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Niners gut special teams in roster cuts

Santa Clara, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The San Francisco 49ers pared down their roster to the NFL-mandated limit of 53 players by releasing a host of veteran special-teams players. Among the casualties for the Niners were wide receiver Kassim Osgood and safeties Bubba Ventrone and C.J. Spillman, core special-teamers from a …

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Nieminen wins Bucharest opener

Bucharest, Romania (SportsNetwork.com) – Eighth-seeded Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen was a hard-fought opening-round winner Monday at the $590,000 BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy tennis event. The 32-year-old left-handed Nieminen held off Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4) on the red clay at BNR Arenas. Also on Day 1, Czech Jiri …

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Sam excited about next phase of career after Rams hold first workout for rookies

ST. LOUIS – Now it starts to get intense for Michael Sam and the rest of the St. Louis Rams rookies. The first openly gay player drafted in the NFL is enthusiastic about the challenge. Twice on Tuesday, he mentioned how much fun he was having. Sam said he hopes …

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