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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Victor Cruz are preparing to kick off the season in patriotic style.Beckham and Cruz plan to wear special 9/11 cleats before and during Sundays season opener against the Dallas Cowboys?at AT&T Stadium. They each have a pair for pregame and during the game that serve as a tribute to the 15-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy.The cleats by Kickasso like Picasso will include American flag versions for the game. Beckham will wear a special 9/11 cleat during warmups, while Cruz will have a fire truck cleat with his late fathers engine number on them. Cruzs dad was a fireman in Paterson, New Jersey.Its a special cleat for a couple reasons. I mean opening day is on 9/11, said Troy Cole, Kickassos owner. And Odell wanted to pay tribute to the heroes of 9/11, and not toward the tragedy aspect, with the falling building and the heroes all around kind of helping and saving people. That is why its kind of special and going to be pretty cool.Before every game Sunday, fans will see a taped video message from President Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Former President Bush will participate in the ceremonial coin toss with his wife, Laura, and two NYPD officers who responded to the attacks at Ground Zero 15 years ago.The Giants coaches and staff also plan to wear special 9/11 pins to honor the fallen and as a reminder of the tragedy that cost thousands of lives. Some players may be wearing special 9/11 gloves.Sunday also marks Cruzs return -- his first game in 700 days. Hes missed most of the past two seasons with knee and calf injuries.His return will be his first time wearing a pair of custom cleats by Kickasso in a game. But it wont be Beckhams, as the receiver hooked up with Cole by reaching out to him via Instagram after entering the league. The two have worked together since.Beckham has 20 to 30 pairs of custom cleats by Kickasso. Some of the most memorable are the Jokers that he wore before the Giants played cornerback Josh Norman and the Panthers last year and a light-up Back to the Future version from the Pro Bowl.Beckham and Kickasso have other designs in the pipeline for this season. The themes include custom military, breast cancer awareness, special cartoons and, of course, a new Joker edition.That should be interesting, Cole said.The custom cleat industry is spreading. Already Kickasso has worked or will work with Giants Olivier Vernon, Justin Pugh, Brad Wing and Josh Brown, to name a few. Pittsburgh Steelers star receiver Antonio Brown and the New York Jets Brandon Marshall are also on his client list.Kickassos work will be on display on NFL fields across the country this week. The Jets Buster Skrine will be wearing a flaming $100 bill version Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. On the other side of the ball Sunday against the Giants, Cowboys wide receiver Terrance Williams will be wearing a pair that serve as a nod to Michael Myers and Halloween.The way Kickasso operates is that players provide themes or ideas and give him the freedom to produce the final product. He often teams with Beckham the week before a game, hashes out the general concept and has the cleats done and ready for the following weeks contest.Kickasso gets the cleats from the player or his teams equipment manager to make sure the style, size and fit are correct. He prefers it to be white so there is a blank canvas to navigate. From there, he makes the original designs happen. Discount Hydro Flask . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. 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NEW ORLEANS -- Their shared numbers are ugly and humbling.At 4-18, the Philadelphia 76ers have the worst record in the NBA and have nine healthy players.Losers of three straight games despite the presence of a league superstar, the 7-15 Pelicans own the sixth-worst record in the NBA and have the flesh wounds to prove it.So when the Pelicans host the 76ers in a match of NBA bottom-feeders Thursday night at the Smoothie King Center, its natural to assume the worst -- of both.Its very frustrating, to be honest with you, said New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry, whose team dropped a 110-108 double-overtime decision at home to the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night despite Anthony Davis 28 points and 17 rebounds in 48 1/2 minutes. I just had higher expectations and thought that we would have fewer injuries, to be honest with you.The Pelicans played without point guard Jrue Holiday in the Monday loss Memphis, and his absence was deeply felt. Holiday missed the first six weeks of the season while caring for his wife Lauren, who gave birth to their first child and then underwent successful surgery to remove a benign brain tumor.When Holiday returned to the lineup, the Pelicans won a season-best five consecutive games at home, but Holiday sustained a turf toe injury during a Sunday night loss at OKC. The pain was so debilitating that Holiday could not push off on his left foot.Holidays status for the 76ers game is uncertain.I didnt know how excruciating it could be, Holiday said on Wednesday. People dont understand that when you hurt your toe, you cant do anything. If I could walk on my hands I would or if I could just cut it off it would be great.Amputation might be considered going a little bit beyond the NBAs standard players contract.While Gentry is trying to plug leaks in his lineup -- guarrd ETwaun Moore missed the Memphis game with a toe injury and forward Dante Cunningham has a broken bone in his leg -- he is hoping his players can soldier through.ddddddddddddLittle irritants have blossomed into bigger problems. The Pelicans held solid leads against Memphis at the end of regulation and at the close of the first overtime period but allowed the Grizzlies to make big shots to extend the game.Gentry took the blame for one late-game snafu -- he drew up an inbounds play that had the ball being thrown in from the opposite side of the court.One of them we drew up on the right side of the floor and the ball was on the left side, Gentry said. I take full responsibility for that. Im not going to dodge anything.Davis leads the NBA in scoring (31.6) and blocks (2.81) and is sixth in rebounding (11.4), but his heavy lifting is beginning to wear him down. He also leads the NBA in minutes played (38.0).Its just unfortunate for him because to me, hes having an unbelievable, MVP season, Gentry said. When I think about what hes done and the defenses hes faced and still the numbers hes put up -- not just offensive numbers but being able to lead the league in blocked shots and being really solid defensively -- its unfortunate.The Sixers had just nine players available in a 96-91 loss at Memphis on Tuesday night, and Jerryd Bayless (left wrist), Robert Covington (left knee sprain) and Jahlil Okafor (gastroenteritis) are not expected to join the team in New Orleans.This (was) our fourth game in five nights, said coach Brett Brown. We came down with nine guys, and youre playing against a veteran, tough, playoff-hard Memphis team. I was proud of their effort. ' ' '