East Carolina?transfer Kurt Benkert will be the starting quarterback for the Virginia Cavaliers?this season, coach Bronco Mendenhall announced Wednesday.Benkert got the nod over returning starter Matt Johns, who is now listed as the co-backup with Connor Brewer. It will be the fifth consecutive season that Virginia will open with a different starting quarterback.Ive really been impressed with how hes moved the team, Mendenhall said of Benkert. When I look at a quarterback, what I look first and foremost for is, Do they move the team into the end zone? And Kurt has been the one who has consistently and can continue to be consistent in terms of moving our team regardless of the type and caliber of opponent we play. Hes a good decision-maker, has a very strong arm, and he has natural leadership skills.Benkert arrived in Charlottesville as a graduate transfer after spring practice ended, but he was given every opportunity to win the starting job because Mendenhall left it open between Johns and Brewer.Benkert is familiar with the offense, which is similar to the one he ran at East Carolina under former coach Ruffin McNeill, who is a defensive assistant on Mendenhalls staff. Benkert had been tabbed to start for East Carolina last season, but a knee injury during fall camp sidelined him for 2015.Kurt is a student of the game, Mendenhall said. From the day he arrived on campus, 7 a.m. each and every day at the office much like it was a professional. ... He came here with a sense of purpose, not only to further his education but to start his family and to play great football. Im really intrigued by the idea he has two seasons in terms of where our program currently is. Nike Shoes Black Friday 2019 . 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. Nike Shoes Black Friday Online . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. http://www.nikeshoesblackfriday.com/ . -- Jacksonville wide receiver Cecil Shorts will likely be a game-time decision whether hell play Sunday in the Jaguars home game against the San Diego Chargers. Nike Shoes Black Friday Discount . -- Jacksonville wide receiver Cecil Shorts will likely be a game-time decision whether hell play Sunday in the Jaguars home game against the San Diego Chargers. Cheap Nike Shoes Black Friday . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said Russia disapproves of the hack of medical files of Olympic athletes, though their findings should attract public attention.Putins statement on Friday came as IOC President Thomas Bach said he will ask Moscow for help to stop the hackers, which the World Anti-Doping Agency said were linked to Russia.Soon after Putins comments, the hackers group known as Fancy Bears published files of medical data from 11 more athletes who competed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics last month. That brought the total to 40 athletes in three rounds of data posted online this week.The athletes, from five different countries, had permission from sports or anti-doping bodies to use medications that would otherwise be banned for use in competition.The latest leaks again mostly detailed asthma and anti-inflammatory treatments.WADA has said it believes the hacking is retaliation for investigations into a Russian state-backed doping program including at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and Winter Paralympics.An investigation report published in July provoked calls for a blanket Olympic ban on Russia, and led to a review of Russsian athletes eligibility to compete in Rio.ddddddddddddWhile Putin did not take responsibility for the hacking and leaks, he also suggested they served a purpose.We dont support what the hackers have been doing, but what they have done cant fail to attract public attention internationally, Putin saidHe added the files raised many questions: Healthy athletes legally take medicines forbidden to others, while people suffering from grave illnesses are barred from the Paralympics on a mere suspicion.Bach said the IOC will help WADA, including communicating with the Russian authorities, to underline the seriousness of the issue and request all possible assistance to stop the hackers.Bach has been seen as an ally of Russia since being elected in 2013, and opposed an outright ban on its athletes from Rio.Russian teams were all banned from the Paralympic Games currently being staged in Rio, and Putins nation was criticized by Bachs counterpart, Philip Craven of Britain, for a medals over morality attitude. ' ' '