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Sky Sports Phil Clarke has identified eight young players he thinks will have an impact in Super League this year... In a competition of over 300 players its pretty hard to pick out the stars of the upcoming season, but Ive selected a group who I think will entertain and excite us both this season, and for several more after it.Most of them were born on or around the time that Super League started and, as we enter our 21st season, this group are the ones set to light up 2016. Tom Johnstone (Wakefield Wildcats) Junior club: StanningleyHe was the star of the Million Pound Game and excited me every time he got the ball. His try-scoring record in 2015 was amazing, especially when you take into account that he played for a team at the bottom of the table.He scores the kind of tries that could well have him mentioned in Try of the Season talks in October.Jack Logan (Hull FC) Junior club: SkirlaughHis introduction to Super League hasnt been that pleasant or enjoyable. His debut at Wigan in 2014 wasnt a great experience but hes shown his resilience in 2015 and started to improve as each game passes.It doesnt surprise me that hes been given the No 4 jersey in the squad, hes arguably one of the most exciting centres around. I think hell eventually play for England if he can continue to improve in defence.Ryan Hampshire (Castleford Tigers) Junior club: Normanton KnightsHe played in 15 of Wigans games last year and was at one time being picked ahead of Matt Bowen, but that was as a full-back.The word on the street is that he wants to play in the half-backs and hopes to do that under Daryl Powell. Hes fast and he knows how to play rugby league. Hell add another attacking threat to the Tigers this season.Niall Evalds (Salford) Junior club: SiddalLearning how to be a Super League player at Salford isnt easy, but this young man seems to have worked a lot of it out for himself. He scored nine tries in the last 11 games of 2015 for Salford and has more speed than most of his rivals.Scott Taylor was the only team-mate to make more metres than him in 2015 and hes slowly starting to develop his passing to add another string to his bow.Jake Connor (Huddersfield) Junior club: SiddalIm not sure I know what his best position is yet, or if hes quite developed the self-discipline to maximise his talents, but he can do things on a field that very few others can.If he can focus his aggression in a positive way he could have a brilliant 10-year career in Super League.Theo Fages (St Helens) Junior club: CatalansJust like Niall Evalds, hes had to learn the hard way at whats looked like a dysfunctional set-up at Salford. He moved from France and has played over 60 games in the last 3 years - I wonder how many young English players could have moved to France at the same age and developed the way he has.Hes been able to watch and learn from Michael Dobson and Rangi Chase, and now has Sean Long as a mentor. After playing in one of the weaker teams for the last few years hes now at one of the strongest. It was a great long-term decision by the Saints to sign him and I think well be mentioning his name a lot in 2016.Dominic Manfredi (Wigan) Junior club: Leigh MinersLast year was a fairy-tale season. He began the year playing for Workington at Derwent Park and ended it playing for Wigan at Old Trafford. He averaged around a try a game in Super League in 2015 and could possibly be better than both Joe Burgess and Josh Charnley.Hes fit, fast, fearsome and fresh, and has a great chance of ending the year as a top-try scorer.Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds) Junior club: Hunslet WarriorsHis 2015 season ended with a knee injury in June and he had to watch as his team-mates lifted three trophies in quick succession. He already has almost 60 appearances as a Rhino and has proven that he can play well as either a full-back, stand-off or loose forward.Hes a better attacking threat than Kevin Sinfield, but can he defend and kick as well as the legend that he replaces? It would surprise me if he does not win the Man of Steel award in the next four or five years. Get Sky Sports Join us and watch the new Super League season live Also See: RL on Sky RL fixtures/results Follow @SkySportsRL Pundits Nike Air Max 270 Sverige . 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The lawsuit had accused Biogenesis and Bosch of conspiring with players to violate their contracts by providing them with banned performance-enhancing substances. Blair Soden counts persistence among the reasons shes found success in broadcast journalism. She refused to quit playing lacrosse at the University of Pennsylvania, even after extra training and work to improve didnt pay off with playing time. And after graduation, she spent three weeks in New York City -- having already signed a lease -- and hunted for a job before getting hired by ABC News.We talked to Soden, whos now the?manager of original programming and development at NBC Sports, about her transition from being a Division I college athlete to her career in broadcast news.This interview has been edited for length.espnW: How did you feel when you were about to leave college and (essentially) your athletic career? What was going through your mind? Blair Soden:?I was really excited, to be honest, because I had started laying the groundwork for my career the summer of my sophomore year. I had interned at the CBS affiliate in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio, and then the following summer I interned for the national ABC news network in New York City. I had wanted to work in broadcast journalism for as long as I can remember, and my internship reaffirmed my passion for that field. I was pretty eager to get started and finally get a paycheck for doing the work that I had been doing throughout my college summer years.espnW: How were you able to balance your life as a college athlete with summer internships?BS:?With lacrosse being a spring sport primarily, we pretty much had the entire summer. We would be assigned workouts throughout the summer, so that when we would come back and have a run test in the fall and started working out again for fall ball, we would be prepared. The summer was really our time off, so we were lucky in that respect.I had friends who played field hockey and tennis, which were pretty much year round, who didnt have that luxury and had to come back to school about a month early to start training. But I did have the luxury of having those three or three-and-a-half months to pursue outside interests while still pursuing my training regimen.espnW: How did your first couple of years out of college go? What did you do? BS:?I was hired full time at ABC News as a desk assistant. I also began cross-producing overnight features for weekend Good Morning America, and then I was also a feature reporter for ABCNews.com. So I was working seven days a week, 12-plus-hour days, but I knew thats what is was going to take to grow in this industry. It was tough because a lot of my friends had moved from Philadelphia and Penn to New York City and had all this free time on the weekends, and it was pretty much an extension of college. It was difficult for me to see them re-living those college years, and I was missing out on that.And then about two years after I started at ABC News, I took one of the biggest risks Ive ever taken and left the comfort of ABC News, which is where I thought I would spend my entire career, for an opportunity to help launch, develop and segment produce the new morning edition of SportsCenter [at ESPN]. It meant leaving my friends and going to Bristol, Connecticut, where I was waking up at 3:30 every morning and producing a live show three days a week.I think it set a precedent for me to keep looking for opportunities and challenges that would help me develop and learn in the industry. And I found that pushing yourself out of a comfort zone, although it can be terrifying, is one of the best choices you can make for yourself.espnW: What lessons did you take from being an athlete that have applied to your working life? BS:?My work ethic, my character and my role as a team player. Playing lacrosse at a top academic institution was my dream, and Penn not only has an excellent academic reputation, but the Ivy League is one of, if not the best conference for lacrosse in Division I. I think it goes back to high school because Ohio, at the time, wasnt really on the recruiting radar for lacrosse, so I went to camp after camp to meet coaches and introduce myself, and by the time I met the head coach at Penn, she had already filled most of her recruiting class for my year. But she said if I could get in on my own merit, I would be on the team. So I did.It was an uphill battle for me, to be honest. I barely played my freshman year and was told that if I increase my speed, Id have more of an opportunity to play. So I got running coaches over that summer between my job as a tennis pro at a country club and my internship at CBS, and I trained to return to school and beat everyone at the run testt the next winter ahead of the season.dddddddddddd But I still didnt see playing time.I watched others quit and go onto a life outside of college athletics, studying abroad and going on spring breaks and having free time, which I was extremely jealous of. But I didnt want to quit, and I think thats something thats really helped build my character, not just in my work life but in my personal life as well. I knew those four years would likely be the last Id be playing lacrosse, especially at an elite level. And the way I looked at it, I got to play the sport that I love every day but game day. I tried to always contribute to the team by supporting my teammates and making sure I cheered the loudest and got the underclassmen on the sidelines to join in on cheers.The lesson that I learned from that was that its tough to learn that your best isnt enough for someone. Its an objective sport, and no matter how hard you work, your fate is in your coachs hands.Theres one time that I always look back to in my college career that really shaped my work ethic and determination. It was Princeton, and they were our biggest rival, and it was an away game my senior year, and my coach told me that I wasnt going to dress for the game -- which is, as an athlete, pretty much the biggest slap in the face you can receive after putting four years of work into a program. I think that a lot of people wouldve walked away that day. But I used it as motivation, and I still do. I think back on that whenever Im in a difficult time.We had words that describe us written on the back of T-shirts by our captains, and my word was persistence. I knew that my future wasnt going to be playing professional lacrosse and I had so much more to look forward to. But it taught me that just because someone doesnt believe in you, all that truly matters is that you believe in yourself and do what makes you happy.espnW: Whats unique about Penn thats helped you in your professional life?BS:?We have a fantastic community of alumni and have a reputation for excellence. Penn holds its athletes to a very high standard, and theres no favoritism from professors or coaches when it comes to academics. I think thats well-known.Im still really involved. I co-chaired our five-year reunion, and Im still involved in alumni activities in the area I live in now, and its just incredible to see how far people have come since college. I have friends who have started businesses all over the world, or who are vice presidents at top New York City banks, politicians, you name it. And we all keep in touch and often work together in our professional careers as well and can bridge gaps between major companies with our shared Penn bond. Its a great community to be a part of.espnW: What advice would you give your college-aged self? BS:?Its a lesson that my parents taught me, and it would be to always believe in myself. I think career-wise, during the second half of my senior year, I was sitting there watching all of my friends get lucrative offers from banks in New York, and I was fairly certain that my internship would result in a job offer, and that I laid the proper groundwork for that to come to fruition in the final week of my internship, but our industry doesnt work like that.I would find myself comparing myself to friends in a field entirely different from mine. There arent those slots waiting for recent graduates like there are in banking. After I graduated I went home to Columbus, Ohio, and I was jobless, and I was completely doubting my future and everything I had worked for, and my parents told me to not give up on my dream. They supported me throughout that summer as I continued to pursue jobs in broadcast journalism.I went to New York with my mom for an interview at ABC News, and I was told that I was a top-three candidate and that if I received an offer, Id need to start right away. My mom and I looked for an apartment and signed a lease during that trip. We went back to Ohio to pack things up, only to find out that I hadnt received the job.Here I was, jobless, living in Manhattan, no income, my parents still supported me. And I think it was only three weeks that I was living in the city without a job -- it felt like an eternity. I took up a job as a restaurant hostess to help supplement my parents contribution to my rent however I could. But then the call finally came from ABC News.I didnt give up, and that word persistence did pay off. ' ' '