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Long After Twitter Feud, Revis, Sherman Pledge Respect

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January 28, 2015

Seattle Seahawks’ Richard Sherman answers questions during media day for NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

BOB BAUM, AP Sports Writer

PHOENIX (AP) — Darrelle Revis long reigned supreme among NFL cornerbacks.

Then came along this upstart Richard Sherman, who proclaimed himself the best and backed it up.

Now they get to state their case on the NFL’s biggest stage — Revis’ New England Patriots against Sherman’s Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl.

They have a bit of history, these two — a Twitter feud from a couple of years ago. The gist of it: Revis was the proven pro and Sherman hadn’t done enough yet to start crowing.

At Tuesday’s media day, any animosity was buried. Each expressed respect for the other, although Revis referred to the fact that in Seattle’s defense, Sherman plays only half the field.

“Sherman, he plays left corner and he does great,” Revis said. “He’s great at what he does. I’m not really knocking him on what he does. He’s a playmaker and that’s what he does for his team.”

Cornerback, Revis said, is “by far” the hardest position to play in football.

The handful of those who excel at the position may bicker, Sherman said, but they share a common bond.

“There’s a respect level between elite cornerbacks in the National Football League,” he said. “It takes a certain mentality to play at a high level in this game, to deal with the pressure, to deal with the intensity of being out there against the best athletes in the world. … There’s a definite admiration for their ability.”

Sherman’s a talker — opinionated, self-assured. He says he cares little what people think of him.

“It doesn’t bother me too much, honestly,” he said. “I kind of go to the beat of my own drum. … I have my own way of doing things and it might not align with everybody, but I’m going to keep it that way.”

Sherman stirred up trouble shortly after the Seahawks landed in Arizona, when, referring to the fairness of the investigation into deflated footballs, he noted NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Patriots owner Robert Kraft are good friends.

Sherman didn’t back down Tuesday, saying that he found their relationship “interesting.”

A small crowd gathered around Revis on media day. Sherman drew a mob, and he reveled in it, answering bizarre questions — such as, what super power would he like to have while playing? (He would fly). He danced with a woman reporter, confidently showing his moves.

He said he was sure his girlfriend, due soon to deliver the couple’s first child, would not have the baby on Super Bowl Sunday.

To the young Seattle star, media day was no chore.

Sherman earned a Super Bowl ring last year, in his third NFL season. Revis is playing in the big game for the first time in his eight years in the league.

For the first six, he played for the New York Jets, becoming “Revis Island.” Twice he made it to the AFC championship game, but no farther.

Revis and the Jets parted ways after an injury-plagued 2012, and he landed with the Patriots, the team he had fought without much success for so long.

“It’s pretty awesome,” Revis said. “I mean, this is what you play for every year. In the offseason you work hard to get to this point and when you get there, like right now, it’s so surreal for me.”

He wouldn’t address his future with the team. New England reportedly wants him back, but not on the terms of his existing contract, which would count $25 million on next season’s salary cap. He’s due a $12 million roster bonus on April 1.

But for one year, he has been all-in.

“I think I really embraced it when I sat down with Mr. Kraft and (coach) Bill (Belichick) and we had a one-on-one conversation,” Revis said. “It was a very chill conversation. … At that point, I felt very comfortable and wanted to join the team.”

Sherman said his left elbow, hurt in the NFC championship win over Green Bay, “is feeling pretty good.”

“It’s been good all week,” he said. “I’m done getting treatment.”

And he shrugged off cornerback Brandon Browner’s suggestion that he would tell his New England teammates to break Sherman’s elbow.

“I think he was just caught up in the moment,” Sherman said. “He didn’t mean any malice by it. It’s one of those things, we know him as a person and sometimes he exaggerates a little bit.”

Far be it for Sherman, of all people, to be bothered by a pointed remark from a foe.

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The deal includes the sale of the Oakland Arena to an unidentified third-party buyer for no less than $100 million, which Bobbitt said was one of the most important aspects of the site’s future redevelopment.

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After many months of complex negotiations, the Oakland Coliseum development deal is finally nearing an agreement that will open the way for new owners – the African Americans Sports and Entertainment Group (AASEG) – to revitalize the sports complex and the Hegenberger Corridor in East Oakland.

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The County’s approval marks an important step in the sale of the property, even though concerns about environmental liability remain. Under the terms of the non-binding agreement, the county will pay $115 million to Coliseum Way Partners, the corporate entity of the Oakland Athletics that had previously purchased the county’s half of the property for $85 million.

AASEG will then pay $115 million to the County in three annual payments, with 5% annual interest paid on any outstanding balance, according to the term sheet.

AASEG already negotiated a purchase of the city’s half of the property for $125 million in 2025, awaiting the sale of the county’s half.

A strong supporter of the sale, Supervisor Nate Miley said he was not “breaking out the champagne” until the sale was final. This is not perfect, but it is good.

“It’s good because the County ends up with more money,” Miley continued. “It’s good because an African American team takes ownership of the property, and they’ve got a lot of potential in terms of what they want to do with the property.”

A remaining disagreement between Alameda County and the AASEG involves environmental concerns.

AASEG wanted a “carve-out” for environmental concerns so that it would not face liability for the release of groundwater into San Francisco Bay without a permit. Obtaining a permit could be time-consuming and expensive, requiring the need for consultants, studies, and an oversight process by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.

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“The motion is to accept the terms as presented, excluding the carve-out,” Board of Supervisors President David Haubert said. “Noting that it’s a non-binding term sheet and terms can always be discussed going forward. It’s been pointed out that that could affect the deal, timing, which we’ve been at this for nine years, but what’s a little more time?”

“The arena represents an anchor of the site,” said Babbitt. “This arena … has become a pop culture mecca, and the opportunity to enhance that and expand that is critical to the overall process.”

Speaking at the Board of Supervisors meeting, Miley explained the County’s reasoning behind some of the complex negotiations. He asked interim County Counsel Andrea Weddle:

“In layman’s term’s who’s on the hook for the environmental (cleanup)” under the current deal with the Oakland A’s?

“When the county with a former board entered in the deal with the (A’s), we took on all of the environmental obligations,” Miley said. “Since then, we’ve learned a lot more about the environmental conditions of the Coliseum.”

“If we do a deal with Coliseum Way Partners (the A’s), we remain on the hook,” she said. “If we do a deal as we’ve currently structured with OAC (AASEG), we have eliminated some or hopefully all (or) as much as we can of that liability and aligned our deal with the terms of the city.”

Bobbitt, despite his concerns, supported the nonbinding agreement. He said the public has waited nearly a decade to come to this point.

“The community support has been overwhelming,” he said. “We’ve used a lot of P-words: patience, perseverance, persistence. And we’ve just had to do it, and we understand how complex this has been.”

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