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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The prospect of a samba-style Super Saturday is still alive for Britain. For a time on Friday, though, it felt more like a Super Scare.Heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill started her first day of the seven-discipline event and Greg Rutherfold had to qualify for the long jump on Friday, so they could join 10,000-meter champion Farah in a bid for another three-gold-in-one-evening bash for British athletes late Saturday.All three won gold on the same night in London four years ago, and are trying to repeat.Ennis-Hill? Leading after four of seven events in the heptathlon and very much in the driving seat to take in gold, particularly since her main pre-Olympic rival, Brianne Theisen-Eaton is floundering in sixth place.Rutherford? That was a scrape with disaster, when he fouled on his first two attempts in qualifying, and had one jump left to keep up his share of the bargain.It was a funny one, said Rutherford, known for keeping his cool in the toughest of circumstances. With his last attempt, he made overly sure not to overstep and his only legal jump -- 7.90 meters -- stood for 10th place when only 12 can reach the final. He made the cut by seven centimeters.Going into the final round I definitely wasnt as stressed as my family were at home, he said. For me its one of these where you draw on all the experiences that youve had.Since his gold in London in 2012, he has clinched a Grand Slam of titles -- Olympic, world, Commonwealth and European -- coming to Rio. He rarely excels for the entire season, but on any big night, he is tough to beat -- exactly because of the cool he showed Friday.Over halfway home, and Jessica Ennis-Hill is where she wants to be -- on top.With a blistering 200 meters, the defending champion overtook surprise early leader Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium to regain the momentum going into the final day. She wished her shot put and 200 could have been better, though.With a time of 23.49 seconds in the 200, Ennis-Hill pushed up her total to 4,057 points, the only woman to break the 4,000-mark. Thiam was in second spot with 3,985.The heptathlon was expected to be a duel between Ennis-Hill and Theisen-Eaton but the Canadian appeared to struggle throughout the day and was in sixth position with 3,871.Now everyone in Britain is counting on Farah to come through too.---Follow Raf Casert on Twitter at http://twitter.com/rcasertNike Shox Mens Cheap . -- 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. Nike Shox Outlet Clearance . Canada is now down to its 22-player limit, although but players wont be registered until Christmas Day. 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Theres no other way around it. Guys get docked 80 games (pay) or whatever it is. Yeah, thats a lot of money. But if you sign a $60 million deal and youre losing maybe $5 million, its worth it for a lot of these guys. It stinks because there are buddies of mine who were basically battling these guys for jobs. Its just unfair.I know a lot of guys that have been busted, and theyre good people. I like them a lot. But at the end of the day, theyre cheating the system.Francoeur, a 12-year veteran with the Braves and six other teams, joins pitchers Justin Verlander and Jeremy Guthrie as the latest big leaguer to speak out against PED use and advocate for potential changes to the penalty phase. MLBs joint drug testing program calls for an 80-game ban for a first-time violation, a 162-game suspension for a second offense and a lifetime ban for a third offense.Since January, 57 players have been suspended under baseballs minor league drug agreement, and an additional 12 have been banned under the major league portion. The 12 suspended big leaguers in 2016 are Cincinnatis Juan Duran, the New York Mets Jenrry Mejia, Clevelands Abraham Almonte and Marlon Byrd, Philadelphias Daniel Stumpf and Alec Asher, Torontos Chris Colabello, Miamis Dee Gordon, the Los Angeles Dodgers Josh Ravin, Kansas Citys Raul Mondesi, Seattles Boog Powell and free agent Taylor Teagarden.Gordon, the 2015 National League batting champion, received an 80-game suspension in late April after testing positivee for the performance-enhancing substances exogenous testosterone and clostebol.dddddddddddd He failed a test in spring training only weeks after signing a five-year, $50 million contract extension with the Marlins.Although Francoeur declined to speculate on the possibility of baseball voiding contracts for players who test positive for PEDs, he expects drug testing to be a significant topic of conversation when MLB and the Players Association pick up the pace on labor talks after the All-Star break. The existing labor agreement expires Dec. 1.Its tough, because the union doesnt want to give the commissioners office all this power, Francoeur said. I completely understand that. But at the same time, the Players Association needs to understand the players want stiffer penalties.We stand our ground on a lot of issues, whether its arbitration or free-agency rights. We fight hard for that as a union. But youre probably looking at 90 percent of players that want stiffer penalties on PEDs. I think we have to start listening to the majority of the players, and not the other way around.In recent months, Colabello, Stumpf and Powell are among the players who have responded to PED suspensions with statements that they took banned substances unknowingly. Francoeur said MLB has made enough resources available to players in recent years that ignorance cant be used as an excuse for failure to pass a drug test.For me, the only thing Ill drink is the protein shakes that MLB gives us, Francoeur said. They tell us in spring training, Dont take it if its not certified. If you go to GNC and get some bogus stuff, how stupid can you be? Thats your own fault. (I hear players say), I dont know how this got in me. Well, watch what you put in your body. ' ' '