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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Lisa Borders and WNBA players are ready to move forward.With the league resuming play this weekend after a month-long Olympic break, Borders outlined to The Associated Press a plan to have teams and players hold conversations in the community similar to what Carmelo Anthony and the U.S. Olympic basketball teams did in Los Angeles last month. The WNBA president said that was a solid blueprint for what can be done in each WNBA city.Weve created a guide book which will enable each of our teams to take that same concept and bring it to life in their market, Borders said in an interview with The Associated Press. Our players are ready to start that phase and lead it with their colleagues from the NBA and if there are folks from other sports franchises that want to participate well welcome that as well.Borders didnt give a timetable of when the plan would be implemented. The league had fined three teams and their players last month for wearing shirts to show solidarity after shootings in Minnesota and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The fines were later rescinded a few days later, right before the Olympic break.I think it would be great. Anything would be great, said Liberty center Tina Charles. Its embarrassing that it got to the point that it got to. The fact that president Lisa Borders is willing to take the next step forward, its not about keeping the players happy. Its because you need to show your support in what your players need. Were happy and thrilled that something will get done.Charles had been one of the most outspoken WNBA players in support of the movement. She wore her warmup shirt inside-out in the Libertys last game before the Olympic break even after the teams had been fined.Shes a young woman that has a strong voice, a compelling voice and shes found that voice and is using it in a very constructive way and I am proud of her and I told her that, Borders said. If you call that clearing the air, this is the commissioner saying you go girl. Im very happy with her and for her.Tamika Catchings, who is president of the players association, attended and spoke at the Los Angeles meeting. She said that she and Pacers star Paul George came away from that event planning on doing their own community conversation in Indianapolis. She welcomed Borders idea as a positive move.Its a great step forward. Great that we can come together and do it united and have a united front that we always talk about, Catchings said.Despite the contentiousness before the break, Borders was proud of the players for taking a stance.Any movement in modern history has started with young people, she said. This was no exception. Im a child of the civil rights movement. ... There are issues in the world today in our country that we need to deal with. Our players felt the need to speak up and I think thats a good thing.---Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg Alex Iwobi Arsenal Jersey . -- Lou Brocks shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Bill Freehan during the 1968 World Series and Pete Roses bruising hit on Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-Star game could become relics of baseball history, like the dead-ball era. Matteo Guendouzi Arsenal Jersey . "Theyve both been real good," said Babcock. "Havent changed our minds." 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I do really appreciate the history and understand where I came from.The coach considered the plaudit as much a family affair as a personal one. His son-in-law, former guard Chris Snee, went in last season, Coughlins final year with the team. And his relationship with Accorsi, the architect of Coughlins 2007 Super Bowl championship team, hired him in 2004.But it was the coachs mother who was mostly on his mind Tuesday.I think back to my mother, God bless her, when I was named head coach of the Giants, Coughlin said. She was very sick at the time, and I can remember her saying, `Thank God for the Giants.Thats kind of the way I think shed feel today, and the way our family will feel because we have great representation on Monday night. Well look forward along with Ernie and Justin to being recognized as the most recent members of a prestigious group.Accorsis biggest move was the draft day trade that brought Eli Manning from San Diego to the Giants in 2004, Coughlins first year. Even though Manning won two Super Bowls for him, the Hershey, Pa. native never thought hed have place in the Ring of Honor.Its not something I ever thought was possible, said Accoorsi, who retired after the 2006 season.dddddddddddd Ive been around a million stadiums and have seen those names there and their immortal players and coaches. To be up there with that kind of group is overwhelming. Its not something I ever dreamed.Tuck, the multi-talented pass rusher and run stopper who was just as effective at tackle as he was at end, wondered in the first place whether his name belonged next to others like Hall-of-Famers Michael Strahan and Lawrence Taylor.The first thing I think of is, `How did Justin Tuck get up on the level with those great names up there, said Tuck, who . Im still at a loss for words for it.Every time I look up there, Ill never think of myself in the same category as a Michael Strahan or LT and so on and so forth. What Ill always think of when I look up at those rafters is guys like Dave Tollefson, Corey Webster, Rich Seubert, all the names of the guys who helped me along the way.For Coughlin, enshrinement in the Ring of Honor wont replace the thrill of game day on the coaching lines. He left the door open to coaching again. But his January, 2016 retirement did have its advantages. He didnt have to deal with the messy cleanup of the domestic violence arrest that cost kicker Josh Brown his job.That was left for successor Ben McAdoo. Coughlin said he had no inkling that Brown was abusing his wife.Of course not, he said. Nope. Nothing along those lines.To Accorsi, enshrining Coughlin in the Ring of Honor is only the beginning.He won two championships, Accorsi said. The business is to win championships; he won two championships. That puts him in the Hall of Fame in my opinion.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '