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Bucs Enter Week 9 As Underdogs For Fifth-Straight Game
JAMEIS WINSTON AND RUSSELL WILSON
Steph Curry Suffers Broken Hand After Fall
STEPH CURRY
Things could not be going much worse for the Golden State Warriors.
The Dubs were already playing shorthanded without Klay Thompson, who is re- covering from a torn ACL, and now they will be without Stephen Curry for some time.
Curry suffered a broken left hand after this fall during Wednesday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns.
Curry will undergo fur- ther testing to see whether he needs surgery.
Amar'e Stoudemire Signs Deal To Play For China's Fujian
AMAR’E STOUDEMIRE
Six-time NBA All-Star for- ward Amar'e Stoudemire has signed a deal to play for Fujian Sturgeons in the Chi- nese Basketball Association this season, the team an- nounced.
The announcement came approximately a week after Stoudemire departed the United States for Hong Kong, where he was greeted by team officials and then worked out for a few days. He has since ar- rived in Fujian to join the rest of the team for training and media day activities. At the media day photo shoot, Stoudemire was seen posing with traditional Chinese cul- tural elements.
NCAA Clears Way For
From Names, Likenesses
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers have lost three-straight games since their surprising Week 4 win over the Los An- geles Rams, when they scored a franchise-record 55 points and looked like a team ready to contend for the NFC South title.
Now at 2-5, the Bucca- neers must travel all the way to Seattle for a Week 9 matchup with the 6-2 Sea- hawks Sunday at 4:05 p.m. It’ll mark the fifth-straight game away from home for Tampa Bay, and, not surpris-
ingly, it’ll also be the fifth- straight game they find them- selves as underdogs.
The Seahawks opened as - 6.5 point favorites at home to the Bucs, with the over/under set at 52.5. While Seattle is one of the toughest stadiums to play in for opposing teams, the Seahawks defense isn’t what it used to be. They cur- rently rank 23rd in overall de- fense, giving up 376.4 yards per game. By contrast, the Bucs defense ranks 18th over- all, allowing 354.4 yards per game.
The NCAA Board of Gov- ernors broke with the long- held tradition of forbidding student-athletes from earn- ing income on Tuesday by voting unanimously to allow them to profit from their names, images and like- nesses.
The board, which framed the historic vote as part of its continuing effort to "support college athletes," also said it would direct each of the NCAA's three divisions to "immediately consider up- dates to relevant bylaws and policies for the 21st Century," Michael Drake, chairman of the board and president of Ohio State University, said in a statement.
"We embrace change to provide the best possible ex- perience for college athletes," Drake added. "Additional flexibility in this area can and must continue to support college sports as part of higher education."
The board's vote came after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in September a measure allow- ing college athletes in his state to profit from their names, images and like- nesses.
Illinois lawmakers also were considering similar leg- islation.
"This modernization for the future is a natural exten- sion of the numerous steps NCAA members have taken in recent years to improve support for student-athletes, including the full cost of at- tendance and guaranteed scholarships," Drake said.
The board's action Tues- day was based on "compre- hensive recommendations" from the NCAA Board of Governors Federal and State Legislation Working Group, which is composed of univer- sity presidents, commission- ers, athletic directors, administrators and student- athletes.
The board emphasized that college athletes can profit from their image and likeness "in a manner consis- tent with the collegiate model."
NCAA President Mark Emmert said the board's decision will "ensure fairness and a level playing field" for student-athletes.
Athletes To Earn Money
Redskins Reportedly
Surprised By How
Slowly Dwayne Haskins
Is Learning Offense
Dwayne Haskins could be in line to make his first ca- reer start on Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, as Case Keenum left last week’s game with a concussion and remained in the protocol as of Tuesday.
If the first-round pick does get the call, he will be looking to prove a lot of naysayers wrong — perhaps even some with his own team.
Washington Redskins in- terim head coach Bill Calla- han praised Haskins on Monday for the way he “took command of the offense” in practice, but there has been a lot of talk about the rookie struggling to learn the play- book.
DWAYNE HASKINS
According to Les Car- penter of the Washington Post, multiple Redskins sources say Haskins has struggled to learn the team’s plays going back to training camp, and they are surprised by his slow development.
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