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I’m a die hard Dolphins fan and truly want to give this kid a chance but; ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! First play of the Tampa Bay Bucs game he drops a ball 50 yards over the middle! Here is my salute to you Ted Ginn Jr.!!!

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Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant said Thursday night that he will enter the 2010 NFL draft.

Bryant was declared ineligible by Oklahoma State after misleading NCAA investigators about his relationship with Deion Sanders.

“This year didn’t go the way I wanted it to,” Bryant said. “I feel this is the best decision for me,” it’s what God wants me to do. I’m going to start my training Tuesday in Tampa.”

Bryant said after being suspended for most of his junior season, he just wants to play again.

“I love the game,” Bryant said. “I have a passion for the game. Football is what I do. And any NFL team that I play for is going to get great effort.”

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Up against a Monday night deadline, the Boston Celtics and point guard Rajon Rondo reached an agreement on a contract extension. The deal is reportedly a five year deal and will be worth at least $55 million.

“I’m excited, thankful, humbled,” Rondo said. “Nothing changes, though. There’s still one goal in mind. It’s a great opportunity, but I’m focused on winning a championship.”

Rondo and the team agreed to the deal late Sunday night, thanks in large part to what the 23-year-old guard has demonstrated since training camp began.

General manager Danny Ainge and owner Wyc Grousbeck balked at giving Rondo the kind of deal he wanted because of concern about his leadership skills and integration in the team fabric when negotiations began.

The Celtics and Rondo were faced with a midnight deadline Monday night to work out a deal. Had the sides not been able to come to an agreement on an extension, Rondo would have become a restricted free agent July 1.

Rondo is earning $2.3 million this season in the last year of his rookie contract. He averaged 11.9 points, 8.2 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game last season but pushed those averages to an impressive near triple-double in the playoffs.

The curse of the ugly step child in L.A. strikes again…

It seems like forever that the L.A. Clippers have been battered with injury and misfortune as an organization that has played second fiddle to the L.A. Lakers.

Blake Griffin was, and is supposed to change all that. However, with the opening game of the season set against the big brother Lakers on Tuesday night – the Clippers revealed late Monday evening that their No. 1 overall draft pick has a broken left kneecap.

The stress fracture could sideline the collegiate star for six weeks or more, the team announced. The Clippers have promised to give further information at some point on Tuesday.

Not only will Blale miss opening night, but many more games as the Clippers have a very heavy schedule to start the season with 20 games in that 6-week time frame for Griffin’s return.

The Clippers were excited about the start of this season, as they were the most healthy they have been in years going into the fall. With point guard Baron Davis and center Chris Kaman both ready to play after missing chunks of last season. The Clippers were going to rely heavy on a solid frontcourt nucleus with Marcus Camby, Al Thornton and Rasual Butler alongside Griffin.

Blake says he’s fine and this isn’t of any major concern. He plans to be back out on the court very soon. Let’s hope for the Clippers sake this is true because Griffin is a sure fire lock to be great player. The only thing that could stop that from happening is that jinxed Clippers jersey that he will be putting on most nights in the near future.

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY – A man walked into the lobby of the Miami-Dade Police Department’s station on Northwest 25 Street on Sunday night and said he wanted to surrender.

When asked why, police said he told them there was a dead person outside in his car.

Officers ran to the parking lot and found the person dead inside the gray Toyota Camry, authorities said.

Police have taken the unidentified man into custody.

“At this point in the investigation, detectives cannot confirm what he’s surrendering for. They are interviewing him as we speak. But he did mention that there was a deceased person inside the vehicle which he came in to the police station,” Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said.

The victim has not been identified.

The car was towed to the Medical Examiner’s office. An autopsy will be performed today to determine how the person died.

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