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PHILADELPHIA -- That chip Carson Wentz says he has on his shoulder has nothing to do with being snubbed by the Cleveland Browns.The rookie quarterback makes his first NFL start Sunday when the Eagles host the Browns, who traded the No. 2 pick to Philadelphia instead of staying put and selecting Wentz.My focus is on playing them, Wentz said Wednesday. I dont really want to address the past and everything. Im really ecstatic Im here.Browns coach Hue Jackson told Pro Football Talk Live on Tuesday: We didnt draft Carson Wentz because we didnt think it was the right fit for our team at this time.Browns chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta told ESPN.com in July the team didnt draft a quarterback -- he didnt mention Wentz by name -- because it didnt consider any player in this draft to be good enough to be a top 20 quarterback in the NFL.Cleveland signed Robert Griffin III in free agency and accumulated several high draft picks by trading down. Thats sound strategy for a rebuilding team. RG3 will be the 25th different quarterback to start for the Browns since 1999. The list includes Eagles coach Doug Pederson.Everybody is going to have their opinion, Pederson said. That is just the way this business is, but we are very comfortable with Carson and the direction he is headed.Jackson, by the way, later praised Wentz in a conference call with Philadelphia reporters.I think Carson Wentz can be whatever he wants to be. I really do, Jackson said. I think hes going to be a good player.Wentz arrived at the teams practice facility at 5:15 a.m. along with backup quarterback Chase Daniel. They beat Pederson to the building -- he got there at 5:45. Practice started at 11:30.Wentz is spending more time cramming for his debut after being promoted from No. 3 quarterback to starter last Saturday when the Eagles traded Sam Bradford to Minnesota.Extra preparation is pretty normal, Wentz said. This is just the beginning of the new normal.Part of the reason some teams didnt value Wentz as highly as Philadelphia was the fact he played at a Division II school. Wentz made 23 starts at North Dakota State, leading the Bison to consecutive FCS championships.Coming from a smaller school, you kind of have a chip on your shoulder so to speak, he said. It doesnt matter where you come from, if you can play, you can play.Clevelands defense is wary of Wentz, even if he missed the last three preseason games with injured ribs.He didnt play at a D-I school, but they obviously see a lot in him, Browns cornerback Joe Haden said. We are definitely excited to go out there and try to mix it up. 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Jed Lowrie Athletics Jersey .Y. -- Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Wednesday that J. Dennis Eckersley Jersey . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.TOKYO -- The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of miles (kilometers) away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a city government cost-cutting panel said Tuesday.The recommendation came as officials of the International Olympic Committee, Tokyos city government and other key parties gathered to review the cost of the games.The panel has said the cost of the Tokyo Olympics could exceed $30 billion -- four times the initial estimate -- unless drastic cuts are made.In a final report presented to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, the panel said another option is to stick with the original plans for the Sea Forest venue in Tokyo Bay but to find ways of cutting the costs.Last month, the panel came up with the option of moving rowing and canoeing to the Naganuma site in Tome city, 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of Tokyo. That came after the projected cost for the Sea Forest venue soared to nearly 50 billion yen ($480 million), seven times the initial estimate.On Tuesday, the panel of academics and business consultants hand-picked by Koike said moving to Naganuma would be the most cost-efficient solution. Panel chairman Shinichi Ueyama said the Naganuma site is the only realistic out-of-town alternative to the Sea Forest venue, considering the time needed for additional construction and other preparations.The relocated venue would require up to 20 billion yen ($190 million) in construction costs to meet Olympic standards. Additional costs related to security, transportation and other infrastructure could add up further. An earlier cost estimate for the Naganuma site was 35 billion yen ($330 million).Downgrading the Sea Forest venue to a temporary facility could bring the estimated construction and running costs down to 45 billion yen ($430 million), the panel said. Alternatively, continuing with the permanent Sea Forest facility could cost about 70 billlion yen ($670 million), even with further cost-cutting efforts, the report said.ddddddddddddKoike was to present all options in the report to the officials from the IOC, Japanese organizers and the central government during the four-party talks beginning Tuesday. The officials are expected to hold several rounds of talks before reaching a conclusion.We have to decide by the end of November at the latest, considering the time needed for revisions to the design and construction of the venues, Koike told reporters. We must make sure to get everything ready in time.The Naganuma site is part of the area still recovering from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which Koike says fits the theme of the regions reconstruction from the disaster.The IOC, as well as international and Japanese rowing and canoeing organizations have opposed moving the venue outside of Tokyo. IOC President Thomas Bach, who was in Tokyo last month, supported further cost-cutting measures, however.The city panel also proposed scaling down planned new venues for two other sports -- volleyball and swimming -- with an alternative plan of moving volleyball to the nearby city of Yokohama.There is a demand for good facilities, but who takes care of them after the event? We have to think carefully if they serve positive legacies, Ueyama said.Gaining tax payers understanding is crucial for a successful Olympics, he said, criticizing secrecy among Japanese organizers and bureaucracy.Tokyo organizers have yet to formally disclose the total cost for the games and breakdowns. Ueyama urged Japanese organizers to follow the example of London, which disclosed cost estimates from five years out before the 2012 Games.---Follow Mari Yamaguchi at https://www.twitter.com/mariyamaguchiFind her work also at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mari-yamaguchi ' ' '