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Quarterback Drew Brees will not be at the New Orleans Saints training camp unless he signs a long-term contract before Monday, according to ESPN. Andrew Luck Jersey . The Saints have already tagged Brees as their franchise player, which means he would be paid more than $16.3 million for the upcoming season. Brees, however, wont to sign the tender and wont report to camp without a new deal. Training camp begins on July 24. The Saints open the regular season on Sept. 9. If Brees is not signed to a long-term deal by Monday at 4pm et, the only way he will be able to play this season is by signing the teams franchise tender. If he does, the team cannot negotiate a long-term deal until the end of the season. The Saints have offered Brees a contract that averages $19.25 million per season, while ESPNs Chris Mortensen adds that hes looking for an average of $20.5 million per season. Brees, who led the Saints to a Super Bowl victory in 2009, passed for 5,476 yards and 46 touchdowns last season. Dwight Freeney Jersey . -- Montreal Impact manager Jesse Marsch could barely believe his team managed to lose 2-1 to the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night. Pat Angerer Jersey . - Mixed martial arts fighter and reality show host Jason (Mayhem) Miller was in jail on suspicion of burglary Monday night after deputies responding to reports of a break-in said they found him naked inside a Southern California church. http://www.nikeindianapoliscoltsproshop.com/reggie-wayne-jersey . -- A judge said Thursday that he would overrule an objection by Fox Sports and approve a process for the Los Angeles Dodgers to sell the media rights to future games as part of the teams plan to exit bankruptcy. Andrew Luck Womens Jersey . 1. Health of Buck Pierce Its an old theme for the Blue Bombers, but one that cant be ignored, even after a season in which Pierce started a career-high 16 regular season games. Robert Mathis Jersey . Ontario and the West have more wins by far and in the era of winning back-to-back championships, it has happened with Quebec teams but again it doesnt happen often. SONOMA, Calif. -- Clint Bowyer and his crew chief both needed jobs at the end of last season. They found them at Michael Waltrip Racing, a team that survived a near-collapse in its first season only to struggle in its bid to rise above mediocrity. The team then picked up Mark Martin, who needed a team that would let him race a partial schedule. Later came Brian Vickers, who was out of work but willing to fill the seat for some of Martins off days. The team overhauled its approach, changed its way of thinking, and made sweeping upgrades throughout the organization. Its made for a dramatically improved organization all year, and now MWR has its first victory of the season. Bowyer, led by former Juan Pablo Montoya crew chief Brian Pattie, earned his first win on a road course Sunday by holding off Kurt Busch at Sonoma. "Ive had good teammates and good stuff before, but never like this," said Bowyer, who left Richard Childress Racing at the end of last season when a contract extension couldnt be completed. "This is a young group, Michael stuck it out and Im telling you, hes fixing to reap the benefits. Hes worked hard." Waltrip was beaming after the win, his third since the team was formed in 2007. "This place just reminds me on how mightily Michael Waltrip Racing struggled when we started," Waltrip said. "Just five short years ago we were here and wondering what our future was like and how we were going to survive. We probably appreciate this more than anybody ever could, because we know how close we were to just not being around anymore, just six months out of our start. "So to stand up there, be able to cheer with Brian Pattie and the team and see Clint take the checkered flag after all we have been through, its just really special." Bowyer had to hold off Busch on the winding 1.99-mile road course. Although Bowyer finished fourth three previous times on this road course, his background is on dirt tracks and this style of racing isnt his strong suit. So the irony of winning Sunday wasnt lost on Bowyer. "To have this dirt boy from Kansas at Victory Lane on a road course is big, trust me," Bowyer said. "I saw Jeff Gordon, hes sitting there on the wall, hes won this race many times, hes a champion of this sport and I just beat him. I passed Jeff Gordon, and you have no idea, a young racer from Kansas, you dont forget stuff like that." Bowyer dominated by leading 71 of the 112 laps. Defending race winner Busch, in an unsponsored car, was all over the bumper of Bowyers Toyota late and got a final shot at taking the win away when caution flew with four laps remaining. Only Busch damaged his car with roughly eight laps to go, and he worried the entire caution period whether his Chevrolet was ruined and had no chance of catching Bowyer through the two-lap overtime sprint to the finish. Bowyer raced side-by-side with Busch at the green flag, then cleared Busch and pulled away for the win. "KKurt raced me clean, he bumped me and roughed me up, but never did anything to jeopardize either one of us," Bowyer said.dddddddddddd It was a strong day all-around for MWR, which got a fourth-place finish from Vickers, who was back to NASCAR after racing last weekend at Le Mans. Martin Truex Jr. led 15 laps, and was running in the top 10 until a late-race incident with Joey Logano dropped him to 22nd. Waltrip believes Vickers could have a stronger future with the team. "Certainly is a possibility to add Brian to our driver lineup with a fourth team, or even have him hang around another year, and if Mark ever gets done driving -- which I wouldnt wait around for Mark to quit if I was him," Waltrip said. "If you think of somebodys attitude that is 180 degrees different, he struggled getting tangled up with folks, and he started the season saying Im not that guy, I know how to race these cars and Im going to prove it. Hes been amazing for our organization." Tony Stewart passed Busch on the final lap to claim second, but said it was because Buschs car was struggling. "Kind of got it by default there to a certain degree. Once we got by there, we just were not close enough in that last lap to get to Clint," Stewart said. Busch wound up third. He was emotional after -- Busch missed Pocono earlier this month because he was suspended by NASCAR for verbally abusing a media member -- and said he was thrilled to compete for the win in an underfunded, unsponsored Phoenix Racing car. "Its an amazing day, when you can do what we did," Busch said. "Im a little choked up because A: We were in position. B: I was very considerate to Bowyer, who was going for his first win with the new team. And then C: which is most important, I made a mistake, I got into those tires in turn 11." Busch, who has struggled with his temper on and off the track, saw a silver lining in his strong finish. "If I can get my head on straight here, and after the race, then I could be able to race every weekend and go for victories," Busch said. Vickers was fourth for MWR, followed by Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. Greg Biffle was seventh, followed by pole-sitter Marcos Ambrose, AJ Allmendinger and Joey Logano. Most everyone believed the race would be a runaway win for either Ambrose or Gordon, but neither really contended. Ambrose led the first 11 laps before plummeting through the field, and said the setup on his Richard Petty Motorsports Ford was just off. "We really missed it," he said. "We missed it bad, and we did good to recover and get a top-10 out of it. We will take it and move on. We got the pole and had a lot of speed; we just missed it for the race. "We were slow. It was just terrible. We had no speed in the car and we paid the price." Gordon led one time for 13 laps before running out of gas as he was headed in for a scheduled pit stop. ' ' '
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