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The Houston Rockets have expanded to esports and gaming, hiring a new director of esports in the teams front office, the franchise announced Thursday. The new director is former Team Archon chief executive officer and Namecheap head of esports Sebastian Park. No further moves for the team have been determined, and it intends to explore all options before making a formal investment.The franchise, which has shown interest in esports before, hired Park as an experienced esports executive. He ran Archon, the esports team owned by famous Hearthstone professional player Jason Amaz Chan, from 2015 to 2016. Park, 25, is a native of Los Angeles and a Yale graduate in cognitive science.What really drew me to the Rockets was their ability to say, There are things we know, and things we dont know. We know the esports space is valuable, now lets take time and really figure it out, Park told Bloomberg Technology.Rockets general manager Daryl Morey spoke about esports on ESPNs True Hoop podcast in August, stating that if he was involved in any other sport aside from basketball as a career, it would be esports. He also compared esports growth to 1950s basketball.The Rockets are the first NBA franchise to hire an esports-focused employee internally, but not the first NBA franchise to expand into the field. In September, the Philadelphia 76ers purchased North American team Apex Gaming and European organization Team Dignitas, quickly merging the two organizations and hiring new staffers under the Dignitas banner.Additionally, Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber and Washington Wizards co-owner Ted Leonsis invested with a group into esports org Team Liquid in September. Memphis Grizzlies co-owner Stephen Kaplan increased his stake in Immortals around the same time. Wholesale Air Max 90 . But what about the officials? Every sport has officials and they also have stories about hard work and sacrifice but their accomplishments are seldom recognized by anyone outside their inner circle. Cheap Air Max 90 Wholesale . Lack made 20 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Canucks blanked the St. Louis Blues 1-0 in the first post-Olympic game for both teams night. http://www.discountairmax90.com/ . The visitors took a deserved lead in the 16th minute with midfielder Yohan Cabaye curling the ball beyond Adrian from inside the penalty area. Cheap Air Max 90 Free Shipping . The team said Saturday that Lopez was hurt during its 121-120 overtime loss at Philadelphia on Friday. The Nets said they would issue another update next week after consultation with their doctors. Cheap Air Max 90 . -- Patrick Reed got an early start in golf. Theres always a?guessing game each season to predict how well top players will return following major injuries the previous season.Justin Houston, Pernell McPhee, Brandon Pettigrew, Corey Linsley, Dion Lewis, Breno Giacomini and Ladarius Green didnt recover fast enough to be active for the opener and are on the physically unable to perform list. Jamaal Charles wasnt healthy enough to play in the Chiefs opener coming off last years ACL surgery, but he could be on the field soon.Heres how the stars coming back from major injuries performed in Week 1, and how they could perform for the rest of the season.Tyrann Mathieu, DB, Arizona CardinallsWeek 1 stats: 7 tacklesMathieu, who played all 71 defensive snaps against New England, still has his range and closing speed coming off ACL surgery.dddddddddddd The surprising thing in the loss to the Patriots?is that he wasnt involved in slot coverage much. He played deep safety most of the game. That could have been because the Cardinals were starting a rookie cornerback (Brandon Williams) opposite star Patrick Peterson. Regardless, Mathieu is a star, and he looked like his old self?coming off the injury. ' ' '