EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Metta World Peace and Thomas Robinson both went into training camp with only a small chance of making the Los Angeles Lakers roster.They seized that chance and wouldnt let it go, much to the surprise of coach Luke Walton and general manager Mitch Kupchak.The Lakers kept the two veteran forwards on their opening night roster Monday, waiving Chinese 7-footer Yi Jianlian and forward Anthony Brown.Yi requested his release after realizing he wouldnt have a prominent role immediately with the Lakers. Brown, a second-round pick last year, simply was outplayed by the 36-year-old World Peace and Robinson, who is with his sixth team in five NBA seasons.As much as I like (Brown), and as well as he was playing, Metta World Peace and T-Rob, they were bringing it every single day, Walton said after practice. They were giving us a toughness that I think we need, and giving us some vocal leadership, some experience, and I just felt like in talking with the guys upstairs, that was what was most valuable for those last couple of spots.When the Lakers return from the worst season in franchise history against Houston on Wednesday, theyll do it with World Peace on their roster for the second straight season after his NBA career appeared over. Kupchak acknowledges he didnt expect World Peace to make the team again this year, but the former Ron Artest continues to provide veteran stability and defensive ability.World Peace begins his 17th NBA season this week, and he credits his longevity to a personal reawakening in his mid-30s. After living a very reckless lifestyle, World Peace embraced a healthy existence and gained a cerebral understanding of his role with the Lakers.Its weird -- at the end of my career, I feel like the beginning, said World Peace, who turns 37 next month. Ive got a goal, a personal goal, of trying to reach 20 years, and in order to reach those goals, Ive got to take care of my body, have that body freedom. I have to have a no-partying lifestyle, eating the right ways. Obviously theres such a thing called Father Time, but if you take care of your body, youll have a chance to run with these young guys. These boys are fast, theyre jumping all over, and in order to compete, youve got to treat your body the right way.World Peace was out of the league for 18 months between his release by the New York Knicks in early 2014 to his return to the Lakers, playing in China and Italy during his absence.Yi returned to the NBA last month after a four-year absence, agreeing to an incentive-laden contract with the Lakers. The 7-footer was the sixth overall pick in the 2007 draft before returning to China in 2012, becoming his domestic leagues dominant player.Yi averaged 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds during the preseason.I think he wanted a bigger role, bigger minutes than we had available, Walton said. He was really going to have to outplay everybody to get big minutes because of the players we need to develop, and he did a great job. He was great while he was here. He proved that he belongs in this league.Robinson bulled his way onto the Lakers roster with his offensive rebounding, energy and toughness. The Kansas product didnt know he had made it until Monday morning, leaving him to endure a sleepless night before reporting to practice.It was definitely something we werent planning on before training camp started, Walton said. (Robinson) definitely earned a spot. It was just trying to find a way to get him a spot.Steve Bartkowski Womens Jersey . 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William Carrier opened the scoring for Cape Breton (6-4-2), but Andrew Ryan tied the game and Brent Andrews put the Mooseheads (8-6-0) in front for good with a short-handed goal at 13:49 of the second period.STOCKHOLM -- U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo says shes received offers to play overseas and could even continue her career in Sweden, where fans were enraged when she described their national team as cowards.In a talk show aired late Friday on Swedish television network SVT, Solo said she was still reeling from being kicked out by the U.S. Soccer Federation, and suggested it was partly due to her advocacy for womens rights.I dont really know where Im going with my life right now, she said. It is still very painful. But to be honest, the past 30-plus days Ive had the opportunity to be home. And not travel as much. And to enjoy my family, my dogs, and my husband.Solo, who announced her departure from the Seattle Reign of the National Womens Soccer League at the end of August, insisted she hasnt retired.I have had a lot of offers to play overseas. So maybe Sweden will welcome me back, she said, without elaborating.She apologized for saying Sweden played like a bunch of cowards after they eliminated the U.S. in the quarterfinals of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, saying she wasnt talking about the players or the coach, but their style of play.It wasnt very Olympic-spirited, Solo said.The USSF suspended Solo for six months and terminated her contract, saying it was the result of missteps.There are more layers to it that I dont think everybody quite understands, SSolo said in the interview, which was pre-recorded in New York on Sept.dddddddddddd22. I believe the federation used my comment, saying the word `cowards, to terminate me.When talk show host Fredrik Skavlan asked if she meant there were other reasons for it, Solo said: Ive been the lead voice behind the push for equal pay. In fact, in all the court documents, it says Hope Solo vs. United States Soccer Federation.Solo and four other U.S. players accused the USSF of wage discrimination in an action filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April.This is a fight worth fighting, and Im going to be on the right side of history at the end of all of this, Solo said in the interview.She has had plenty of run-ins with teammates and coaches over the years. She still faces a possible trial on misdemeanor domestic violence charges after a 2014 incident at her sisters home. She served a monthlong suspension last year for being in a team van when her husband was arrested on drunken-driving charges.Solo became the first goalkeeper with 100 international shutouts just before the Olympics when the United States defeated South Africa 1-0 in Chicago. The 35-year-old Solo has 153 career victories and 102 clean sheets. ' ' '