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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- One day after saying quarterback Alex Smith was pulled from a game because of a suspected concussion, the Kansas City Chiefs indicated on Monday that they dont believe he did suffer any head trauma.Thats what an unaffiliated [neurological consultant] believes, thats what [team doctor Mike] Monaco believes, thats what I believe now, trainer Rick Burkholder said Monday. Hes been absolutely asymptomatic.Burkholder said the Chiefs had determined during the second half of their 30-14 win over the Indianapolis Colts that Smith wouldnt return to the game, but only because he was being tested for a concussion.The message relayed to the media covering the game in Indianapolis at the time was that Smith wouldnt return because he had indeed suffered a concussion.He was in the middle of the concussion protocol, but we werent going to return him in the same game, Burkholder said.Burkholder said the Chiefs will move cautiously with Smith, even though they suspect he doesnt have a concussion. Smith will be examined by an independent neurologist in Kansas City, but he could be on the field with the Chiefs on Wednesday when they begin their practice week and could play Sunday when the Chiefs face the Jacksonville Jaguars at Arrowhead Stadium.We will go through the return-to-play protocol and see where hes at, Burkholder said. Although we dont think he has a concussion, were going to be cautious and were going to take him through all those steps before we put him back on the field just to be sure were not missing anything.Smith was taken from the game twice when the Chiefs suspected he might have a concussion, once in the first quarter and once in the third. He didnt return to the game after the second incident.Smith was given a brief test for a concussion along the sideline each time. Burkholder said Smith twice passed those exams, which includes testing for memory, balance and other concussion symptoms.Smith was still sent to the locker room for more evaluation. Burkholder said that was in part because Smith staggered and appeared woozy after each of the plays in question.Were not absolutely sure why he had those events, and certainly the independent [neurologist] could shed some light on that for us, Burkholder said. Were still in that process, and we also want to see whether exercise takes him back into a situation where he gets a little staggered.Smith has a laceration on his right ear from the first hit that knocked him out of the game, and Burkholder said that could be affecting Smiths balance.Patrick Beverley Jersey . How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif. Chris Paul Jersey http://www.clippersnbateamshop.info/jerome-robinson-clippers-jersey/ . LeBron James and Chris Bosh didnt need any more. Williams scored 11 points in 10 minutes, Alan Anderson scored 17 points, and the Brooklyn Nets finished the exhibition season with a 108-87 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. Blake Griffin Jersey . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. Jerome Robinson Clippers Jersey . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half.In the fall of 1999, Pakistan went to Australia with what they believed was the most talented squad they had ever had. They were barely six months removed from having lost a World Cup they thought was their own, and the series was thus presented as a time for revenge. The Test team had been plagued by inconsistency over the previous five years, but they could always put that down to infighting and to being led by sub-par captains. Under Wasim Akram, by contrast, Pakistans record was exemplary. Since losing in Australia four years earlier, he had taken charge of five Test series - winning four and drawing one. Even the lone drawn series, away to India in 1999, could be classified as a success, with the third Test of that tour being a victory on course to winning the Asian Test championship. The confidence they had going to Australia wasnt misplaced.A decade earlier Pakistans greatest Test team had gone to Australia having not lost a single one of their previous ten Test series - including two against the uber dominant West Indies. They returned with a one-nil loss. Surely this time it would be different?It was. But not the way they imagined it would be. Pakistan lost nine of their first ten matches on the 1999-2000 tour. That streak, which included all three Tests, began with their inability to play a 50-year old Dennis Lillee and ended with them being blown away by Australias second-tier attack. For the first time in over a decade Pakistan realised that even their best might not be good enough against the best.That has been the story of Pakistans tours to Australia. They have only ever won four Tests there - the last two in dead rubbers. The last time they won a live Test in Australia, the top three music acts on the Billboard charts were Gloria Gaynor, the Bee Gees and Rod Stewart, and Margaret Thatcher was still the leader of the opposition in England. No team has held sway over Pakistan quite like Australia has done.For a country and a fraternity that prides itself on being different and innovative, Australia presents the biggest challenge. Pakistan, after all, is the place where, despite having taken nearly 500 international wickets, Saqlain Mushtaq is still defined as the inventor of the doosra: innovation trumps achievement. And yet, however different they might present themselves as, there is an ideal they wish to emulate. Think of everything that former Pakistan cricketers, pundits and the majority of fans consider to be components of the essential character of Pakistani cricket. Words like mercurial or unpredictable do not feature; those are used by foreigners when referring to Pakistan. When Pakistanis project their best selves it is by describing the team in vaguely masculine terms. The belief in sheer pace, in the importance of legspin; the unhealthy obsession with aggression; the beliief that all that matters is confidence; the sense that every inkblot in a Rorschach test is bound to be a moustache - these are borrowed from Australia.dddddddddddd. The reverence for these qualities has only increased since that fateful winter over the turn of the century. Quite simply, Pakistanis want their team to be Australia, or rather to approximate to their own interpretation of Australianism.Pakistan have attempted to learn from Australia too. Pakistans solutions after that tour of Australia in 1999-2000 were predictable - they set up a national cricket academy. Tauqir Zia sent Colonel Shujauddin to Australia to compile a report on how Australia became what they were at the time, and his solution was that academy. Every time a former player decries the state of domestic cricket, the solution he offers involves following the Australian model - fewer teams, more club cricket, and varied pitches. Never mind that England and India have done pretty well with big first-class systems, nor that the population or sports culture of Pakistan is a complete inversion of Australias; the solution is always to follow Australia.It makes sense too. Every desi kid has that one relative or family friend - the phupho ki beti (aunts daughter), if you will - who is presented as the model of what they should aim for. Considering its a desi family, the taunts and lectures mostly have to do with academics. The phupho ki beti is presented as the contrast to you - if only you studied as much as her, if only you were as obedient and courteous as her, if only you were her. Pakistan cricket is that rebellious kid who wants to create his own world. Australia is the phupho ki beti who will always hover over him like the sword of Damocles.And thats why Pakistans upcoming tour of Australia is so fascinating. Australia, at least until one Test match ago, found themselves in an identity crisis, where they began to question their beliefs. For once, even they wondered aloud. Meanwhile Pakistan were - at least until three Tests ago - the most successful team the nation has had in over two decades, despite all the problems theyve had to face, and they became that team by rejecting the pursuit of Australianism.Thus, this series becomes a fight for the soul of cricket - if Australia prevail, as they always do, the doubts of November will give way to a return to la-la land, where everything is rosy and the world doesnt change. But if the unthinkable happens, well, we might have to question everything weve ever been told. The most likely outcome, though, is that neither of those things will happen - something far worse, something we cant even imagine right now is going to take place. After all, its 2016. ' ' '