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METAIRIE, La. -- Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday will play for the first time this season on Friday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, general manager Dell Demps said Tuesday.Meanwhile, guard Tyreke Evans returned to practice on a non-contact basis Tuesday. Demps said it is unclear when Evans will play, but that he appears to be in great shape.Holiday has been on indefinite leave since summer to care for his wife, retired international soccer star Lauren Holiday, who had brain surgery last month, just weeks after giving birth to the couples daughter.The Pelicans play in Orlando on Wednesday night, and Demps said Holiday is slated to practice with the team on Thursday before making his debut the following night in what will be New Orleans 13th game of the season.Demps said he expects Holidays return to be gratifying for Pelicans players and staff on both personal and professional levels.Hes just a great person -- just bringing him back and getting him back with the group, from a social standpoint, is most important, Demps said. From a basketball standpoint, we dont want to put pressure on him and make him feel like hes the savior.Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said he wasnt certain whether Holiday, who has been working out on his own in North Carolina the past couple months, would start or how much hed play.I just know we wont play him 35 minutes the first game back, Gentry said. Were not going to do anything like that. I think weve got to be smart about it. Hes been working out twice a day. Hes in great shape. Theres a big difference in being in great shape and being in basketball shape.New Orleans has won just two of its first 11 games, but also two of its last three after and 0-8 start.Its good for us -- a big, key component to our team that were able to get back, said forward Anthony Davis, who has been averaging 30.5 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.9 blocks, but has lacked the help he need to produce more victories. Its good for everybody and well try to get this thing going.Holiday is expected to return as healthy as he has been in several seasons.He began last season on minute restrictions following his rehabilitation from a nagging lower leg injury that had sidelined him for much of the 2013-14 and 2014-15 campaigns.A former Eastern Conference All-Star with Philadelphia before his trade to New Orleans in 2013, Holiday wound up playing in 65 games with 23 starts during the 2015-16 season, averaging 16.8 points, 6.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 28.2 minutes per game. He scored 20 or more points 25 times and recorded six double-doubles.Jrues very good offensively and very good defensively, Davis added. Hes going to bring that passion, that energy, that fight. So its going to be good to have him back on the floor for us and have Jrue being Jrue.Tim Frazier has been starting in Holidays place this season, averaging 11.4 points and 7.9 assists. He said hes been in constant contact with Holiday, particularly after games to ask for his evaluation.Coming from the point guard spot, I know what you see outside is different from what I see on the court, Frazier said. He just told me what hes seeing and hes been positive, telling me to keep my head up and continue to fight and that he was on his way back soon.As for Evans, the Pelicans will gradually ramp him up to contact practices within the next couple weeks, Demps said, raising the prospects that the versatile 6-foot-6 guard and wing player could be playing in early December.Itll all be based on how his rehab goes in the next days, weeks, Demps said, peering through a conference room window with a view of Evans running through basketball drills on the practice court. If you just look at him right now, its pretty close.Demps said the Pelicans also hope by the end of next week to receive a medical update on small forward Quincy Pondexters recovery from multiple knee surgeries, which might provide a clearer timetable on his return. Air Jordan 1 From China . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Wholesale Real Air Jordan 1 . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. http://www.airjordan1cheap.com/ . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1. 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Rafa Benitez was appointed as Newcastle manager on Friday, replacing Steve McClaren They have lost 17 of their last 21 top-flight away matches, but head to the King Power Stadium with the opportunity to leapfrog local rivals Sunderland with the Tyne-Wear derby to come next Sunday, also live on Sky Sports 1 HD. Ed Chamberlin is joined by Paul Merson to discuss Leicesters Monday Night Football game with Newcastle Team newsAs well as Mahrez, there is more good news for the hosts as Matty James has returned to full training following a serious knee injury. He has missed all of the season so far but is unlikely to be risked. Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri says Newcastle need to beat them if they want to avoid relegation Benitez will assess his players ahead of the match, but will not have left-back Paul Dummett at his disposal after he aggravated a hamstring problem during last weekends 3-1 home defeat to Bournemouth. Skipper Fabricio Coloccini remains a doubt with a calf injury. Paul Dummett will not be available to Benitez on Monday Andros Townsend will hope to have shaken off the hamstring issue that has kept him out of the last two games, but goalkeeper Tim Krul (knee), defenders Chancel Mbemba (ankle), Massadio Haidara (knee) and Kevin Mbabu (thigh) and midfielder Gabriel Obertan (hamstring) remain on the sidelines. Former Newcastle defender Steve Howey talks about how the Magpies can beat Premier League leaders Leicester Opta statsThe Foxes have won the last two Premier League games against Newcastle after winning none of the previous seven (D3 L4), and the hosts have lost just one of their last 17 games at the King Power Stadium (W11 D5 L1). Danny Simpson reflects on an amazing season for Leicester City Ranieris team has kept a clean sheet in five of their last six top-flight home matches, but conceded two goals in their last league game there (2-2 v WBA).dddddddddddd Sky Sports News HQ reporter Pete Colley builds up to Monday Night Football The Magpies have scored just eight goals in their last 20 away league games, failing to score at all in 13 of these matches. Leicester beat Newcastle in their previous meeting at St James Park Newcastle have lost their last eight league matches played on a Monday and have failed to score in the last five. All eight of these have been away from home. Pete Colley is behind the scenes at Leicester City with their supporter liaison officer Mahrez has been involved in a league-high 26 Premier League goals this season (15 goals, 11 assists) and is the only player to be in double figures for both goals and assists. Relegation run-in Premier League relegation battle: Newcastle, Sunderland, Norwich and Aston Villas run-ins analysed Mersons predictionI fancy Leicester strongly because theres just as much pressure on Newcastle, and if they win on Monday I think Leicester put Arsenal to bed. They are eight points clear at the moment, and if they win this game they will be 11 clear and Arsenal have a game in hand. Ranieri has Leicester top of the Premier League If Arsenal take six points from their three difficult away games - against Everton, West Ham and Man City - theyve done very well. Those six points take them five behind Leicester and Leicester would have two games in hand. I dont see how Arsenal can make it up. Riyad Mahrez is fit to face Newcastle after recovering from cramp against Watford I watched Newcastle play Bournemouth last week and if they play anything like that again, this will be all over at half-time. I worry for them a lot. Bournemouth were so far advanced last week, and it was just scary considering the amount of money theyve spent.PAUL PREDICTS: 3-1 (Sky Bet, 11/1) In October 1996, Newcastle went to Filbert Street as league leaders and on the back of a 5-0 demolishing of Manchester United. Watch what happened... Get a Sky Sports Day Pass Dont miss Leicester v Newcastle. Watch live on NOW TV for ￡6.99. No contract ' ' '