The latest in a recent trend of acquiring fighting game players, Immortals has added its first Smash player, Jason Anti Bates, to its growing esports team.Its an incredibly thrilling feeling being sponsored by a team that stresses success in and out of tournaments and only chooses the best of the best, he said.Venture-capitalist-funded Immortals owns League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch teams. I have two main goals with Immortals. The first goal is to bring as many eyes as possible to our brand, which will make us grow, Anti said. And my second goal is to bring a premier championship to the Immortals house.In the earlier days of Smash for Wii U and Brawl, Anti relied on his strong intuition and talent to carry him. As Smash continues to grow, hes invested more heavily into refining his craft by attending more events and practicing more rigorously. His hard work paid off in the summer where he won Community Effort Orlando 2016, surprising the audience with his charismatic top-8 entrance and equally impressive Mario and Cloud.Even with the win, there is no break for Anti as his competition continues to improve. The metagame is still progressing rapidly as players continue to discover new techniques and optimize character matchups. Fortunately, Gonzalo ZeRo Barrios, the best player on the Panda Global Rankings, has moved to the East Coast.Having ZeRo only live one hour away from me is extremely beneficial to my Wii U career, Anti said. We often find a day every week to just have an extended sit-down session and play for over seven hours at a time. That may not be good for our health, but were dedicated to performing at our peak.Between practice and tournaments, Anti is also known for his social media presence. Recently, he joked about preparing Diddy Kong as a character against Yuta Abadango Kawamura, poking fun at the players poor history against the character. In another infamous moment, he had a dispute with Dalauan LOWTI3RGOD Sparrow on Twitter. LOWTI3RGOD stated that no Smash player would ever be able to defeat him in Street Fighter V. Anti responded to the challenge and ended up playing some matches with him online. Even though Anti only played Street Fighter on the side, he defeated LOWTI3RGOD in a series of matches, including a perfect round.Anti even popularized the use of the word jim, a somewhat derogatory term for socially oblivious fans. After asking whether or not Immortals would be OK with his social media banter, Anti said, [Our CEO] actually appreciates the fact that I am very active on social media, so long as I keep it esports and continue to produce entertaining tweets, then everything is okay.As a closing thought, Anti said, Although I may express anger towards jims at times, I know they deep down mean no harm! Shoutout to the jims! Tarik Cohen Womens Jersey . Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter. Walter Payton Bears Jersey . DAmigo scored twice in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Toronto Marlies edged the San Antonio Rampage 5-4 in American Hockey League action. https://www.bearssportsgoods.com/Womens-Jim-Mcmahon-Inverted-Jersey/ . The Australian is competing in his final season in Formula One and still looking for his first win this year. 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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- New York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall waded into the?Odell Beckham Jr.?firestorm Wednesday, fiercely defending Beckham and claiming the New York Giants are playing with fire by speaking out publicly about his behavior.Those guys over there need to be really careful, Marshall said Wednesday. They dont need to be speaking out on their teammate. They need to keep that in-house because they could lose him. Im being honest.They need to rally behind him and give him the support he needs and handle that stuff in-house, whether good or bad, because whether they like it or not: Hes the best player on that team.Marshall, 32, once regarded as a problem child, reached out to Beckham last week after the receivers sideline tantrum against the?Washington Redskins. Beckham had another blowup in Monday nights loss to the Minnesota Vikings.Hes the type of guy that he can play with anger, he can play with rage, Marshall said. Thats not a distraction for him. He doesnt need a sports psychologist for that because hes still going to make that magnificent, one-handed catch.The problem is it may be a distraction for his teammates. There are some things that hes done where guys dont want to answer the same question every single week. As far as him personally needing help, he doesnt need help. Hes still going to produce and be the beast he is.Marshall scoffed at the notion the Giants would be best served by benching Beckham.Thats not good business, he said.Marshall acknowledged that Beckham can channel [his anger] a bit better, but theres a thin line. He has to be himself. Monday night, he was not himself. Thats not good for them, the coach coming out and saying, He needs to do this. No, thats the wrong way. Yourre playing with fire right there.ddddddddddddThe Giants dont want to see Beckham change, either. 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I dont know if that was a taunting necessarily.He had one incident last year that I feel is inappropriate with [Josh] Norman, and since that I dont think hes done anything that has been harmful to another player. So I dont think its a big deal.Marshall called Beckham one of the top five players in the NFL, claiming theres a lot of pressure on him.There are two cameras on him every Sunday, Marshall said. Its part of the process. LeBron James went through it, too. This comes with the territory of being a superstar. It comes with it. Hes going to be OK.ESPN Giants reporter Jordan Raanan contributed to this report.? ' ' '