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Super Netballs newest team the Collingwood Magpies have announced their 2017 leadership group with midcourter Madi Robinson named captain for the sides inaugural season.Considered one of the best wing attacks in the world, Robinson has been exceptional leader both on and off the court for the Australian Diamonds and for her former team the Melbourne Vixens.A dual Liz Ellis medal winner, Robinson her appointment as the Magpies inaugural captain was special.I never thought Id say Im a Captain of Collingwood in my wildest dreams. Now that it is official, Im so delighted and its a huge honour, Robinson said.Robinson will be joined by fellow Diamonds players Ash Brazill and Sharni Layton as co-captains in a historic year for the club.Collingwood President Eddie McGuire was excited by Robinsons appointment which holds further significance as the club enters its 125th year.Bill Strickland was our first captain in 1897 and today we announce Madi Robinson as our inaugural captain of the Collingwood netball team, McGuire said.Just as Bill Strickland was a giant of our fledgling club and set the foundations for what was to unfold, we have the greatest of confidence that Madi will lay the foundations for another great team and club.The Magpies have been labelled the dream team by fellow Super Netball sides, and while the new team have yet to take the court together, Robinson said the sides leadership qualities will definitely help the team live up to the title.Every player on the team has such great leadership qualities. So when people say youre the dream team, we can say yes we definitely are!Nike React Sale . Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court. Nike React Discount . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.nikereactoutlet.com/ . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. Nike React Element Sale . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. Nike React Outlet . Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said.COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri said Tuesday it has hired San Diego States Jim Sterk as its new athletic director on a seven-year contract.He will be paid a base salary of $700,000 and will start no later than Sept. 1. Interim Chancellor Hank Foley said Sterk was exactly what Missouri needs as it replaces Mack Rhoades, who left for Baylor.Sterk has spent the past six years at San Diego State, helping the school to what Missouri said was the most successful five seasons in SDSUs athletic history -- 32 team conference championships and the fourth-highest combined winning percentage in the country in football and mens basketball.The 60-year-oldd Sterk was also the AD at Washington State and has held positions at Portland State, North Carolina, Maine, Seattle Pacific and Tulane.dddddddddddd The former football and basketball player is a 1980 graduate of Western Washington and received his masters degree in sports administration from Ohio University.Sterk was recently honored as the AD of the year by National Association of College Director of Athletics and was selected to the Division I Mens Basketball Committee.San Diego State has hired Jenny Bramer as interim AD. ' ' '