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If youre on social media, or listening to certain athletes starting on Monday you will see and hear something rare; professional athletes claiming to be bullies. Why, in a day and age such as ours when bullying has become such a disturbing and prevalent issue among young people, would anyone claim to be a bully? The objective is to turn heads while at the same time reframe the conversation. Its a good thing that anyone can find the explanation at #ImOnlyABully or Hurtnomorehq.com otherwise there might be a public uproar; especially for an anti-bullying organization such as Hurt No More. The goal is to raise awareness, and get athletes to make a commitment to leave aggression and physicality out of schools out and everyday life; except during those allotted times on the field, or ice, or court. THE PROBLEM It is estimated that up to 350,000 kids and teens stay home from school each day because they are bullied. That number is truly unacceptable, and something needs to change. Mixed Martial Arts has its roots in one of the most beautiful practices on earth. Ive been in love with traditional Martial Arts since I was a kid. Watching Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan made me dream of being a ninja. So I went ahead and began a quest to learn the Martial Arts. I started in Tae Kwon Do, and quickly learned discipline and respect. That tradition is truly at the root of all MMA training, and we want to reinforce that with kids. We teach fighting, physicality, and submission techniques for use only in a cage. Football, hockey, lacrosse, wrestling, basketball (pretty much every sport) are all the same. That desire to win, and be better than your opponent ends at the final whistle. We play and compete by the rules. That mentality and the goal to encourage safe environments at school is the heartbeat of Hurt No More. Once professional athletes listen to Peter Karl Youngren talk about his vision and The Code for Hurt No More, they are drawn to get involved. The hope is that this message of empathy and kindness spreads. Be as competitive as you want as long as you play within the rules on the field, the ice or in the cage. The only request is that you leave it on the field. Lets take back our schools with kindness and teaching kids empathy. You can play, and play hard. But its time to make sure everyone is taken care of once we leave our sport behind. Watch for top MMA talent, as well as talent in all sports to be using the hashtag on all their social media channels. Join the discussions, get involved, and show your solidarity with a T-Shirt purchase to support the Hurt No More campaign. www.hurtnomorehq.com/onthefield Follow the whole movement on Twitter @HNMKids Visit Hurt No Mores YouTube Page Brayden McNabb Jersey . Tokarski, a somewhat controversial choice -- with his 10 games of NHL experience and all -- to replace an injured Carey Price in Game Two had a night to remember, turning back a Rangers team that was dominating play from the get-go, outshooting the Canadiens 14-4 in the first period and 37-25 overall. Jonathan Marchessault Jersey . With timely hitting and good pitching, the Marlins are one win away from sweeping the slumping Houston Astros. http://www.goldenknightssale.com/authentic-tomas-nosek-golden-knights-jersey/ . Johnny Manziel, college footballs most entertaining player with the reputation for pulling off magical plays, was selected with the No. Mark Stone Jersey . The kind he has every so often. The kind he has when Dwyane Wade sits. James scored 43 points -- 25 in a bewildering first-quarter shooting display -- and Chris Bosh added 21, leading the Miami Heat to a 100-96 win Tuesday night over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played their first game without injured All-Star guard Kyrie Irving. Nick Holden Jersey . Luke Wileman and I stood in the corridor outside of the Vancouver Whitecaps dressing room at BC Place in Vancouver.MIAMI -- Jeff Mathis stood at the plate confronted by five infielders and knew what he had to do: get the ball past them. He did, and then some, hitting a grand slam with one out in the ninth inning Sunday that lifted the Miami Marlins over the San Diego Padres 6-2. With the score 2-all and the bases loaded, the Padres deployed a five-infielder, two-outfielder defence for Mathis. He pulled a 1-0 pitch past everyone and into the Padres bullpen. "I appreciated being in that position and enjoyed every minute," Mathis said. "Its one of those ideal situations. You really want to get the job done. It was a bunch of fun." The 3,000th homer in the franchises 20-year history came from an unlikely source. Mathis is a career .195 hitter, and this year hes batting only .129 after missing almost all of spring training because of a broken collarbone. The victory added momentum to the Marlins turnaround of late. While they still have baseballs worst record, they went 15-10 in June, a huge improvement on their 14-41 record in the first two months. "After April and May, to do what we did in June is great," manager Mike Redmond said. "Are we happy? Yes. Are we satisfied? No." Logan Morrison walked to start the ninth-inning rally against Tyson Ross (0-4), who looked back on that moment as pivotal. "That leadoff walk killed me," Ross said. "It cant happen in the ninth inning, or any inning really." Morrison took second on a single by Marcell Ozuna, then advanced to third on a flyout. Pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs was intentionally walked to load the bases, and Mathis followed with his second home run of the year. It was also Mathis second career grand slam, and his first walkoff homer. Gleeful teammates greeted him at home plate, and he joined the scrum leading with his left shoulder. "I knew I was going to get pounded on, so I was getting ready for it," he said. "The adrenalin was going pretty good." Nathan Eovaldi threw six shutout innings for Miami, and Steve Cishek (2-4) pitched a hitless ninth. The Marlins made the most of their seven hits. "We gave ourselves a chance, got some big hits and had some bbig at-bats, something we werent doing early in the season," Redmond said.dddddddddddd "I just felt like we were going to win that game in the ninth." Padres pinch-hitter Carlos Quentin tied the score with a two-run homer in the seventh off Chad Qualls following a four-pitch walk to Yasmani Grandal. Eovaldi, making his third start since coming off the disabled list, struck out none but departed leading 2-0. "When I was attacking, they were putting the ball in play and the defence was there," Eovaldi said. He missed the first 2 1/2 months of the season because of right shoulder inflammation. The Padres Andrew Cashner, plagued lately by poor run support, allowed five hits and two runs in six innings. "Today was probably the best Ive thrown all year," Cashner said. "I couldnt get a couple of plays to go my way, but overall I think I did really well." Cashner displayed his all-around ability at the plate and in the field. He bunted for a hit to lead off the third inning, and in the fifth he went to his knees to field a tapper by Eovaldi, then rose, ran and slid into first for an unassisted putout. "I probably made the best play of my career," Cashner said. Quentin, held out of the starting lineup to give him a breather, batted for Cashner in the seventh and hit his ninth homer on the first pitch from Qualls. Quentin had been 0 for 6 as a pinch hitter this season, and it was his third career homer in that role. "Any time a guy hits a pinch-hit home run, that shocks you a little," Redmond said. "So I think it took us a couple of innings to get over that." NOTES: Padres 2B Jedd Gyorko (strained right groin) plans to take part in drills Monday but is expected to be sidelined at least a few more days. ... As part of the Marlins celebration of its 20th anniversary season, several ex-players attended the game, and Jeff Conine threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Charles Johnson. ... The Padres fell to 5-1 under manager Bud Black on his birthday. He turned 57 Sunday. ... RHP Jason Marquis, scheduled to start Mondays series finale, is 7-6 with a 5.67 ERA in 23 games against the Marlins. ' ' '