The sight of Billy Slater in the Melbourne dressing room quickly snapped the Storm out of their 2016 NRL grand final disappointment.But Slater admitted he was no closer to realising whether he would be fit for next season - or whether he had already played his last game.Melbournes Kiwi prop Jesse Bromwich said having Slater in the sheds provided a much needed silver lining following their 14-12 grand final loss to Cronulla at ANZ Stadium on Sunday night.Thats probably the only positive at the moment, Bromwich told AAP.Time is ticking for 33-year-old Slater, who is hoping to overcome a shoulder complaint and resume a glittering NRL career.The next five months will be the key, hopefully I will be at 100 per cent next year, Slater said.Its hard for me to say I have two years left or I am never playing again.I am still hungry to compete.If I ever lose that it will be an easy decision to retire but it hasnt gone just yet.Cameron Munster has shone at fullback in Slaters absence but admitted he would gladly hand the No.1 jersey back to the veteran flyer.I am fairly sure Billy will be back next year, Munster said.I want him back. He is a freak of a talent - I cant wait to play alongside him.Whatever number I wear next year I will be happy to do it.Munster is expected to slot into pivot in 2017, with Storm playmaker Blake Green leaving for Manly.Munster said he would emerge next year a better player thanks to Slater.In the week before the grand final he could have just pulled up stumps but he rolled up his sleeves and helped us out with attack and defence, he said.Wholesale Nike Air Force 1 . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good. Air Force 1 Black Ireland . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. http://www.airforce1shoesireland.com/ . The move comes after the Canadiens were approached by the Buffalo Sabres for permission to speak to Dudley - a former Sabres player and head coach. "The Sabres called for permission and I appreciate that, Im flattered, Dudley told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun of ESPN. Air Force 1 Just Do It Ireland .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. Fake Air Force 1 For Sale .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. SAN DIEGO -- Manti Teo is one of four draft picks whove signed contracts with the San Diego Chargers. Teo, the linebacker from Notre Dame, was picked by the Chargers in the second round after slipping out of the opening round in part because of a poor performance in the national championship game against Alabama. Teo also was part of a girlfriend hoax that drew national headlines. But the Chargers new brain trust, general manager Tom Telesco and coach Mike McCoy, said they werent bothered by the scrutiny Teo has been under the last four months. The Chargers even traded up in the second round to pick the linebacker. Also signing four-year deals Thursday were third-round pick Keenan Allen, a wide receiver from California; sixth-rounder Tourek Williams, an outside linebacker from Florida International; and quarterback Brad Sorensen, a seventh-rounder from Southern Utah. First-round pick D.J. Fluker, a tackle from Alabama, and fifth-rounder Steve Williams, a cornerback from Cal, remain unsigned. Teo became the butt of national jokes after it was revealed he was dduped into an Internet romance with a girlfriend he never met.dddddddddddd The too-good-to-be-true story began with Teos incredible performances after learning his grandmother and what he believed was his girlfriend had died within hours of one another in September. Teo said it inspired him to play his best football all season, and it was so compelling that it helped turn Teo into a Heisman Trophy contender as he was leading the Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season and into the national title game. On Dec. 26, Teo notified Notre Dame officials that he had received a call from his supposedly dead girlfriends phone three weeks earlier. The school investigated and -- after Deadspin.com broke the story of the fake girlfriend -- athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced at a news conference that Teo had been duped. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, 22, later said he created the online persona of Lennay Kekua, a nonexistent woman who Teo said he fell in love with despite never meeting her in person. A Chargers rookie minicamp runs Friday through Sunday. ' ' '