The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)

Garrett: ‘All good’ after hurting toe

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Myles Garrett’s injured toe does not need surgery after the Browns defensive end dislocated it during Pro Bowl events last weekend.

Garrett got hurt while racing Carolina defensive end Brian Burns through an obstacle course in Las Vegas as part of the Pro Bowl’s reimagined festivitie­s. Garrett limped off the field and sat down on the turf to check his injury.

The Browns said Xrays were negative. Garrett’s toe popped back into place and the team doesn’t expect him to have any issues.

Garrett posted on Twitter that he’s OK.

“Appreciate everyone checking in,” Garrett wrote. “We are all good over here. Go Browns.”

The 27-year-old Garrett tied his team single-season record with 16 sacks last season despite playing with a shoulder sprain and biceps strain sustained when he crashed his car following a practice in late September.

Garrett, the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2017, has 74½ sacks in six NFL seasons.

The Browns are expected to upgrade their defensive front during free agency. Cleveland’s defense has already undergone a major change with Jim Schwartz taking over as coordinato­r following the firing of Joe Woods after the season finale in Pittsburgh.

NHL WALSH LEAVING BIDEN CABINET FOR NHLPA »

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is expected to leave the Biden administra­tion to run the National Hockey League Players’ Associatio­n, according to two people familiar with his plans.

The hockey players’ union has been searching for a new executive director to take over for Don Fehr, who had been in charge for more than a decade. An associatio­n spokespers­on had no official update on the situation when reached.

A serious fan of the Bruins, Walsh showed an encycloped­ic knowledge of the sport in videos posted online during his tenure from 2014 to 2021 as mayor of Boston.

As labor secretary, Walsh helped broker a temporary work agreement between major freight railroads and their unions, preventing the risk of a strike that could have disrupted the U.S. economy ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Congress later imposed a contract on the unions after workers failed to ratify the agreement.

Soccer FORMER EPL FORWARD RESCUED IN TURKEY »

Former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake that struck Turkey, the Ghana Football Associatio­n said in a Twitter post.

The Ghana internatio­nal plays for Turkish club Hatayspor. A club spokesman on Feb. 6 told Turkish media that Atsu was thought to be in a building that was brought down by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and aftershock­s that struck southeaste­rn Turkey and neighborin­g Syria. The death toll climbed above 7,700 and was expected to rise further.

Atsu’s whereabout­s and condition were unconfirme­d overnight until the Ghana FA posted an update on its official Twitter site.

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