Dein erstes Forum » e of the reasons why the Americans h

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Two Gronkowskis in the same locker room? This could be fun.The Patriots signed rookie fullback Glenn Gronkowski, the younger brother of tight end Rob Gronkowski, to their practice squad Saturday.Glenn Gronkowski had signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent in late April after going undrafted out of Kansas State. He made the Bills initial 53-man roster and played eight total snaps in the teams 13-7 season-opening loss to the Baltimore Ravens, but then was waived Sept. 12 when Buffalo re-signed veteran fullback Jerome Felton.This marks the second time the Patriots have signed one of Rob Gronkowskis brothers. In 2011, tight end Dan Gronkowski played five games for the team.As for the 6-foot-2, 239-pound Glenn Gronkowski, he is the youngest of five brothers -- Rob, Chris, Dan and Gordie Jr. While Gordie played professional baseball until 2011 (he was a first baseman drafted by the Angels in the 49th round in 2006), Dan, Chris, Rob and Glenn all made it to the NFL.In May, Glenn Gronkowski said of comparisons to Rob, I think a lot of people have already realized that Im not as crazy as him. Its not easy to be that crazy and wild, but I think people are already starting to realize that. Im a little more tame.The Patriots, who have fourth-year player James Develin as their fullback on the 53-man roster, host the Bills on Sunday at 1 p.m.Also Saturday, the Patriots added fourth-year veteran tight end Greg Scruggs to their 53-man roster and released defensive tackle John Hughes, who had been signed earlier in the week. Dan Marino Jersey . Andrew Luck lost his favourite target and the Indianapolis locker room lost one of its most revered leaders when Reggie Wayne was diagnosed Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will cost him the rest of the season. Mark Clayton Youth Jersey . Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2. http://www.dolphinsrookiestore.com/Dolphins-Nat-Moore-Jersey/ . The Cincinnati Reds remain perfect with their speedy rookie outfielder in the starting lineup. Mark Clayton Womens Jersey . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. Bob Griese Jersey . -- James Young couldnt wait to apply those tweaks to his jump shot, and the first one he made against UT Arlington told him it could be a good night. RIO DE JANEIRO -- It was exactly 80 years ago Sunday that the United States mens eight rowing team -- now famously known as the Boys in the Boat -- won the gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. One day shy of that anniversary, the U.S. women -- the Girls in the Boat? -- added to that legacy by rowing to their third consecutive gold medal at the Olympics and their fourth overall.The Boys in the Boat are special because I am a University of Washington alum. There is such great history there and its cool to be a part of that history now, Kerry Simmonds said of the 1936 crew that was composed entirely of UW rowers. What have we added to that legacy? As women, were strong women, but I dont think gender is a big thing. You win Olympic gold no matter what gender you are. Boys in the Boat, Girls in the Boat, were all just in the boat.The victory gave the U.S. 33 gold medals in rowing, matching the former East Germany for most ever by a country in the sport. East Germany is no more, but the Americans are currently the most dominant country in womens rowing. They have not lost an Olympic or world rowing championship in 10 years. Sports Illustrated recently headlined the eights as The Unbeatables.Despite all those victories, coxswain (and another UW alum) Katelin Snyder said she is partly inspired by the 2004 Olympic team that took silver behind Romania. It was the first medal for the U.S. women since winning gold in 1984.So they did something that had essentially hadnt been done in 20 years, Snyder said. I think that today we tried to draw power from that and attack the race as if [winning gold] had never been done before, even though it had. I think when youre in that mindset, youre able to do something special.Rowing at a magnificent venue surrounded by mountains, with the famous Christ the Redeemer statue visible -- Seeing Christ the Redeemer up there is the coolest part for me, Simmonds said -- the U.S. woomen started off in third place but simply kept rowing hard and increasing their speed.dddddddddddd Shortly after the halfway point, they pushed into first place and held it the rest of the way, winning with a time of 6:01.49, nearly 2 ? seconds ahead of silver medalist Great Britain.One of the reasons why the Americans have such success in the eight is because they have such a huge setup of women competing at the collegiate level, British coxswain Zoe de Toledo said. I think that sets a huge base for them, but I think were starting to catch up and the rest of the world is starting to catch up as well.Remember, before the Americans were dominant, the Romanians were dominant. These things come up and down.Thats the way sport is. But with the strength of womens crew in the United States and the considerable competition driving each rower to get better, it could be a while before there is a downturn for the American women.Eleanor Logan doesnt see it. She won gold on the 2008 and 2012 teams as well but said Saturdays victory felt like a totally different experience to her and 2012 gold medalist Meghan Musnicki.We feel so fortunate to be part of this team, Logan said. The hunger to be the best they can be every day has pushed us to a new level. Were not really comparing, we just had to look every day to be better ourselves.Meanwhile, the mens eight finished fourth behind Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands. Perhaps like the 1936 team, they needed another couple additional Huskies in the boat (this years team had four). Or a woman.We really are encouraged by the women who came before us and felt the culture of excellence, Simmonds said. We just want to make them proud and ourselves proud and our coaches. And were all working hard to build on the legacy that is the U.S. women. ' ' '