The Cleveland Browns hope rookie running back Trent Richardson can play in the team’s season-opening game against the Philadelphia Eagles, coach Pat Shurmur said Thursday.

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The University of Missouri has offered Navarre senior Jordan Leggett a football scholarship.

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Wrestler Sam Hazewinkel, a Pensacola Christian Academy graduate, begins his quest for Olympic gold Friday in London. Competition begins at 7 a.m. CT.

Hazewinkel, 28, will compete in the 55-kilogram freestyle bracket. He is Team USA’s top-ranked wrestler in that weight division. He went 140-0 and won three state championships at Pensacola Christian Academy, won two Junior National Greco Championship and 107-7 in three seasons at the University of Oklahoma. Hazewinkel lives in Norman, Okla., where he trains with Gator Wrestling Club, coached by Rob Hermann.

Hazewinkel’s father, Dave, and uncle, Jim, both were Olympians.

The U.S. women's national soccer team plays Japan at 1:45 p.m. CT Thursday for the 2012 Olympic championship. The final is a rematch of a dramatic 2011 Women's World Cup title game won by Japan. The game can be seen live on NBC Sports Network and NBC Olympic Soccer Channel, streamed online at NBC Live Extra or followed at ussoccer.com’s Match Tracker and Twitter's @ussoccer_wnt.