Former Collingwood premiership-winning captain Nick Maxwell has lauded the growth of his former Pies backline colleague Heath Shaw, after being reunited with him at emerging AFL power Greater Western Sydney.The two played together at Collingwood for nine seasons between 2005 and 2013 and were part of the 2010 flag-wnning side.Shaw then headed to GWS, where he has played the last three years and and Maxwell retired following the 2014 season.Half-back Shaw has gone from strength to strength at the Giants, earning back-to-back All Australian honours and plenty of plaudits for being director of the mainly youthful GWS backline.They were reunited late last year when Maxwell joined the Giants on a part-time time basis to help with their leadership group, of which 30-year-old Shaw is vice-captainMaxwell is assisting Giants backline coach Nick Walsh and has watched Shaw flourish in his massively influential role at the club, which will play Western Bulldogs in a preliminary final on Saturday .Ive seen Shawy grow really well, Maxwell told AAP.I played a lot of footy with him, but having been away from him a couple of years (Ive been) watching externally.But now being inside seeing his growth and how much he understands his role and how important it is and he understands that hes got to be doing that for us to be at our best.Its been good to see his improvement. As a footballer, you hit your peak when you get to those mid-to-late 20s, that was where he came in (to GWS).I think (Giants head coach) Leon Cameron has been great for him.Maxwell agreed Shaws organisational role, in which he barks instructions to his less experienced defensive colleagues about where to go, was akin to having a coach out on the field.And thats what we expect of him., Maxwell said.Part of his role is not just about beating his man and getting the ball.Its about setting up, not just in the backline, but also seeing whats happening in front of him and making sure that hes educating the midfield and the forwards about whats happening. Kendrick Nunn Jersey . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. LeBron James Jersey . 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LONDON -- Eurosport will hold exclusive television rights in Germany for the next four Olympics, shutting out public broadcasters ARD and ZDF.Eurosport will provide coverage in Germany on its free-to-air channels and other outlets for the games from 2018-2024, the company said Monday.The announcement came after no deal was reached for Eurosport to sub-license a portion of the rights to ARD and ZDF, the long-standing Olympic broadcasters in Germany.Eurosport CEO Peter Hutton told The Associated Press that you can never close the door on a possible sub-licensing deal but the channel is moving ahead on its own as the exclusive broadcaster.Everyone is clear now, he said in a telephone interview. These are the plans. This is how it will be delivered. Our position is that it is going to be all with us exclusively. We are making our production plans now.The Eurosport plans include coverage of the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea; 2020 Tokyo Olympics; 2022 Winter Games in Beijing; and 2024 Olympics, whose site has not yet been selected.U.S.-based media giant Discovery Communications bought Eurosport in 2014 for about $345 million. Discovery secured the European rights last year across 50 countries for four Olympics from 2018 to 2024 in a deal worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.45 billion).Discovery has reached deals in several countries to sub-license the rights, including with the BBC in Britain through 2024. In Germany, however, negotiations on a deal with ARD and ZDF failed.We would have liked to continue broadcasting the Olympic Games live and comprehensively with all the know-how we have built up over decades and our expertise, ZDF director Thommas Bellut said in a statement.dddddddddddd But the price that U.S. company Discovery demanded to the end for sub-licensing was significantly too high.ZDF did not specify what the price was.Ulrich Wilhelm, the official responsible for sports rights at ARD, said Discoverys demands were well above the level the network could justify but should Discovery change its position, our door is of course open.Eurosport said every moment of national importance for Germany will be available on its free-to-air channel, Eurosport 1. Additional coverage will be provided on free-to-air DMAX and pay channel Eurosport 2. Viewers will also be offered an all-access pass to live Olympic action on all devices, at any time and any place.Hutton said Eurosports free-to-air coverage will easily exceed the IOCs guidelines, which call for a minimum of 100 hours of coverage for Winter Games and 200 hours for Summer Olympics.The decision by Discovery, ARD and ZDF is to be respected, Frank Steffel, who represents Chancellor Angela Merkels conservative party on Parliaments sports committee, said Monday. What matters now is that Eurosport guarantees the broadcasting of all Olympic sports comprehensively and at the highest level.Hutton said the Olympic broadcast plans in Germany are part of Eurosports goal to revolutionize the channel in the country.It has always been seen as a pan-European channel, he told the AP. Our ambition from the start was to turn it into a German channel.---Associated Press writer Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report. ' ' '