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PITTSBURGH -- The chip is still there, Lance Moore insists, just as weighty and sharp as ever. Willian Chelsea Jersey . Eight years in the NFL and a Super Bowl ring have done little to make the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver forget his modest roots. He can still rattle off the name of the players who beat him out for a job with the Cleveland Browns during his first training camp nearly a decade ago even though he was a long-shot undrafted free agent at the time. Most of them are long gone. Not Moore. Hes still around, still trying to prove himself, still nervous he could find himself out of a job at any minute. "I dont know if I ever really let myself get comfortable," Moore said. Even if Moore spent eight productive seasons helping Drew Brees and Sean Payton turn the New Orleans Saints into one of the NFLs most consistent winners. On a team of undersized and underappreciated talent, the 5-foot-9 Moore found a home. He caught 38 touchdown passes in 101 games with New Orleans, morphing from special teams ace to indispensable red zone target. Until, of course, the math got in the way. A hand injury limited Moore to just 37 receptions and two scores in 2013. Knowing he was owed $3.8 million in 2014, Moore wasnt surprised when the Saints cut him loose this spring. "Thats how it goes in this game," Moore said. "A lot of teams are trying to get younger and cheaper at the same time." Moore turns 31 in August. He understands hes well into the second half of an NFL journey that is already longer than he ever anticipated. Yet there is something about the opportunity with the Steelers that intrigues him. Maybe its because playing slot receiver in Pittsburgh is like discovering the NFLs fountain of youth. Hines Ward was effective well into the final days of his 14-year career before retiring in 2012. He was replaced by Jerricho Cotchery, who scored a remarkable 10 touchdowns for the Steelers in 2013 at age 31. Cotchery turned all those scores into a lucrative contract with Carolina. Enter Moore, who lacks Cotcherys size and Wards tenacious blocking skills but makes up for it with what he describes as "football savvy." "Ive been little for a long time," Moore said. "I am not getting any bigger. I am 30 years old. I am happy in this body. I feel like I have made a lot of plays and will continue to do that." Its exactly what the Steelers had in mind when they signed Moore to a two-year deal in March, an agreement that came with more than a little help from backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski, who spent four years rooming with Moore when the two played at Toledo. Gradkowski started calling Pittsburgh coaches about Moore the second his good friend was released by New Orleans. It didnt take long for something to get done. Moore wasnt about to sit around and wait for a more lucrative offer than the one that will pay him a total of $3 million if he makes it through the 2015 season. "You look at this franchise, what it stands for and you know theyre about winning," Moore said. "You get a chance to play with somebody like (quarterback) Ben (Roethlisberger) and you dont turn it down." It hasnt taken long for Moore to win over Roethlisberger, who called his newest target "a pro" who hasnt needed much time to pick up the nuances of an offence that is reshaping itself, particularly at wide receiver. Pro Bowler Antonio Brown is the units unquestioned leader, but the departure of Cotchery and Emmanuel Sanders a year after Mike Wallace bolted for Miami has spearheaded a youth movement. The list of players jockeying for position with Moore include second-year players Justin Brown and Markus Wheaton and rookie Martavis Bryant. Moore admits its a little weird being the old guy in meeting rooms. Hes nearly five years Browns senior and will be one of only three players in their 30s among Pittsburghs offensive regulars, joining Roethlisberger and tight end Heath Miller. It could be worse. Moore couldnt be here at all. If this is the beginning of the end, hell take it. Hes close to his boyhood home in Ohio on a team expecting to win after a pair of mediocre 8-8 seasons. His new team expects to play a lot like its new wide receiver: with a chip that likely wont go away anytime soon. "Youve got to keep that," Moore said. "In this league, that can make the difference." Alvaro Morata Jersey . Parnell will be out much longer if it turns out he needs surgery. But first, he will try resting for two weeks before beginning a throwing program that could last up to a month, general manager Sandy Alderson said. Olivier Giroud Jersey . The hard-serving 22-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., became the first Canadian to be ranked in the Top 10 on the ATP World Tour thanks to his runner-up performance at Rogers Cup in Montreal. http://www.chelseasoccerjerseysonline.com/womens-ngolo-kante-chelsea-jersey/ . Ferguson told Uniteds in-house TV channel on Saturday that he has no immediate plans to walk away from the game, and that he still hungers for more trophies even after 25 years in charge of the club.Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Ironicus, trained by Shug McGaughey, moves up in class Saturday as the Stuart Janney-owned 3-year-old makes his stakes debut in the $75,000 Tropical Park Derby at Gulfstream Park. Ironicus, who has a win and a second in two prior Gulfstream starts, will break from post 3 with jockey Joel Rosario in the 14-horse field of 3-year- olds going 1 1/16 miles on the turf. He ran a couple times down here last year and the second time he ran he finished second and cracked a cannon bone. We gave him some time off, and he came back good, McGaughey said. The last two times he ran he ran against straight 3-year-olds. The gray colt won his second career start on New Years Day at Gulfstream Park and five weeks later was second at the track, both races on grass. He came back in late October with a third on the turf at Belmont Park and lost by a nose in a grass race at Aqueduct on Nov. 16. Weve always thought he was a nice horse. Hes got a good pedigree and hes a good-looking horse, McGaughey said. We thought he was a nice horse. Hes straight-forward. Everything he did, he did easy. Ironicus has banked $55,190 from five career starts. Cabo Cat, winner of Belmont Parks Manila Stakes in June, has drawn post 12 with Joe Bravo getting the riding assignment. Hes doing well. Hes another one whos done well since hes gotten down here, said trainer Mark Hennig about Cabo Cat. Hopefully, he can rebound on his form a little bit. He ran wwell over this course last year and I think hes developed since then. Jorginho Chelsea Jersey. The chestnut colt, owned by Lee Lewis, was second in the Dania Beach at Gulfstream last December followed by a third in the tracks Kittens Joy, seventh in the Palm Beach and second in the Mr. Light Stakes. He needs some pace. Pace helps him a lot because he has a tendency to lag and punch it home, Hennig said. He needs a set up, otherwise it doesnt work out so well because his punch is more effective off fast fractions. Cabo Cat was second in Belmonts Paradise Creek Stakes in May before claiming the Manila. At Saratoga, the colt was fourth in the Sir Cat and third in the Saranac. He was sixth in the Kent Stakes at Delaware Park and third in a Belmont allowance race two months ago. The 3-year-old has two wins, three seconds and three thirds from 12 starts for $216,792. Here is the field for the Tropical Park Derby in post position order: Sky Flight, Jose Lezcano; Other Cheek, Julien Leparoux; Ironicus, Joel Rosario; My Storm Trooper, Jeffrey Sanchez; Breitling Flyer, Edgard Zayas; Best Plan Yet, Jesus Rios; Cement Clement, Kaylia Albright; Daddys Kid, Travis Dunkelberger; Smooth Daddy, Javier Castellano; Roman Approval, Irad Ortiz Jr.; Morning Calm, Leandro Goncalves; Cabo Cat, Joe Bravo; Wallyanna, Mario Pino and Bashart, Luis Saez. Shiva Ryan and Idiosyncratic are also eligibles. The Tropical Park Derby has an approximate post time Saturday of 3:58 p.m. ET. ' ' '

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