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Washington State sophomore linebacker Logan Tago has been charged with second-degree felony robbery and fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor, stemming from a June incident.Whitman County Prosecutor Denis Tracy made the announcement Monday.Washington State coach Mike Leach told the media he hopes for Tago, an All-Pac-12 honorable mention in 2015, to play on Saturday when the Cougars host UCLA.Athletic director Bill Moos previously has said that any players charged with a crime will not be allowed to play.If I have anything to do with it, hell play til hes proven guilty, Leach said. Were going to presume people innocent until proven guilty around here.Tago is scheduled to appear in Whitman County Superior Court on Oct. 28.According to multiple reports, a 23-year-old Pullman man was mugged June 4 by a group of men who demanded the case of beer he was carrying. When the man refused, he allegedly was assaulted and suffered a concussion. The man identified Tago as one of the assailants.The felony robbery carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. The maximum penalty for the misdemeanor assault is a $5,000 fine, one year in jail or both.Tago has 12 total tackles with a sack and two tackles for a loss this season. Rod Carew Twins Jersey . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner. Lewis Thorpe Twins Jersey .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. https://www.cheaptwins.com/912t-tom-kelly-jersey-twins.html . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Harmon Killebrew Jersey . The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends. Cody Stashak Twins Jersey . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. Superbowl winner Marshawn Lynch says Jarryd Hayne failed to make it in American football because of the cultural divide between the NRL and NFL.The code-hopping league star left the San Francisco 49ers in May in a bid to qualify for the Rio Olympics with the Fiji Rugby Sevens team.Lynch, in Australia to promote the US College Football season opener in Sydney this weekend, said on Thursday that while he was in awe of Haynes athletic prowess, there was too deep of a cultural chasm for him to cross.Hes a good athlete, Lynch said.I just think the culture of the game out here didnt translate back in the states.The recently-retired Seattle Seahawks running back is in Sydney with his old alma mater University of California ahead of the Golden Bears first game of the season against the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at ANZ Stadium.The man known as Beast Mode made a surprise appearance at South Sydney training at Reddfern Oval, leaving several members of the Rabbitohs squad starstruck.ddddddddddddLynchs PR man Grant Vandanberg also manages Souths co-owner Russell Crowe and shocked club officials late on Wednesday by informing them Lynch would be doing a last-minute photo op.Lynch took a handful of questions from journalists, however needed Rabbitohs big man Sam Burgess to translate because he couldnt understand the Australian media accents.He said Hayne was responsible for lifting the profile of American football in the country and he owed him a debt of thanks.Id tell him thank you if he was standing here right now, Lynch said of Hayne.Because as Ive been roaming throughout the city, a lot of people have been saying `thats that American football playing guy.And I think his awareness brought it out. ' ' '