CLEVELAND -- Johnny Manziel is back at work after a holiday weekend in Las Vegas.
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necessarily stay in Vegas.
The Browns celebrated rookie quarterback reported for organized team
activities Tuesday following a few days in Vegas, where he kicked off
his summer by hanging poolside with New England Patriots tight end
Rob Gronkowski, attended a UFC fight and was captured on video spraying
champagne on patrons in a nightclub.
And, according to Manziel, he found time to study his new playbook.
Following his first practices with Clevelands veterans last week,
Manziel took advantage of a break in the workouts to head to Las Vegas.
On Saturday, a photo of him and Gronkowski, surrounded by other
partiers, appeared on several social media sites. Later, Manziel posted a
photo on his Twitter account of him standing with UFC President Dana
White along with a thank-you note.
Although this was all done on his free time, and Manziel didnt commit a
crime or have any known issues, his actions raised eyebrows in some
circles about his commitment to playing in the NFL. He seemed to fire
back at any criticism by posting a photo on his Instagram account Monday
night of his Browns playbook and iPad with the caption: "Guess its
impossible to enjoy the weekend and study?"
Manziel, who was selected with the No. 22 overall pick by the Browns
after sliding in the first round, is expected to challenge Brian Hoyer
for the starting job. Last week, first-year Browns coach Mike Pettine
said Manziel was having typical problems for a young player.
"Its like any other rookie, that hes just inconsistent," Pettine said.
"I think a lot of its the mental part of it. Hes more worried about
getting the formation right, making sure the motion is correct, and hes
got the cadence. Then, hes got to worry about where guys are. Being good
mechanically takes a back seat to learning the system first. I think
you see over the maturation process, once all that stuff becomes second
nature, that hell be a lot more comfortable."
Manziel has made a favourable impression with the Browns in his first
weeks as a pro. Hes said all the right things during two media
availabilities, echoing the teams stance that hes only a backup and will
have to earn his starting job.
Pettine also said Manziel has shown humility, fitting in nicely with
some teammate who may have expected Johnny Football to act differently.
"Hes quiet actually," Pettine said. "Hes a good guy to be around. I
think the guys in the locker room will be able to tell you that hes a
fun guy. But you can tell, when its time to work he works, and hes very
serious about this. You can tell hes very competitive."
Clevelands practice Wednesday is open to the media.
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one-time titlist Maria Sharapova were a pair of easy second-round
winners Thursday at Wimbledon.
The world No. 1 superstar Williams stomped helpless South African
Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-1 in a mere 49 minutes on the No. 1 Court at
the venerable All England Club.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion and reigning U.S. Open titlist is now
72-9 lifetime at Wimbledon, including seven trips into the final.
The 32-year-olds third-round opponent on the famed grass Saturday will
be 25th-seeded Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, who got past Czech Petra
Cetkovska 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
The fifth-seeded former world No. 1 Sharapova has now won her last nine
Grand Slam matches after blasting Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-1 in an
hour, also on the No. 1 Court. The Russian star is fresh off her French
Open title three weeks ago.
Sharapova stunned Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final and was the 2011
runner-up here to Czech Petra Kvitova.
Up next for the five-time major champion Sharapova will be upstart
American Alison Riske.
Ninth-seeded German left-hander Angelique Kerber reached the round of 32
by sneaking past Britains Heather Watson, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.
Meanwhile, 11th-seeded former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic improved to 7-0
on grass this year with a 6-4, 6-0 pasting of Chinese Zheng Jie,
13th-seeded Canadian Eugenie Bouchard improved to 12-2 at Grand Slams
this season with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Spaniard Silvia Soler-Espinosa,
and 19th-seeded 2013 Wimbledon runner-up Sabine Lisicki handled Czech
Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 7-5. The former French Open champion Ivanovic
captured her first-ever grass- court title in Birmingham two weeks ago;
Bouchard is the only woman to appear in two major semifinalls this year;
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Ivanovic and Lisicki will clash on Saturday.
Kazakhstans Zarina Diyas ousted 15th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez
Navarro 7-6 (14-12), 5-7, 6-2, while 20th-seeded German Andrea Petkovic
got past Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, and 24th-seeded
Belgian Kirsten Flipkens handled Spains Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2, 6-1.
Flipkens was a surprise Wimbledon semifinalist last year.
American Madison Keys posted a mild upset by tackling 31st-seeded Czech
Klara Koukalova 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2. The 19-year-old Illinois native
Keys is fresh off her first-ever WTA title, on grass, in Eastbourne last
week.
Also on Day 4, 2010 Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva, of Russia,
dismissed rising Croat Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-4, Kazakhstans Yaroslava
Shvedova doused Estonian two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist Kaia Kanepi
6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, and the aforementioned Riske downed rising Italian
Camila Giorgi 7-5, 6-2.
Matches between third-seeded French Open runner-up Simona Halep, of
Romania, and Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko and American Victoria Duval and
Swiss Belinda Bencic were postponed because of rain.
The third round will commence Friday, as second seed Li Na, fourth seed
Agnieszka Radwanska and a sixth-seeded Kvitova will take to the courts.
The Australian Open champion Li will meet Czech Barbora Zahlavova
Strycova, while the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up Radwanska will take on
Portuguese Michelle Larcher de Brito and the 2011 titlist Kvitova will
battle 30th-seeded five- time Wimbledon champ Venus Williams.
Also slated for action are 10th-seeded Aussie Open runner-up Dominika
Cibulkova and 16th-seeded former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.
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