HOUSTON -- Houstons Jadeveon Clowney, the top overall pick in this years draft, had microfracture surgery on his right knee.
https://www.pittsburghfootballshop.com/12-Jersey . General manager Rick Smith said Clowney had the surgery on Monday. The Texans said last week that Clowney would have season-ending knee surgery, but did not specify what that surgery would be. This surgery was the second this season for the outside linebacker. He had arthroscopic surgery on the same knee after being injured in Week 1. He played three games since the first procedure but continued to struggle with pain and swelling in his knee. He saw his most extensive action of the season against the Bengals on Nov. 23, when he was in for about 50 plays and had three tackles, including one for a loss. But he experienced swelling in his knee after that and missed his eighth game of the year a week later. He last spoke to the media on Thanksgiving, when he revealed he was still in a lot of pain and that dealing with this injury has been difficult and frustrating for him. Its very tough knowing my ability and how I can play but that my knee wont let me, he said then. Thats the hard part about it that my knee keeps me from doing a lot of things I was doing before I got hurt. Clowney has had a tough time since Houston took him with the No. 1 overall pick, eager to put him on a defence already featuring rush specialist J.J. Watt. He left a dual practice Aug. 20 after a helmet-to-helmet hit with Denver Broncos tight end Jacob Tamme and missed the Texans final two preseason games, but said he passed the NFL protocols for head injuries in just over a week. He had to sit out the beginning of camp, too, after off-season surgery to repair a sports hernia. The Texans drafted Clowney after a three-year career at South Carolina in which he had 130 tackles, 24 sacks, 47 tackles for losses and 20 quarterback pressures. He also caused a school-record nine fumbles and deflected seven passes. The 6-foot-5, 266-pound Clowney also set a school record with 13 sacks in 2012.
https://www.pittsburghfootballshop.com/83-Jersey . “The fact that he was willing to do the deal the way we wanted it to be done showed that he wanted me to be a part of something great," Lowry said, noting that Ujiri willingness to sign off on the proposal that both Lowry and his agent presented to the GM was the final straw that convinced him to return.
https://www.pittsburghfootballshop.com/25-Jersey . - Titans quarterback Jake Locker will miss the rest of the season with a Lisfranc injury to his right foot, leaving Tennessee trying to rally with Ryan Fitzpatrick.Cleveland, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - LeBron James had 29 points and 11 assists playing just three quarters and the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 106-74 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night to snap a four-game losing streak. James had 22 points in the first half to help the Cavaliers take an 18-point lead into the break and they went up by as many as 33 in the fourth quarter. Anderson Varejao added 14 points and Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving each scored 12 for Cleveland, which also snapped a three-game home losing streak. A win will always make things feel better, said James, but we still have a lot of work to do. Victor Oladipo had 22 points and Nikola Vucevic scored 18 with 13 rebounds to lead the Magic, who have dropped eight in a row to the Cavs and four of their last six games overall. They played a second straight game without starting forward Tobias Harris, who is nursing a strained right calf. Harris averages 18.8 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Were missing 19 points, said Magic coach Jacque Vaughn. That puts pressure on other guys to do things they dont normally do. It was a season low in points for the Magic. Your goal should be 22 points or under a quarter (on defense) and we did that, said Cavaliers coach David Blatt. We made soome small adjustments but things were looking pretty good so we didnt need to reinvent the wheel.
https://www.pittsburghfootballshop.com/49-Jersey. Clevelands win meant avoiding a rare five-game losing streak with James as a member of the team. The last time the Cavs lost five in a row with James on the roster came during a six-game skid from Nov. 28-Dec. 8, 2007 -- but James missed the last five of that streak with a sprained finger and the team won his first game back. James first stint with the Cavs lasted from 2003-10. He scored 16 points in the first quarter, five of them coming during a 9-0 run punctuated by Will Cherrys 3-pointer for a 26-14 lead. The Cavs advantage reached 21 on Tristan Thompsons dunk with 3 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter. James scored his 22 first-half points on 7-of-12 shooting while Vucevic led Orlando with 16 points. Cleveland shot better than 51 percent in the half and the Magic shot under 34 percent. The Cavs lead reached 26 in the third quarter at the end of a dunk-filled 16-2 run. Game Notes The Cavs had 30 assists on 42 made field goals ... Orlandos last win in the series came Nov. 23, 2012 ... The Cavaliers play Washington on Wednesday ... The Magic are home against Golden State on Wednesday. ' ' '