By AJ Perez

Courtesy of FOX Sports

This region’s expectations for a charismatic rookie quarterback with braids, “Seize the moment” scribbled on his cleats and the burden of an NFL franchise on his back can be summed up by 12-year-old James Ricks, a Washington Redskins fan from Riverdale, Md.

“RG3 is a legend!” Ricks exclaimed before his mother challenged that assertion as they walked into training camp this week.

Robert Griffin III — the reigning Heisman Trophy winner for whom the Redskins mortgaged a good portion of their future drafts to select at No. 2 overall in April’s NFL Draft — has certainly swelled what’s anticipated for a team that missed the playoffs each of the past five seasons and was 5-11 in 2011.

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By Jose M. Romero / @RomeroJoseM

For Fox Deportes

In European soccer (football), the rich typically take from the poor and most of the same big-money clubs are at the top of the table year after year.

Now, the rich is poised to take from the rich. English Premier League power Manchester United is on the cusp of landing 29-year-old Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie, which will trigger a chain reaction of other roster decisions for both sides.

Apparently Man U. feels it must have four quality strikers. It will have five with Van Persie – Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and Dimitar Berbatov – but Berbatov is all but out the door.

Berbatov, at 31, is the old man of the group. Rooney is the constant, a pillar in English soccer at 26. Welbeck, 21, is the future and Hernandez, at 24, still has many years of the game in front of him.

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