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BEREA, Ohio -- An arrest warrant for Josh Gordon was withdrawn after the Cleveland Browns wide receiver complied with a year-old court order to take a DNA test in a paternity suit.The warrant had been issued Aug. 31, after Gordon failed to respond to several subpoenas over the course of a year demanding he take the test.In a statement, Gordons attorneys said he was unaware until noon Wednesday that he had been requested to take the test.Mr. Gordon immediately made himself available to the Court when he was informed that his presence had been previously required, attorneys Kevin Spellacy and Walter Edwards wrote in a statement released by the Browns. He attended court [Wednesday] and a hearing was held.Joseph Stafford, the attorney for the mother, said Wednesday that the DNA test took place in the afternoon. A hearing has been set for Nov. 8. Stafford said that given the efforts made to get in touch with Gordon and to contact people close to him -- including the team, the NFL and Gordons agent -- it is highly unlikely Gordon did not know about the paternity suit before today.Gordon was suspended for the entire 2015 season for violations of the NFLs substance abuse policies. He was reinstated conditionally on July 25 by commissioner Roger Goodell, though Gordon was also suspended for the first four games of the 2016 season.An NFL spokesman said Wednesday that the warrant would not have any effect on Gordons conditional reinstatement. Gordon was in the team facility on Wednesday, but because he is suspended, he is not permitted to talk to the media. In July 2015, Christina Lockhart from Maple Heights, Ohio, filed a paternity suit stating that Gordon was the father of her daughter, who is now 1 year old. The order sought child support.Gordon was ordered to provide a DNA sample and had until Sept. 25, 2015, to do so. The complaint stated that nobody other than Gordon was presumed to be the father. It also stated the woman is on welfare and needs child support from Gordon.Numerous subpoenas were sent to Gordon in Los Angeles and to several different addresses in Cleveland, but he never responded, according to court documents. Subpoenas also went to numerous people who know Gordon well, Stafford said.Gordon was due to appear at a hearing in Cleveland on Aug. 31, but he was not present, which led to the warrant.The NFL suspended Gordon for the 2015 season for violations of the leagues substance abuse policies. He also was suspended 10 games in 2014 and two games in 2013.The Browns have said that Gordons return to the team is proceeding appropriately.He still is doing well, in my opinion, Browns coach Hue Jackson said Wednesday. 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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Coyotes have acquired prospect Lawson Crouse and veteran Dave Bollands contract from the Florida Panthers for two draft picks.Arizona sent a 2017 third-round pick and a conditional 2018 second-rounder that could become another 2017 third to Florida. The Coyotes are taking on the final three years of the injured Bollands deal to pick up Crouse, the 11th pick in the 2015 draft.Nagging injuries limited Bolland to 25 games last season, and the 30-year-old forward has three years left on his deal at a salary-cap hit of $5.5 million, the reason the Panthers made the deal.Arizona general manager John Chayka said Bolland isnt expected to play for the foreseeable future and could be placed on long-term injured reserve. Chayka said Bolland had to be included in the trade to make it work.Crouse, 19, is a 6-foot-4 left winger who could make his NHL debut this fall.Obviously, I think its a very good opportunity for myself to come into camp this year and show them what Im made of, he said in a conference call, and they made a good decision by reaching out and trading for me.Chayka said he believes Crouse is close to being NHL-ready.I think hes physically ready. I think hes mentally ready, Chayka said. What it really comes down to is the old cliche ... you come to camp and you earn your spot.There is a crowd of veterans at the position but Crouse said hes prepared to go for it.All season long and all summer longg Ive been building toward making the NHL this year, he said.ddddddddddddThis offseasons been very intense. Im doing whatever I can to be part of the NHL.Crouse, a teammate of young Coyotes Max Domi and Anthony Duclair on the Canadian world junior team, called himself a competitive guy.I love to win, he said. Im going to do whatever it takes to make that team. However they want me to play, thats the way Im going to play. For me, thats doing the little things right and being a good team guy.Crouse adds to an imposing list of young players in the Coyotes organization.Taking a broader look at our prospect pool, if there was one area we could improve upon it was adding a power forward of Lawsons ability, Chayka said.He called the young Canadian a guy thats rare to find, difficult to obtain.Panthers assistant general manager Eric Joyce said it was incredibly hard to give up a good, young player,Every hockey trade you try to make, it has to be beneficial for your team in some way and also the team that youre dealing with, Joyce said. And they coveted Lawson and what he brought to their stable of prospects. They were pretty adamant. We tried a lot of different ways to work around trading Lawson, but they were pretty adamant that he was the centerpiece of any deal that would help us alleviate Daves cap hit. ' ' '