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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- During a season full of disappointment, the Jacksonville Jaguars patchwork offensive line has actually been mostly steady.That unit is about to collide with its biggest challenge of the season when the Denver Broncos come to town.Again relying on a ferocious pass rush to boost one of the leagues top defenses, the Broncos will be looking to keep a frustrating season going for the Jaguars as they try to keep pace in a heated AFC playoff race on Sunday at EverBank Field.They are obviously one of the best, if not the best, and rightfully so, Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles said of Denvers defense. At every position, they are extremely talented and they do a good job.The Super Bowl champion Broncos (7-4) will have to fight to return to the postseason while playing in a resurgent AFC West. Denver is currently two games behind the division-leading Oakland Raiders and a game back of the Kansas City Chiefs with five games to play, and it is dealing with an injury to quarterback Trevor Siemian.Siemian missed another practice Friday because of his left foot injury and was ruled out for Sundays game.First-round rookie quarterback Paxton Lynch will start after Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak made the switch official following Fridays practice.Lynch gets his second start of the season in place of Siemian, who sustained the foot injury in the first possession of overtime in last Sunday nights 30-27 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.The 24-year-old Siemian finished the game but experienced pain in his foot the next morning. He was placed in a walking boot Tuesday and did not practice all week. Siemian threw for a career-high 368 yards and three touchdowns against the Chiefs.The Jaguars (2-9), losers of six straight games, have already clinched their ninth consecutive season without a winning record and wont be headed to the playoffs without some sort of miracle.Instead, they will mostly spend the last chunk of the season building for the future.We just want to finish and win games here, defensive end Tyson Alualu said. Youve heard it all year about how we have the talent and the guys to be contenders in this league. For us to have the season that were having, at 2-9, it is frustrating. You have to go out there and continue to do your job the best you know how.Thats the message preached by Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley, particularly to the offensive line this week.Denver is first in the league in pass defense and fourth in total defense, largely because of a pass rush that hounds opposing quarterbacks.It starts with outside linebacker Von Miller, who has a league-leading 12.5 sacks, and extends throughout a unit that has gotten to opposing quarterbacks 35 times -- more than any other team this season.Jacksonville has done a solid job protecting Bortles. He has been sacked just 23 times while being among the league leaders in pass attempts despite losing left guard Luke Joeckel for the season in October and having to shuffle players at several spots along the offensive line at different points.But they havent faced a group as talented as that of the Broncos, who boast Miller and linebackers DeMarcus Ware and Shane Ray as part of a fearsome unit.Hes special, Kubiak said of Miller. Hes obviously a great player, and hes become a leader on the football team. Von has played very consistent level for us this year, playing at a Pro-Bowl level.Miller said, We are just sitting here trying to get wins. Whatever it takes to get those, we are going to do it.While the Broncos are busy planning to get after Bortles, Jaguars defensive coordinator Todd Wash is doing the same to harass the inexperienced Lynch.For the Jaguars, that starts with rookie defensive end Yannick Ngakoue, who leads the team with six sacks, and former Broncos standout Malik Jackson, who has 4.5.The Jaguars are also dealing with several injuries, notably running back Chris Ivory, who was ruled out against Denver after leaving during the first quarter of a loss to the Buffalo Bills last week with a hamstring injury.Jacksonville wide receiver Allen Hurns (hamstring), wide receiver/punt returner Rashad Greene (Achilles) and defensive end Jared Odrick (shoulder) have also been ruled out. Tight end Julius Thomas (back) is officially listed as doubtful and will likely miss his second straight game.Meanwhile, the Jaguars will search for any way to limit a talented Broncos pass rush -- and get their first win of the season in Jacksonville.We are excited to get a chance to come back after two away games to come play at home, Bortles said. We feel as though, offensively, there are some good things going on, so we would like to continue that and bring it here and hopefully win at home in front of our crowd.Tanner Roark Jersey . R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead the Blue Jackets to a franchise-record for consecutive wins with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Kings. Cheap Nationals Jerseys China . As he recorded his 23rd and 24th points of the evening, a segment of the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd expressed their appreciation for the Raptors point guard with a smattering of MVP chants. http://www.cheapnationalsjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-michael-taylor-jersey . 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He turned a close 4x100 relay race against Japan and the United States into a typical, Bolt-like runaway, helping Jamaica cross the line in 37.27 seconds.Japan won the silver medal, finishing .33 seconds behind. The U.S. finished the race third but was disqualified because of an early handoff in the first exchange. That promoted Canada to the bronze medal.RIO DE JANEIRO -- U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized for his behavior surrounding an incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station, saying he should have been more careful and candid about how he described what happened after a night of partying with his teammates.But he didnt explain in his lengthy post on his Instagram account why he embellished details of an encounter with armed security guards and called it a robbery, and why he omitted to say that he and three teammates had vandalized a gas station restroom.RIO DE JANEIRO -- The U.S. Olympic mens basketball team is still a little better than Spain. One more win and the Americans are again the best in the world.The U.S. advanced to its third straight gold-medal game, beating Spain 82-76 in another tight matchup between the teams that met in the last two championship games.Klay Thompson scored 22 points for the Americans, who will play Serbia on Sunday for their third consecutive Olympic title.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Allyson Felix achieved something unprecedented in womens track and field by winning her fifth Olympic gold medal.And together with the rest of the 4x100-meter relay team, she brought the United States closer to its biggest medal haul in decades. The tally could have been higher, too, had the U.S. mens 4x100 team not been disqualified after finishing third in the subsequent final.Running the second leg in the relay, Felix kept the U.S. up there with the mighty Jamaicans, before English Gardner and Tori Bowie brought the baton, tightly clenched in their hands, home for gold.RIO DE JANEIRO -- With one last chance for a gold medal in whats probably her last Olympics, Vivian Cheruiyot turned to -- who else -- Usain Bolt for a pre-race pep talk. It worked.The Kenyan ran down world champion and heavy favorite Almaz Ayana in the 5,000-meter final to win a long-awaited first Olympic title. She also set a new games record.NFLPITTSBURGH -- The NFL suspended Pittsburgh Steelers running back LeVeon Bell for the first three games of the season for missing multiple drug tests, a violation of the leagues substance abuse policy.Bell initially faced a four-game suspension, but it was reduced to three games following an appeal to the league. Bell offered an apology in an Instagram post shortly after the suspension was announced, a post he later deleted.This is the second time Bell has faced discipline from the league. 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John Bel Edwards has touted while lobbying the NBA to bring its All-Star weekend to New Orleans.BASEBALLNEW YORK -- Philadelphias Ryan Howard and Washingtons Ryan Zimmerman have been cleared by Major League Baseball of allegations they used banned performance-enhancing substances.Pharmacist Charlie Sly claimed in an Al-Jazeera America documentary The Dark Side: Secrets of Sports Doping, which was broadcast Dec. 27, that the two used banned performance-enhancing substances.In a brief statement, MLB said its investigation did not find any violations of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program by either Howard or Zimmerman.MLB said the players cooperated with its investigation and Sly did not.GOLFGREENSBORO, N.C. -- Si Woo Kim and Lucas Glover had putts for 59 on another low-scoring day in the Wyndham Championship.Kims 50-foot birdie try on his final hole -- the par-4 ninth -- slid by the right edge, leaving the 21-year-old South Korean player with a tournament-record 10-under 60 and a two-stroke lead.Glover shot 61, missing a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th and three-putting the par-4 18th for bogey in the PGA Tours regular-season finale.Kim had a 12-under 128 total to take the two shot advantage over Jim Furyk, Glover, Kevin Na and Japans Hideki Matsuyama.TENNISMASON, Ohio -- Angelique Kerber advanced to the Western & Southern Open semifinals, staying on track to overtake Serena Williams at No. 1, with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over Carla Suarez Navarro.If Kerber wins the tournament, shell move ahead of Williams in next weeks WTA rankings. Williams, who has been No. 1 for 183 consecutive weeks, is the two-time defending champion in this tournament but withdrew because of a sore shoulder.In the mens bracket, Andy Murray struggled with a stiff back and gritted out a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Bernard Tomic to reach the semifinals and extend his successful summer, which includes his second Wimbledon title and another Olympic gold medal. He has won his last 21 matches, a career high.Kerber will play third-seeded Simona Halep, who beat Agnieszka Radwanska for her 13th straight match victory. Karolina Pliskova also advanced with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Svetlana Kuznetsova. Shell face Garbine Muguruza, who beat qualifier Timea Babos in straight sets. ' ' '