ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Falcons waived Brian Banks, the linebacker who was attempting to make a late start to his NFL career after spending five years in prison on a conviction that was later overturned. Air Force Ones Wholesale Bulk . The 28-year-old Banks spent five years in prison and five years on probation following his conviction of rape and kidnapping charges a decade ago. The woman who made the charge when Banks was 16 later recanted her accusation. The conviction was overturned by a California court last year. Banks had two tackles, including one for a loss, in the Falcons 20-16 preseason loss to Jacksonville on Thursday night. He was listed as the third-string middle linebacker and faced an uphill battle to make the team. "Brian is a guy that has not played football in 10 years," Falcons coach Mike Smith said after Thursday nights game. "He has really matured and progressed as a football player since weve had him on our roster." Banks signed with the Falcons in March. He said Thursday he faced a different challenge than most players competing for roster spots as he tried to make up for his lost decade. "My learning curve is definitely different from a lot of the guys here," Banks said. "I was learning a lot of the one-on-one basic things of football as well as the intermediate things of football and meshing them all together at once in a small period of time. It was definitely challenging, but Ive enjoyed myself the whole time." Banks had tryouts with Kansas City, San Diego and San Francisco and attended minicamp with Seattle last year before spending the 2012 season with Las Vegas of the United Football League. The Falcons trimmed their roster to 62 players on Friday. Rookie quarterback Sean Renfree, who left Thursday nights game with a shoulder injury, and tight end Andrew Szczerba were placed on injured reserve. Renfree was a seventh-round pick from Duke. Among players waived were safety Charles Mitchell, running back Ronnie Wingo and kicker Jeremy Shelley. Also waived were offensive linemen Theo Goins and Alec Savoie, defensive tackles Neal Huynh and Micanor Regis, cornerbacks Terrence Johnson and Peyton Thompson and linebacker Pat Schiller. The team must trim its roster to 53 players by Saturday at 6 p.m. Air Force 270 NZ .ca. Kerry, In Mondays Habs/Bruins game, there were three questionable/brutal calls against the Habs late in the game - Tomas Plekanec, then Douglas Murray, then Brendan Gallagher. Air Force 1 Cheap Wholesale . Strasburg (1-1) got 14 consecutive outs in one stretch and allowed only three hits, including Marcell Ozunas homer in the seventh. The right-handers lone walk was to the last batter he faced. Washingtons starter Wednesday, Jordan Zimmermann, left after a career-low 1 2-3 innings, leaving the bullpen "taxed," as manager Matt Williams put it. http://www.airforce1salenz.com/ . For one, he still gets to crank the intensity to the max. "I push pretty angry. I ran pretty angry too though, but I have fun doing it," Lumsden said.Jodie Broughton grabbed four tries as Catalans Dragons provided further evidence of their genuine Grand Final potential with an impressive 30-12 win over St Helens at Langtree Park. A sixth consecutive win - their fifth in a row away from home - enabled the French side to draw level at the top of Super League with pacesetters Warrington.Saints were fresh from a notable win at Warrington but they were no match for the Dragons, whose awesome pack created a superb platform for the returning stand-off Todd Carney to pull the strings, with former Huddersfield winger Broughton providing most of the finishing to take his tally of tries to 11 in nine games. Catalans stand-off Todd Carney joins Jon Wells at the touchscreen to analyse another impressive victory on the road However, just as pleasing for coach Laurent Frayssinous, who gave a debut to 18-year-old Alrix Da Costa in the absence of experienced hookers Paul Aiton and Eloi Pelissier, will be his sides new-found resolve in defence.It took Broughton just seven minutes to make his mark, taking Carneys pass and wrong-footing his young opponent Jake Spedding to force his way over for his first try. Broughton took his tally to 11 tries in nine games Some slick handling got him over unopposed for his second six minutes later and Pat Richards goal made it 10-0.A break from ever-dangerous full-back Shannon McDonnell help relieve the pressure for St Helens and they went on to lay siege to the visitors try line. All the reaction to the Dragons win at Langtree Park The Dragons proved resolute and had gone over two hours without conceding a try when they were unpicked by a Frenchman, Saints half-back Theo Fages finishing off a superb flowing move to open his sides account on 26 minutes.Catalans hit back when Broughton collected another accurate Carney pass to complete his hat-trick but their lead was cut to just two ppoints when St Helens scrum-half Luke Walsh gathered his own neat chip over the visitors defence to touch down before kicking his second conversion. SF Air Force 1 High Nz. Theo Fages scores St Helens first try but it was a mixed night for the French playmaker That try followed a barnstorming run from prop Alex Walmsley, and Saints never looked as threatening when he was off the field.Similarly, the Dragons were never quite as effective when heavyweight forward Dave Taylor was out of the action and his return early in the second half helped spark them back into life. Alex Walmsley is tackled by Richie Myler A clean break by Glenn Stewart created a try for scrum-half Richie Myler and two minutes later, Shane Horo released Richards, who raced down the wing for the visitors fourth try.Trailing 24-12, Saints launched a furious counter-attack, aided by a string of penalties conceded by the French side, but still struggled to unlock their opponents aggressive defence. Jenna Brooks rounds up all the latest news from Super League When Fages managed to reach the line following splendid work from skipper Jon Wilkin, he lost the ball in Stewarts tackle and with it went Saints last chance of getting anything out of the game.Broughton made sure of the points when he gathered centre Krisnan Inus pass to cross for his fourth try on 63 minutes and, although Richards was off target for the fourth time, he wrapped up the scoring with a penalty. A quick look back at another fantastic win for Catalans Sky Sports live Super League coverage continues with Leeds Rhinos v Hull FC on Friday night (SS2, 7.30pm), while St Helens v Leeds and Catalans v Salford are both live on Sky next weekend. ' ' '