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Ben Brown stands out in the AFL - tall, big shock of hair, No.50 on his jumper, North Melbourne cult figure.He stands out to Norths forward-line coach Leigh Tudor for an entirely different reason.Hes self-driven. I never have to go find him, Tudor told AAP.For an assistant coach, theres a lot of different personalities in football.But the guys who are self-driven, when they come and get you, thats fantastic.Browns third AFL season so far has emphasised there is a lot more to him than the big playing number and big personality.This bloke can play and he wants to realise his vast potential.Brown has played every game this season for North and is third in the AFL for contested marks behind Gold Coasts Tom Lynch and Rory Lobb at GWS.After needing a knee reconstruction when he was 17 and struggling to break into the AFL, the 23-year-old has the hungry look of someone making up for lost time.Sure, Brown burst out laughing when he kicked a freak goal last week against West Coast, but there is a fiercely determined side to him as well.Hes improved pretty much in everything - hes just so much stronger now than he was, Tudor said.Hes had a lot of bad luck over his career and hes still nowhere near his best.Tudor said Brown was excellent at goal-setting and over the pre-season he worked out where improvement was needed - strength, one-on-one work, leading patterns, defensive pressure, goal kicking.It also helped that Brown has been able to work extensively with fellow key forwards Drew Petrie and Jarrad Waite.When youre doing some one-on-ones in pre-season with Drew, you earn your kicks, Tudor said.He just spent a lot of time in the pre-season working on his craft and good luck to him, its what you need to do.He has some good role models as well - he sees the way Drew and Waitey go about their business.Hes a smart cookie, if hes been watching them and sees what they do, they do a lot of extras.Browns reflex response earlier this week was to laugh when asked at a media conference if Petrie should be dropped.Waites return from a hip injury for the must-win game on Saturday against Port Adelaide means the key forward trio is back together again.Theyre tough match-ups when all three of them are going, Tudor said.North need a big lift from their forwards if they are to turn around their mid-season slump and Brown will play a crucial role.Hes a very smart man and he understands the game, Tudor said.More importantly, he works on his craft.He does a lot of vision, he studies his opponents, hes opinionated, he wants to make things better. Yeezy 350 V2 Hyperspace Pas Cher . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. "I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. "Demp (Ryan Dempster) came out before he went to the bullpen and was just yelling that they lost. Yeezy 350 V2 Grise Pas Cher .com) - Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Roger Federer were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Australian Open. http://www.pascheryeezy350v2.fr/fausse-yeezy-350-v2-black.html . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges. Yeezy 350 V2 GID Glow Pas Cher . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. Yeezy Boost 350 Pas Cher . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. Sydneys ruckman stocks will be sorely tested after Callum Sinclair joined Kurt Tippett on the injury list.Sinclair, who has missed only one game this season, suffered a knee injury in a marking contest with Carlton ruckman Matthew Kreuzer last weekend.He will definitely miss the Swans clash with Fremantle in Perth next Sunday and probably multiple matches after scans revealed a fragment of cartilage had broken.The scan revealed some cartilage had broken off in his right knee, so he underwent arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday morning to remove some of that floating cartilage, Swans general manager of football Tom Harley said on the clubs website.We wont know the full prognosis until he recovers from the surgery, but we are hopefull he will be able to return within a month.ddddddddddddTippett has been sidelined for five matches after having surgery on a hamstring tendon and is on track to return in round 22.Sinclair played a secondary role in the ruckwork in recent weeks behind 24-year-old Sam Naismith who has played the last three games.Naismith has played just four career games.With Sinclair out, Sydney could call up another relatively inexperienced ruckman in 21-year-old Toby Nankervis, who has played just three senior games this season and eight in total.Nankervis was among the best in his Sydneys NEAFL side last weekend. ' ' '