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What do you bring to Baltimore? I play like a Raven. I play with a lot
of heart and a lot of passion. I have a lot of energy and versatility allowing me to play hard and fast. Because I’m so family-oriented, that’s just my drive every day just to do what I can to provide for my family. Same thing for my teammates. We’re all in it together. I work with them every day, so I want to leave it out on the fi eld for them.
In your fi rst NFL offseason, you worked at Finish Line. Why? I went back to school, and it was to kill the free time that I had. There’s a lot of distractions out here, so I decided to do something — go to class, work out and then go to work also. But I also have future plans to be a businessman and one day, open up my own shoe store. I just wanted to get the retail knowledge and have the experience of working so I know what it takes. My older brother was very big on saving money, so I’m making money in the offseason. We don’t get checks in the offseason. I don’t want to be spending more than I’m making.
The last safety to be drafted in the fi rst round by the Ravens was Ed Reed in 2002. How do you compare to him?
Right now, I really can’t compare myself to Ed Reed. He’s a legend. He’s a Hall of Famer. But that’s why I go out there every day to better myself to try to even do what Ed Reed did. I think I’m very versatile and very athletic like him. He set the standard and I’m here to follow in his footsteps to help this team win just like he did. My goal is to one day be in the Hall of Fame and just be the best player to play my position. Really, I just want to make my family proud.
How did you get your Twitter trademark #EatGreedy trending? When I was training in the
offseason getting ready for the NFL Combine with a bunch of guys, we were going really hard and I just said, “Eat greedy.” It’s about going hard every day and making sacrifi ces to be the best that you can be. — Megan Schneider
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Julia’s Got Talent Julia Goodwin, a rising junior for the C.W. Baker
(N.Y.) High and CNYELC’s 2016 girls’ lacrosse teams, advanced to the live round of NBC’s “American’s Got Talent” at Radio City Music Hall in New York in July. She performed the Goo Goo Dolls’ hit song “Iris.” The 16-year-old was not among the fi ve acts to move
on to the next round of the hit show, however. “I’m just going to keep chasing my dream,”
she told The Post-Standard. “The road doesn’t end here. Hopefully you’ll see me at Radio City someday doing my own concert.”
NFL PLAYER TRAINS HS LAX STAR Churchill (Md.) High lacrosse player Louis Dubick is the most prolifi c scorer in Montgomery County public school lacrosse history with 364 career points. At 5-foot-8, he may not be the biggest guy on the fi eld, but he certainly trains like one.
Dubick sought the help of a professional to build his strength – former Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks defensive back Willie Williams.
Twice a week, Williams comes to the high school’s track, drilling Dubick with tips on how to increase his speed.
Nature of the Beast MTV’s hit show “Teen Wolf” has made room for
some modern-day infl uence. What’s better than werewolves playing lacrosse? Stiles Stilinski and Scott McCall, played by Dylan
O’Brien and Tyler Posey respectively, are co- captains of the lax team, but they’re threatened by Liam Dunbar (Dylan Sprayberry). They played Liam’s old school in their fi rst scrimmage.
SHOOTING STRINGS Liverpool FC stars Glen Johnson, Kolo Toure (pictured) and Suso took on Major League Lacrosse standouts Kyle Hartzell, Josh Hawkins and Mike Sawyer in a promotional shooting challenge in Charlotte as part of LFC’s American tour this summer. Warrior Sports, which sponsors LFC and the three MLL players, put on the exhibition in Charlotte prior to LFC’s preseason showdown against Manchester United in Miami on Aug. 4. After each side exchanged shooting tips, Johnson scored twice wielding a lacrosse stick, while Hawkins was the lone laxer to score on a penalty kick.
Lacrosse at the ESPYs Tewaaraton Award winners Lyle Thompson (Albany) and Taylor
Cummings (Maryland) were fi nalists for best college athletes in the ESPY Awards. Neither took home the hardware, as basketball players Doug McDermott (Creighton) and Breanna Stewart (UConn) earned Best Male College Athlete and Best Female College Athlete honors, respectively. Thompson (pictured on red carpet with Virginia’s Alex Webster), an All-World attackman for the Iroquois Nationals, missed the team’s FIL World Championship quarterfi nal victory over Scotland to attend the July 16 ceremony in Los Angeles.
DRESS YOUR LETTUCE Three brothers who grew up playing lacrosse — Greg, Brian and
Matt Vetter — started Tessemae’s Salad Dressing. The company, founded in 2009, was inspired by their mother’s tasty lemon-garlic dressing that she would bring to tailgates and use to get them to eat salad. Last year, Tessemae’s generated $4.1 million in revenue, up 342 percent over 2012, which was up 247 percent over 2011’s $890,000, according to Fortune Magazine. All three played lacrosse in college. Greg and Brian played for the MLL’s Bayhawks.
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