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• Red Sox Want to Change Name of Yawkey Way

  17-08-2017 23:20
  
  Boston Red Sox owner John Henry told the Boston Herald on Thursday that he wants to see the name of Yawkey Way changed.Photo Credit: Perry Russom/NBC Boston
  
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• Old Saybrook Man To Ride in Survivor Jersey At Closer to Free

  17-08-2017 23:13
  
  Elle Wasyl lost her father to pancreatic cancer 12 years ago and her husband Mike’s mother was a breast cancer survivor.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• First Alert: Strong Thunderstorms Possible Friday

  17-08-2017 23:10
  
  Our team of meteorologists have issued a First Alert for strong to potentially severe thunderstorms on Friday.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Friday forecast: Rain, showers through the day

  17-08-2017 23:08
  After a beautiful day with lots of sun and low humidity, get ready for a complete 180 tomorrow. Friday will feature clouds and high humidity along with showers and thunderstorms. Clouds will increase later tonight with the chance for a pre-dawn shower.  Temperatures will only drop into the mid to upper 60s along with a big boost in the humidity overnight. Friday morning looks wet with scattered downpours and a few rumbles of thunder. There may be a little break […]
  
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• Julie Chen Dishes On ‘Big Brother 19’ Mistakes And Her Dark Horse

  17-08-2017 23:02
  By: @TaraLipinsky
  This season on Big Brother…
  In case you haven’t been paying attention, Big Brother Season of Temptation has been all about Paul and Wednesday night’s head-shaking episode was no exception.
  Just when it seemed the Houseguests couldn’t drink any more of the BB vet’s Kool-Aid – both Elena and Matt made moves that benefitted Paul’s game, made themselves vulnerable and left Big Brother Nation speechless. And this BB super fan got host Julie
  
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• Red Sox in favor of changing name of Yawkey Way due to racist practices of former owner: Report

  17-08-2017 22:43
  BOSTON — The Boston Herald is reporting that John Henry, the current owner of the Boston Red Sox is in favor of changing the name of Yawkey Way due to the racist practices of the former owner. The Herald reports Henry is haunted by the racist past of ownerTom Yawkey, who balked at hiring black players until well after it had become common practice in Major League Baseball. The Red Sox were the last team in Major League Baseball to […]
  
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• New Britain Fire Chief on Leave Pending Investigation

  17-08-2017 22:41
  
  The New Britain fire chief will be on paid administrative leave starting Friday morning pending an investigation into racial bias.Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• New Fairfield Dad Spared from Deportation for Now

  17-08-2017 21:58
  
  A New Fairfield father who was supposed to be deported to Guatemala today was at the airport, waiting to meet officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, when he received the news that a court...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Court Delays Deportation Of New Fairfield Man

  17-08-2017 21:45
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A federal appeals court has delayed the deportation of a immigrant from Guatemala with no criminal record who lives in Connecticut with his wife and two young children.
  U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut say the appeals court in New York granted a temporary stay of deportation for Joel Colindres on Thursday, the same day he was supposed to leave the country on orders by immigration officials.
  Colindres entered the countr
  
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• Your Local Solar Eclipses Parties and Events

  17-08-2017 21:41
  
  Don’t get left in the dark this solar eclipse. Check out your local solar eclipse viewing party and remember to be safe as you view this exciting natural phenomena.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Showtime Sports GM Stephen Espinoza Discusses Mayweather-McGregor Fight

  17-08-2017 21:38
  Ryan Mayer
  Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor  finally meet, after over two years of trash-talking buildup, on Saturday August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and broadcast live on Showtime PPV. While fans have been chattering for the past couple of years, wondering what this fight would look like, plenty of work was happening behind the scenes to make it a reality. Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Showtime Sports, played a crucial part in g
  
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• 10-year-old rape victim unknowingly gives birth in India

  17-08-2017 21:08
  A ten-year old rape victim who was denied an abortion has given birth in northern India. The 10-year old delivered a baby girl via Caesarian section at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chandigarh, a city in North India. Both the girl and her baby are in stable condition, according to Dasari Harish, one of the doctors caring for the girl. The girl was forced to have the baby after India’s Supreme Court rejected the family’s plea for an […]
  
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• DEEP: two state swimming areas closed due to bacteria

  17-08-2017 20:56
  SHELTON–Two state parks have closed their swimming areas due to water quality concerns, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Indian Wells State Park in Shelton is closed for swimmers  because of high bacteria counts. DEEP officials said the water quality is being retested on August 23 and the results are expected on August 24. Kettletown State Park in Southbury is also closed for swimming due to blue green algae. It is unclear if the water will be [&hell
  
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• Parents Of Newtown Victims Want To Know If Teachers Had Keys

  17-08-2017 20:45
  By DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Lawyers for the parents of two children killed in the Newtown school massacre are demanding to see evidence that two slain teachers had access to keys that could have been used to lock their classroom doors.
  The attorneys filed motions in Danbury Superior Court this week asking a judge to allow them to examine two folders that are in state police custody. Newtown’s lawyers say the folders were in the classroom
  
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• Sound Off CT: Free Speech, Kind Of

  17-08-2017 20:41
  Jazz Shaw, Weekend Editor of HotAir.com, talks the phenomenon of free speech for everyone… unless it offends me.
  And Professor Walter E. Williams, George Mason University, Economics, talks statue removing, and slave holder names, and CEO resignations in the Trump administration.
   
  
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• Man, Wife, Daughters Charged After Dispute That Led to Death

  17-08-2017 20:41
  
  A man, his wife and their two teenage daughters have been arrested in connection with a dispute between families that police said led to a homicide.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police
  
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• 1 granted parole, 2 to remain in prison for 2010 killing of New London man

  17-08-2017 20:41
  NEW LONDON — One of the people convicted in the 2010 death of a New London man killed as he walked home from his shift at a city restaurant has been granted parole, while two others were denied. The Day reports that 24-year-old Tyree Bundy is expected to be released around Sept. 18 after being granted parole several months ago. Brian Rabell and Marquis Singleton were denied parole after a hearing Wednesday. All three pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing […]
  
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• Judge Orders Dog Owner To Pay Attack Victim $130,000

  17-08-2017 20:32
  WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A judge has ordered a Connecticut dog owner to pay more than $130,000 to a girl bitten by the pet in 2014.
  The Republican-American reports that court records show that the dog owned by Heather Lopez bit 10-year-old Lynn Tompkins at her Waterbury home. She did not tease, torment or abuse the dog before the attack.
  Lynn, who is now 13, was hospitalized after the attack with a gash on her face, a hole in her forehead and a tear in her earlobe.
  Court documents show the
  
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• 1 Granted Parole, 2 To Remain In Prison For 2010 Killing

  17-08-2017 20:29
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — One of the people convicted in the 2010 death of a New London man killed as he walked home from his shift at a city restaurant has been granted parole, while two others were denied.
  The Day reports that 24-year-old Tyree Bundy is expected to be released around Sept. 18 after being granted parole several months ago.
  Brian Rabell and Marquis Singleton were denied parole after a hearing Wednesday.
  All three pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of
  
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• Maine Democratic chairman criticizes Gov. Lepage over comments

  17-08-2017 20:27
  PORTLAND, Maine — The Latest on Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s comments that both sides are to blame for deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local): 11:50 a.m. The chairman of the Maine Democratic Party says Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s comments about deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, were “unhinged” and “ill informed.” Chairman Phil Bartlett says LePage’s comments that both sides are to blame
  
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• Kahn: If You Aren’t Playing Fantasy Baseball, You’re Missing Out

  17-08-2017 20:17
  By Andrew Kahn
  I’ve long recognized Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak as one of the most impressive in sports history. Trying to beat it has only increased my appreciation.
  If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you’re not alone. The Fantasy Sports Trade Association estimates that of the 59 million fantasy sports participants this past year, 49 percent played a fantasy baseball game. That’s the second most popular fantasy sport, but a distant second to football
  
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• Natalee Holloway’s father finds human remains in Aruba, says they could be his daughter’s

  17-08-2017 20:06
  The father of Natalee Holloway announced Wednesday that he and an investigator recently found human remains behind a home in Aruba, NBC reports. Natalee Holloway, 18, disappeared in Aruba during a graduation trip 12 years ago. No one has ever been arrested in connection with her disappearance. Her father, Dave Holloway, said that the remains were found following an 18-month investigation. The remains are being DNA tested to determine if they belong to Natalee. “When we determined thes
  
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• 72-Year-Old Man Struck and Killed by Car in Bridgeport

  17-08-2017 19:53
  
  A 72-year-old man was struck by a car in Bridgeport Thursday morning and has died.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• New Fairfield Dad to Be Deported Today

  17-08-2017 19:32
  
  The attorney for a New Fairfield father facing deportation have called on immigration officials to allow him to stay in the U.S. while he continues efforts to become an American citizen.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Second Teen Charged in Murder of Danbury Teen

  17-08-2017 19:30
  
  Police have charged a second teen with murder in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Danbury.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Peter Pan bus company settles complaint over disabled access

  17-08-2017 19:20
  BOSTON  — A Massachusetts bus company accused of discriminating against passengers with disabilities has reached a settlement with federal prosecutors that resolves the allegations. The U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said Wednesday that Peter Pan Bus Lines Inc. violated federal law by failing to ensure its motor coaches were accessible to people with disabilities. Prosecutors say although the Springfield-based company’s buses were equipped with wheelchair lifts they freq
  
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• WWE Insiders Pick SummerSlam 2017

  17-08-2017 18:54
  By Chuck Carroll
  The WWE SummerSlam card is humungous. As of this writing, 12 matches are crammed into pro wrestling’s second-biggest event of the year. Out of necessity, WWE has moved the start time of the pay-per-view up and expanded to a four-hour format. And that extra hour is in addition to a two-hour kickoff show, which will also feature at least one match. If this sounds familiar, it should. WWE similarly expanded WrestleMania in April to accommodate 13 matches, three of which were
  
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• Man Suspected of Dragging Woman in New London Found in NY

  17-08-2017 18:49
  
  A 28-year-old New London man suspected of dragging a woman after stealing her pickup from the parking lot of a store in New London Wednesday afternoon was taken into custody in New York hours later, according to...Photo Credit: Westchester County police officer
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Training For New Manufacturing Jobs

  17-08-2017 18:42
  Andrea Comer, Vice President of Workforce Strategies, CBIA Education & Workforce Partnership, talks training.  With thousands of manufacturing jobs approaching, Connecticut is training hundreds.
   
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Back To School Tech

  17-08-2017 18:35
  Jim Barry discusses CTA’s Back-to-School shopping survey results which report nearly two thirds of shoppers plan to buy tech this year.
   
  
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• Mixed Reviews About Tax-Free Week Amid State Deficit

  17-08-2017 18:27
  
  Connecticut’s annual sales tax-free week will go on as planned and there are mixed reviews as it happens during a time the state faces a massive deficit.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Norwich PD: Former inmate arrested in connection to burglary investigation

  17-08-2017 18:24
  NORWICH— Police have arrested a former inmate of the Connecticut Department of Corrections in connection to a burglary last June. Eric Melendez, 44 of Griswold, was arrested after evidence determined he allegedly trespassed, damaged, and stole from three company vehicles. In June 2016, employees of Prime Electric and Lantern Energy reported for work when they noticed several company vehicles had been broken into. Both companies reported a total of $5,448 in stolen tools and equipment as we
  
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• Ray Dunaway: The Obamacare Industrial Complex

  17-08-2017 18:20
  Stephen Moore, senior economic contributor with FreedomWorks says beware the Obamacare industrial complex. Its litany of lies are resurfacing, and consumers will pay the price.
   
  
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• Many Nurses Lack Knowledge Of Health Risks For New Moms, Study Says

  17-08-2017 18:15
  CBS Local — A new survey has revealed that many nurses who care for new mothers do not have the medical knowledge to detect serious postpartum health conditions. The nationwide study says many life-threatening complications go without warning when new moms leave the hospital.
  The study, published in the American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, showed that a stunning 88 percent of nurses polled could not name the three leading causes of maternal death. The 372 registered nurses (RN&rsquo
  
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• 4 people arrested following burglary in Watertown, 911 tapes released

  17-08-2017 18:12
  WATERTOWN — Watertown police say they’ve arrested 4 people in connection to a burglary that happened Tuesday afternoon. Police say around 2 p.m., a homeowner in the area of Buckingham Street and White Street came home and found a Blue Ford Explorer parked in the driveway. Officers responded to the report of a burglary in progress. When officers arrived on scene, they surrounded the residence and found that the back door had been kicked in. Officers found one man exiting […]
  
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• Fantasy Football 2017: Top 10 Sleepers

  17-08-2017 17:54
  Ryan Mayer
  The advent of NFL training camps is upon us as teams approach their first preseason games. With the return of football comes the return of our favorite form of legal sports betting, fantasy football. As you scour the internet for the latest news and rankings getting ready for your league’s draft, we’ll be providing you lists of the top fantasy prospects by position for this season. We’ll begin with the most important position on the field and likely on your team: qua
  
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• New Fairfield father receives stay, was slated to be deported today

  17-08-2017 17:41
  HARTFORD – A New Fairfield father slated be deported to Guatemala today after losing the fight to stay in this country has received a temporary stay which will allow him to stay in the country Joel Colindres, 33, came to the United States in 2004 through a legal provisional waiver. He got married to his wife, Samantha Colindres, in 2010. The two of them now live in New Fairfield with their 6-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter. His family was at the […]
  
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• Report: At least 13 dead in after van strikes crowd of people in Barcelona, police say “most likely terrorist attack”

  17-08-2017 17:38
  BARCELONA —  13 people are dead after a van plowed into a crowd of people in Barcelona. It’s being called “most likely” a terror attack, a Catalan police spokesman told CNN The incident took place Thursday afternoon near the popular tourist area of Las Ramblas, which has been sealed off, according to a police spokesman. Catalan police told everyone in the vicinity of Plaça de Catalunya to remain inside. Reuters reported that local emergency services have
  
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• New London, Westchester County Police Arrest Car Thief

  17-08-2017 17:29
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – New London police have fellow officers in New York’s Westchester County to thank for taking a man who stole a pickup truck into custody Wednesday night.
  A woman loading items into her pickup truck at a Home Goods in New London on Wednesday afternoon soon found herself engaged in a physical confrontation with a man who hopped in to her Ford F-350 and drove off. The woman sustained minor injuries.
  The man, identified as 28-year-old Christian Guzman
  
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• New Fairfield Man To Be Deported To Guatemala Today

  17-08-2017 17:25
  NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A New Fairfield man who lacks proper documentation must fly back to his native Guatemala on Thursday.
  Joel Colindres said in July that he had regularly checked in with immigration officials, and was granted stays from a deportation order. But his most recent stay request was denied and he was ordered to leave the country on August 17th. His attorney tells Hearst Connecticut Media that two motions for a stay of his deportation order have been denied.
  
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• Teens Party, Steal While Colchester Family Is on Vacation

  17-08-2017 17:22
  
  Police are looking for several teens who they said stole items worth thousands of dollars from a Colchester home on Felicia Baber Lane.
  
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• Ex-Lawyer Indicted In Near-$2 Million Wire Fraud Case

  17-08-2017 17:18
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A former Bridgeport attorney will pay the price for allegedly bilking clients out of nearly two million dollars.
  61-year-old Thomas Murtha was indicted Wednesday on four counts of wire fraud related to alleged thefts of nearly two million dollars.
  Murtha had his own law practice in Bridgeport, and from November of 2011 to April of this year, prosecutors say he used that business to take money from clients, family members, and friends. He told them he h
  
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• Connecticut Loses 600 Jobs In July

  17-08-2017 17:17
  WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Connecticut lost 600 net jobs in July, and the state’s unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent, according to preliminary numbers from the state Department of Labor.
  “July was a relatively quiet month in Connecticut’s labor markets with both payroll jobs and unemployment statistics changing very little,” said Andy Condon, Director of the Office of Research. “Over the year, payroll job growth in July was 11,600, well ah
  
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• Man Charged in Crash That Killed Greenwich Salon Employee

  17-08-2017 17:13
  
  A tractor-trailer driver from New Jersey has been arrested in connection with a crash in Greenwich in November that killed one employee of a local hair salon in and badly injured another.Photo Credit: Greenwich Police
  
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• New Haven Ministers Rally Against White Nationalists, Hate Groups

  17-08-2017 17:10
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Ministers from New Haven on Wednesday denounced the violence of white nationalists, the KKK, and Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville.
  Members of the clergy gathered in New Haven also had harsh words for President Trump over his response to the violence. They say the president is dishonest, and has failed to act as a leader of all Americans.
  Reverend Boise Kimber says he wants to bring together Jews, Muslims, Protestants, and evangelical Trump supporters,
  
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• Malloy On Trump Over Charlottesville Comments: ‘[He] Was Out Of His Mind’

  17-08-2017 17:05
  STAMFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Vigils and rallies to denounce the white supremacists and Nazis who demonstrated in Charlottesville have been held across the country, including here in Connecticut.
  At a rally in Stamford organized by the United Jewish Federation on Wednesday, Governor Dannel P. Malloy did not mince words when asked what he thought about President Trump’s contention that the deadly violence at the White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville was the fault of both si
  
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• Fire Destroys Vacant Duplex in Moosup

  17-08-2017 17:05
  
  The fire marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed at a vacant duplex on Ward Avenue in Moosup this morning.Photo Credit: Jeff Deloge
  
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• Collection Of Valuable Watches Stolen From Stamford Home

  17-08-2017 16:56
  STAMFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Police are investigating the theft of 20 to 25 watches worth between $2,000 and $15,000 each from a Connecticut home.
  The Advocate reports that Stamford police responded to a house in the city just before midnight Tuesday because a woman returned home to find the back door open. The home had been empty since about noon on Monday.
  The woman said her husband’s watch display case had been thrown on the floor in their bedroom and the watches wer
  
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• Police Searching for Good Samaritan Who Helped Rescue Driver from Burning Car

  17-08-2017 16:55
  
  State police are asking for help to figure out who helped rescue a driver from a burning car on Route 9 in July so they can recognize him for his selfless act.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Ready To Play: Lions DB Alex Carter Discusses The Importance Of Clean Eating

  17-08-2017 15:32
  It’s a long and tough road to get to the NFL for most players, but it might be an even more difficult task to get yourself mentally and physically “Ready To Play” in the NFL week in and week out. As we work our way towards the start of the NFL season, we’re speaking with a different NFL player each week and getting a first-hand account from them on how they get themselves ready for all of the rigors that come with competing at the NFL level. Here’s Detroit Lion
  
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