Eagles rookie WR Cooper received career-first contract

The Philadelphia Eagles announced on Tuesday that their rookie wide receiver Riley Cooper was signed to a four-year contract. As a result, the Eagles have signed all but two draft picks from the 2010 NFL draft, leaving defensive end Brandon Graham and safety Nate Allen unsigned.

The rookie wide receiver was from Florida and is one of 13 draft picks the Eagles had as they make the transition from a veteran team to one driven by some young stars. They traded former starting quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins and promoted backup quarterback Kevin Kolb to be the starter. As a fifth-round pick, Cooper was previously expecting to put on Saints jersey to start his NFL career. The two-sport standout was also selected for twice in the Major League Baseball draft, but he seems to prefer football. Although failing to draw interest from his favorite team, he was still glad to join the Eagles.

Beside making a plan to sign or release the remaining two unsigned draft picks, the Eagles also need to decide on whether to keep backup quarterback Michael Vick for another season. The former Falcons star quarterback was recently involved into off-field trouble again and may face suspension and imprisonment again if he pleaded guilty.

Five ways to prevent your brain from aging

Actually we are unable to stop our body aging day by day, but we do have the ability to slow it down. Researchers have told us that we can do at least five easy things to slow the aging process down and remain smart for a longer time.

The first thing of all we need to do is to give our brain a break as it works better when it’s relaxed. It’s important to take a few minutes each day to breathe deeply or meditate so that the brain cells can develop new connections.

The next important thing is to focus on the future. Making plans regularly and looking forward to upcoming events will reduce the risk of being caught by Alzheimer’s disease. It’s no need to worry about your life and fear facing difficulties and they will just come to you whatever you think about them. Holding a positive attitude is no harm and can even bring you inspirations on how to deal with challenges.

Putting on your Saints jersey to having a walk, snacking on berries and learning something new are all good ways to keep your brain sharp. The most important thing is still your attitude toward life. Taking it as something difficult and scaring, you are already shutting down your brain, but treating it as something enjoyable and expectable, you brain will cooperate with you to turn the life to be better one.

Panthers LB Davis could miss most of new season

According to recent reports, the Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis could miss most of the 2010 regular season as he has undergone a surgery on his right knee to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which was torn twice during last season.

Davis tore his ACL first in a Nov. 8 game against the New Orleans Saints after the defensive man in Saints jersey talked him. Davis had a speedy recovery and returned in time before the 2009 season ended. Unfortunately, the knee seemed not fully recovered and was injured again this Tuesday while Davis was backpedaling in a non-contact drill.

It has not been how long it would take for Davis to recover from the surgery and when he could be back with his team. But since the speedy recovery resulted a second injury, Davis would not try another speedy recovery and could wait until his leg in 100% fine before returning to play game, and the Panthers also expressed that they did not expect Davis to return early in the new season.

Greatest Laker Jerry West praised Kobe Bryant

Spending his entire basketball career and the whole post-career life with the Los Angeles Lakers, Jerry West is no doubt the greatest Lakers player in history and deserves all the honors his received. However, West himself does not agree with that opinion, as he takes a current Lakers player, Kobe Bryant as one of the greatest.

"[Kobe's] playing the best basketball I have ever seen him play to be honest with you. [...] There's no better player that I've ever seen than him... He's the greatest Laker player that we have ever seen."

It’s hard to argue with West on that point, as Kobe, who is in his 14th season with the Lakers, has already got four titles and is competing for a fifth one. He is now a leading role of the team, just like what West was during his time. West is so confident with Bryant that he claimed the young man could successfully defend the champion title of NFL team New Orleans Saints if he puts on Saints jersey to play American football. The claim could be a joke, but athletically, Bryant could just be able to also play football well enough to earn as many MVP titles.

At age 31, Bryant is unlikely to play another 14 seasons for the Lakers, but he is very likely to repeat West’s glorious life as a player, then a coach and then a team organizer.

One more Saints player had sports hernia surgery

Following tight end Jeremy Shockey, linebacker Jonathan Vilma, defensive end Will Smith, offensive tackle Jammal Brown and quite a few other New Orleans Saints players, Pro Bowl right tackle Jon Stinchcomb was a new name of the long list of Saints to have sports hernia surgery.

Actually the news has not been confirmed by the team officials, but Stinchcomb was absent from the AllFax Specialties Classic, a charity golf tournament for Children's Hospital at Beau Chene Country Club he was scheduled to host on Friday. His teammates and coordinators all gave the same explanation for his absence as the surgery. So we can take it as the fact, but there is no need to worry about his availability to team’s offseason programs, because recovery from a typical sports hernia surgery usually takes three to four weeks, and the Saints training camp is more than two months away on July 29.

Stinchcomb can even have plenty of time to participate some team workouts in June, but it’s unlikely for him to be allowed to do that as the team would definitely want him to be in his 100 percent before wearing back his Saints jersey for any on-field work.

Saints made more choices with undrafted rookies

The end of the 2010 NFL draft did not necessary mean the end of adding rookies. There were still quite a few brilliant players yet to be drafted when the last round came an end and teams can still make some good choices with the undrafted free agents. Defending champions New Orleans Saints did not let the chance go and selected ten more rookies among the undrafted.

There are several big names on the list, including LSU’s safety Harry Coleman and TCU long snapper Clint Gresham. The other eight to put on Saints jerseys are UNLV’s offensive linebacker Jason Beauchamp, offensive guard Brandon Carter from the Texas Tech, defensive end Junior Galette from Stillman, quarterback A.J. McKenna from Albany State, cornerback Rafael Priest from TCU, defensive tackle Jay Ross from East Carolina, nose tackle Ekom Udofia from Stanford and cornerback Marcell Young from Jacksonville State.

With a height of 6-2 and weight of 211 pounds, Coleman also used to play at linebacker during his college football career. Being a huge Saints fan himself, Coleman is glad to be able to join the Super Bowl XLIV winner and contribute his versatility to the team’s development. As for Gresham, he is the only long snapper in the draft and could offer a lot help in the improvements at the position and could have a chance to compete for starting job with veteran Jason Kyle.