Isaiah Austin cleared to play basketball following two-year battle with Marfan syndrome

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Baylor big man is finally getting his shot at playing in the NBA.

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After a Marfan syndrome diagnosis sidelined him from basketball for two years, Baylor product Isaiah Austin has been cleared by his doctor to play again. Austin, a 7'1 stretch big man who was considered a mid-to-late first-round pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, made the announcement on Wednesday via his Instagram account.

“Ever since the draft, I've been getting checked by my doctors. And through those check-ups, we've been monitoring my heart, making sure nothing has changed,” he said in his announcement. “He said that I'm stable. I am cleared. I am about to be out here pursuing my dream.”

The 23-year-old Austin averaged 11.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.1 blocks as a sophomore at Baylor before declaring for the draft. He was named to the 2014 Big 12 All-Defensive Team. His diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissue, sent shockwaves throughout the NCAA community.

Austin is slated to enter an NBA free agent pool lacking talented big men. He is blind in one eye, but has a perimeter touch most teams would welcome in their front court. Austin shot 31 percent from downtown in two seasons at Baylor and his versatility putting the ball on the floor allowed him to do things like this, albeit against lesser college competition:

And this:

NBA commissioner Adam Silver did something special on draft night, selecting Austin in-between the 15th and 16th picks of the 2014 draft. It looks like the Bear will finally get his shot at making an NBA roster.

Here's his full announcement:

Roush Fenway Racing continues slide to irrelevancy

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Once an organization that fielded five championship-contending teams, Roush Fenway Racing is now reduced to two mid-pack teams.

If this reads like a Roush Fenway Racing obituary, it's because in many aspects it is.

The days of Roush Fenway being a championship caliber organization are long gone. Roush Fenway drivers constituting 50 percent of the 10-driver Chase playoff field (as it did in 2005) is but a distant memory, a bygone period when Ford's then-No. 1 outfit accumulated wins in abundance and perennially contended for championships.

And now? Many weeks a Roush car just finishing in the top 10 warrants reason for effusive praise. It last won a race in 2014 and none of its drivers earned a postseason berth the past two seasons.

That Roush Fenway has not only slipped from the top perch of NASCAR's teams, but fallen with a resounding thud into the abyss of mediocrity became even more apparent when it announced on Tuesday it would downsize from running three Cup Series teams fulltime to just two, and loan promising sophomore driver to Chris Buescher to Chevrolet-supported JTG Daugherty Racing.

These moves move necessitated by lack of sponsorship, which coincided with Roush Fenway experiencing a gradual performance decline in recent years.

In NASCAR, the biggest commodities are speed and results. If a team possesses one, it greatly helps generate the other, allowing the cycle of success to continue largely uninterrupted. Yet if either falters, it triggers a game of dominoes that can effect a team's stability.

Exactly the state Roush Fenway currently finds itself.

Such devolution from extraordinary to ordinary cannot be pinpointed to a single cataclysmic event, though two notable occurrences standout.

Within a three-year span, Roush Fenway saw Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards, each A-quality talents, depart for the greener pastures of Joe Gibbs Racing. Although drivers chasing opportunities elsewhere frequently happens, and often little a team can do to prevent a driver from leaving, that wasn't the case in the Kenseth and Edwards situations.

Frustrated with Roush Fenway's inability to secure steady sponsorship and a lack of willingness to pay the market rate for someone of his stature, Kenseth bolted following the 2012 season. As for Edwards, he eschewed JGR's advances in 2011 to re-sign with Roush Fenway. But when the organization began slipping, Edwards realized it was best not to waste his prime years driving substandard equipment and when JGR offered a second chance to jump ship in 2015, he took the life preserver.

Not surprisingly, both have since flourished. Kenseth has won 14 times in his four years with Toyota's flagship team, while Edwards has five victories in his two years and nearly captured the 2016 championship.

What Roush Fenway did to replace Kenseth and Edwards was promote from within, a strategy it used to great acclaim previously. In each instance, however, Kenseth's and Edwards' replacements, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne, respectively, have failed to demonstrate they are worthy successors.

Stenhouse has all of 17 top-10 finishes in 148 career Cup Series starts, while Bayne has 10 in 130. Part of that, of course, is because Roush Fenway no longer consistently constructs cars like it did during its heyday. Even then, Stenhouse and Bayne still often appear overmatched and rarely do either squeeze out results exceeding their proverbial weight class.

These two are now tasked with helping right the listing Roush Fenway ship, an undertaking neither is suited for. Nor do they have the proper tools to do so.

All of which makes Tuesday's announcement not just the latest set of exigent circumstances to face the team, but the decisive blow signifying that Roush Fenway's best years are firmly behind it, not ahead.

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Thomas Rawls, C.J. Prosise's Updated Fantasy Outlook After Christine Michael Cut

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The Seattle Seahawks brought running back Christine Michael's second stint with the team to an end on Tuesday by cutting him, according to ESPN's Field Yates. 

Michael led the Seahawks with 117 carries this season for 469 yards and six touchdowns for 90 fantasy points, via ESPN fantasy football scoring, which ranked him in the league's top 20. 

But with him out off the roster, the Seahawks backfield will rely on Thomas Rawls and C.J. Prosise, which will immediately put them under consideration for your respective fantasy teams. 

             

Thomas Rawls

Heading into the 2016 season, Rawls was expected to be Seattle's workhorse in the backfield after the retirement of Marshawn Lynch. 

While Lynch missed time due to an injury last season, Rawls took full advantage of his chance as the Seahawks' starting RB, rushing for 830 yards and four touchdowns in 13 games, via the NFL:

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The good news for those owners who hung on to him all these weeks is that the wait looks as though it's finally over. Head coach Pete Carroll told the media on Monday, via John Boyle of the team's official website, that Rawls will be "practicing to play this week."

If he can play, he should start on your fantasy team, as Rawls will see plenty of the ball moving forward. 

                           

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Prosise had been an afterthought in Seattle's backfield for most of the 2016 season. But recently, he's come out of nowhere to put up some solid performances on the fantasy front. 

After recording just two fantasy points through six games, Prosise rattled off a 10-point performance in Week 8 against the New Orleans Saints and 14 points on Sunday against the New England Patriots. 

While he'll most likely be providing relief for Rawls, his 15 receptions this season does suggest that he could be a passing-down option, as we can see in this video courtesy of the NFL: 

And if anything were to happen to Rawls, Prosise would be the go-to guy on the ground, which could alone warrant owners to at least pick him up. 

But it might be wise to hold off on starting him until he can consistently get the ball. 

              

Stats courtesy of ESPN.com. 

Read more NFL news on BleacherReport.com

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