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Outstanding Penrith rookie Nathan Cleary concedes his father Ivan would never have given him his NRL debut this season if he was still coaching the Panthers.However, the young halfback says he is looking forward to going head-to-head with his father when he returns to the first grade coaching ranks.Ivan Cleary was sacked by the Panthers at the end of last season. Anthony Griffin was brought in and handed Nathan Cleary his NRL debut in round 13 against Melbourne.Nathan has been a key player in the Panthers charge to Saturdays semi-final against Canberra.But he believes he would still be waiting to make his NRL debut if Ivan remained at the Panthers.I think that would have been the case but that is the way it goes, Nathan Cleary said.It would have been hard for my dad to make those big choices. To give me a start. But it has worked out well and hopefully dad can get a coaching job in the next few weeks.Ivan Cleary has been strongly linked to an NRL return ever since his departure from Penrith. St George Illawarra has been mentioned more recently as his next possible assignment.It would present an interesting battle if, or rather, when, father and son meet.We actually spoke about it not long ago, I look forward to it if it eventually happens, Nathan Cleary said.Speaking at the Rugby League Players Association Awards, Nathan Cleary said he didnt expect to play more than one game this year, after Griffin told him he would make his debut during the State of Origin period.I sat down with Hook (Griffin) halfway through the season and he said I am going to try and get you a game through the Origin period, Cleary said.I thought it was just going to be the one off game, I am stoked I got a few after that and from there it has just rolled on.Clearys stunning debut year could get even better against Canberra, with the winner at GIO Stadium one victory away from the grand final.I was definitely nervous coming into last weeks game (elimination final win over Canterbury) but getting amongst it put those nerves away, he said.Canberra are a great team. I am looking forward to the challenge, I am sure I will be nervous but I just cant wait.And Cleary Jnr does admit to his likeness to his old man. Over a 186-game first grade career and 249-game coaching career, Ivan was also know for is cool demeanour.I dont know such that he has passed it on it is just a personality trait (we have), Nathan Cleary said. Cheap Air Max 720 Sale .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. Cheap Air Max 720 . Thousands of Southern California fans enveloped the Trojans to celebrate an improbable win secured by an interim coach, an inconsistent kicker and a thin defence that wouldnt break. http://www.wholesaleairmax720ireland.com/ . Canada is now down to its 22-player limit, although but players wont be registered until Christmas Day. Changes could still be made as a result of a suspension or injury. 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The team said general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi will be made available following Rodriguezs news conference at 11 a.m. ET.The 41-year-old designated hitter, a 14-time All-Star, has a .204 average this year with nine homers and 29 RBIs in 216 at-bats. He has all but disappeared from the Yankees in the past month, at first losing his designated hitter job against right-handed pitchers and then hardly leaving the bench. Girardi has at times become annoyed by repeated media questions over Rodriguezs status.No matter what happens, Im at peace with myself, Rodriguez said Tuesday.I think I can contribute. I think I can help out in the clubhouse, he added, but if not, I have two beautiful daughters waiting for me in Miami.On Friday, the Yankees called a news conference with 36-year-old first baseman Mark Teixeira, who announced he will retire at the end of the season.A-Rod has had just one start and seven at-bats in 14 games since July 22 as New York traded veterans Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller, Carlos Beltran and Ivan Nova, turning toward a youth movement. He is in a 4-for-36 (.111) slump and has struck out in five of his past six at-bats.I cant really tell you when Im going to play him, Girardi said Thursday.Rodriguez has just two home runs since June 3, leaving his career total at 696. He trails only Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) on the career list.A-Rod has a $20 million salary this year and is owed $20 million more in 2017, the final season of a $275 million, 10-year contract that was the baseballs largest when he signed it.Rodriguez helped the Yankees win the 2009 World Series but had been in repeated controversy since he arrived ahead of the 2004 season in a trade with Texas.He won his second and third AL MVP awards with the Yankees but has been a pariah for some since his 2009 admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs while with Texas earlier in his career.ddddddddddddStarting in 2008, Rodriguez made six trips to the disabled list in six seasons for a strained right quadriceps (2008), right hip surgery (2009), a strained left calf (2010), right knee surgery (2011), a broken left hand (2012) and left hip surgery (2013).Major League Baseball suspended him on Aug. 5, 2013, for the remainder of that season and all of 2014 for violations of baseballs drug agreement and labor contract caused by use and possession of numerous prohibited performance-enhancing substances and attempting to cover up his violations.Rodriguez returned from hip surgery and played while appealing the suspension, and the following January an arbitrator cut the penalty to all of the 2014 season.A-Rod made a successful return last year, when the Yankees made him a full-time DH, but his offense slid late in the season and he hit .224 from Sept. 1 on. That left him with a .250 average for the year with 33 homers and 86 RBIs.His slump continued at the start of this season when he hit .185 with four homers and eight RBIs in April and .130 with two homers and six RBIs in May. He was on the disabled list May 4-26 because of a strained right hamstring. His average rose to .267 with two homers and 13 RBIs in June before dropping again.Rodriguez started his big league career with Seattle?in 1994 and signed a $252 million, 10-year contract with Texas before the 2001 season, the largest agreement in baseball history. When the Rangers decided to trade him, a proposed deal to Boston?fell through before the trade to New York. He agreed to shift from shortstop to third base as part of the trade to the Yankees, who already had Derek Jeter at shortstop.A-Rod opted out of the contract after the 2007 season, became a free agent and signed the $275 million deal with the Yankees. ' ' '