The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)

Beckham reports to Giants’ camp

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Standout wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has joined the Giants for the team’s mandatory three-day minicamp.

The three-time Pro Bowl player skipped the recent organized team activities to train on the West Coast. Those workouts are voluntary.

But many felt Beckham should have attended the OTAs after being criticized for a one-day vacation to Florida in the week leading up to the team’s playoff loss to Green Bay.

The Giants recently picked up the fifth-year option on Beckham’s rookie contract. One of the most dynamic receivers in the league, he will make $1.8 million this season and $8.4 million next.

Joining Beckham at the minicamp was defensive end Olivier Vernon, who earned second-team All Pro honors last season after signing a five-year $85 million contract.

He also skipped the OTAs. regional state prosecutor accused Ronaldo of four accounts of tax fraud from 2011-14.

It said the Portugal forward “took advantage of a business structure created in 2010 to hide from fiscal authoritie­s income generated in Spain from image rights.”

The statement said Ronaldo used what it deems a shell company in the Virgin Islands to “create a screen in order to hide his total income from Spain’s Tax Office.”

Ronaldo’s agency had previously said he was up to date on his taxes.

Last month, tax officials said Ronaldo adjusted his tax declaratio­ns and paid an extra 6 million euros ($6.7 million) in 2014.

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi was convicted of tax fraud for unpaid income from image rights last year, but he is not expected to serve prison time since it was his first offense.

Ronaldo is Europe’s leading soccer player, helping Real Madrid win back-to-back Champions League titles and Portugal to win last year’s European Championsh­ip.

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