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ALLEN PARK, Mich. Ben Roethlisberger Womens Jersey . -- The Detroit Lions have signed veteran cornerbacks Drew Coleman and Justin Miller as they try to fill a position weakened by their dismissal of the legally challenged Aaron Berry and the loss to injury of Chris Greenwood. The Lions said Wednesday that they also cut wide receiver Marcus Harris. Coleman played five seasons for the New York Jets and for the Jacksonville Jaguars last season. He played in 16 games and had four starts. Miller was drafted by the Jets in 2005 and last played for the team in 2009. The Lions terminated Berrys contract Monday after his second arrest of the summer. Berrys latest legal confrontation was an assault arrest in Pennsylvania. Greenwood is recovering from abdominal surgery and is listed as physically unable to perform. LaMarr Woodley Jersey . Rossi tore his anterior cruciate ligament during a game against Real Madrid on Oct. 26, had surgery and tore his ACL again during training on Jan. 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The Colts rookie threw two touchdown passes, took advantage of several key Minnesota penalties and marched Indianapolis 45 yards in 23 seconds to set up Adam Vinatieri for a 53-yard field goal with 8 seconds left, which gave Indianapolis a 23-20 victory over Minnesota in Lucks home debut. Lynn Swann Jersey . Both the team and Darvish said Wednesday there is nothing physically wrong with the 25-year-old right-hander. Darvish was scheduled to start Friday, but rookie Martin Perez will take his place.TORONTO -- Paul Mariner believes he can turn around Torontos flailing soccer franchise with a few small tweaks. The new head coach of Toronto FC says his measure of success will be a "smile on supporters faces." But that wont be easy for a team languishing in Major League Soccers basement and likely to miss the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. Mariner became No. 7 in the teams revolving door of head coaches on Thursday after Aron Winter paid the price for Toronto FCs dismal start to the season. "Hopefully a new message, a new voice, and a slight tweak in direction, but sticking with the long-term direction and we can start getting it right," said Tom Anselmi, executive vice-president and chief operating officer for Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Winter stepped down as head coach, leaving with a regular-season mark of 7-22-15, winning just one MLS game on the road. His team was outscored 80-44 during his tenure. The club stands last in the league with 1-9-0 record and has been outscored 21-8 this season. The 59-year-old Mariner, the clubs director of player development who takes over coaching duties effective immediately, said he believes a few small changes, putting players in the proper positions, and hard work will right the sinking TFC ship and give fans something to cheer about. "The one thing that should be a given, and what the fans who pay money want to see is that the players are out there running and working and trying," Mariner said. "That seems a pretty strange thing to say but when fans see that, they see people tracking back and working hard for the team, its infectious, it goes through the team and it goes through the fans. Gets them all fired up, so thats what we want." Winter, who was offered another position within the organization but declined, was a thoroughly decent man who started most media scrums by shaking hands with the reporters. Anselmi, who made it clear it wasnt Winters decision to step down, called him "one of the classiest people you will meet in professional sports." The Dutchman staked his future on bringing a vision of how to play football to Toronto FC. It may have been a case of wrong system, wrong players and wrong league, however, as he struggled to get the machine firing on all cylinders. A woeful defence and misfiring offence, combined with some untimely injuries, sealed his fate in a franchise that has been a success off the field but a disappointment on it. Mariner said his coaching style is "whatever works," and pointed out his focus will be on the short-term, getting results now. "The philosophy of most fans throughout the world is that if were getting points and getting wins, the style is not important," Mariner said. "Its all about putting players in the right positions to succeed. I want to put people with the right abilities, the right skill sets in the right positions, and thats it. Give them some instruction, and hope the core of players weve got -- the Torstens (Torsten Frings) of this world and (Danny) Koevermans and so forth -- they can lead the team on the field for me." Ironically, Winter leaves on the back of a rare win and with a victory in the Amway Canadian Championship. The timing surprised some players, who were given the news by Mariner and Anselmi following practice Thursday. "Yeah, weve played well over the last couple of weeks and it was disappointing that the (international) break came and we didnt have the games to keep the momentum ggoing," said midfielder Terry Dunfield. Rocky Bleier Jersey. "But in football youre judged by your results and unfortunately for me, its normally the managers who take the blame." Things wont get any easier for TFC after the break, as Toronto has road games in Kansas City (8-3-1) and Houston (4-3-4). Fans have grown increasingly frustrated with the squad, booing the team off the pitch at the final whistles as the losses mounted. Anselmi was asked why supporters should feel any more confident with Mariner in charge as opposed the previous six coaches. "I understand their frustration, but youre right, its No. 7," Anselmi said. "But Pauls been around this game a long time, hes had success in this league and he believes that this team is better than 1-and-9. Weve got 24 games to prove that. "Weve been really lucky from Day 1, weve got this amazing fan base here, and we havent delivered the goods. We had a free pass for a few years as an expansion franchise, and now its time to step up to the plate. Seven wins in 44 games is just not good enough in this league, so we had to make a change." Winter was hired as head coach and technical director on Jan. 6, 2011, along with assistant coach Bob de Klerk and Mariner. Inheriting a 9-13-8 team, Winter set about installing his possession-based 4-3-3 system, and midway through the 2011 season, he started a serious remake of the roster, bringing in designated players Torsten Frings and Danny Koevermans as well as Ryan Johnson and Dunfield. As the new roster started to jell, the results improved and Toronto posted a 7-4-6 record in all competitions in the final three months of the season. Nevertheless the team finished 16th out of 18 teams with a 6-13-15 league record and a defence that leaked a league-worst 59 goals. "Last season was a very difficult season," Winter said at Toronto FCs media day prior to the 2012 season kickoff. "(But) it was completely different between the first five months and the last five months." "Last season we ended very well," he added. "How we ended, thats the way we want to start." Things looked bright as Toronto defeated defending MLS champion Los Angeles to advance to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League, making Canadian soccer history in the process. But Toronto was beaten by Mexicos Santos Laguna in the semifinals and the wheels fell off in the league. "We tried to be patient, stability is a good thing and we havent had enough of that," Anselmi said. "But a couple of losses turned into a couple more and all of a sudden you get down the path of thinking we have to do something differently." Toronto took a huge hit when Frings limped out of the season-opening 3-1 loss in Seattle on March 17 and missed the next five weeks due to a hamstring strain. The team failed to convert chances on attack and gave too many goals away through giveaways and defensive blunders. Players did not revolt but some complained of team tactics as Winter tried to play a more defensive game. Winter made changes, shifting the fiery de Klerk to the role of technical manager and making former player Jim Brennan assistant coach. Now in its sixth year, the franchise has never made the post-season, and faces an huge uphill climb to reach it this season. The team didnt post its first league win this season until its 10th outing when it beat the visiting Philadelphia Union 1-0 on May 26. The nine-game losing streak to start the season was a league record. ' ' '
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