MINNEAPOLIS -- Seimone Augustus has that southern storytellers way about her.
[b]Adidas Ducks Jerseys[/b] . She can mimic voices and act out the parts in whatever tale she is sharing.When she starts with the stories, I listen, Lynx teammate Maya Moore said. Because theyre so funny. She impersonates people and adds her own little touches to it. Shes quite a character.However, the stories from Augustus beloved hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, havent been amusing this year. The massive rain and subsequent flooding that hit the area in August wrought horrific damage that will take a long time to clean up and rebuild. Many people were also left devastated emotionally.Ill show you a picture of my grandmothers house, Augustus said while getting out her phone to display a gigantic pile of debris. Thats how the entire street looked. So many people lost all their belongings.Augustus parents had damage but not total destruction. They also had flood insurance, which was a big help. The animals Augustus keeps back home all made it through the flooding safely; that was among her worries while she was at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.Augustus was moved to tears while talking about her hometown after the United States won the gold medal, and she has been back to visit a couple times since. When the WNBA Finals are over, shell have more time there because she doesnt plan to play overseas this winter.Her heart is always between these two places: Minneapolis, where she has played professionally since she was drafted No. 1 in 2006, and Baton Rouge, where she was born, grew up and played collegiately at LSU. Through her play and her life off the court, she looks to honor both places.Now in her 11th WNBA season, Augustus is trying to win a fourth league title. But she has already cemented her legacy as a champion. What do you want your legacy to be? was the question Cheryl Reeve asked Augustus when she took over as Minnesotas coach in 2010.When she kind of challenged me, I had never really thought about it, Augustus said. Then I realized, in order for us to be successful, Ive got to be a complete player. I have to play defense.It cant be like, Well, Mone is guarding this player today, so well have to give extra help. Because that puts pressure on everyone else to not only do their job but to help me do my job too.Augustus averaged 21.3 points over her first three seasons before a knee injury limited her to six games in 2009. From 2010 to 14, Augustus averaged 16.5 points, with her offensive production as consistent as a metronome.As the Lynx improved in other ways offensively the past two seasons, her scoring average dropped: 13.8 points per game in 2015 and 11.2 this year. Yet guarding her remains a difficult task.Shes incredibly crafty with the ball, Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike said. Shes a spectacular ball handler. But she can also score in many different situations. She can post up, pull up, take you off the dribble.Sparks coach Brian Agler added, Seimone knows the game so much more than she did when she was younger. And thats not to discredit her younger days. Its just to say that shes worked at her craft and thinks the game now at a different level, which all the great ones do.Ultimately, as Augustus said, her commitment to defense helped turn the Lynx into champions.In 2011, when Minnesota began its current run of success, the Lynx had another young scoring sensation: then-rookie Moore.Cheryl didnt want to throw me into the fire defensively then, as I was adjusting from being a 4 to a 3, Moore said of her move from power forward at UConn to small forward in the WNBA. She had Seimone guard the more dominant scorers every night, and she stepped up and did it. That was a big reason why we were able to win in 2011.I have appreciated how she doesnt necessarily get a lot of praise for it outside of our team. But its so important to why we win. Shes just dependable. And we know if theres a game where she struggles, shes going to bounce back.Augustus didnt have her best showing Sunday in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, shooting 2-of-5 from the field for six points with four turnovers. But Moore is right that Augustus has always been resilient, and her personality has been the perfect counter for Reeves seriousness.She is incredibly humble and hilarious to be around, Reeve said. I always say shes great for me because she brings levity to a lot of situations. Seimone is a big reason why this team has fun in what they do.At this point, shes saying, Im going to play as long as I can and as hard as I can. Shes a great veteran and a great teacher, and I think shes grown into those things.Augustus is outspoken without being strident. She has never shied away from talking about social issues and things that matter beyond basketball. She was out and an advocate of marriage equality before a lot of other athletes were willing to talk about it. Earlier this year, she took a stand?with her Lynx teammates in regard to the Black Lives Matter movement. The shooting deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile in St. Paul, Minnesota, in July hit especially close to home for Augustus because those two communities are home for her.There are always those boundaries that you can and cant always cross in your professional career, Augustus said. Some people speak up, no matter what. And some people tend to take the back seat and wait it out.The great thing about Coach Reeve is she said, Theres no better time to do it than now. Its happening now. We got some backlash from it, but for the most part, we got a lot of positive feedback. We were talking about the maturity and growth of this team, to be able to do that and play basketball. That says a lot about the women we have on the team.Maturity is a key word and one that means so much to Augustus development. She was a prolific scorer in high school, college and the early part of her WNBA career. She could have been offended by Reeves suggestion that she needed to be better at everything else. She could have been resentful when asked to do more of the so-called dirty work.She just said, OK, and did it, Reeve said. I think its leadership and being a great teammate. Shes like the pied piper. Everyone loves being around Mone. But we needed her to not just be that fun person but also a leader on the floor, to sometimes have to say something difficult to a teammate.Now you look at her years later. What is her legacy? Thats something she took very personally and applied it.
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[b]http://www.cheapducksjerseyschina.com/ryan-getzlaf-jersey/[/b] . Perhaps Carroll was so prepared for a break because he believes there is very little the Seattle Seahawks need heading into the off-season. "I dont see anything that we need to add. We just have to get better," Carroll said. The last two Premier League champions are both in a state of flux for different reasons -- current title-holders Leicester City are acclimating to the grind of multiple tournament commitments and 2015 winners Chelsea are looking for consistency on a match-to-match basis under new manager Antonio Conte.The two sides meet at Stamford Bridge on Saturday attempting to jump-start their middling campaigns.It was, of course, all much different the last time Claudio Ranieri visited Chelsea. The one-time Blues manager and his side were given a pre-match honour guard befitting their championship pedigree to conclude that magical season. But those good feelings should be kept in the past according to the Italian manager since Leicester City (2-2-3) are fighting to climb their way out of their current 12th-place spot in the table.The last match at Chelsea was special with the guard of honour, but Saturday is an important match and we must react, Ranieri said at his Thursday news conference. Its a big challenge because now there are so many champions in front. They are playing 3-4-3.They push a lot on the flank but they are also good players with good skill. For us, its important to stay together.The Foxes defence, an underrated component of their run to the title, is still grinding through the gears in league play. Leicester City have not conceded in winning their first two Champions League matches, but Liverpool and Manchester United each breached them for four goals in road losses. So did Chelsea, emerging with a 4-2 victory in extra time at King Power Stadium in the second round of the EFL Cup on Sept. 20.Ranieri is using this match as a measuring stick of his teams mettle.We lost against Liverpool and Manchester United and now arrives another big team, he said. We drew just against Arsenal, so now I want to see how we react.All of Leicester Citys players who represented their countries during the international break came back to the Midlands healthy, and influential midfielder Danny Drinkwater should be available for selection. The England international missed the last two qualifiers recovering from a groin injury but has been practicing with the team.The big subplot to this contest is midfielder NGolo Kante facing his former team for the first time since leaving for Stamford Bridge over the summer. Kante -- worth a ￡30 million transfer fee in Chelseas eyes -- was the linchpin of Leicesters defence, a tireless engine who tracked every opponent, won seemingly every challenge to create the first touch that sprung Leicester Citys quicksilver counterattack.Kante has made a seamless transition to the London outfit and should be fresh considering he was a stoppage-time situational substitution to help France preserve their 11-0 victory over the Netherlands on Monday.
[b]Brandon Montour Jersey[/b]. Conte held him out of the EFL Cup tie, but Kante has been a fixture in the starting XI for Chelsea (4-1-2) since his arrival.But the Blues are still a work in progress, evidenced by their inability to beat the Premier Leagues heavyweights thus far. They did avoid going into the international break with a four-match winless streak thanks to Diego Costa, who had a goal and an assist in a six-minute span of the second half Oct. 1 to power a 2-0 victory at Hull City.The Spain international by way of Brazil has re-discovered his 2014-15 form, scoring six of Chelseas 12 goals in league play. Willian also netted his seventh international goal in helping Brazil defeat Venezuela on Tuesday, but his status for this match is unknown following the death of his mother Thursday.Chelsea are still fragile in the back without injured talisman John Terry, leaving Conte to continue his experimentation with a three-man defence he used to great success at Juventus and then with the Italian national team. Their only two clean sheets this season in league play have been at the expense of new boys Burnley and Hull.And like Leicester City, the Blues have faltered in their marquee matches, losing 2-1 at home to Liverpool before being thoroughly outclassed 3-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates.Also similar to the Foxes, Chelsea had most of their first-choice players toiling for country during the international break. Eden Hazard may have been the most productive of the 13 Blues in action, racking up two goals and two assists as Belgium pounded Bosnia-Herzegovina and Gibraltar for 10 goals without reply in their two qualifier victories.Last months League Cup match was a back-and-forth affair -- Shinji Okazaki staked Leicester City to a 2-0 lead with a brace inside the first 35 minutes, but Gary Cahill pulled a goal back just before intermission. Cesar Azpilicueta leveled for Chelsea shortly after the interval, and the match swung after Leicester City defender Marcin Wasilewski was sent off on 89 minutes for his second yellow card.Cesc Fabregas scored twice in the first period of extra time to spark the Blues to victory, but the Spain international was dropped from the starting XI after earning a place for the Arsenal match.Chelsea had won the prior seven matches between the teams in all competitions before a 2-1 loss at Leicester on Dec. 14 as goals by Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez were too much to overcome. That defeat led to the departure of Jose Mourinho, who tore into his team publicly after the match for failing to adhere to his scouting report of the Foxes.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Seimone Augustus has that southern storytellers way about her. [b]Adidas Ducks Jerseys[/b] . She can mimic voices and act out the parts in whatever tale she is sharing.When she starts with the stories, I listen, Lynx teammate Maya Moore said. Because theyre so funny. She impersonates people and adds her own little touches to it. Shes quite a character.However, the stories from Augustus beloved hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, havent been amusing this year. The massive rain and subsequent flooding that hit the area in August wrought horrific damage that will take a long time to clean up and rebuild. Many people were also left devastated emotionally.Ill show you a picture of my grandmothers house, Augustus said while getting out her phone to display a gigantic pile of debris. Thats how the entire street looked. So many people lost all their belongings.Augustus parents had damage but not total destruction. They also had flood insurance, which was a big help. The animals Augustus keeps back home all made it through the flooding safely; that was among her worries while she was at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.Augustus was moved to tears while talking about her hometown after the United States won the gold medal, and she has been back to visit a couple times since. When the WNBA Finals are over, shell have more time there because she doesnt plan to play overseas this winter.Her heart is always between these two places: Minneapolis, where she has played professionally since she was drafted No. 1 in 2006, and Baton Rouge, where she was born, grew up and played collegiately at LSU. Through her play and her life off the court, she looks to honor both places.Now in her 11th WNBA season, Augustus is trying to win a fourth league title. But she has already cemented her legacy as a champion. What do you want your legacy to be? was the question Cheryl Reeve asked Augustus when she took over as Minnesotas coach in 2010.When she kind of challenged me, I had never really thought about it, Augustus said. Then I realized, in order for us to be successful, Ive got to be a complete player. I have to play defense.It cant be like, Well, Mone is guarding this player today, so well have to give extra help. Because that puts pressure on everyone else to not only do their job but to help me do my job too.Augustus averaged 21.3 points over her first three seasons before a knee injury limited her to six games in 2009. From 2010 to 14, Augustus averaged 16.5 points, with her offensive production as consistent as a metronome.As the Lynx improved in other ways offensively the past two seasons, her scoring average dropped: 13.8 points per game in 2015 and 11.2 this year. Yet guarding her remains a difficult task.Shes incredibly crafty with the ball, Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike said. Shes a spectacular ball handler. But she can also score in many different situations. She can post up, pull up, take you off the dribble.Sparks coach Brian Agler added, Seimone knows the game so much more than she did when she was younger. And thats not to discredit her younger days. Its just to say that shes worked at her craft and thinks the game now at a different level, which all the great ones do.Ultimately, as Augustus said, her commitment to defense helped turn the Lynx into champions.In 2011, when Minnesota began its current run of success, the Lynx had another young scoring sensation: then-rookie Moore.Cheryl didnt want to throw me into the fire defensively then, as I was adjusting from being a 4 to a 3, Moore said of her move from power forward at UConn to small forward in the WNBA. She had Seimone guard the more dominant scorers every night, and she stepped up and did it. That was a big reason why we were able to win in 2011.I have appreciated how she doesnt necessarily get a lot of praise for it outside of our team. But its so important to why we win. Shes just dependable. And we know if theres a game where she struggles, shes going to bounce back.Augustus didnt have her best showing Sunday in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, shooting 2-of-5 from the field for six points with four turnovers. But Moore is right that Augustus has always been resilient, and her personality has been the perfect counter for Reeves seriousness.She is incredibly humble and hilarious to be around, Reeve said. I always say shes great for me because she brings levity to a lot of situations. Seimone is a big reason why this team has fun in what they do.At this point, shes saying, Im going to play as long as I can and as hard as I can. Shes a great veteran and a great teacher, and I think shes grown into those things.Augustus is outspoken without being strident. She has never shied away from talking about social issues and things that matter beyond basketball. She was out and an advocate of marriage equality before a lot of other athletes were willing to talk about it. Earlier this year, she took a stand?with her Lynx teammates in regard to the Black Lives Matter movement. The shooting deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile in St. Paul, Minnesota, in July hit especially close to home for Augustus because those two communities are home for her.There are always those boundaries that you can and cant always cross in your professional career, Augustus said. Some people speak up, no matter what. And some people tend to take the back seat and wait it out.The great thing about Coach Reeve is she said, Theres no better time to do it than now. Its happening now. We got some backlash from it, but for the most part, we got a lot of positive feedback. We were talking about the maturity and growth of this team, to be able to do that and play basketball. That says a lot about the women we have on the team.Maturity is a key word and one that means so much to Augustus development. She was a prolific scorer in high school, college and the early part of her WNBA career. She could have been offended by Reeves suggestion that she needed to be better at everything else. She could have been resentful when asked to do more of the so-called dirty work.She just said, OK, and did it, Reeve said. I think its leadership and being a great teammate. Shes like the pied piper. Everyone loves being around Mone. But we needed her to not just be that fun person but also a leader on the floor, to sometimes have to say something difficult to a teammate.Now you look at her years later. What is her legacy? Thats something she took very personally and applied it. [b]Womens Ducks Jerseys[/b] . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. 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The last two Premier League champions are both in a state of flux for different reasons -- current title-holders Leicester City are acclimating to the grind of multiple tournament commitments and 2015 winners Chelsea are looking for consistency on a match-to-match basis under new manager Antonio Conte.The two sides meet at Stamford Bridge on Saturday attempting to jump-start their middling campaigns.It was, of course, all much different the last time Claudio Ranieri visited Chelsea. The one-time Blues manager and his side were given a pre-match honour guard befitting their championship pedigree to conclude that magical season. But those good feelings should be kept in the past according to the Italian manager since Leicester City (2-2-3) are fighting to climb their way out of their current 12th-place spot in the table.The last match at Chelsea was special with the guard of honour, but Saturday is an important match and we must react, Ranieri said at his Thursday news conference. Its a big challenge because now there are so many champions in front. They are playing 3-4-3.They push a lot on the flank but they are also good players with good skill. For us, its important to stay together.The Foxes defence, an underrated component of their run to the title, is still grinding through the gears in league play. Leicester City have not conceded in winning their first two Champions League matches, but Liverpool and Manchester United each breached them for four goals in road losses. So did Chelsea, emerging with a 4-2 victory in extra time at King Power Stadium in the second round of the EFL Cup on Sept. 20.Ranieri is using this match as a measuring stick of his teams mettle.We lost against Liverpool and Manchester United and now arrives another big team, he said. We drew just against Arsenal, so now I want to see how we react.All of Leicester Citys players who represented their countries during the international break came back to the Midlands healthy, and influential midfielder Danny Drinkwater should be available for selection. The England international missed the last two qualifiers recovering from a groin injury but has been practicing with the team.The big subplot to this contest is midfielder NGolo Kante facing his former team for the first time since leaving for Stamford Bridge over the summer. Kante -- worth a ￡30 million transfer fee in Chelseas eyes -- was the linchpin of Leicesters defence, a tireless engine who tracked every opponent, won seemingly every challenge to create the first touch that sprung Leicester Citys quicksilver counterattack.Kante has made a seamless transition to the London outfit and should be fresh considering he was a stoppage-time situational substitution to help France preserve their 11-0 victory over the Netherlands on Monday. [b]Brandon Montour Jersey[/b]. Conte held him out of the EFL Cup tie, but Kante has been a fixture in the starting XI for Chelsea (4-1-2) since his arrival.But the Blues are still a work in progress, evidenced by their inability to beat the Premier Leagues heavyweights thus far. They did avoid going into the international break with a four-match winless streak thanks to Diego Costa, who had a goal and an assist in a six-minute span of the second half Oct. 1 to power a 2-0 victory at Hull City.The Spain international by way of Brazil has re-discovered his 2014-15 form, scoring six of Chelseas 12 goals in league play. Willian also netted his seventh international goal in helping Brazil defeat Venezuela on Tuesday, but his status for this match is unknown following the death of his mother Thursday.Chelsea are still fragile in the back without injured talisman John Terry, leaving Conte to continue his experimentation with a three-man defence he used to great success at Juventus and then with the Italian national team. Their only two clean sheets this season in league play have been at the expense of new boys Burnley and Hull.And like Leicester City, the Blues have faltered in their marquee matches, losing 2-1 at home to Liverpool before being thoroughly outclassed 3-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates.Also similar to the Foxes, Chelsea had most of their first-choice players toiling for country during the international break. Eden Hazard may have been the most productive of the 13 Blues in action, racking up two goals and two assists as Belgium pounded Bosnia-Herzegovina and Gibraltar for 10 goals without reply in their two qualifier victories.Last months League Cup match was a back-and-forth affair -- Shinji Okazaki staked Leicester City to a 2-0 lead with a brace inside the first 35 minutes, but Gary Cahill pulled a goal back just before intermission. Cesar Azpilicueta leveled for Chelsea shortly after the interval, and the match swung after Leicester City defender Marcin Wasilewski was sent off on 89 minutes for his second yellow card.Cesc Fabregas scored twice in the first period of extra time to spark the Blues to victory, but the Spain international was dropped from the starting XI after earning a place for the Arsenal match.Chelsea had won the prior seven matches between the teams in all competitions before a 2-1 loss at Leicester on Dec. 14 as goals by Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez were too much to overcome. That defeat led to the departure of Jose Mourinho, who tore into his team publicly after the match for failing to adhere to his scouting report of the Foxes. Wholeslae Jerseys NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NBA Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Cheap MLB Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Cheap College Jerseys Cheap Football Jerseys Cheap Basketball Jerseys Cheap Baseball Jerseys ' ' '