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Kangaroos star Sam Thaiday has urged Andrew Fifita not to give up on rugby league, amid claims from the controversial front-rower he is considering defecting to a rival code. Lebron James Shoes Clearance .Fifita was banned from the Australia squad for the Four Nations tournament due to his support for coward punch killer Kieran Loveridge.The Cronulla premiership winner said on Sky News Jones & Co. program on Tuesday night he feared his NRL contract could be ripped up tomorrow.But Thaiday, one of the games leading figures said he would hate to see Fifita lost to rugby league.Definitely. He is a huge character in our game and he is a huge drawcard for a lot of young kids out there as well, Thaiday told AAP on Wednesday.He is someone that young kids look up to and aspire to be.Where he is getting himself into trouble at the moment is, he is making some bad decisions and some bad choices in his life.I think his footballing life is great and it is on track at the moment. It is just the off-field stuff that he needs to knuckle down on and get right.In speaking with broadcaster Alan Jones, Fifita said the NRL and police were trying to make a fool of him after he was warned for consorting with criminals for visiting Loveridge in jailI feel Im on my last chance at the NRL. They all know that, I know that, he said.Im thinking the worst at the moment. Ive got one more mess up and Im out, my contracts ripped up.So Ive already approached my management team, Ive already had talks with the CEO (Cronulla boss Lyall Gorman) about negotiating elsewhere in different codes because of all this stuff thats going on.But Thaiday, who is in Perth with the Australian squad ahead of Saturdays Test against New Zealand at nib Stadium, said Fifita had a big future in rugby league if he could sort himself out away from the game.I am sure if he can figure that stuff out he will play many, many games for Australia going forward, the Brisbane Broncos forward said.But at the moment it is those things that are the problem.We want the best of the best playing for Australia and those players have to be the best of the best on and off the field. Lebron 15 Shoes Outlet . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. 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The NL Central champions are trying to split their four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers, who hit four home runs in an 11-3 victory Saturday.The St. Louis Cardinals Jeremy Hazelbaker hit a leadoff home run in the ninth to end Hendricks no-hit bid Monday. The 26-year-old right-hander struck out seven, walked two and leads the majors with a 2.03 ERA.Its got to catapult him in the minds of people voting (for the Cy Young) right now, manager Joe Maddon told reporters after the game.Hendricks (15-7) is 8-1 with a 1.33 ERA in 11 starts since the All-Star break and 9-1 with a 1.21 ERA at Wrigley this season. In nine career starts against the Brewers, he is 5-2 with a 2.01 ERA -- and 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA against them at home.He prepares himself better than anybody Ive caught in my career, catcher Miguel Montero told the Chicago Tribune. And hes got a pretty good idea on the mound.Behind Hendricks, his teammate Jon Lester is second in the majors in ERA at 2.40. The Mets Noah Syndergaard is third at 2.43.The Cubs are expected to start several of their regulars Sunday after playing mostly reserves the last two games after they clinched the division Thursday.I was going to give them two days. (Third baseman Kris Bryant) definitely wanted back in (Saturday), so I put him back in there. The other guys were fine with it, Maddon said. Cheap Lebron James Shoes. Youre going to see a pretty normal lineup out there (Sunday).After becoming the first team in the majors to win a division this season, the Cubs (94-54) are also gunning for the best record in the majors. The Washington Nationals own the next-best record at 88-60.We want to have the best record in baseball and we want to have home-field advantage throughout (the playoffs), Maddon said. Does it matter at the end of the day? Well find out. Competitively, who you are as an athlete, what you do, you want to be the best.Right-hander Wily Peralta (6-10, 5.42 ERA) starts Sunday for the Brewers. He is 4-7 with a 4.15 ERA in 12 career starts against the Cubs. In his last outing, he allowed three runs Monday against the Cincinnati Reds for his sixth quality start. Peralta is 2/3 with a 3.50 ERA in seven starts since rejoining the rotation Aug. 9 for the injured Junior Guerra.Milwaukee (67-82) added outfielder Michael Reed from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Saturday after losing outfielders Keon Broxton (fractured right wrist) and Kirk Nieuwenhuis (abdominal strain) on Friday. Nieuwenhuis is expected to be evaluated Monday.(Reed has) been more of a corner outfielder type, but he can play center field, manager Craig Counsell said. So, we need outfielders, really, and we need bodies.The Brewers are 7-11 against the Cubs this season. ' ' '