Former England coach Steve McNamara is joining the Warriors on a two-year contract as one of the NRL clubs three assistants.The Yorkshireman, an assistant at the Sydney Roosters for the past three seasons, will link up with new coach Stephen Kearney.Former Kiwis coach Kearneys other assistants are the man he replaced in the top job, Andrew McFadden, and club legend Stacey Jones.Apart from guiding England for five years, McNamara was also coach of Bradford in the Super League.Now Im really excited about this next step in my coaching career, coming to Auckland and working with Stephen and a great coaching group, the 45-year-old said.I have the greatest admiration for Stephen from the days when we were opposing coaches of our national teams.Kearney said he couldnt be happier to secure McNamara.While Steve and I were adversaries in our roles with our national teams, we formed a great relationship, he said.He brings qualities that will give us a really strong and experienced coaching group as we look ahead to take the Warriors to the level we collectively expect of this club.STEVE McNAMARA CAREER:Born: September 18, 1971, HullCoaching career:* Club - Bradford 2006-10, Sydney Roosters assistant 2014-16* International - Great Britain assistant 2007, England assistant 2008-09, England 2010-15Playing career:* Hull FC 1989-96, Bradford 1996-2000, Wakefield 2000, Huddersfield 2001-03* Great Britain 1992-99 Eddie George Jersey . Paul Pierce couldnt believe he missed at the end. Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the leagues most productive bench, and Los Angeles beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-94 on Wednesday night after blowing a 27-point lead. A.J. Brown Jersey . Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche, who won despite being outshot 38-23. MacKinnons goal, also on the power play, came with just over a minute remaining. http://www.titansstoreonline.com/Black-24-Derrick-Henry-Womens-Jersey/ . 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. Jurrell Casey Youth Jersey . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game. Amani Hooker Jersey .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker. LOS ANGELES -- Blake Griffin is apologizing to?Los Angeles Clippers?fans for punching the teams assistant equipment manager last season, an incident he says was 100 percent my fault.He was suspended four games and docked nearly $860,000 in pay for the altercation in January at a Toronto restaurant. Griffin broke his right hand and Matias Testis face was severely swollen. Testi no longer works for team, having left in late July with no reason given by the Clippers, who open training camp Tuesday in Irvine.Griffin says not a day goes by that he doesnt think about the incident and says he feels like he let down longtime Clippers fans. The 27-year-old forward expressed his thoughts in a letter posted Friday on The Players Tribune website, where he is listed as a senior editor.I dont want to dwell on it, but I think I owe it to Clippers fans to say it once again before the season begins: Im sorry, he wrote.Griffin was limited to 35 games last season because of a left quadriceps injury. He averaged 21.4 points and 8.4 rebounds. The Clippers lost to Portland in six games in the first round of the playoffs.We all know the narrative going into this season, he wrote. Everyones like, `Oh, they lose in the playoffs every year. Same old Cllippers.dddddddddddd All I have to say to that is this: Were the same core group that beat the defending-champion Spurs in seven games just 17 months ago. I know 17 months seems like forever, especially in NBA time, but we know how small the margins are between winning and losing, and how quickly the narratives around teams can change.Griffin said missing most of last season was a wake-up call for me.When I was hurt and basically sitting around going stir-crazy, it made me realize that basketball was like therapy for me, he wrote. No matter what was going on in the real world, if I could just get to the gym, everything else disappeared.Griffin said a few days after the altercation he received a call from his older brother Taylor, who said, Man, what are you doing? This is not you. What are you doing this for?I was crushed, Griffin said. To hear that from him, somebody Ive looked up to my whole life, who always tells me what I need to hear, thats when I had a pretty big realization about who I am, and who I want to be. I dont want to say what that realization was. I just want to go out and show you. ' ' '