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SPORTS Tuesday 10 april 2018

Giants open OTAs with Odell

Beckham Jr. in the building

By TOM CANAVAN powder on a nearby table. like taking a trip to Florida
AP Sports Writer Shurmur didn't reveal what in the week leading up to
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. he said to Beckham. He a playoff game after the
(AP) — The New York Gi- also is not worried whether 2016 regular season.
ants have opened their first the player will be affected While Beckham's situation
organized team activities by the recent hype. dominated the 15-minute
under new coach Pat Shur- "I really believe that Odell conference call, Shurmur
mur with star receiver Odell is a professional and he made clear that the OTAs
Beckham Jr. in the building. wants to be great," said would be used to lay the
Speaking on a conference Shurmur, who expects to groundwork for 2018.
call Monday, Shurmur said know more about Beck- “For the most part, we’re
he hadn't yet talked to ham's ankle by the end of trying to get things started,
Beckham, whose name the week. "He understands take advantage of the ex-
has been prominent in the importance of the off- tra time we have and we
trade speculation in recent season and he's a com- want to grow away from
months. petitive guy and, again, basically what happened
The coach didn't know how we had already started a year ago, the 3-13 sea-
many of the voluntary ac- communicating before all son,” the former Minnesota
tivities Beckham planned that information kind of got Vikings offensive coordina-
to attend or the condition out there and was talked tor said. “We want to grow
of his left ankle. The an- about a great deal. He's a away from that and try to
kle was broken in the fifth professional and I'm glad grow into a team that’s
game of a 3-13 season that he's here today." competing to win a divi-
led to the firing of coach When healthy, Beckham sion, compete in the play-
Ben McAdoo and general is a game-breaker. The offs, and then hopefully
manager Jerry Reese . three-time Pro Bowler has hold up that fifth Lombardi
Shurmur said he previously played in 47 games in his trophy.”
spoke with Beckham about first four seasons, catching Shurmur plans to make In this Oct. 8, 2017, file photo, New York Giants wide receiver
a video that surfaced on- 313 passes for 4,424 yards some changes in the way Odell Beckham warms up prior to an NFL football game against
line showing the 25-year- and 38 touchdowns. He the Giants do things. the Los Angeles Chargers, in East Rutherford, N.J.
old who wants to be the has averaged 94.1 yards. “I just think it’s very im- Associated Press
NFL's highest paid player However, he can be a dis- portant that we’re very
on a bed holding what ap- traction when his emotions professional, we commu- said. “I think we as coaches and then let them tell us
peared to be a hand-rolled get the best of him on the nicate well together and need to listen to the play- what they’re seeing so that
cigarette. A woman next to field and when he does then there is going to be a ers, but also teach what we know how we have to
him had unidentified white foolish things off the field, transfer of information,” he we want them to know teach it further.”q

Investigation launched into Paris-Roubaix rider's death

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN will be performed on Goo- finish in the second of the might have fallen off his Wout van Aert of Belgium
AP Sports Writer laerts' body in the coming 29 cobblestone sectors of bike because of a cardiac at Paris-Roubaix. His most
PARIS (AP) — French judi- days to determine the ex- the race known as "The episode, and that it was significant result this season
cial officials launched an act cause of death. Hell of the North." No im- not the crash that led to his was 20th at Kuurne-Brus-
investigation Monday into The 23-year-old Belgian ages of the incident were death. sels-Kuurne.
the death of Belgian rider died at a hospital in Lille, available but TV footage "But at this stage we don't Goolaerts' death came
Michael Goolaerts during where he had been tak- of the race showed Goo- have any absolute certain- two years after Belgian cy-
the Paris-Roubaix cycling en by helicopter from the laerts lying unresponsive ty," he said. "There is no ob- clist Daan Myngheer died
race. race. Organizers said in a on the side of the road as vious explanation, nor an following a heart attack
Goolaerts died Sunday af- medical statement that he the peloton passed him. obvious traumatism as the during the Criterium Inter-
ter collapsing during the suffered a cardio-respira- He was then attended to cause (of his death)." national race in Corsica.
one-day classic on cobble- tory arrest. by a medical team and Goolaerts was in his fourth Another Belgian cyclist,
stones in northern France. Goolaerts had been air- appeared to receive CPR. year with the Veranda's Antoine Demoitie, died
Cambrai prosecutor Remi lifted to the hospital after According to Schwartz, Willems-Crelan team. He the same year following a
Schwartz told The Associ- collapsing about 150 kilo- early investigation results rode in support of cyclo- crash in the Gent-Wevel-
ated Press that an autopsy meters (93 miles) from the indicate that Goolaerts cross world champion gem race.q