replaced by Justin Turner.

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By Anthony Caruso III
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Larry Drew you are on the outside, looking in.

Drew, you may be listed as the Atlanta Hawks head coach for the next month, but management is already telling you that you won’t be back. They haven’t told you in words, but they have told you with their actions.

According to Yahoo Sports, the Hawks management have interviewed Nate McMillan for head coaching position that Drew previously holds. Drew is technically the Hawks head coach through June 30th until his contract expires.

He has not been let go by the team, and the Hawks management has shown him that he likely won’t be back. Drew has been with the Hawks since the 2004 season, and has been the head coach since the 2010-11 season.

Drew is 128-102 in 230 career games as the Hawks head coach, with a .557 win percentage. He is also 10-14 in three playoff appearances.

The Hawks have lost in the first round the past two seasons, getting beat 4-2 in each series. And they lost in the Conference Semifinals in 2011.

Hawks general manager Danny Ferry has also expressed an interest in hiring head coach Stan Van Gundy. He was previously the Orlando Magic head coach, and was fired a year ago after getting into numerous run-ins with Dwight Howard.

Drew could return to the Hawks, which would result in Ferry doing an about face, if McMillan and Van Gundy say no to the team. According to the story, Ferry would like to keep Drew as an option in case a better coach is not interested in coaching the team.

It doesn’t appear like Van Gundy will coach this upcoming season. The Milwaukee Bucks and the Detroit Pistons are interested in McMillan, as well.

McMillan has reportedly also interviewed with the Bucks and Pistons.

McMillan has been out of coaching since getting fired by the Portland TrailBlazers mid-way through the 2011-12 season. He was hired by the TrailBlazers in the summer of 2005.

He has a 478-452 career coaching record with the TrailBlazers and the Seattle SuperSonics, with a .514 win percentage.

He lost in the first round of the playoffs in his last three full seasons and missed the playoffs in his first three seasons with the team.

With the SuperSonics, he made the playoffs in two of the five seasons. In 2004-05, the Sonics made the Conference Semifinals, which is the furthest that McMillan’s teams have advanced in the playoffs.

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By Anthony Caruso III
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Photos by Christopher Matthews coming soon

Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia Soul had the game right where they wanted it.

They had the lead after halftime in front of the home crowd. Then, things started to take a turn for the worse.

The Soul (3-4) could not recover when the momentum went into the Pittsburgh Power’s direction. And, as the final minutes came off the scoreboard, the Soul’s chances of coming back drastically decreased.

The Soul lost another home game in this young season when the scoreboard hit 0:00. The Power were able to electrify the Soul, 53-48, at the Wells Fargo Center last night.

The Soul are now 0-3 at home this season. And they look to get their first win of the season at home next week, which they are going to have added pressure to win.

See, former Soul head coach Doug Plank is going to lead his Orlando Predators into town. Plank, who left shortly after the ArenaBowl loss to the Arizona Rattlers, decided to take the Predators job, and has the Preds at 1-5.

The Power (2-5) had one win coming into the game last night, and the Soul gave the game away.

The Soul had an opportunity late in the game. That’s when Dan Raudabaugh, who went 23-of-41 for 288 yards and four touchdowns, guided the Soul down the field in the final 31 seconds. Then, as the Soul got within 15 yards, Raudabaugh threw the ball into the end zone, which Power defensive back Sergio Gilliam picked off.

“I wanted to win this game,” said Soul head coach Clint Dolezel. “I’m kind of disappointed. We executed well the whole game, and then we fell apart at the end. I want to improve on everything. It’s a lot of simple things that we need to work on. Things don’t always go your way in these games, but it doesn’t matter, sometimes we need to win, and that’s all.”

The Power scored 14 points in the fourth quarter. This included a 3-yard run by Mike Washington and an 8-yard touchdown reception from Steven Sheffield to James Robinson. Sheffield went 19-of-35 for 272 yards and six touchdowns.

Also, the Power defense came up home with less than 3 minutes remaining, as Raudabaugh was stopped on a 4th and 1 play with goal to go.

The Soul were able to stop the Power from marching down the field, resulting in the Power turning the ball over on downs. But as mentioned before, the Soul squandered an opportunity to win the game, as Raudabaugh was picked off in the end zone with 12 seconds left.

Each team scored twice in the third quarter. For the Power, Robinson caught a 15-yard touchdown from Sheffield. On the following kick off, the Power gave up a 55-yard kickoff for a touchdown by James Romain.

Also, in the third quarter, the Power’s second touchdown came from a 38-yard touchdown from Sheffield to Washington. The Soul scored again as Raudabaugh connected with Ryan McDaniel for an 8-yard touchdown.

The Soul led 35-27 at halftime.

The Soul could only score twice in the second quarter. Raudabaugh threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Tiger Jones, who had eight receptions and 124 yards along with the touchdown. His touchdown was followed up by a 5-yard rushing touchdown by Derrick Ross.

In the second quarter, much like the fourth quarter, the Power outscored the Soul. The Power outscored the Soul 20-14 in this quarter.

The Power used two Sheffield touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown to outscore the Soul in this quarter, as Sheffield connected with Robinson twice. Robinson caught a 7-yard touchdown and a 14-yard touchdown from Sheffield in this quarter, while Washington rushed into the end zone for 5-yards.

The game was 7-7 when the Soul took a two touchdown lead. Raudabaugh threw two touchdowns to McDaniel, who added five receptions for 49 yards and two touchdowns, and Larry Brackins, who contributed two receptions for 21 yards and a touchdown.

With Brackins’ touchdown, he became second all-time with 2,977 yards, and has had a touchdown in 25 of the last 27 Soul games.

The Power scored their lone first quarter touchdown when Sheffield connected with Mike Washington. As the time was expiring, Ross added a 9-yard rushing touchdown to increase the Soul lead.

Ross had just 21 rushing yards in the game.

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By David A. Willauer
Contributing Writer

Wilmington, DE- In a topsy-turvy turn around of goals scored, the visiting Cape Henlopen Vikings earned a key 9-7 victory Friday night over the Hillers of Tower Hill in a season finale battle between two of the top-rated boys’ lacrosse teams in Delaware.

Todd Keen (four goals) and Matt Kane (three goals, two assists) scored in the fourth quarter as the Vikings (12-4) finished a comeback from a 5-0 first-quarter deficit.

“Tower Hill is a very good squad; it’s always a big deal when we get a win,” Keen said. “It makes it even better for the hard work that we did all year.

“The loss to Caesar Rodney (Tuesday) in overtime by a 10-9 score really hurt. It’s good to get the win.”

The Hillers (12-3) bolted to the 5-0 advantage on goal by Benjamin Watson, Sam Murphy, Ben Hinkley, William Mette, and Andrew Petit (three goals, one assist) before Cape’s Mike Hopkins and Keen scored.

In the second period, the Vikings’ Matthew Kane, Blake Mann and Keen (twice) scored to make it 6-5 at the half.

In the third quarter Kane made it 7-5 before Pettit tied it with two goals.

“Tower Hill got some quick goals on us and the kids and battled back,” said Jack Lingo, Cape Henlopen coach. “We found a way to fight back. A lot of teams might have felt sorry for themselves, but we found a way.”

Devon Shorey had 15 saves for Tower Hill.

By Anthony Caruso III
The Capital Sports Report
Owner/Managing Editor/Sr. Writer

On Thursday, it was reported that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was buried in Virginia.

Now, the woman, who helped bury the Boston Marathon bombing suspect has received an angry backlash for many. The woman, Martha Mullen, said Tsarnaev is buried 30 miles north of Richmond, Virginia.

“I can’t pretend it’s not difficult to be reviled and maligned,” Martha Mullen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Friday. “But any time you can reach across the divide and work with people that are not like you, that’s what God calls us to do.”

Tsarnaev, who was 26-years-old when he was killed, in a shootout with Boston Police after he was identified as one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. The Tsarnaev reportedly wanted to target July 4th, 2013, but had to move up their attack after making of the bombs.

The brothers reportedly attacked at the Boston Marathon, because of their religious views and because of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He was laid to rest on Thursday in Caroline County in Virginia at a small Islamic cemetery. His burial comes nearly a month after he was killed on April 19th, where his body had remained in a Worcester, Massachusetts funeral parlor.

After his actions of setting of two bombs at the Boston Marathon, with his younger brother, which killed three people and injured more than 260 people in Boston, there were several cemeteries in Massachusetts and other states did not want to accept his remains. The Worcester police even had to appeal to individuals to find a place to bury this suspect.

“I thought someone ought to do something about this — and I am someone,” Mullen said.

Mullen would then reach out to numerous faith organizations to help with Tsarnaev’s burial. She would find him a place at the Al-Barzakh cemetery.

“Nobody is without sin,” she said. “Certainly this was a horrific act, but he’s dead and what happened is between him and God. We just need to bury his body and move forward. People were making an issue and detracting from the healing that needed to take place.”

While Mullen tried to help, there are individuals, like Imam Ammar Amonette, who are furious that Tsarnaev was buried in Virginia. Amonette, who is apart of the Islamic Center of Virginia, said he was never consulted before this all came about.

“The whole Muslim community here is furious. Frankly, we are furious that we were never given any information. It was all done secretly behind our backs,” Amonette said, adding that it “makes no sense whatsoever” that Tsarnaev’s body was buried in Virginia.

“Now everybody who’s buried in that cemetery, their loved ones are going to have to go to that place,” he said.

With this burial, there may be more problems than initially thought. It seems like nobody, besides the faith based organization, wants Tsarnaev in Virginia.

Time will tell if they will have to move his body at a later date, or if he will get to stay in Virginia.

“If they didn’t want him in Boston, why did they bring him all the way down here against our wishes?” said Jaquese Goodall, 21. “I am worried because his people may come down here to visit and there will be a whole lot of problems from him being here.”

Also apparently, no law enforcement officials were aware of Tsarnaev coming to Virginia either. Caroline County Sheriff Tony Lippa said, “I know of no Virginia law enforcement agency that was notified. No one in county or state government was aware of this.”

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By Anthony Caruso III
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Last week, Floyd “Money” Mayweather returned to boxing with a win over Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero. Since his win over “The Ghost,” there has been speculation on who Mayweather would fight next.

There has been speculation that Mayweather would fight Saúl “El Canelo” Álvarez in his next fight. But that is not expected to be the case.

A source has informed me that Álvarez will likely fight Mayweather in the future, but it will not come in the expected September fight. He indicated to me that Álvarez will fight Miguel Cotto in September.

This match would interfere with the rumored Mayweather-Álvarez fight, which would move the reported fight to next year. This, of course, is as long as Álvarez can defeat Cotto.

Cotto is no stranger to big fights. In fact, Cotto lost to Mayweather a year ago right before Mayweather reported to jail for assaulting his girlfriend.

Mayweather would this match by unanimous decision.

Cotto is 37-4 in his boxing career, but has lost his past two boxing matches. He has not won since defeating Antonio Margarito in December 2011.

Álvarez, who ironically was on the undercard of the Mayweather-Cotto fight card, is perfect in his boxing career. He is 42-0-1 in his career that started in 2005.

He last fought against Austin Trout in April, where he won by unanimous decision. Yet, even with his perfect record, he has been criticized for not fighting the top boxers.

The only big fight of his career was when he fought a 40-year-old Shane Mosley, who was once a top boxer, and defeated him by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

Yet, in his career, he has 30 knockouts and 13 decisions.

Álvarez is the reigning WBC Light Middleweight title holder. He also won the WBA & The Ring Light Middleweight title with his win over Trout.

Álvarez won the WBC Light Middleweight title in May 2011. Then, since that time, he is a perfect 6-0 fighting, as the title holder.

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