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Veteran outfielder Josh Hamilton has been cleared to begin baseball activities and will soon work out for the Texas Rangers with an eye toward signing a minor league contract with the team for 2017, an MLB source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.Hamilton, 35, was a five-time All-Star with the Rangers from 2008 to 2012 and won the American League MVP award in 2010. He had reconstructive surgery on his left knee in June, and the Rangers placed him on unconditional release waivers on Aug. 23. The Rangers had to make the move before the end of August or they wouldnt have been able to bring back Hamilton until after May 15, 2017, under MLB rules.General manager Jon Daniels told the The Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Wednesday that Hamilton will work out before Christmas and could sign a minor league contract shortly after that if his audition goes well.Hamilton, selected No. 1 overall in the 1999 first-year player draft by Tampa Bay, endured a lengthy struggle with drug and alcohol abuse before making his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 2007. He ascended to stardom in Texas before leaving to sign a five-year, $125 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels in December 2012.Hamilton was a major disappointment on the field before suffering a drug and alcohol relapse in Los Angeles, and the Angels agreed to pay most of the $80 million left on his contract when they traded him to Texas in April 2015. Los Angeles is on the hook for $22 million of the $24 million owed Hamilton next season, with the Rangers responsible for the other $2 million.Hamilton has a chance to win a job in Texas if he can summon some of his old skills. The Rangers projected depth chart consists of Nomar Mazara in left field, Carlos Gomez in center and Shin-Soo Choo in right, with Joey Gallo, Jurickson Profar and Ryan Rua set to compete at first base and a variety of options available to manager Jeff Banister in the DH slot.A source familiar with Hamiltons rehab said the outfielder is very optimistic about the condition of his knee post-surgery. Hamilton has been instructed to proceed slowly with a goal of being at full strength by the start of spring training, the source said. Michael Fulmer Jersey . Darren Helm scored on Detroits sixth attempt in the shootout and then Jonas Gustavsson stopped Andrew Shaws shot, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. 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In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. LINCOLN, Neb. -- Knocked unconscious in last weeks game, Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. wasnt medically cleared to play against Minnesota until hours before kickoff Saturday night.Everything was going great until the third quarter when he injured his left ankle on a sneak and needed help to the sideline. When the offense returned to the field early in the fourth, Memorial Stadium roared at the sight of Armstrong, and he went on to lead the No. 21 Cornhuskers 91 yards to the tiebreaking touchdown in a 24-17 victory.Armstrong scored the winner himself, tweaked his hamstring as he crossed the goal line and was carried to the bench by offensive linemen Tanner Farmer and Jerald Foster like a conquering hero.Tommy is the toughest dude Ive been around, said safety Kieron Williams, who finished off the Gophers with an interception with 1:29 left. A lot of quarterbacks wouldnt have played a snap. People can say what they want about him. I wouldnt want to go to war with any other quarterback.The Huskers (8-2, 5-2 Big Ten) still need to win out and have Wisconsin lose once in order to reach the conference championship game. But the night was a perfect re-set for a team that had lost two straight, including that humiliating 62-3 beat-down at Ohio State last week.Armstrong, who spent the week going through the concussion protocol , played one of his best games in weeks and outperformed Minnesotas Mitch Leidner. Armstrong was 19 for 27 for 217 yards with two touchdowns, and he ran nine times for 61 yards. His last run was a 13-yarder to break a 17-17 tie with 7:17 left.Before starting the winning drive, offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf and coach Mike Riley asked Armstrong if there were certain types of plays he didnt want called because of his health.I had to suck it up and know I would be OK, Armstrong said. I told them to open up the playbook. If we needed quarterback runs, I was there to run. If we needed to throw outside the pocket, I could do that, too.dddddddddddd.Riley said Armstrongs competitiveness showed through against the Gophers (7-3, 4-3).He doesnt ever like to come out of the game. He always thinks hes going to make the next play, Riley said.Nebraska allowed a season-low 265 total yards, with Aaron Williams and Josh Banderas making 11 tackles apiece.The Huskers trailed at halftime for a fourth straight game. Newby tied it 17-all in the third quarter, taking a screen pass from Armstrong 31 yards to the end zone.You go the road and you have a chance, said Gophers coach Tracy Claeys, whose team had its four-game winning streak end. But we didnt play well enough in the second half to win the ball game; Nebraska played better than we did.THE TAKEAWAYMinnesota: The Gophers lost control of their destiny in the Big Ten West. They might regret some of their play-calling against the Huskers. Other than a few occasions Rodney Smith bounced to the outside for good runs, it was mostly futile for them to try to run up the middle.Nebraska: If anyone doubted Armstrongs toughness, he proved his mettle. He also showed he is the most important player on this team. If he goes down, the Huskers are in deep trouble.POLL IMPLICATIONSWith Virginia Tech and North Carolina losing, Nebraska could move up a spot or two in the Top 25 .SHUTDOWN DEFENSEMinnesota out-yarded the Huskers 172-137 in the first half but managed only 93 yards and no points the rest of the way.We were a little out of whack and not playing our ball, Banderas said. Older guys took charge and knew what we had to do.UP NEXTMinnesota hosts Northwestern, which shut out the Gophers 27-0 last year.Nebraska hosts Maryland in the first meeting of the teams.---More AP college football at http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '