HOUSTON -- In a message to fans on Twitter, Texans defensive end J.J. Watt tweeted that he will be back after he reinjured his back and was placed on injured reserve on Wednesday.Watt reinjured the same disk in his back for which he underwent surgery on July 22, a source told ESPNs Ed Werder. Watt is seeking a second opinion.I havent missed a game since my sophomore year of high school, Watt said. This wont be fun, but it is necessary in order for me to return to 100% and play at the level that I am capable of playing at.Everybody deals with adversity in their lives, many much worse than what Im going through. I have great people around me, and I appreciate the thoughts and well wishes from all of you. I am looking forward to the fight back to the top and to the next time that I can step back on that field with my brothers to play the game that I love. You are the best fans in the world and I promise to continue to do everything in my power to make you proud.Texans coach Bill OBrien said he wasnt sure when Watt reinjured his back.You can never replace the best player in the NFL. When someone like that goes down, its a tough thing, obviously. But at the same time, this is a football team. This is a team, he said.A team made up of some really good veteran leaders. Some really good young players. Weve got a lot of good players, a lot of good players, in that locker room and were looking forward to the challenges that are ahead.OBrien said the decision to place Watt on IR was made by the organization in the best interest of J.J.s long-term health, and thats whats most important to us.Watt will miss a minimum of eight weeks, meaning he could be back Nov. 27 against the San Diego Chargers. However, a team source told Werder that I do believe that he will miss the season, but with the new rule this year, if he were to be ready in December, he could come off IR. Long shot.The 27-year-old had not missed an NFL game in his career, playing in 83 consecutive regular-season games.Watt missed all of training camp and the preseason after he had the surgery to repair his herniated disk in late July. The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and four-time Pro Bowler played part of last season through the injury before aggravating it late in the offseason. He also had surgery in January to repair five torn core muscles.Although Watt had 1.5 sacks and a fumble recovery in Week 2 against the Kansas City Chiefs, he had not been as explosive since returning to the field.Houston signed veteran defensive end Antonio Smith to fill Watts roster spot. 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The Hall of Fame defenceman told Landsberg that he believes fighting still has a place in todays game, but thinks staged fighting needs be outlawed.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Serbia had a late last look against the U.S. and missed.The Serbs are getting another shot, this time for gold.Milos Teodosic scored 22 points as Serbia, which pushed the star-studded American squad to the final seconds before losing earlier in the Rio Games, moved into the Olympic final with a shockingly easy 87-61 semifinal win over Australia on Friday.Stefan Markovic scored 14, Nikola Jokic had 11 rebounds and the Serbs, a squad with a mixture of moxie and muscle, earned another crack at the U.S. on Sunday. The two-time champions buckled down on defense and held off Spain 82-76 in the other semi to advance.Serbias win guaranteed its first Olympic medal in mens basketball since gaining independence in 2006. An upset would give it the most precious one.Im not even thinking about the final because we need some time to forget this game and prepare our mind and body and everything for the game against the States, said Teodosic, the Serbs captain who shot 9 of 14 and added five assists. They are for sure the best team in the tournament, one great team with the big names. Were going to go on the court and try to play our game and were going to see if its going to be enough.The Serbs had more than enough to handle the talented and tough Aussies, who scored just five points in the first quarter, 14 in the first half and failed to secure their first Olympic medal after three fourth-place finishes.The Aussies, too, were hoping for another crack at the U.S. after a close loss in preliminary play. But theyll now have to beat Spain for their first Top 3 finish.With five NBA players, Australia brought its most talented team ever to Brazil. A horrendous start negated everything the Boomers had going for them.Were going to try to regroup, said Andrew Bogut, who had just four points and one rebound in more than 22 minutes. We realized the tournaments not over for us. Its disappointing to have that kind of game, but thats tournament basketball. You have one bad game out of seven and youre kind of out.Running their offense to text-book precision, the Serbs back cut, screened and scared the Americans in pool play before losing 94-91 in perhaps the tourneys most well-played game. Serbia had a chance to force overtime, but guard Bogdan Bogdanoovic missed a 3-pointer as time expired.ddddddddddddSerbia lost to the U.S. by 37 in the 2014 FIBA World Cup, but that experience only strengthened this group, which was beaten by 15 against Australia in the opening round.Our game was incredibly good and Im really proud of my team, Teodosic said. To limit one team like Australia to 15 points in the first half is something amazing, almost impossible, but we did it.Patty Mills scored 13 for the Aussies, but was only 1 of 9 on 3s. His teammates werent any better as Australia shot 33 percent from the field, and a head-scratching 13 percent (4 of 31) on 3-pointers.It was tough for us to buy a basket and they played really well defensively, guard Matthew Dellavedova said. We didnt run our offense as well as we can and as well as we have throughout the tournament. When a team has pressured us, weve got counters, but for whatever reason we just didnt get to them.Following the game, five-time Australian Olympian Andrew Gaze, the second leading scorer in the games history working in Rio as a TV commentator, summed up the way he and his countrymen were feeling.I didnt see that one coming, he said.Serbia built a 24-point lead in the second quarter on a three-point play by the talented Teodosic, who has become friends with U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski. The Aussies tried to come back, but whether it was layups, mid-range jumpers or 3s, they just kept missing and missing and missing.The Serbs had something to do with it and they never let up. During the second half, the Brazilian crowd changed Ole ... Ole every time Serbia passed the ball as the frustrated Aussies scrambled trying to stop them.Serbia may not have as many household names as the Americans, Australians, French or Spaniards. But in Teodosic, the Serbs have one of Europes best guards and theyve got inside muscle with Jokic and Miroslav Raduljica, their tattooed center who left his mark on the Aussies with a few thunderous dunks.On Sunday, Serbia, an Olympic rookie, will have a shot at toppling the mighty U.S. of A.Unbelievable, said forward Nikola Kalinic. Serbia is a really small country, so its an even bigger success. ' ' '
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