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Former Detroit Lions running back Jahvid Best?is set to become the first former NFL player to participate in the Summer Olympic Games after being approved to represent St. Lucia in track and field next month in Rio.Best will run in the 100 meters for St. Lucia, a Caribbean island with an estimated population of just over 163,000. Best was born in Vallejo, California, but his father holds dual citizenship in St. Lucia and the United States.This is a huge accomplishment for me, but at the same time this is just the beginning, Best told NBC Sports. I have only been in this sport for two years professionally, and plan on being around for a long time.According to NBCSports.com, Best will become the first former NFL player to compete in the Summer Games.Marquise Goodwin?competed for the U.S. in the 2012 Olympic long jump, but that was before he started his career as a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills. Goodwin didnt qualify for the Olympic squad for Rio.Jeff Demps won silver for the U.S. in the 4-by-100 relay at the 2012 Olympics before going on to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts. Demps was eliminated in the first round of the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials.Best was the Lions first-round draft pick in 2010 out of the University of California, but he played only two seasons in the NFL due to a series of concussions. After his retirement from the Lions, Best returned to Cal to finish his degree and serve as a graduate assistant for the Golden Bears.According to NBCSports.com, Best was a high school track star and returned to sprint training in 2015 with ALTIS, an athletic training center in Arizona with a strong pedigree of Olympic athletes.The road to Rio began for Best after he posted a 10.16-second time in the 100 meters at a meet in Sacramento, California, on April 2. The time was within the Olympic qualifying standard for the event and allowed Best to be eligible to represent St. Lucia due to his fathers citizenship.I just want to bring pride to St. Lucia, to the Olympic team, to the sport of athletics, Best told the St. Lucia News in a May interview. I want to carry the flag around the track and make my family and country proud.Bests time would have not been good enough to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team. Flames Jerseys 2020 . The players spoke Jan. 13 during a Major League Baseball Players Association conference call after Rodriguez sued the union and Major League Baseball to overturn an arbitrators decision suspending him for the 2014 season and post-season. Calgary Flames Shirts .Y. -- Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo had little trouble picking up his first shutout of the season against a Buffalo Sabres team thats having trouble scoring goals. https://www.cheapflames.com/ . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Calgary Flames Gear . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. Stitched Flames Jerseys . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Austin Ruder and Jarrid Rhodes combined to hit 10 3-pointers and score 34 points and Missouri State beat Alabama A&M 96-62 in the season opener for both teams on Friday night.Ruder hit six 3-pointers and finished with 18 points while Rhodes made 6 of 7 field-goal attempts, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range, and scored 16. Alize Johnson added 16 more, on 8-of-8 shooting and Ronnie Rousseau III had 15 points for Missouri State.Eugene Jones Jr.s jumper gave Alabama A&M a 2-0 lead nearly 2 1/2 minutes in but, 8 seconds later, Rouusseau made a tying layup and Missouri State never again trailed.dddddddddddduder hit four 3-pointers during a 14-2 run that made it 20-8 with 12 minutes left in the half and a 3 by Rhodes gave the Bears a 45-25 lead 10 minutes later.Missouri State made 40 of 65 shots, including 12 of 27 from 3-point range, and shot 67.6 percent in the second half.Quinterian McConico and DeEderick Petty scored 14 apiece for Alabama A&M. ' ' '