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NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Tennessee Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan was ejected from Sundays game for making contact with an official.The Titans were upset when Green Bay Packers nose tackle Letroy Guion jumped across the line and knocked quarterback Marcus Mariota on his back prior to the snap. In the ensuing scrum, Lewan swiped away?the hand of back judge Steve Freeman, drawing the flag and the ejection.I thought it was the right call. Taylor should not have been where he was. He should have been back in the huddle, coach Mike Mularkey said after the Titans 47-25 victory.Lewan has played very well for the Titans this season. On the Titans first play from scrimmage Sunday, he blocked a defensive lineman and safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix?to help spring?DeMarco Murray?for a 75-yard touchdown run.Ive said in the past, Id go to war with Marcus, Lewan said. Seeing your quarterback getting hit with nobody taking off [from the line] is a huge, unspoken no-no in the NFL. So I got in the guys face and someones hands were on my chest. And I didnt even know I did until the review, but I swiped his hands away and it happened to be the official, and that took me out of the game.Thats something that is not OK, but Ive said before Im going to fight for Marcus every chance I get, and that is something I will always do. ... Regardless of any situation, I need to be responsible for my actions.Lewan said he begged referee Jeff Triplette not to send him off the field for good. As he headed for the locker room after his ejection, Lewan held up his middle fingers while shouting at the officials and tossing a glove over his head and into the crowd. He said the locker room was a quiet place where he had a long time to digest what unfolded.Mariota said he appreciated Lewan defending him, but said the whole team can do better keeping its collective head in such moments.Lewan was replaced by Dennis Kelly, a tackle the Titans received in exchange for receiver Dorial Green-Beckham in a preseason trade.As the Titans walked off the field after the win, Lewan -- in flip-flops, shorts, a sweatshirt and a backward ball cap -- greeted some of his teammates at the corner of the field near the tunnel.Lewans ejection is the 11th disqualification of a player from a game this season. There hasnt been more than 13 players ejected in one season since at least 2001, the first year in which ESPN has collected data for its penalty database.PJ Washington Hornets Jersey . 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NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through the first period.Starting next season, NFL teams will be allowed to choose which type of cancer they wish to raise awareness of in October, which traditionally has been breast cancer awareness month for the league.?The NFL informed teams of the change in a conference call last week, the MMQB.com reported Tuesday. Teams can still support breast cancer if they wish, but will be able to support other cancer causes, as long as a form of the disease is screenable and detectable.The NFL, since 2009, has allowed players to wear pink accessories and has featured the color on fields and sidelines. While the NFL has raised almost $15 million for the American Cancer Society through its campaign, it also has drawn criticism from those who suspect the pink initiative is a way to make more money through merchandise sales.Next year, the NFLs campaign will still be named A Crucial Catch, but there wont be one signature color, the MMQB reported, which will make the league find alternatives to merchandise sales to raise funds.The truth is, as we transition in 2017, it will be a different kind of year, Anna Isaacson, the NFLs vice president of social responsibility, told the MMQB.com. Once we see how that goes, we will know more for 2018. We hope we raise, if not the same, more than we have, of course. The pressure is on to thinnk about how we can do that.dddddddddddd Thats the goal, but I wouldnt say we have solved that yet.The seeds for change were planted in 2014 through a letter to commissioner Roger Goodell from the Houston Texans Devon Still, who suggested the month of October shouldnt be limited to breast cancer awareness for the NFL, the MMQB reported. Still was replying to a letter from Goodell, who had sent a message of support to Still, whose daughter Leah was fighting stage 4 neuroblastoma (Leah Still has been in remission for more than a year now).Goodell told Still about the leagues planned change last fall, according to the MMQB, when Still was among players who visited the league office to discuss the My Cause, My Cleats initiative, which began this season.The My Cause, My Cleats campaign took place in Week 13 when players were allowed to wear their own signature cleats which drew attention to a charity they supported.It lets me know that hes listening, Still told the MMQB.com. For a long time, we have been supporting causes close to the heads of the NFL. To find out they are really following through with this, it makes me feel like the players are gaining more of a voice. ' ' '