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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Former Houston Texans wide receiver Jacoby Jones has agreed to terms with the Baltimore Ravens on a two-year contract. Jones was cut by the Texans last week. He caught 31 passes for 512 yards and two touchdowns last season, but he also fumbled twice in Houstons playoff loss to the Ravens. The 27-year-old Jones gives depth to Baltimores group of receivers. The Ravens have two established starters in Anquan Boldin and Torrey Smith, but have no proven option at the third receiver spot. Jones has 127 catches for 1,741 yards and 11 touchdowns over five NFL seasons, all of them with the Texans. Jones also provides an option to cornerback Lardarius Webb as a punt returner. Jones has three career punt returns for touchdowns and averages 23.3 yards on kickoff returns.

PITTSBURGH -- Ryan Clark sat down in head coach Mike Tomlins office and did something a little out of character for the normally verbose Pittsburgh Steelers safety. Clay Matthews Jersey. He listened. And when Tomlin told Clark he couldnt play in Sundays wild card game at Denver because of a sickle-cell trait that becomes aggravated when playing at higher elevations, Clark just shrugged his shoulders and nodded. "I said OK coach, " Clark said Wednesday. "It wasnt any fight ... does he seem like a man who changes his mind anyway? "I knew there wasnt going to be any changing in that." And for that, Clark is grateful. If given the choice, Clark would give it a shot even when faced with potentially dire consequences.

MINSK, Belarus -- Canadas London-bound rhythmic gymnastics team delivered a strong performance on Sunday at the final World Cup before the London 2012 Olympic Games. The six-member team showed its goal of reaching the final at the Games is well within reach after placing eighth among the worlds top teams gearing up for the Games. In the three ribbon-two hoops group final, the Olympic favourites from Russia took the gold with 28.225 points. Belarus was second with 27.400 points and Italy third with a score of 27.325. Canada placed eighth with 25.600 points in a tight battle among teams ranked 5th to 8th. “Our goal going into the competition was to make one final and in that final to compete with no major mistakes and we accomplished that,” said Alexandra Landry of Toronto.

WROCLAW, Poland -- After rating his team as an outsider before the European Championship started, Russia coach Dick Advocaat may have to revise his opinion. NFL Jerseys China. The Russians put on a clinical attacking display Friday, scoring two goals in each half in a 4-1 win over the Czech Republic in Group A. Post-victory, Advocaats only regret was that the score wasnt higher. "If you score four goals against the Czech Republic in an international, you have played a good game," the veteran Dutch coach said.

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers no longer have a Tom Brady problem. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping. And that may be a problem for the rest of the NFL. Old, slow and over? Not quite yet. Ben Roethlisberger picked apart the NFLs worst defence and the Steelers rattled the nearly unflappable Brady in a 25-17 victory on Sunday, putting an end to the two-time MVPs decade of dominance over the defending AFC champions. Brady came in 6-1 all-time against the Steelers, putting up eye-popping numbers in the process. He never got the chance on a chilly day at Heinz Field. Pittsburgh (6-2) controlled the ball for nearly 39 minutes and never let Brady get into a sustained rhythm.

PITTSBURGH - Familiar surroundings allowed Brad Lincoln to be aggressive in his quest to remain part of Pittsburghs starting rotation. Cheap Jerseys. Lincoln allowed two hits and a run in six innings, Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer and the Pirates won for the sixth time in seven games with a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. Lincoln (4-2) carried a no-hitter through five innings before Ramon Santiago singled to lead off the sixth. Moved into the rotation June 6, Lincoln had allowed 13 runs in 11 2-3 innings in three previous starts -- all on the road. Counting his time in the bullpen, Lincoln had pitched 15 1-3 scoreless innings at PNC Park this season until Miguel Cabrera led off the seventh with a home run.

ERZURUM, Turkey -- Canada is the lone team to remain unbeaten in its group at the world mixed doubles curling championship. Chantelle Eberle and Dean Hicke of Regina beat China 8-5 on Thursday to improve to 6-0 atop its group. China meanwhile also beat Finland 11-1 and Latvia 8-4 to trail Canada at 5-1. "We watched (China) play a little bit and they are quite defensive," said Hicke. "They would throw guards up early. So we wanted to get a feel for how they would play the game." Canada plays Norway on Friday. There are 27 teams competing at the event. Teams are divided into three round-robin groups -- red, blue and yellow. Round-robin play continues through Saturday. Quarter-finals, semifinals and medal games will be played Sunday.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Lubomir Visnovsky felt a bit like a character in a science-fiction film awakening in a strange, ugly world. The Slovak defenceman returned from a month on the Anaheim Ducks injured reserve to a club with a new coach, a lengthy losing stretch and an unfamiliar spot in last place in the overall NHL standings. Visnovsky and three new teammates immediately showed why the Ducks movie still might have a happy ending. Niklas Hagman scored two goals, Jonas Hiller made 19 saves and Anaheim earned its second win in six games under new coach Bruce Boudreau, 4-1 over the slumping Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday night. Rod Pelley scored in his Anaheim debut and Kyle Palmieri also had a goal for the Ducks, who climbed out of 30th place in the NHL with their fifth victory in 25 games.

KRAKOW, Poland - Even fully fit, the Netherlands defence was always going to be the teams soft spot at the European Championship. Struggling with injury makes it even worse. On Tuesday, central defender Joris Mathijsen only briefly rejoined group training with the team, raising questions about his fitness for Saturdays opening Group B game against Denmark. And his partner at the heart of defence, John Heitinga, reduced himself to cycling on a stationary bike while his teammates had a light training session. The Everton player warned it was just a bit of rest after a long season. Mathijsen was finally back on the field Tuesday after a left hamstring injury kept him sidelined for 10 days of vital championship preparations. He was injured during the 2-1 loss to Bulgaria on May 26.

CHICAGO -- Dale Sveums approach is low-key and universal. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping. He can converse with the clubhouse attendant, relate to the 25th man on the roster and chat up the multimillionaire-dollar star. Hell demand as much accountability from the Chicago Cubs veterans as he will from the younger ones. Whining will not be tolerated. Ground balls will be run out at full speed. And hell address problems directly -- face-to-face. "We wouldnt have brought him into the interview if he wasnt so well-respected by all the players hes been around," Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said when Sveum was introduced Friday as the teams new manager. Now, of course, the big question: Can he win?