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Thursday 15 November 2018

CHECK MATE

In this Jan. 14, 2018, file photo,
Pittsburgh Steelers running
back Le’Veon Bell (26) heads
for the end zone after taking
a pass from quarterback
Ben Roethlisberger during
the second half of an NFL
divisional football AFC playoff
game against the Jacksonville
Jaguars, in Pittsburgh.
Associated Press
Steelers RB

Le’Veon Bell

refuses to

sign tag,

out for 2018

By WILL GRAVES
AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) —
Le’Veon Bell’s patience
on the football field sets
him apart. In a game built
on chaos, the star run-
ning back rarely hurries or
makes hasty decisions.
His ability to put his hand
on the back of an offen-
sive lineman while wait-
ing for the hole to open
— much like a child stick-
ing close to a parent in a
crowded store — helps him
make the remarkably dif-
ficult at times look remark-
ably easy. His career at a
crossroads partly of his own
making, Bell will have to Speedy Maple Leafs race
rely on that patience now
more than ever after the
two-time All-Pro declined away from Kings in 5-1 rout
to sign his one-year, $14.4
million franchise tender
with the Pittsburgh Steel-
ers by Tuesday’s dead-
line, making him ineligible Los Angeles Kings defenseman Oscar Fantenberg, left, of Sweden, puts Toronto Maple Leafs center
to play for the AFC North Frederik Gauthier into the boards during the first period of an NHL game Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Los
leaders or anyone else this Angeles.
season. Associated Press
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