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Free-agent outside linebacker Prince Shembo, who was waived by the Atlanta Falcons last year after being charged with killing his former girlfriends Yorkshire terrier, is asking NFL teams for another opportunity.The 2014 fourth-round draft pick from Notre Dame wrote a letter admitting to his mistakes and proclaiming himself to be a changed man. His agent, Eugene Lee, sent the letter to 12 teams with needs at outside linebacker.I thank Jesus Christ for what I went through because it truly opened my eyes, Shembo told ESPN.com. I was able to grow.Shembo had felony charges dropped in August 2015 after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals. He was fined $1,000 and sentenced to community service after it was determined Shembo kicked the dog after the dog bit him.I knew I was wrong, and I shouldnt have reacted, Shembo said. I was really impulsive. I tried to make amends with her. It was my fault. I take 120 percent responsibility for my actions, period.Shembo met with the NFL in November 2015, and the league decided in the spring to suspend him for two games. His appeal to the league was denied last month.Shembo has worked out for one undisclosed team since the incident. Prior to being drafted by the Falcons, he visited Green Bay, Houston, Dallas, New England and Jacksonville.Entering the NFL, Shembo faced scrutiny following a college incident after being accused of inappropriately touching Lizzy Seeberg, a student at Notre Dames sister school. Seeberg committed suicide less than two weeks after the alleged incident. Shembo was never charged in the case and maintained his innocence while also saying it was a tragedy to see Seeberg take her life.Shembo, 24, played in all 16 games for the Falcons in 2014, including three starts. He had 59 combined tackles as a rookie. Josh Allen Youth Jersey . 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The World Cup of Hockey begins Saturday, Sept. 17, from Toronto when Team USA faces Team Europe in group play at 3:30 p.m. ET?(ESPN2).?Its time to stop worrying about who isnt on this team -- therell be plenty of time for recrimination and finger-pointing after the tournament for ignoring?Phil Kessel, Tyler Johnson, Kevin Shattenkirk and Justin Faulk if things dont go the Americans way during the upcoming World Cup of Hockey -- and focus on who is on this hard-working, hard-nosed team.Team USA GM Dean Lombardi, head coach John Tortorella and their highly efficient staff have assembled a surprisingly fast, very physical squad that will try to dictate pace of play with a vigorous forecheck and a game that hopes to be strictly north-south -- although the teams two pretournament games against Canada have shown that is still a work in progress.How Team USA could winFirst and foremost, alternate captain Patrick Kane is going to have to have the kind of tournament he hoped to have in Sochi at the 2014 Olympics but didnt. Kane is the defending NHL MVP and scoring champ, and Tortorella has put him in a leadership role that will up the ante for the?Chicago Blackhawks?star. If Kane is going -- and by extension that will mean the U.S. power play, which has been under the tutelage of associate coach and Hall of Famer?Phil Housley, is going -- that will take some of the pressure off the rest of the forwards.That said, Max Pacioretty, Blake Wheeler and Zach Parise?will have to find a gear they didnt hit during Team USAs two-game split with Canada during the warm-up last week. The Americans arent likely to get a ton of offense from the back end, but watch for Dustin Byfuglien, who has one of the hardest shots in the game, to keep opponents off-balance with his forays into the offensive zone. Jonatthan Quick is the U.ddddddddddddS. No. 1 because of his résumé, which includes two Stanley Cup rings, and his stellar performance in leading the U.S. to a victory over Canada last Friday. If Quick is on his game, anything is possible for this group.How Team USA could loseErik Johnson and Jack Johnson were repatriated from the 2010 U.S. Olympic team that earned a silver medal in Vancouver, and Matt Niskanen was added to the group ahead of more offensive-minded players such as Shattenkirk, Faulk and Cam Fowler, all of whom were in Sochi. Was Niskanen the right choice? Were about to find out.The U.S. looked disorganized in its own zone for long stretches against Canada. So trying to exploit its blue line, which doesnt appear to be as mobile as the Canadians, Swedes or Team North Americas defensive corps, will likely be the plan for opponents when the tournament starts. The Americans opted for more grit up front in the form of Justin Abdelkader, Brandon Dubinsky and David Backes. If the Americans get behind, though, they lack the explosiveness of a Russia or Sweden or Canada to erase deficits -- and that could be a fatal flaw.What to watch for: Beat Canada, or bustRight from the get-go, Tortorella and his staff opted to go with having Joe Pavelski play down the middle with Kane, even though Pavelski played on the wing with Joe Thornton at center in San Jose all last season. No one wins the World Cup without going through Canada at some point, and the teams will have played three times by the time the finals arrive (twice pretournament and once in the round-robin), so there will be familiarity and bad blood aplenty if we get a repeat of the classic 96 finals. ' ' '