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NFL combines will take on an older look when the league adds one for veteran players to go with the massive event it holds for potential draftees.The veterans combine will take place March 22 at the Arizona Cardinals training facility in Phoenix. That is about one month after the regular combine in Indianapolis for rookies.This is the natural evolution of our combine series, NFL director of football development Matt Birk told The Associated Press on Thursday.Birk sent a memo to the 32 teams earlier in the day about the new combine. It will be open to veteran free agents who will participate in position-specific drills, timing and testing, and other customary combine activities.Theres a void there. There was nothing for that guy out there who has one or two or three years in the league and is not with a team and is at the mercy of when the phone rings or when his agent gets him a workout. This will be a forum for these guys to showcase their talents and a service for our clubs instead of (what had been) an inefficient process.In the past, most veteran free agents would get individual off-season trials with teams, but that was a costly and somewhat scattered approach. Some veterans have been included in the NFLs regional combines held for draft-eligible players, too.But the new format will serve to isolate and consolidate veteran free agents for a more-focused evaluation on a comparative basis.By scheduling it the day before the leagues major owners meeting at the same site will allow for just about anyone interested in the evaluation process to attend.The league expects to invite about 100 free agents to the Arizona combine.Youre talking the NFL free agent who is one year out of college and was in a training camp, or a 10-year veteran who has been a starter in the league, Birk said. It will be very diverse, although at first it probably will tilt toward the younger guys.One thing it wont likely include is the poking and prodding and physical exams that the rookie prospects go through in Indianapolis. Nor will the in-depth interview process be a major portion of the veterans combine.This will allow teams to get a look at the guys and if they want to dive deeper, they can bring the players in for a physical with their own doctors, and do the interviews, Birk said. This is whether the players pass the eye test on the field.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL J.A. Happ Jersey . The former central defender calmly nodded it down and quietly went about celebrating a win with his staff. For a man who has had a lot on his shoulders this season, it was an appropriate moment. Troy Tulowitzki Jersey . The Incheon-based tea, of the Korea Baseball Organization said the deal for the 35-year-old Scott included a $50,000 signing bonus. Scott reached the major leagues with Houston in 2005 and hit 23 homers or more for Baltimore each year from 2008-10. http://www.cheapbluejaysjerseys.com/?tag...-morales-jersey. Saltalamacchia has agreed to a $21 million, three-year deal with the Miami Marlins, two people familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday. Wholesale Blue Jays Jerseys . Former two-time Olympic gold medallist Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle tested positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine in both her "A" and "B" samples, the German Olympic Committee said. Joe Carter Jersey . -- Caris LeVert had 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for his first career double-double, and No.Defenceman Tim Gleason has gone full circle over the course of the last seven months, re-joining the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday on a one-year, $1.2 million contract. "We obviously know well what Tim brings to our team on and off the ice and how he fits in our organization," said general manager Ron Francis in a statement. "We are happy that he is choosing to return to Raleigh." The Toroonto Maple Leafs acquired Gleason in a January trade for defenceman John-Michael Liles.dddddddddddd Gleason was bought out by the Leafs after clearing waivers on Monday and became an unrestricted free agent. Gleason, 31, tallied six points and 65 penalty minutes in 56 games last season. He has 16 goals and 117 assists in 633 career NHL games with the Los Angeles Kings, Hurricanes and Maple Leafs. ' ' '