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Tom Brady wins Super Bowl in first year with Buccaneers
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Seven-fortunate seven-Super Bowl titles for Tom Terrific, his first without Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots.
Tiger Woods survives scary car accident
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The all over existence of Tiger Woods took one more sad turn in February when the golf player was associated with a solitary vehicle rollover crash in California that left him with different breaks on his right leg and lower leg. The reason for the accident was not delivered after an examination, refering to security issues.
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Everything began on Jan. 2, 2021, when Bartlesville High School graduate A.J. Parker pronounced for the NFL draft.
It was really a twofold declaration - as well as focusing on a professional football vocation, Parker likewise chose to forego one more year of playing qualification at Kansas State.
On Jan. 9, 2022, Parker finished an ideal NFL tenderfoot season by making a bungle to assist the last-place Detroit Lions with disturbing the Green Bay Backers.
Parker's odyssey during the 372 days between those two occasions is the blending of predetermination and want, the substantial truth dreams can be satisfied and the evenness of good fortune in probably its most flawless structure.
During his four seasons at Kansas State, Parker formed into one of the Big 12's best cornerbacks/nickelbacks, yet one of its generally indifferent and maybe undervalued.
He pulled in a couple of respects - Thorpe Player of the Week (2020), Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (2020) and Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (2019).
Yet, he would be left off the All-Big 12 rundown in 2020 - not in any event, being named to the Third Team or Honorable Mention list - a head scratcher at the time considering Parker's effect, featured by two game-dominating plays
During his senior season (2020), Parker made 39 handles in under nine games - he missed one game and part of one more because of injury - to oblige four pass separations, a game-changing obstructed dropkick and exciting interference.
Against TCU, Parker snatched a pick and thundered 37 yards to the end zone to put K-State ahead, 21-7, after the additional point. K-State won, 21-14.
Prior in the 2020 mission, Parker obstructed an Oklahoma dropkick in the final quarter, prompting K-State kicking the game-tying field objective, 35-35. K-State continued to win, 38-35.
Parker additionally made 2.0 handles for misfortune in a loss against Baylor.
For his profession, Parker showed up in 40 games, began each game (33) beginning his sophomore season, with the exception of a couple of injury nonattendances. He amassed 144 handles (117 performance), 8.5 handles for misfortune, six capture attempts, 24 passes defensed and two impeded kicks.
It was with that noteworthy resume that Parker made his bid on Jan. 2, 2021 to attempt to take the jump into the NFL.
Bartlesville-region occupants, particularly Bartlesville High fans, pull for Parker to succeed.
Parker had graduated in 2016 from Bartlesville High, following a blockbuster senior year. Throughout the fall, he featured in two situations to assist with lifting the Bruins to a group record 10 successes (10-2) and spot in the state elimination rounds.
Parker then dominated all through the colder time of year on the ball court.
In the spring, he set the school's high leap record, and happened to decoration at state.
Parker's next stop was Kansas State and a noteworthy profession there.
Be that as it may, as 2020 finished and 2021 started, Parker felt the circumstance was on the right track to seek after a master vocation.
But,during those extended periods of time of the three-day draft, Parker's name was rarely called.
Nonetheless, the rotating entryway of destiny followed him to another way. Inside a little while after the draft, the Detroit Lions marked him as an undrafted free specialist cautious back.
In the mean time, Parker was furrowing new ground in Bartlesville sports history.
He turned out to be just the second previous Bartlesville Bruin to sign with a NFL group, the other being guarded lineman/linebacker Markell Carter with the New England Patriots (2011).
Parker likewise had a valuable chance to turn into the principal Bartlesville-region prep item to play in the NFL since punter Bobby Joe Greene (Chicago Bears, 1962-73), and the primary customary position player since Pro Bowl protective back David Baker (San Francisco 49ers, 1959-61).
However, before Parker could join the organization of individual Bartians Green and Baker, he needed to procure a spot on the Detroit Lions 53-man list.
Not a simple errand for any newbie - particularly one that is undrafted.
Be that as it may, Parker's mix of abilities, insight, center, want, physicality, development and hard-hitting style dazzled Detroit mentors all through the late spring. He climbed consistently higher in the dominance hierarchy of cornerbacks/nickelbacks.
In any case, before the authority NFL-commanded cutdown on Aug. 31, 2021, to 53 players, it was clear Parker had made the group.
Having crashed through the entryway of chance, Parker demonstrated all through the season he could take care of business.
He played in 13 games - missing the other four because of injury - and began in seven of them.
Parker piled up 50 handles (39 performance) and one tackle for misfortune, copped an interference (against Baker Mayfield), shielded (thumped away or thumped free) seven passes to forestall fruitions and constrained a mishandle.
Parker recorded the last accomplishment on Jan. 9, 2022 against the Packers - in a broadly broadcast game.
During the second from last quarter play, Parker showed up to make the tackle on a two-yard gain, came to across the front of the recipient's body and jabbed the ball free for the bobble.
Detroit recuperated at the Green Bay 36-yard line.
On Detroit's first hostile play following the turnover, the Lions finished a score pass from Jared Goff to Brock Wright to go on by two scores on the Packers, 24-13. Detroit proceeded to win, 37-30.
Parker was on the field for no less than 62% of the cautious snaps in eight of the 13 games where he played.
Parker and his Detroit partners entered the offseason for certain vulnerabilities in the wake of wrapping up with a 3-13-1 record. Yet, Detroit has held lead trainer Dan Campbell, up until this point, which could be a sign the possession feels like he has the crew heading down a good path.
Parker, in the interim, will be endeavoring to expand on the guarantee of his freshman mission and be back on the field as a primary patron the following fall.
On Jan. 28, 2022, Parker encountered the distinction of a man in the field when Bartlesville fans gave him a stirring and broadened applause when he was presented during halftime of a home ball game. Parker is a living instance of making a tall dream work out as expected - and wanting to keep on expanding on it soon.
