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Barry J Sanders will now be playing for Oklahoma State, the place where his father scored the Heisman Trophy in 1988. Sanders was playing for Stanford before. In his tweets about his transfer Sanders said that he will be part of the team in June and will give his full commitment. A senior, Sanders will be the graduate transfer come 2016 season. He added that being part of the program and getting a chance to say he is a Poke is special.

His tweets are as follows:

“They’ve got my full commitment, and I’m looking forward to being there come late June,” Sanders. Just being a part of the program and being able to get a chance to officially say I’m a Poke will be something special for me personally.”

J Sanders’ father was a renowned name in the best seasons in the history of college football. He set 34 NCAA records playing for Cowboys. The present Oklahoma state coach Mike Gundy played on the 1988 team along with Barry Sanders as a quarterback.

In the previous season, J Sanders playing for Stanford raced 315 yards along with four touchdowns with an average of 6.2 yards for every carry backing Christian McCaffrey, Heisman finalist.

He will start for the Cowboys soon as he did not get a player rank in top 18 rushing the Big 12 the previous season. Meanwhile, the school was not ready for a comment until the transfers are cleared and players enrolled. In Sanders’ case, it will happen only in the summer this year.

All eyes turned to Lamar Odom as he walked with his brother-in-law Kanye West. The duo was conspicuous with their presence at the Fashion Week on Thursday. Odom was seen at a public event for the first time after he was found unconscious in a brothel in Nevada after an overdose of cocaine. The event happened in October last year in Las Vegas. Odom left Khloe Kardashian and had moved to a private facility from Los Angeles hospital in January this year.

The crowd was all cheers for Odom as the duo walked to take their seat with Kardashian and Jenners’. The crowd had gathered for West’s show at the Madison Square Garden. Odom and West seemed to be close and reports from the TMZ sports has it that the West supported Odom during his rehabilitation and also visited him in the hospital while he was recovering. During his hospital visit, he used to play rough cuts to Odom. The best part was Odom was able to remember the lyrics to the tune showing his improvement.

Odom wanted to return this gesture by being part of the event. He did not mind to travel all the way to the event despite staying away from the public for months. Odom wanted to express his gratitude to West. He wanted to display his support and love for West by attending the event. The showcase of affection between the two was seen when West walked Odom to the seat where the family was seated.

Buffalo Bills racing back LeSean McCoy was absolutely caught up in a supposed nightclub assault on Sunday, Philadelphia police say. Frank Banford, Captain, told ESPN’s Mark Schwarz on Thursday that charges from the incident are approaching while not saying that he will be accused.

No conclusion on probable arrest warrants was expected till next week, CSN Philly reported. However, Frank Banford said he never knows that and how the media outlet would have that information.

For assaulting two off-duty police officers early Sunday at the Recess Lounge, McCoy is one of the four individuals under investigation. The district attorney’s office wanted to be thorough prior determining the possible charges, a police official told ESPN.

On Tuesday, outside The Lines’ John Barr, a lawyer for McCoy told that his client will turn himself if he is charged. On Thursday, Jack McMahon told ESPN, he withdrew from being McCoy’s attorney.

Philadelphia police released a statement that on Monday that is around 2:45 a.m. Sunday in the nightclub fight, two off-duty officers were injured. A third off-duty officer was also involved in the fight, CSNPhilly.com reported.

According to the police statement, the argument began over ownership of a champagne bottle. President of a police union, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, on Monday, John McNesby spoke to Barr to explain the level of physical injury to the officers. He stated that it was all-out beatdown with broken bones as well serious injuries. The officers are hurt, and they are in pain. He stated that these are injuries. McNesby, though he protected the officers, did not get the details regarding who prompted the physical quarrel.