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Tom Coughlin didnt want his time as New York Giants coach to end in January. That was clear at the time, and Coughlin has said as much since then. But if there are any hard feelings about Coughlins exit after 12 years and two Super Bowl titles, they wont keep the team from honoring his accomplishments.The Giants announced Tuesday that Coughlin, along with former defensive end Justin Tuck and longtime general manager Ernie Accorsi, will be inducted into the teams Ring of Honor in a halftime ceremony during the teams Nov. 14 Monday Night Football game against the Bengals in East Rutherford, New Jersey.It was a great privilege to be the 16th head coach of the New York Giants, and its a privilege and a tremendous honor to be a part of those great names in Giant folklore that are in the Ring of Honor, Coughlin said in a statement released by the team.Coughlin was 110-93 in 12 seasons as the Giants coach, including playoff games and two Super Bowl victories over the New England Patriots. He officially resigned in January after going 6-10 for the second year in a row and failing to finish .500 for the third year in a row. Some discomfort followed the move, as Coughlin interviewed with the San Francisco 49ers and the division-rival Philadelphia Eagles for their vacant head coach jobs and continued to visit the Giants team facility on a somewhat regular basis for a time. But he has supported the efforts of his successor and former offensive coordinator, Ben McAdoo, and has stayed out of sight more recently.Coughlin will be the fourth head coach inducted into the Giants Ring of Honor, joining Bill Parcells, Steve Owen and Jim Lee Howell.Tuck, who announced his retirement earlier this offseason after two years with the Oakland Raiders, played for the Giants from 2005 to 2013 and had a total of 66 sacks if you include the postseason. He sacked Tom Brady twice in each of the Giants Super Bowl victories over New England.Accorsi will be the second Giants GM in the Ring of Honor, joining his predecessor, George Young. Accorsi was Giants GM from 1998 to 2006 and presided over the decision to draft Eli Manning in 2004. Adidas Superstar Saldi . Perez, 35, posted a 1-2 record with a 3.69 earned-run average in 19 relief appearances last season. His season ended Aug. 9 due to a torn ligament in his left elbow. Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring training. Adidas Superstar Offerte . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. http://www.adidassuperstarscontate.it/ .C. Lions has come to an end. Banks told TSN on Jan 2 that he had no interest in playing out the option year of his contract with the Lions in 2014, and he again made that clear in a conversation with Lions GM Wally Buono last week. Adidas Superstar Outlet Italia . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. Adidas Superstar Outlet . - Connor McDavid scored 53 seconds into overtime as the Erie Otters came from behind to defeat the visiting Guelph Storm 4-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Ray Rice wont be with an NFL team this weekend. The former Baltimore Ravens running back, whose act of violence brought domestic violence into American living rooms, is still out of the league, and he spends his time talking about the issue that has defined his past two years.I just want to be a part of something, Rice told me on Thursday, that my lasting image wont be that video.NFL commissioner Roger Goodell personally liked Rice, and before the video came out he listened to the veteran running back and his wife as they explained what happened that night, ultimately deciding to go light with a two-game suspension.The sympathy didnt do Rice any favors, just like the one-game suspension issued to New York Giants kicker?Josh Brown after an incomplete investigation wont help him move beyond his issues. Instead, Browns future with the team is up in the air as the team travels to London, his personal therapy journals and his admission that he is an abuser open for the world to read.And now, Giants owner John Mara has revealed that the team knew he had abused his wife. At the time the one-game suspension was announced, part of the leagues rationale was that it couldnt get other witnesses or the police to cooperate. And yet, Brown himself had confirmed the most pertinent piece of information.The NFL should have figured out that with Rice if you are going to discipline players, it needs to be enforced evenly. Mara can stand by his player, but shielding Brown from a real suspension for domestic violence doesnt reinforce the NFLs words on the subject, and it doesnt help Brown move forward.Are we really here again?The six-game minimum suspension called for in the NFLs 2014 NFLs Personal Conduct Policy?is?not really in effect anymore. The six-game standard has been used three times in the 10 possible domestic violence-related cases, and not at all in the last year. Since then, the suspensions have dropped to four games, two games and a single game.Its worth noting that Brown appealed the single-game suspension.The NFLs public service announcement campaign morphed from No More anti-violence ads to the home-grown Football is Family spots, backing slowly away from associating the NFL so publicly?with an issue that defined it.ddddddddddddYes, its challenging to investigate these cases. The only person the NFL can compel to cooperate in this case is Brown, who according to the Giants offered a full and remorseful description of an abusive relationship, including incidents other than the May 2015 arrest he was investigated for.If Brown told the Giants and the NFL the truth but didnt happen to mention the existence of a journal he likely never dreamed would be in the public domain, he shouldnt be subject to additional punishment. The NFL Players Association litigated that with Rice -- and won.Absent new information or proof that Brown lied, it will be difficult for the NFL to issue another penalty. The league gets one shot at this, and it looks like it blew it. Again.The renovated conduct policy was a good solution, but the NFL had no plan on how to stick with it. And ultimately these penalties rob players of second chances.Rice hasnt gotten another chance on the field. There are plenty of people who wont care what happens to an abuser, but the NFL shouldnt be in that camp. Its in the leagues best interest to discipline but then support as a player moves forward. Greg Hardy was given that chance, despite evidence of severely beating and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend.Unlike Hardy, Rice hasnt been shrinking from the issues. To listen to Rice is to hear a man who accepts responsibility and has learned more about the underlying issues. He still works out and makes no secret of wanting to play again, but he has also put his career into perspective. Family, which now includes his daughter and a son as well as wife Janay, comes first.He has been speaking to groups of kids and teams about violence and his own personal reckoning. He says each time he does he gets a handful of kids who approach and ask if he can help them with their own situations. He tells them asking for help is the first step.I know there will be future opportunities, he said. Im not giving up on football, but that isnt the be all, end all.Its a lesson Josh Brown may have to learn very soon. ' ' '