PFT: Jets want Holmes to restructure deal

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When I first heard about Peter King?s report that the Patriots had signed quarterback Tom Brady to a three-year, $27 million extension, I assumed the deal was worth $27 million per year.

It?s not.? For committing to the Patriots in the 2015, 2016, and 2017 seasons, Brady gets a total of $27 million.

It appears, as explained last night, to be nothing more than an effort to reduce Brady?s cap number in 2013 and 2014, the final two years of his existing deal.? It?s hard to spread money over the years of a contract if the contract covers only two more seasons.? Come 2015, the likely reality is that a new deal will be done ? after the appearance that Brady has taken less is used to squeeze other players into doing the same thing, which the Pats did masterfully last decade.

Still, teams and agents are looking at the numbers and wonder what else could be going on.? Whispers of a side deals already have begun in league circles, even though there is (and likely will be) no proof of a wink-nod arrangement that will see Brady get compensated in other ways.

Sides deals aren?t unprecedented in pro football.? The Broncos lost a second-round pick, a third-round pick, and paid a $950,000 for violations relating to $29 million in deferred payments to John Elway and Terrell Davis during the team?s Super Bowl window of the late 1990s.? Again, there is (and likely will be) no proof of a side deal in this case.

Now that more and more teams are pressed against the salary cap and trying to finagle spending space, suspicions of side arrangements and briefcases full of cash will return to the NFL ? even if no team is ever caught or is ever guilty.

In Brady?s case, the facts as presently known raise natural red flags.? At a time when the high-water mater for quarterbacks is $20 million, the notion that Brady would commit to playing for less than half that average over a three-year window starting three seasons from now makes no sense.

At a minimum, agent Don Yee has provided his competitors with more than enough ammunition for the inherently cutthroat game of chasing new clients.? At a maximum, teams and agents will probe for something/anything to explain why Tom Brady was willing to sign a contract that pays him so much less than he?ll be worth starting two years from now.

Maybe, in the end, the explanation is that, given his wife?s obscene earnings, he?s willing to take a lot less money in order to help that Pats stack the deck for another Super Bowl run or two.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/25/report-jets-want-holmes-to-restructure/related/

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Area college, high school teams ready for critical 5-day stretch

A packed week of action is ahead on area basketball courts. College and high school teams and their fans are preparing for a series of pressure-packed games, including today's first round of the AMCC tournaments, Wednesday's opening of the District 10 playoffs, the Gannon-Mercyhurst men's and women's PSAC West showdowns and more. Here's a look at the action that's ahead for area fans during the next five days:

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TODAY

AMCC Tournament

- The Penn State Behrend women open with a home doubleheader today at 6 p.m. against Pitt-Greensburg in the opener of the AMCC Tournament. The Lions (15-9 overall) are the No. 3 seed in the tournament.

The Behrend men (17-8) also will be the No. 3 seed when they host Pitt-Bradford at 8. The winners advance to Friday's semifinals.

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WEDNESDAY

District 10

- Eight Class AAA boys teams, including Strong Vincent and Malquan Pullium, will play quarterfinal games.

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PSAC West Rivalry

- The Gannon men and women will visit archival Mercyhurst in games that should help determine playoff seeds. Meanwhile, Edinboro visits IUP.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY

District 10

- The D-10 playoffs get serious with 19 games over two days. A dozen will be girls games Saturday, including Girard and Maria Welch.

Source: http://www.goerie.com/article/20130219/BASKETBALL03/302199935/Area-college-high-school-teams-ready-for-critical-5-day-stretch

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Q&A: Former Ipswich player Brotherton named as new Tigers football head coach

Wherever Greg Brotherton goes in the football world, he seems to strike the right mix for a Super Bowl championship.

In 1991, while playing as a senior for Jack Welch, he helped the Tigers win a championship as a player. Since then, he has also been on two coaching staffs that won Super Bowls, first at Georgetown in 2000 and then in Ipswich in 2006.

He was the Defensive Coordinator for Ipswich?s Super Bowl champions in 2006, and the last five years, he has been Defensive Coordinator for Lynn English. As of Feb. 15, he is the head coach of Ipswich High football.

It has truly been a football life for Brotherton, a police officer for the City of Lynn. From Ipswich High, he played at Bridgton Academy, Springfield College and Framingham State College. He also played for the Haverhill Highlanders in the semipro New England Football League, where he was a two-time all-star and a team co-captain.

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What is it like to be taking this job with so many big names having held it in the past?

They?re tough acts to follow. Elliott Roundy, Jack Welch, and [predecessor] Ted Flaherty had success when he first came on. I can only do what I know how to do. I feel very proud that I?m back in the program. I grew up in the program.?

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What are some of your memories from your last Ipswich coaching stint?

In 2006, we had a very talented team, with Alex McCarthy, Ryan Gagnon, Steve Phaneuf and Chris Tolios who is on my staff. We didn?t have to do much, they were just outstanding athletes. That season was a lot of fun. They ran the ball hard and played tough defense.

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What have your first days on the job been like?

I was named coach on Friday, and since then it?s been school vacation. I?ll get into the school next week and start meeting with some kids. I?ve got to put a staff together, which I want to do this week. There?s a Boosters meeting the first weekend in March. There?s still a lot of work, even though we just got started and the season doesn?t start until September.

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What are your thoughts in terms of putting together a staff?

I?m going to talk with everyone who?s on the staff now. I don?t know what their plans are on the current staff. I can?t comment on what we?ll do about a staff, but I will talk about everyone who?s been there.

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Have you talked with Ted Flaherty, in terms of getting what you need for the transition?

I?ve worked with Ted before, so I?m very familiar with how he operated. I?ve already watched a ton of film from the last couple of years. I?m trying to evaluate what we can do. It looks like we have some decent athletes. I want to develop an offensive and defensive line. We have some graduations on that side.?

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What are your philosophies behind running a football team?

There are three things I consider that make a football program successful. The first is I want all the kids to make sure they graduate; No. 2 is I want them to be good citizens and good sons to their parents; and No. 3 is I want to compete for a championship every year.

The biggest thing I want these kids to get out of this is to develop a strong work ethic. That?s the biggest thing I learned playing for Jack Welch from 1988-91.

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What will be your first order of business on the field late next summer?

From watching film, and just in general, the things I?ll concentrate on are fundamentals and techniques. I think the teams that are very good at that will be successful. It doesn?t matter what you run on offense and defense. If your kids tackle well, hustle and focus on fundamentals and technique, they?ll be successful. Every new coach will take it back to the beginning to make sure those fundamentals and techniques are being taught properly.

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What are your thoughts on the history of Ipswich football?

There is a long tradition of success. I can?t compare myself to Elliott and Jack, absolutely not. Jack and Steve Hopping were like father figures to me growing up. If I can get the kids to learn a few lessons I learned from them, I?d be thrilled.

Right now, though, I just want to beat North Reading in Game 1. I?ve got to go one game at a time. If you get presumptuous, you don?t prepare for what?s directly in front of you, and I just want to be ready to beat North Reading in Game 1.

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Can you tell us a little bit about your life outside of football?

I live in Lynn, where I am a police officer. My wife, Taryn (McInnis) Brotherton is a police officer in Ipswich and teaches the D.A.R.E. program. We have an 8-month old son, Reid.

Source: http://www.wickedlocal.com/ipswich/sports/x846059659/Q-A-Former-Ipswich-player-Brotherton-named-as-new-Tigers-football-head-coach

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Funeral for Pistorius' girlfriend to be held Tuesday

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? The family of Reeva Steenkamp said Sunday her body was back in her hometown of Port Elizabeth after the model and reality TV contestant was shot dead inside the house of Oscar Pistorius. A private funeral will be held on Tuesday.

Adam Steenkamp, the brother of Pistorius' late girlfriend, told The Associated Press "Reeva is back home."

The family said that Steenkamp, who was shot multiple times and killed at the double-amputee Olympic athlete's home early Thursday, will be cremated in a ceremony closed to the public and the media in the city on South Africa's southern coast.

Pistorius was charged with her murder and is expected to make a second court appearance ? also on Tuesday ? for the start of his bail hearing. He remains in custody in a police station in Pretoria ahead of that hearing.

The 29-year-old Steenkamp was seen laughing and smiling on South African television Saturday night after national broadcaster SABC chose to air the first episode of a reality TV show in which she was featured. Her family said it did not oppose the program being aired because Steenkamp wanted people to see it and a short tribute to her was shown before the episode.

A fellow contestant on the "Tropika Island of Treasure 5" show told AP Television News that Steenkamp "was always making sure everyone was OK."

"Fun, crazy, loving, beautiful, gorgeous. She really was an angel and I still haven't come to terms with what happened," Katleho Molai said of Steenkamp. "I haven't really eaten, I'm struggling to sleep. So it's been really hard to come to terms with what's happened to her."

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Nastasya Tay of APTN contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/funeral-pistorius-girlfriend-tuesday-142128082.html

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France blames Spanghero bosses as UK probes horsemeat warning

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - France said on Sunday managers at French firm Spanghero were responsible for passing off horsemeat as beef, while Britain said it would investigate claims that warnings about horsemeat entering the food chain were raised in 2011 but ignored.

Revelations that some beef dishes actually contained horsemeat has caused a scandal across Europe, leading to products being removed from sale and police investigations.

It has also cast a spotlight on food labeling and the complex supply chain across the EU trading bloc, damaging Europeans' confidence in the food on their plate and putting pressure on governments to explain lapses in quality control.

An investigation into activities at meat-processing firm Spanghero has revealed "serious, specific and coherent" reasons to suspect it knowingly defrauded customers and consumers by selling them horsemeat labeled as beef, the government said.

However, the firm's 330 workers were not to blame and would meet with Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll on Monday to determine how they would be paid until the plant, whose sanitary license has been revoked temporarily, could reopen.

"The government distinguishes responsibility for what appears to be the actions of Spanghero's leaders from the work of its employees," ministers for agriculture and consumer affairs said in a joint statement.

The scandal, affecting a growing number of European countries and retailers, began in Ireland when its food safety authority discovered horsemeat in frozen beef burgers.

Investigations to determine how horsemeat ended up in ready meals sold across Europe homed in on Spanghero, but further probes are under way targeting a meat trader in the Netherlands and other firms in the supply chain.

HORSEMEAT ISSUE RAISED IN 2011?

Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported serious concerns had first been aired about horsemeat with British food chiefs 18 months ago but nothing had been done.

John Young, a former manager with Britain's Food Standards Agency (FSA), said he helped draft a letter to the government in April 2011 on behalf of Britain's biggest horsemeat exporter, highlighting failures in the system to stop horses treated with the drug phenylbutazone from entering the human food chain.

"I discussed this with the chief executive of the Food Standards Agency this morning and she is going to go back through the records and see exactly what was said at the time," Britain's Environment Secretary Owen Paterson told Sky News.

Phenylbutazone, commonly known as bute, is an anti-inflammatory painkiller for sporting horses but banned for animals intended for eventual human consumption as it is potentially harmful in large concentrations.

The FSA said last week six horses slaughtered in Britain had tested positive for bute and might have entered the human food chain.

Irish authorities first discovered horsemeat in beef burgers made by firms in Ireland and Britain on January 15. However, the scandal widened two weeks ago when tests on beef lasagne made by the British unit of frozen foods group Findus showed the product contained up to 100 percent horsemeat.

Europol are now coordinating criminal investigations across Europe, and in Britain three premises have been probed, two closed down and number of arrests made, Paterson said.

Spanghero had its license revoked for the duration of the probe after French officials said it must have known it was buying horsemeat, which is cheaper and carries a different customs code when delivered in frozen blocks.

The firm's president Barthelemy Aguerre struck back at accusations on Friday, saying the government had been too quick to point the finger.

But radio France Info reported that investigators had seized nearly 1,500 pages of invoices at Spanghero's factory in southwestern France that showed the customs code "0205" for horse whereas the codes for beef are "0202" and "0201".

The radio cited unnamed investigators as saying Spanghero must have been aware of the difference between the codes, which are easily verifiable on a European Commission web site.

The UK's Paterson called for stricter food testing across Europe, and Austria's agriculture minister, Nikolaus Berlakovich, called for European "food passports" that would let consumers see the origins of ingredients in processed foods.

(Additional reporting by Michael Shields in Vienna; Editing by Rosalind Russell)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/france-blames-spanghero-bosses-uk-probes-horsemeat-warning-135851597--finance.html

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