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BEREA, Ohio -- The Browns third straight loss included a damaging injury. Malcolm Jenkins Jersey . Speedy return specialist Travis Benjamin, one of Clevelands top playmakers and one of the NFLs best punt returners, tore his anterior cruciate knee ligament in Sundays loss at Kansas City and will miss the remainder of the season. Benjamin needs surgery, which has not yet been scheduled. "Its a tough loss for us," Browns coach Rob Chudzinski said Monday, "but well have some guys step up." Benjamin is the second key Browns player to have his season ended by a torn ACL. Starting quarterback Brian Hoyer tore his right ACL while sliding at the end of a scramble on Oct. 3 against Buffalo, a game Benjamin turned around by returning a punt 79 yards for a touchdown and racking up a team record 179 yards in returns as Cleveland rallied for a 37-24 win. Chudzinski said Benjamin twisted his knee while planting on a return with 2:34 left in the third quarter. The Browns (3-5) have already felt Benjamins loss. With the second-year wide receiver on the sideline, Davone Bess took over return duties but fumbled while trying to catch a punt on the run in the fourth quarter. The muff was recovered by the Chiefs, who held on to remain unbeaten. "I had it," said Bess, who also mishandled three passes, including one on fourth down with 2:12 left. "When I got my eyes up to see where the defenders were, they were there and I must not have had it 100 per cent. Its just discipline. Ive got to look the ball all the way in and it starts in practice. " Benjamin, who was drafted in the fourth round last year from Miami, has been a major contributor for the Browns. Hes averaged 11.7 yard per punt return -- sixth in the league -- and his 86-yard kickoff return set up a TD for Cleveland on Oct. 20 against Green Bay. He also had five catches for 105 yards and rushed for 45 yards on an end-around. Chudzinski said Bess will continue to handle punt returns. Starting cornerback Joe Haden is another option, but Chudzinski would prefer not to use one of his best defensive players. "Its unfortunate with his injury, but Ive got to step up," Bess said. "Thats as simple as it gets. Theres nothing to talk about, to be down about. Its just to go out and get it." Green Jeremy Maclin Womens Elite Jersey . The stadium gasped. Reliever Drew Storen, already with men on first and second with none out in the seventh inning of a tie game, was on the ropes. Then Storen threw Stanton a slider. Swing and a miss. Strike three. Momentum shifted. Two popouts later, the inning was over with no damage done, and the Washington Nationals scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the inning to take a 4-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Connor Barwin Jersey . -- Ernie Els hardly ever catches a break at the Match Play Championship.TOBLACH, Italy - Marit Bjoergen of Norway picked up her second World Cup win of the weekend as she triumphed in the womens freestyle sprint in Toblach on Sunday, while compatriot Ola Vigen Hattestad was victorious in the mens event. In the last race before the Sochi Olympics, Bjoergen followed up her win in the 10-kilometre classical race on Saturday by beating World Cup sprint leader Denise Herrmann of Germany by 0.43 seconds for her fifth victory of the season. Fellow Norwegian Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg was third, 1.46 seconds behind. "I think my legs were a little bit tired after yesterday," Bjoergen said. "I didnt feel very fast in the qualification. But each heat I felt a little biit better and was able to advance each time. Pink LeSean McCoy Elite Jersey. I was able to get myself into good position off the downhill in the final to be able to get the win today." Kikkan Randall of the United States was fifth. Hattestad finished 0.69 seconds ahead of teammate Eirik Brandsdal. Josef Wenzl of Germany was third, 0.94 seconds behind. There was no change in the overall standings, with leader Martin Johnsrud Sundby absent. "This was a really great victory for me today," Hattestad said. "I knew I had strong legs and excellent skis so I am happy to win. I was told after the Norwegian championships that I wasnt ready for Sochi but I think today I showed that I am." ' ' ' |
