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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Kyle Schwarbers big-time World Series impact for the Chicago Cubs is no surprise to New York Jets wide receiver Jalin Marshall.The two were football teammates at Middletown High School in Middletown, Ohio, with Schwarber a hard-hitting linebacker while also serving as a power-hitting slugger for the baseball team.He was a bad man, a smiling Marshall said in the Jets locker room Thursday. He used to always do the craziest stuff. He was one of those guys that, no matter what happened, he was going to do what he could to make the team win. It seems like thats what hes doing now and its working out for him.He can say that again.Schwarber tore the anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments in his left knee in April while playing the outfield for the Cubs. He was thought to be sidelined for the year but returned in time to play in the World Series. He doubled in Game 1 against the Cleveland Indians as a designated hitter, becoming the first major league position player to get his first hit of the season during the World Series. Schwarber drove in two runs in Game 2, but he was denied medical clearance Thursday to play the outfield.Since theres no DH in National League ballparks, Schwarber will be limited to pinch-hitting duties during Games 3-5 in Chicago.A reporter for the Dayton Daily News tweeted a photo Thursday of Schwarber and Marshall from their high school playing days, posing with their backs against each other.It feels like it was just yesterday, Marshall said. I can still hear him hitting the ball all the way from the football complex. Hes always been like this. Our last football game playing together was against Braxton Miller and we didnt win, but we were pretty good that year.Miller, now a wide receiver for the Houston Texans, was the quarterback of the Huber Heights Wayne team that beat Schwarber, Marshall and the previously undefeated Middies, 21-0 on Nov. 6, 2010.Schwarber went on to play baseball at Indiana University and was the fourth overall pick in the 2014 draft. Marshall was signed by the Jets as an undrafted free agent out of Ohio State this spring and serves as New Yorks primary kick returner.Kyle was a big mentor to me growing up, Marshall said. We stay in touch and have a pretty good relationship. We have some close mutual and family friends. I always wish the best for him and I hope he keeps doing well.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFLChina Shoes Cheap . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. 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He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season.GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (theahl.com) -- The Grand Rapids Griffins are one win away from their first Calder Cup title after a 4-2 win over the Syracuse Crunch in Game 3 of the American Hockey Leagues championship series on Wednesday night. Jan Mursak broke a 2-2 tie with 4:49 left in regulation to help stake the Griffins to a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Calder Cup Finals. Grand Rapids goes for the sweep when it hosts Game 4 on Friday night (7 ET, AHL Live, SiriusXM NHL Network Radio, ESPN America). After dropping the first two games of the series at home, Syracuse struck first in Game 3. Richard Panik gave the Crunch their first lead of the series at 10:21 of the first period, taking a feed from Tyler Johnson, stepping around a Grand Rapids defender and wristing a shot past Petr Mrazek. It was the sixth goal of the playoffs for Panik. Tomas Tatar evened things up on a wraparound 2:09 into the second period, collecting Nathan Paetschs point shot behind the net and tucking it behind Cedrick Desjardins to make it 1-1. For Tatar, it was his league-leading 13th goal of the postseason. Luke Glendening gave Grand Rapids the lead less than three minutes later, collecting aa loose puck off a scramble in front and depositing it for his sixth goal of the playoffs at 4:53.dddddddddddd Syracuse made it 2-2 at 9:56 of the second as Dan Sextons long wrister from the blue line changed direction and knuckled past Mrazek for his fifth goal of the playoffs. Desjardins made a pair of huge saves in the third to preserve the tie. Tomas Jurco had a chance alone in front with 12:45 remaining and Desjardins denied him with a spread-eagle pad save, and Gustav Nyquist was sprung on a breakaway with 9:25 to play only to be turned away by the Crunch netminder. Grand Rapids finally broke through with 4:49 to go as captain Jeff Hoggan came out from behind the net and sent a shot towards the cage that Mursak deflected past Desjardins for his 10th postseason goal. The Griffins tacked on an insurance goal with 2:28 to play when Hoggan grabbed the puck off a Crunch turnover, drove to the net and beat Desjardins to make it 4-2. Mrazek (14-7) made 26 saves for his sixth win in the Griffins last seven games. Desjardins (11-4) finished with 25 stops. Attendance at Van Andel Arena was 10,102, the largest crowd in Griffins AHL playoff history. ' ' '