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Former Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Artis Hicks denied telling an author that the team ran a bounty program involving coaches in 2008 and 09. Drew Smyly Jersey .I never told him any specifics. I never named names, Hicks told the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Sunday night, adding that no coach was ever involved in conversations about injuring players during his 11-year career spent with five different teams.Hicks original quotes were published by author Jeff Pearlman in a new book about Brett Favre titled, Gunslinger. In the book, Hicks was quoted as saying that coaches would start a pot and all the veterans put in an extra $100, $200, and if you hurt someone special, you get the money.The Vikings, former coach Brad Childress and some players who were on the team at that time all denied those allegations.The NFL declined comment on whether it would investigate the claims.Hicks told the Star Tribune that dinners or small pots of money were exchanged between players for injuring opponents -- often when a player felt like someone dove at his knees or tried to hurt him. But he insisted, Coaches didnt know about things like that. ... A lot of it happens within the locker room.Only thing I told him as far as specifics was I had been part of a meeting where players were amongst ourselves as part of a unit, Hicks told the Star Tribune. We kind of felt like the last time we played the team, they kind of did some dirty things to our running back or quarterback. When we played them again later in the year it was, Hey, when you get a chance to get this guy, dinner is on me. That was as detailed as I got. Again, it was never any specifics on what team I was with or anything like that.When asked if that meeting took place when he was a member of the Vikings, Hicks said, It didnt.Hicks, who spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins, said he had no problems with Pearlman for writing what he did.[Pearlman] felt the need to interpret that how he wanted, and I have no problem with it, Hicks told the Star Tribune. Hes trying to sell books. I hope he sells as many as he can. Its not going to hurt me, its not going to hurt the Vikings, and its not going to hurt the NFL. This is seven years old, man. More power to him.The New Orleans Saints were dealt unprecedented punishments in 2012, including season-long suspensions for head coach Sean Payton and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, when the NFL found that the Saints ran a program that included incentive payments for opposing players being injured.Since that time, there have been other reports of players claiming they were involved in similar injury-incentive programs, most prominently from several former members of the Redskins when they played under Williams.However, the NFL said it found no evidence of wrongdoing following investigations into both the Redskins and the Buffalo Bills, where Williams previously coached. Wade Boggs Jersey . Luis Suarezs double powered Liverpool to a 4-0 victory over Fulham, and Southampton easily overcame Hull 4-1 to continue the south coast clubs impressive start to the season. Liverpool and Southampton sent Chelsea down to fourth place as the west London club was held to 2-2 at home. Lucas Duda Jersey . Marincin has played in two NHL games so far this season with two penalty minutes. The 21-year-old has three goals, four assists and a plus-5 rating in 24 games with the American Hockey Leagues Oklahoma City Barons this season. http://www.authenticmlbshoprays.com/authentic-colby-rasmus-rays-jersey/ . The veteran safety was a starter for the Bengals from 2008-2012. He totaled 41 tackles and three interceptions while starting all but four of the 13 games he played last season. HOUSTON -- The University of Houston didnt end up needing to go far in replacing head coach Tom Herman.Major Applewhite, who served as Hermans offensive coordinator the last two seasons, was promoted to the job on Friday. It will be the first head coaching job for the 38-year-old Applewhite.We had our sights set on a focused competitor who has demonstrated success and possesses a deep connection to college and high school football in the great state of Texas, Houston athletic director Hunter Yurachek said. As this process was completed, it was clearly evident the only individual to offer our position to was Major Applewhite and he was indeed the right man to lead our program.Herman recently left Houston to become the coach at Texas after two years with the Cougars and there was speculation Houston might hire Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin. Instead, Houston went with Applewhite, a Louisiana native who nonetheless has deep ties and familiarity with Texas.Living in the best state for high school football is a true blessing and advantage for our program and I cannot be more thankful for the support of our outstanding high school coaches from throughout the state, he said.The Cougars meet San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 17.Applewhite steps into a program that has had lot of success in the last 10 years and has become a launching pad for coaches. Art Briles went 34-28 with a Conference USA title at Houston from 2003-07 before moving on to Baylor. Kevin Sumlin went 35-17 from 2008-11 before leaving for Texas A&M. Herman went 22-4 with an American Athletic Conference championship in 2015 and was perhaps the hottest coaching commodity during his two-year tenure at Houston.Under Applewhites direction, the Cougars gained more than 500 yards 11 times and passed the 600-yard mark four times. The offense piled up 40 points 12 times and scored at least 50 points five other occasions in the past two seasons.Its no coincidence that the success UH football has achieved over the past two seasons happened with Major Applewhite running our offense, Houston President Renu Khator said. His energy and creativity are responsible for one of the most explosive passing games in college football and I am confident that as our head coach he will continue our upward trajectory as a nationally relevant athletics program.Applewhite spentt seven seasons as an assistant at Texas before joining Hermans staff. Tommy Hunter Jersey. He was the co-offensive coordinator in his last four seasons with the Longhorns after working as assistant head coach for the first three seasons. The running backs had plenty of success under Applewhites guidance with their best season coming in 2011 when the group combined for 2,300 yards rushing and 23 touchdowns. A year later the teams running backs combined for almost 2,000 yards rushing.His time at Texas wasnt without problems. Applewhite was disciplined in 2009 for what Texas called an inappropriate conduct with a student trainer on a bowl trip. Applewhites pay was frozen for a year and he was ordered to undergo counseling. He was later promoted to offensive coordinator.The discipline wasnt revealed until 2013, and now Applewhites case is a central element in a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed by former womens track coach Bev Kearney, who was forced out after it was revealed shed had a relationship with one of her athletes. She claims that as a white male, Applewhite received favorable treatment.Kearneys lawsuit is pending before the Texas Supreme Court. Applewhite remains the only person deposed in the lawsuit, and his testimony and documents related to his discipline have been under court seal since 2014. He said in 2013 he was embarrassed by the incident, calling it a one-time incident and a personal matter.Before joining the Longhorns, Applewhite spent the 2007 season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Alabama, a season where he was the youngest coordinator in the FBS.Applewhite spent some time in Houston before joining the Cougars when he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Rice in 2006. That stop came after he spent one year as the quarterbacks coach at Syracuse in 2005.His coaching career began at Texas where he worked with the offensive line for two seasons as a graduate assistant. That came after a playing career with the Longhorns where he went 22-8 as a starter and had 8,353 career yards passing and 60 touchdowns.---AP Sports Writer Jim Vertuno contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Jerseys From ChinaCheap Jerseys WholesaleJerseys NFL ChinaCheap Jerseys 2019NFL Jerseys ChinaWholesale Jerseys 2019Cheap Jerseys Wholesale ' ' '
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