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DAVIE, Fla. -- Unaccustomed to interviews because hes a backup tackle, Will Yeatman stood before a couple of dozen reporters and cameramen, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead under the hot TV lights. When the questions about the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal quit coming, Yeatman sagged in the chair at his locker, relieved to be out of the media glare. "Whew," he said with a nervous chuckle, shaking his head. The Dolphins (4-4) have endured a week of withering scrutiny while trying to prepare for a game that is very much and afterthought outside their locker room. Theyll play Monday night at Tampa Bay (0-8), happy to shift the focus from their troubled locker room to the playing field, if only for a few hours. While the Buccaneers are winless, the Dolphins have descended into something worse -- a team under NFL investigation because of a bullying case thats national news. Tackle Jonathan Martin left the team last week and complained he endured daily abuse from teammates, including guard Richie Incognito, who was suspended. Martin will meet late next week in Los Angeles with the NFLs special investigator, a person familiar with the situation said Friday. The person confirmed the upcoming meeting to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league and team havent announced the details of the investigation. Meeting with Martin will be Ted Wells, a senior partner in a New York law firm who was appointed by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to investigate possible misconduct in the Dolphins workplace. The case threatens to sabotage the season, leaving the Dolphins missing two starters in an offensive line that played poorly even with them, while the team copes with the distraction of seemingly endless revelations and rumours. Theyve been impossible to ignore, as coach Joe Philbin knows, because he tried. "Unfortunately I called my 92-year-old father, and he was on the computer, so I had to tell him to get off the computer," Philbin said. Oddsmakers dont expect this weeks developments to have a big effect. The Dolphins opened as 3 1/2-point favourites before the case mushroomed into a full-blown scandal, and theyre now favoured by 2 1/2 points. Perhaps the Dolphins will channel all of the surrounding negative energy into a positive performance. Weary of fending off endless questions, theyve defended Incognito, Philbin and their locker room culture, speaking with a passion often lacking in their play this year. The team showed signs of dissension during a recent four-game losing streak, but the constant stream of allegations in the media have served as a unifying force. "Theyre attacking our coach. Theyre attacking the values of the rest of the people in this locker room. And they have the mike last," receiver Brian Hartline said. "Were kind of tired of it." While Hartline complained the team had been "bullied" by the media, other players wryly noted the lack of interest in the upcoming game. Defensive end Cameron Wake patiently parried a succession of questions from reporters, all about Martin and Incognito, then smiled when a pause came. "Nobody cares about Tampa, huh?" he said. The Dolphins do care about the Bucs, Wake said, and can shut out everything else. "Football is full of distractions, whether its the tweak in your ankle, the heat, snow, the rain, the mud, the guy across from you," he said. "All this stuff thats going on outside is kind of the same as the crowd noise on third down. We have to deal with it. Its all a part of the business, and you have to make sure you do your job." Doing the job has been a problem for the offensive line, which has given up an NFL-high 35 sacks while struggling to create running room. And now the starting lineup in the front five will change for the third game in a row. Centre Mike Pouncey and right guard John Jerry have been the only season-long constants. Bryant McKinnie will start his third game at left tackle since being acquired in a trade with Minnesota. Tyson Clabo will start at right tackle after being benched two weeks ago. Nate Garner will make his first start of the year at left guard in place of Incognito. Yeatman may see occasional action as a sixth lineman, which he did in last weeks win over Cincinnati. "Everyones focused on doing their job, and everyones job is to block the man across from them," Yeatman said, trying to ignore those beads of sweat. Evander Kane Jersey . Rudy Gay made the tying basket in regulation and a 3-pointer in overtime that gave Sacramento the lead for good, and Fredette scored a career-high 24 points to help the Kings beat the Knicks 106-101 on Wednesday night. Tim Heed Jersey . 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The incident was not seen by match officials at the time but the FA charged Wilshere retrospectively after a study of video footage.LONDON - Newcastle produced a rousing second-half fightback to beat Tottenham 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday and further ease the pressure on manager Alan Pardew.Halftime substitute Sammy Ameobi equalized for Newcastle within seconds of the team kicking off the second half and Ayoze Perez scored his first goal for the club to seal victory in the 58th minute at White Hart Lane.I reminded them about the fundamentals of a Premier League game and we came out with a much stronger attitude, Pardew said of his halftime team talk. I thought (in the) second half, the players were magnificent.Tottenham dominated the first half but only had Emmanuel Adebayors 18th-minute header to show for it. With just one win in the last seven league games, Spurs are now three points off the relegation zone.Pardew was under severe pressure a month ago with Newcastle bottom of the standings, but seven points from the last three games has lifted the team away from danger.The Magpies first away victory for seven months looked unlikely after Adebayor deservedly put Mauricio Pochettinos side ahead.But it was Newcastle which secured victory, with substitute Ameobi making the most of lax defending to start the comeback just after halftime.It was a shock because, after that, it all changed in this moment, said Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino. Seven or six seconds before, all was happiness and there was good energy in the stadium ... But in tthis moment, I think it was difficult to manage in our head.dddddddddddd Our heads had gone and we started to take rash decisions on the pitch.Things got worse still when another halftime substitute Remy Cabella crossed for Perez to put Newcastle ahead and there was to be no leveler for Spurs as they lost a third league match of the season at home.Jan Vertonghen, Christian Eriksen and Ryan Mason all failed with long-range efforts in the first half, before Newcastle left-back Paul Dummett missed an audacious attempt of his own from 40 yards (meters).Jack Colback wasted a fine opportunity for the visitors when the normally-reliable Hugo Lloris unconvincingly punched away Moussa Sissokos cross, before a rare moment of class led to the hosts breakthrough.Last-ditch blocks kept Nacer Chadli and Eriksen at bay, but Mason showed impressive ingenuity to clip in a cross for Adebayor to direct home.After the break, five touches and around seven seconds was all it took for Newcastle to pull level, with Eric Dier caught napping from Colbacks fine pass which Ameobi rifled home.Despite having looked to receive a pass from Sissoko in an offside position, Cabella sent in a cross which full debutant Perez headed home.Tottenham thought it had equalized in the 66th when Eriksen caught out Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul directly from a corner, but the linesman indicated the ball had gone out of play before curling back in. 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