Fantasy updates on Eddie Lacy, Chris Ivory, DeMarco Murray and other injured ...

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Published on Sep. 25, 2015

There are plenty of injured running backs heading into Week 3. Big name backs such as Eddie Lacy, DeMarco Murray, Andre Ellington, Chris Ivory, Tevin Coleman, Arian Foster, and others have all missed or been limited participants in practice this week.

Should fantasy owners be concerned with these backs this week? Will Todd Gurley make his debut against the Steelers in Week 3? We"ll try to answer those questions below.

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Will Eddie Lacy play in Week 3?

Lacy sprained his ankle in Week 2 and had to be carted off the field. He"s been absent in practice this week, but don"t take that as a sign that he"ll be inactive on Sunday. Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters earlier this week, "I would definitely feel comfortable playing Eddie on a very limited basis as far as his practice reps."

If Lacy does return, there would be no need for Green Bay to give him a lot of touches. Backup James Starks proved he could carry the load in Week 2 when he carried the ball 20 times for 95 yards. Starks also added four receptions for 11 yards.

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Lacy went through individual drills on Friday, which is an encouraging sign. Owners should be cautious, though, especially since Green Bay plays Monday night. A late start means you"re essentially forced to go with Lacy if you don"t have a backup plan on Monday.

How is Chris Ivory"s injury?

Ivory is dealing with a few injuries at the moment. He"s overcoming a groin injury and he also suffered a quad injury during Monday"s game against the Colts. He told reporters,"If it"s not ready, it"s not ready; I just won"t play.But if it"s good enough to play, I"ll play. But there is that chance that I could make it worse."

He added he didn"t want to "overdo it" by running too much. He said the injury has been bothering him, and Monday"s game made it worse. He did not practice on Wednesday or Thursday, and has a short week to try and recover.

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If Ivory is unable to play which is a real possibility Bilal Powell should see plenty of work for New York. Zac Stacy will be behind Powell.

DeMarco Murray"s injury not expected to keep him out against Jets

Murray tweaked his hamstring during practice this week, which initially put his status for Sunday"s game in doubt. A source told ESPN on Friday, however, that Murray "will be fine" and that "he"ll play" against the Jets this week. Murray"s injury may not be serious, but fantasy owners might consider benching the Eagles back due to his poor performance so far this season.

Will Lamar Miller play with ankle injury?

Miller is officially listed as questionable and has missed some practice time this week due to his ankle injury. He was a limited participant in Thursday"s practice, which is a good indication for Sunday. One beat reporter, however, said Miller "does not look good running on that ankle."

If Miller can"tplay, the Dolphins haveDamien Williams and Jonas Gray, who was promoted from the practice squad earlier in the week.

Todd Gurley could make his debut

Todd Gurley has been a full participant in practice this week and is listed as probable against the Steelers. There"s nothing medically holding him back from playing this week. The only reason he"d sit is if Jeff Fisher doesn"t feel comfortable going with his rookie this early in the season (he tore his ACL last November).

The thought right now is that Gurley will play Sunday, but he might have a limited number of snaps/carries. Owners should be cautious starting him since there"s no indication of how he"ll be used.

How serious is Tevin Coleman"s injury?

Coleman is dealing with cracked ribs, which is a painful injury to play through, especially for a running back. Coleman put up insane numbers at Indiana playing half of his final season with a broken toe, so he"s played through pain before. But it appears Coleman could be out for a while with this injury. Coach Dan Quinn has said that Coleman is out indefinitely, and he was officially ruled out Friday afternoon.

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Starting in Coleman"s place will beDevonta Freeman. Freeman should have a heavy workload in Week 3 with Coleman likely sitting out.

Arian Foster injury update

Foster has been practicing with the Texans for the past two weeks and "feels wonderful," but he won"t play in Week 3.

"I don"t think Arian will play this week," coach Bill O"Brien told reporters. "Looking really good at practice. But I would say sooner rather than later."

The Texans back should be ready soon, but not this week.

Andre Ellington expected backOct. 4

Ellington will sit again this week, but coach Bruce Arians told reporters he hopes the Cardinals back will be ready by Oct. 4 against the Rams. Ellington is running again, but it won"t be against the 49ers in Week 3.

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BYU football: RB Adam "the "Ninja" Hine getting to show what he can do for the ...

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BYU senior wide receiver Terenn Houk just started laughing Wednesday when he was asked about his favorite memory of Cougar senior running back Adam Hin.

"I remember one day in fall camp -- last year or two years ago -- after a hard day," Houk said. "We were all just tired, trying to get through the two-a-days. All of a sudden, Adam Hin-- he"s big and he"s buff -- goes to his locker and comes out with nunchucks, actual nunchucks. He puts a headband over his head and starts acting like a ninja. It"s the funniest thing because he is this big, buff dude with these nunchucks going, "waaaa!" No one would"ve thought that out of Adam but that was one of my favorite Adam Hinmoments."

The "Ninja" showed off some of his other non-nunchuck skills in Saturday"s 24-23 loss at No. 10 UCLA, including his ability to power through contact and hurdle tacklers.

The senior did say, however, that his hurdle over the lunging Bruin defender wasn"t how he used to do it back when he was a high school long jump and high jump champion.

"Since high school, I weigh almost 40 pounds more than when I jumped," Hin said. "It"s tough. I surprised myself a little bit but I"ve still got it a little bit, I guess. They were going low a lot so I decided to go up and over one time and it ended up working out. They were going for my knees and while I"d prefer to bang with them up high, I"ll go up and over."

That memorable moment was part of a big day forHin as he rushed 23 times for 149 yards and a touchdown -- but he wasn"t about to take solo credit for any of it.

"First of all, our offensive line had a great push, which opened up the run game which in turn opened up the pass," Hinsaid. "Overall, I think we got better from the week before and we plan to get better this week."

Hin now has 242 yards on 44 carries in the last two games and has established himself as the featured running back.

"He has his opportunity now and he"s making the most of it," BYU running back coach Mark Atuaia said. "I"m proud of him. We"re going to continue to make sure he does the same thing week-in and week-out by keeping him healthy and having him pound on Saturday and do what we need him to do."

Hin said he feels like he is settling into the role and getting more comfortable every week but added that he has things he wants to do better.

"The more reps I get, the more opportunity I get to have runs and do more things with my skillset,"Hin said. "I think I can do more breaking tackles downfield. I know there are a lot of times I"ve gotten tripped up. I think there is also a lot of improvement with my blocking schemes and with my routes."

Atuaia said he thinksHin just needs to continue to show he can be a consistent, reliable running back.

"It"s hard to duplicate (that type of performance)," Atuaia said. "The elements were great. But whatever the elements, we"re going to have to make sure Adam is ready -- and then also the rest of the backs."

Hin also has an added workload away from football since he and his wife Cassidy have a baby girl.

"I was up last night (changing diapers) and it was quite the experience,"Hin said. "But it"s been great. It"s brought a lot of joy. My wife and I have been working in tandem a lot more and it"s fun. Getting up in the middle of the night, holding the baby, you"re frustrated but once you see her, you just have to smile and be happy. It"s a great change and we love it."

The senior said he knows when the Cougars go to Michigan this Saturday (10 a.m. MDT, ABC) the Wolverines will be looking to take away the BYU rushing attack but he still likes his chances.

"When our offensive line gets pushing like they do, it just opens up runs,"Hin said. "I might have a target or the running backs as a whole may be targeted but we"ll step up to the challenge. We love challenges like that."

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Indie Focus: A movie-love rallying cry for "The Intern," "The Black Panthers"

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Hello! ImMark Olsen, and welcome to your weekly field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.

The New York Film Festivalbegan this weekend, as did Fantastic Festin Austin, Texas. Each in its own way is among the most exhilarating, wide-ranging events in the country for movie fans and remains a vital check-in not only for whats new but also to top off yourmovie love in general.

In her overview of the NYFF, New York Times critic Manohla Dargiswrote something that really struck me as a rallying cry for anyone who just likes good movies regardless of where they come from.

The festival, Dargis states, is an expansive idea of cinema that avers that a festival selection fundamentally needs to be good above all else. To put it another way, just because a movie comes out of a major American studio doesnt make it bad and just because it has foreign-language subtitles and is interminably long takes doesnt make it worth programming.

She also noted that in 1974, Richard Roud, the festivals director at the time, said that the New York Film Festival was a way of alerting people to new talent or to what is promising. That hasnt changed.

Those ideas -- a broad and open-minded sense of passion and discovery -- are also very much what we are motivated by here at Team Indie Focus. We hope you are too.

You can listen to our recent podcast series here.

And check here for more info on future events:events.latimes.com/indiefocus/

"The Intern"

All of whichis perhaps a way of getting me talking about Nancy Meyers and The Intern. Meyers is among my favorite filmmakers working in the contemporarystudio system. Her films feel to me at once currentand like loving throwbacks to classical Hollywood filmmaking. (I have watched her Its Complicated so, so many times.)

So my hand shot right up when I was asked if I wanted to review her new film.In my review I wrote, With her cashmere-soft touch, eye for design, ear for dialogue and heartfelt explorations of the ever-shifting dynamics between men and women, writer-director-producer Nancy Meyers makes movies that are both commercial and idiosyncratically personal. Her new film, The Intern, is every inch a Nancy Meyers film, for better and for worse.

Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in "The Intern." (Francois Duhamel / Warner Bros.)

Rebecca Keeganspoke to Meyers recently over breakfast in Brentwood. "A lot of my women [characters], they come from me," Meyerssaid. "The things that worry me worry them. I feel a real responsibility when I write women."

"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution"

A movie that has taken on unexpected current resonance is Stanley Nelsons The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. When Nelson began the film some years ago he never imagined it would feel torn from the headlines by the time it was finished. I recently spoke to Nelson about the making of the film, which is an overview of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.

In his review, Kenneth Turan notes, Nelson understands the play of outsized personalities and unexpected events, and he"s helped that enough time has passed for former Panthers to feel comfortable telling their stories, especially to someone of Nelson"s stature in the documentary world.

"Still, none of this was easy, and the Panthers even today remain nothing if not a controversial organization. As former member Ericka Huggins says at the film"s start, We were making history, and it wasn"t nice and clean. It wasn"t easy. It was complex.

A scene from "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution." (Firelight Films)

In his review, the New York Times A.O. Scottsaid, Their legacy is very much worth discussing, and Mr. Nelson makes a strong case for theirimportance as both a politicaland a cultural force. What is clear from this sober yet electrifying film is that the power of the Panthers was rooted in their insistence radicalthen, radical still that black lives matter.

In the Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips added,It"s a strong reminder of the times, then and now. The Black Panthers relates to our present moment without even trying.

"The Keeping Room"

Sometimes havingan eye on the festival circuit also means taking the long view on things. A film I first encountered for the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, The Keeping Room, has finally come to theaters. The debut screenplay is by writer Julia Hart, and the film is directed by Daniel Barber.

The film is set during the waning days of the Civil War. On a remote farm in the Carolinas three women, sisters Augusta (Brit Marling) and Louise (Hailee Steinfeld) and their familys slave Mad (Muna Otaru), are left to fend for themselves. They soon find themselves under siege when two Union soldiers (Sam Worthington and Kyle Soller) come passing through.

Brit Marling in a scene from "The Keeping Room." (Martin Ruhe)

I spoke to Hart before the films world premierelast year, and she told me the three female characters were the central dynamic of the film from the very start.

I so rarely see women talking to women in film, Hart said. It started from a place of race and gender, but also just wanting to see women talking to each other. It couldnt just be one woman defending herself against the men. I wanted it to be a group of women together. Because that relationship, to me, is the center of the film."

I was on Twitter(@IndieFocus) last week and referred to the film as fun and then realized thats maybe not the best word for a revisionist intersectionalfeminist Civil War/western action drama. In the Village Voice Alan Scherstuhlsaid, "The film"s frustrating, fascinating, at times too eager to shock. But it"s also daring and eccentric."

Beyond Fest

Los Angeles" Beyond Festhas grown into something really exciting for genre film fans. (Which should mean just anyone who likes movies.) This years event runs from Oct. 1-12 and is jammed with crazy fun events. Among the West Coast premieres are Brian Helgelands Legend, starring Tom Hardy; Hou Hsiao-hsiens martial arts drama The Assassin; S. Craig Zahlers Bone Tomahawk," starring Kurt Russell; and Karyn Kusamas unnervingly creepy The Invitation.

There will also be screenings of rare cuts of Ken Russells The Devils and Lucio Fulcis The Beyond. (Fulcis composer Fabio Frizzi will perform in L.A. for the first time.) Edgar Wright and Bruce Campbell will be at a double feature of Evil Dead and Evil Dead II. Al Pacino and Bret Ratner will be at a screening of Dog Day Afternoon. A 30th anniversary screening of Better Off Dead will have director Savage Steve Holland and members of the cast. There will even be a series of free screenings, including Anders Thomas Jensens Men and Chicken, starring Mads Mikkelsen.

Email meif you have questions, comments or suggestions, and follow me on Twitter@IndieFocus.

Copyright 2015, Los Angeles Times

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Leonard Fournette "the next Marshawn Lynch," former NFL QB Brock Huard says

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LSU running back Leonard Fournette (7) carries the ball on a 40-yard touchdown against the Auburn Tigers in Baton Rouge on Saturday, September 19, 2015. (Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

Leonard Fournette has drawn a long line of comparisons to current and former NFL running back greats, particularly in the days since the LSU star"s 228-yard performance against Auburn.

Adrian Peterson. Bo Jackson. Herschel Walker. And the list goes on.

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch took a prominent position in that discussion as well Saturday during the first half of LSU"s game at Syracuse.

"(Fournette) is the next Marshawn Lynch," former NFL quarterback Brock Huard said during the ESPN broadcast. "With that level of physicality."

The former Seattle and Indianapolis Colts passer explained that several college running backs have pointed to Lynch, nicknamed "Beastmode," as the professional they emulate, saying they "want to be the next" Lynch.

Fournette, he said, actually fits that mold.

The sophomore rushed for 117 yards and one score on 10 attempts during the first half of Saturday"s contest, which kicked off at 11 a.m., but No. 8 LSU entered the midway mark clinging to a 7-3 lead on the Orange.

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Jerit Roser can be reached at Jroser@nola.comor 504.826.3405.

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The fake spacesuits in "The Martian" are almost as incredible as real ones

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Aidan MonaghanAstronauts, engineers, and fans have praised the "The Martian," a bestselling sci-fi novel, for its scientific accuracy. So if you"re making an equally realistic film adaptation, your spacesuits had better look d**n good.

That"s why Janty Yates, a costume designer for Ridley Scott"s movie "The Martian," worked directly with NASA to create spacesuits used in the film.

"Of course we made a film rather than sending people to space," Yates joked to Tech Insider.

The story follows Mark Watney, an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars. Matt Damon (who plays Watney) and other actors in the movie adaptation had to spend a lot of time dressed up in their suits to make the story come to life.

As a result, Yates had to build spacesuits that clearly showed the actors" faces, were comfortable enough to wear during hours of filming (sometimes in the desert), and didn"t look like hokey, unbelievable imitations. Real spacesuits are "marvelously practical for space travel, walking and working on Mars," she says, "but they"re not practical from a visual sense."

Keep scrolling to see how Yates and others designed two different types of futuristic-looking yet functional spacesuits used in "The Martian," due in theaters October 2.

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Kenny Rogers Announces Retirement: "I"ve Done This Long Enough"

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Kenny Rogers has announced his upcoming retirement, and h**l hang up his hat after one last worldwide tour.

The singer made the announcement Friday (Sept. 25) onToday, saying, Its happily sad or sadly happy. Im going to do a big worldwide tour, and its going to be my last. Im going to say goodbye at that point; Ive done this long enough.

Sometimes theres a fine line between being driven and being selfish, and I think I crossed that line when I was younger, he says.

The reason for his retirement? His five children, including 11-year-old twin sons, Jordan and Justin.

I really want to be there with my kids, Rogers explains, adding, Theyre very important to me, and I dont see enough of them.

Plus, touring around the country has become a little harder on his 77-year-old body.

Im sure I will miss it. I swore that I would do this until I embarrassed myself, he laughs. I dont walk around well, so Ive found some new humor. My mobility is really driving me crazy.

The singer will still be on the road for a good amount of time before his retirement, including his annual Christmas tour,which kicks off on Nov. 11 and hits up almost 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada before wrapping up on Dec. 23. It is in support of his sixth Christmas album,Once Again Its Christmas, out Friday (Sept. 25). The Christmas record is Rogers 76th album overall.

After the Christmas tour, h**l embark on a worldwide adventure before packing up the tour bus for good.

Rogers last tour stop will be atToday, he confirmed.

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Kim Zolciak: Why She Had A Stroke At 37 Doctor Explains

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Kim Zolciak was only 37,when she had a terrifyingmini stroke after performing on Dancing With The Stars. While youmay think the reality star is too young to be a stroke victim, HollywoodLife.com spoke to an expertdoctor, who explained why this happened to Kim.

ThankfullyKim Zolciak, 37, is recovering after she suffered what is known as a mini strokejust hours after she performed with her partner Tony Dovolanion Dancing With The Stars. The Real Housewivesof Atlanta star had hopped on a plane from LA back to her hometown of Atlanta not long after competing, but after arriving back on the ground, she suddenly felt her left side go numb and she lost the ability to speak. How scary. She credits her daughter Brielle Biermannand boyfriend Slade Osborne for saving her life. Thankfully now she is recovering, but why would Kim a seemingly healthy 37 year old have been struck by a stroke? HollywoodLife.com spoke EXCLUSIVELY to Dr. Bruce Lee, M.D. to get an explanation.

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One of the scariest things about a mini stroke is that it can happen to anyone, according to Dr. Lee. A TIA (transient ischemic attack what a mini stroke is called in medical terms) can happen to very young people. People in their 20s can suffer from mini-strokes. It depends on the cause,Dr. Lee tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. In general, age does increase the incident of a stroke or a mini stroke. However, Kim could have a pre-existing condition that causes her body to create blood clots. She could have had this condition for a very long time, and now at the age of 37 its finally surfacing.

The doctorwent on to explainthat a small blood clot that was transferred to the brain via a blood vessel could cause a TIA. Many TIAs last about five minutes or less, according to Dr. Lee, and they dont cause permanent damage. People who have had TIAs are at a significantly higher risk of having a full-on stroke because they are forming blood clots for some reason, Dr. Lee said. Kim Zolciak needs to begiven tests to determine if shes prone to forming blood clots and if she is, she needs to be on a blood thinner medication. Dr. Lee explained that blood clots can sometimes occur due to certain medications like birth control pills or could be caused by having a large fibroid tumor in her uteris.

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Since Kim was sitting for a long period of time on her flight, the doctor suggests that couldve contributed to her suffering a mini-stroke. If aperson is immobile for a long period of time, like Kim was on her flight from LA to Atlanta, a blood clot in herleg could have been formed, the doctor continued. The blood clot could have broken into pieces and a part traveled up toher brain.When traveling on an airplane, it is a standard recommendation for everyone to always get up and walk around every hour, to prevent such an occurrence.

What do you think,HollywoodLifers? Do you think Kim will be able to continue performing on Dancing With The Stars?

Michelle Phi, reporting by Sandra Clark

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