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Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy is unlikely to rest stars Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk even if the Storm seal a top-two NRL finish with a win this weekend over Manly.The ladder-leading Storm sit five points ahead of third-placed Canberra and can secure a crucial home final in week one of the playoffs with victory over the Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night in round 24.However, Bellamy said on Wednesday he feared his sides continuity and momentum could be affected if representative stars Smith and Cronk took a rest over the final fortnight of the regular season.They are getting through it all pretty well at the moment, Bellamy said at Storm training at Sydneys Coogee Oval.They are feeling well and they are playing well and we feel we need those boys playing because we need a bit of practice with our attack.We havent scored a whole heap of points the last three or four weeks and we think that needs sharpening up a bit.It is hard to sharpen that up in match conditions if you havent got your halfback and dummy-half there.Bellamy said the Storm had learned from their ill-fated 2011 campaign, after they rested Smith, Cronk and Billy Slater for their final game of the season against Sydney Roosters, having already wrapped up a top-two finish.The Storm were belted 40-8 by the 11th-placed Roosters in that game, a result that Bellamy said hurt them coming into the finals.Under the old finals system, minor premiers the Storm struggled to beat eight-placed Newcastle at AAMI Park in the first week of the finals in 2011 and were then sensationally dumped out of the premiership race at home two weeks later, losing to the Warriors 20-12 in the preliminary final.Just two weeks before, the Warriors had been thumped 40-10 by Brisbane.A win (over Manly) gives us that option (of resting players), Bellamy said.But I know that in 2011, we rested our Big Three then in the last game of the year and, looking back, I reckon it affected our momentum going into those finals and we were not quite what we expected to be in the finals.You can look at it both ways. At their age, they (Smith and Cronk) are getting a bit old so they need a bit more rest but, the older you get, the more your body adapts.Melbourne have spent the week in Sydney after losing to the Raiders on Monday in Canberra.Both Smith and Cronk are on limited training duties this week.Wholesale Nike Shoes Black Friday . LOUIS -- Roman Polak was celebrating even before Alexander Steen scored the winning goal in Saturdays 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Nike Shoes Black Friday Sale .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. http://www.nikeshoesblackfriday.com/ . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. 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A Ravens spokesman says Reulands mother informed the team that he died Monday.We love Konrad Reuland, Harbaugh said. Every single guy in that locker room loves him that knows him.Harbaugh offered his condolences to Reulands family and quoted from the Biblical book of Psalms, saying: God is our refuge and our strength.Besides the Ravens, Reuland spent time with the San Francisco 49ers, Indianapolis Colts and New York Jets. He played in 30 games over three seasons, catching 12 passes for 90 yards.Each of the NFL teams for which he played, and Stanford University, where Reuland finished his college career after two years at Notre Dame, issued statements of sympathy on Twitter. Several former teammates also took to social media to express their shock and sadness at the news.Cornerback Antonio Cromartie played with Reuland with the Jets, and they were in camp together this past summer in Indianapolis. Cromartie was at the funeral Monday of another former Jets teammate, Joe McKnight, who was shot and killed Dec. 1 during a road-rage incident in suburban New Orleans.Man, we were just in Indy together talking about everything from our football careers our family, Cromartie wrote on Instagram. And the great meeting we had in the hot tub at the Jets facility. You will be miss(ed) bro. You always walked around with a smile on your face. A hard worker and would do everything he could for the team. I love you man. Rest In Paradise.In an email to The Associated Press, Reulands agent Eric Metz wrote: God Bleess Konrad and his family.dddddddddddd He was a wonderful person.Reuland signed with San Francisco as an undrafted free agent out of Stanford in 2011. He was claimed off waivers by the Jets in 2012 and had 12 catches for 90 yards in two seasons while being used as a blocking tight end and H-back with childhood friend Mark Sanchez at quarterback.Reulands 2013 season was cut short when he was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury after playing in 10 games.Its just terrible news, Jets kicker Nick Folk said after practice Tuesday. We had a group text going with (former Jets teammates) Nick Bellore, Garrett McIntyre, Greg McElroy and a couple of other guys. Greg had been pretty close to him, and we all found out through Greg. We were all just hit pretty hard by it.McElroy, currently an analyst for ABC/ESPN, played with Reuland in New York in 2012.The world lost a special person, McElroy wrote on Twitter.Reuland signed with Indianapolis practice squad in 2014, but was released and then signed by Baltimore to the Ravens practice squad a few weeks later. After being cut, re-signed and cut a few times, Reuland was re-signed by Baltimore and promoted to the active roster last December.Reuland became a free agent last offseason when the Ravens rescinded their exclusive rights tender offer in May. He signed with Indianapolis in July for a second stint with the Colts, who released him among their final training camp cuts in August.Heartbroken to hear about the passing of my friend and former teammate Konrad Reuland, tweeted Denver running back Justin Forsett, who played with Reuland in Baltimore. You will be missed bro just an amazing person!---For more NFL coverage: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '