Former Ravens, Jets player dies after brain aneurysm
Oakland moves forward on new stadium talks
Los Angeles, Dec 14, (Agencies): Former Baltimore Ravens tight end Konrad Reuland has died after undergoing surgery last month following a brain aneurysm, the team said Tuesday.
The 29-year-old, who also played for the New York Jets, died on Monday just over two weeks after an operation on November 28, reports said.
“I just want to offer condolences to his family. We love Konrad Reuland. Every single guy in the locker room loves him,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said following his team’s defeat to the New England Patriots on Monday.
Reuland played four games with the Ravens in 2015 but was released after failing to make a catch.
He had 12 receptions for 90 yards in 30 career NFL game between 2012 and 2015.
Officials in Oakland, in a bid to keep their National Football League team the Raiders from moving to Las Vegas, have voted to work with a group seeking to build a $1.3 billion stadium, according to local media. Raiders owner Mark Davis, who is dissatisfied with the team’s aging Coliseum stadium in Oakland, has for much of this year pursued a possible move to Las Vegas.
But officials in Oakland want to keep the Raiders, who moved to Los Angeles in 1982 before returning to Oakland in 1995 Their vote on Tuesday represents their most significant step to date to give the team a new home. Retired NFL player Ronnie Lott is leading an effort to raise money to build a $1.3 billion stadium in Oakland, a city of more than 400,000 people across the bay from San Francisco.
The Oakland City Council voted to pursue negotiations with Lott’s group, according to local station KGO-TV,
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which also said the Alameda County Board of Supervisors had voted to join the effort.
The plan calls for Oakland to invest $200 million in infrastructure and site preparation for the stadium project and provide land worth another $150 million, according to a City Council report.
The city also would provide money from future taxes on economic activity tied to the stadium, while the NFL, the Raiders and Lott’s group, which includes the firm Fortress Investment Group, LLC, would pay for the rest of the project. The Raiders organization could not be reached for comment early on Wednesday.
Lott acknowledged to KGO-TV that his group does not yet have the support of Davis, the Raiders owner.
“I think we’ll get his blessing,” Lott said to KGO-TV.
A relocation by the Raiders to Las Vegas, if approved by other NFL owners, would represent a significant change in policy for the league. The NFL, along with some other major U.S. sports leagues, has shied away from the gambling centre because of the potential for sports bettors to taint competition.
Eli Manning’s yards passing are down in his past few games.
Manning has thrown for fewer than 200 yards in each of his past three starts. He has completed just 56 of 94 passes. In that span, Manning has thrown six touchdowns and three interceptions.
Is it a slump? Perhaps a downslide for a 35-year-old veteran?
Manning would hear none of that Tuesday, two days after his team used a devastating defense and a clutch 61yard touchdown pass from Manning to Odell Beckham, Jr. for a 10-7 victory over Dallas. experiences how to have smooth continuation in our work and in our preparations for the youth and the Olympic Movement,” he added.
At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the OCA’s Hon. Life Vice President, Wei Jizhong, said it was a very significant moment for the OCA and Jakarta.
“The preparations for the Asian Games are going smoothly, so we need close cooperation and close communication,” said Wei.
The OCA representative office is located at Plaza Asia in the Senayan district of the capital, close to the Gelora Bung Karno sports complex – the focal point of the 18th Asian Games.
It will be under the control of the OCA Vice President in charge of the 18th Asian Games, Mrs Rita Subowo, who said the Indonesian Olympic Committee and government had enjoyed close cooperation with the OCA since hosting the inaugural Asian Beach Games at Bali in 2008.
“Hopefully, after the Asian Games in 2018, Indonesia will be able to go to the next step — the World Beach Games and, who knows, the Olympic Games,” said Mrs Subowo.
On behalf of the government, Deputy IV of the Ministry for Youth and Sport, Gatot S. Dewa Broto, thanked Mrs Subowo for providing the office space and said it would lead to more intensive cooperation with less than one and a half years to go until the 18th Asiad, which will run from August 18 to Sept 2, 2018. A tour of the offices followed the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and a press conference brought the inauguration to a close.
Speaking at the press conference, Indonesian Olympic Committee and INASGOC President Erick Thohir said the new office showed the commitment of the OCA to the success of the Asian Games.