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PITTSBURGH -- Antonio Browns shoe game rarely has been on point lately.The league told the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver to remove his Muhammad Ali-inspired cleats in favor of a standard Nike shoe on Sunday, according to Dean Blandino, the NFLs senior vice president of officiating.Brown wore the Ali cleats for the games first two series but played the rest of the first half in white-and-black cleats.I thought it was OK, but ... I made the adjustment, Brown said following the Steelers 31-13 win over the?New York Jets.?This is the fourth time the NFL has had an issue with Browns footwear. In Week 1, he was fined for wearing baby blue cleats in a win over the Washington Redskins. In a Week 3 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, Brown wore baby blue cleats with the faces of his children displayed on them. An NFL uniform inspector told him to remove them.?In the following weeks, Brown wore black-and-gold cleats, but with special designs -- one honoring legendary golfer Arnold Palmer last week, and Ali this week. Last week, Brown was told to remove his Palmer cleats in a win over the Kansas City Chiefs.If a player refuses to alter his uniform at the request of the inspector, he will be sidelined for the rest of the game.There are rules and guidelines youve got to follow. Ive just got to follow the rules, Brown said.?This season, Brown has faced nearly $50,000 in fines for excessive touchdown celebrations and uniform violations.Asked why there was no accompanying celebration after his fourth-quarter touchdown put Pittsburgh up 24-13 on Sunday, Brown replied:?I can do what I want. Its America. Its how I was feeling today. Its a long game. Its a tough game. It wasnt the time to really put the pumps in. Vans Shoes Clearance . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. Vans Shoes Sale Outlet . -- Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team hid and even lied about the risks of head injuries during that time period when there was no collective bargaining agreement in place in the NFL. http://www.vansoutletsale.com/ . Carey Price didnt, but he still came out on top against one of his rivals for the No. 1 job at the Sochi Games. The Anahim Lake, B.C., native was stellar in making 39 saves in his home province and Lars Eller got credit for a bizarre short-handed winner as the Canadiens defeated the Canucks 4-1. Discount Vans Shoes . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. "Id love to look at those opportunities as they arise," Pierce said in an interview from his Winnipeg eatery. Vans Shoes Sale Cheap . 8 Kansas to a 64-63 win over Texas Tech on Tuesday night. The freshman from Vaughan, Ont. Australian netballers are in the money with a new pay deal dwarfing contracts offered in the new womens AFL competition.Netball Australia on Wednesday announced a huge pay increase for players in the new national league, confident it will ward off the challenge of rival codes such as the womens AFL.They are hopeful its another step toward netballers being full-time professional athletes within five years.With the new league set to start early next year, the collective playing agreement (CPA) allows for 80 players to be contracted to the eight clubs and share from a total payment pool of $5.4 million.Each club will have up to $675,000 to spend on its list of 10 contracted athletes, meaning that the average salary will increase to $67,500 and the minimum wage to double to $27,375.By comparison, AFLs new womens league has set a minimum wage of $5,000 for their players, with marquees earning $25,000, while female cricketers could earn at least $18,000 if they played both the one-day and Twenty20 domestic leagues.All netballers will sign 12-month part-time contracts, averaging 20 hours per week, with the hours of 10am-4pm protected should they wish to study or work.Other key points of the CPA are that players income is protected for up to two years in the event of injury or pregnancy, their health insurance is paid by the club, while new mothers will be able to travel with a carer at the clubs expense.ddddddddddddThis will make it easier for new mother of twins, Australian and Adelaide Thunderbirds player Renae Ingles, to resume playing, while Test and Queensland Firebirds skipper Laura Geitz also recently announced her pregnancy.Current Australian player Madi Robinson said she was excited to be a player in this era of netball.To see the progression and growth of this sport in such a short time, over my playing career, is awesome, Robinson said.Hopefully it will empower and inspire the young girls as future Diamonds.NA deputy chief executive Marne Fechner said they had lifted the bar and believed it would keep more women in the sport.We want to ensure that netball remains the code of choice ... there was a story that potentially netballers are leaving the sport for AFL and our job is to ensure that over half a million girls want to be Diamond or a championship player.Fechner said she hoped the players could be full-time professionals by the end of the five-year broadcast deal.NA also confirmed that the CPA deal meant that clubs may officially commence contracting for the new competition, which starts mid-February.Robinson has been linked with a move from the Melbourne Vixens to cross-town rivals Collingwood. 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