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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Cleveland quarterback Cody Kessler stood at the podium talking about the best game of his very short NFL career and started tearing up.Its been an emotional couple of weeks for the rookie.Kesslers younger brother wound up hospitalized with a racing heartbeat days before the quarterback was knocked out of last weeks 33-13 loss to the New England Patriots with an injured chest . Then Kessler learned his great-grandmother had died, a woman he considered a second mother.The third-round pick out of Southern California got a break Sunday on the football field where he threw for a career-high 336 yards in his fourth start, nearly rallying the Browns before losing 28-26 to the Tennessee Titans.Kessler became only the third Browns rookie to throw for at least 300 yards, second only to Brandon Weedens 364 yards passing Dec. 2, 2012, at Oakland.Tennessee sacked Kessler six times and hit him five other times, but Kessler never flinched as he kept trying to rally the winless Browns (0-6).Unless they force me to stay out like they did last week, Im not coming out, Kessler said. It was a little painful, but at the same time you want to do it for the guys as well. Its not for myself, its for the guys around me.Talking to reporters after the game, Kessler said he couldnt come out of a game, not with his brother, Dylan, dealing with a heart condition that hospitalized him before the Patriots game.The condition will keep his brother from playing high school football or much of anything for two months and hell be wearing a heart monitor.Kesslers great-grandmother died a week ago, a woman he was so close with that the quarterback considered her as another mother.Its stuff that you cant control and youve just got to move on, Kessler said as he choked up and then walked out of the interview room.The Browns are off to their worst start since 1999 when they lost their first seven as an expansion franchise. Kessler, their third quarterback to start and among five to play already, gave them a chance late at an improbable rally.He threw two touchdown passes to Terrelle Pryor Sr., the second with 2:07 left, before guiding a nine-play drive for another TD that set up a second onside kick.Hes battling his butt off out there, Browns left tackle Joe Thomas said. There were a couple times where he took some really big hits scrambling on fourth down trying to make plays and youre thinking, `Wow, he wont be able to get up from that, and (he) pops right back up and gets right back in the huddle like nothing happened. And thats really admirable.Kessler had a 105.3 passer rating while driving the Browns on a 75-yard drive and a 62-yard drive to rally Cleveland after trailing 28-13. 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The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles.Memphis Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons could miss up to two weeks due to a bone bruise in his left knee, the team said Sunday.It is not the knee that Parsons has had twice surgically repaired.Sources said Parsons has no structural damage in the left knee. He will miss his second consecutive game Monday night against the Charlotte Hornets, the team announced.The Grizzlies signed Parsons to a four-year, $94 million maximum contract this summer despite his previous two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks ending prematurely due to operations on his right knee.For the second straight year, Parsons rehabilitation stretched into the regular season.dddddddddddd He missed the first six games of Memphis season and has been under strict minutes restrictions since making his Grizzlies debut Nov. 6.Parsons has averaged 7.7 points and 3.0 rebounds in 21 minutes during his six appearances for the Grizzlies, who are 4-2 when he plays. He has career averages of 14.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. ' ' '