OTTAWA -- Ottawas Craig Anderson is keeping a steady glove with two quality backups waiting behind him for their chance. . Anderson has been rock solid as the Senators starter with Robin Lehner serving as backup and Ben Bishop also on Ottawas roster. If there was any goaltending controversy brewing, Anderson has stomped it out just two games into the season. "I have to get out there and battle hard in practice and show the players that Im ready to play," Anderson said after making 31 saves in a 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers on Monday. Anderson has let in just one goal to start the season after turning aside 27-of-28 shots in the season opener Saturday in Winnipeg. "Craig has certainly showed that hes prepared to play and hes put in the work necessary to be ready to go and thats the kind of quality goaltending we expect from him," said Senators head coach Paul MacLean, who said during the abbreviated training camp that Anderson was the No. 1 guy but that whoever performed the best heading into the season would get the start in Winnipeg. "Craigs our No. 1 goaltender, and we have to get him into the games and hes the best guy." The starting job should have been Andersons to lose simply based on his performance last season when he won 33 regular-season games and almost single handedly led his team to an unexpected playoff berth. He almost won that series by himself as well as the Senators took the regular-season Eastern Conference champion New York Rangers to a seventh game in the opening round. Anderson had a 2.00 goals against average in the series along with a .933 save percentage and one shutout. "My job is just to look forward and give the team an opportunity to win. I just have to worry about what I can do to make the team better and keep striving to make myself better," Anderson said when asked if he thought it was unfair that starters job wasnt assumed by all involved. "At the end of the day you have to get the job done, and if I came in here and was a little shaky or rusty, one of these guys would probably step up and help the team. My goal is to be the starter and keep getting better and help the team. When weve got multiple guys that can do that it just makes the team better." [url=http://www.ramsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-jake-long-jersey-wk-38.htm... Long Jersey . Hightower, who was returning from knee surgery, was one of 23 players trimmed from the roster as the Redskins head into the regular season opener against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. . -- Andres Romero was confused by the scoreboard, and Seung-Yul Noh didnt even expect to play this week. [url=http://www.ramsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-chris-givens-jersey-xc-72.... . We want to reward the best teams from Matchday 1, while also keeping in mind the teams that they are and what they should become. [url=http://www.ramsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-mike-mcneill-jersey-rl-18.... McNeill Jersey . -- Clinton Portis is announcing his retirement, nearly two years after he played his last NFL game. . "While he continues to make progress in the rehabilitation of his injured right ankle, it was determined that he is not yet 100 percent and it is doubtful that he will play the remainder of the 2011-12 season," the team said in a statement.ATLANTA -- Two-time defending champion Mardy Fish withdrew from the Atlanta Open on Thursday due to an apparent left ankle injury. Fish, the No. 2 seed, was leading Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 6-4, 3-2 in a second-round match when he retired. Fish stumbled to his left while trying to return a drop and his left ankle appeared to buckle. Fish dropped his racket and fell. He stayed on his back for about a minute near the left poost before limping to the sideline for a short break. [url=http://www.ramsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-brian-quick-jersey-me-42.h... Quick Jersey. Fish returned to finish the fifth game of the second set with two aces. After he and Muller changed sides, Fish waved off the match. Fish, the worlds No. 13-ranked player, underwent a heart procedure on May 23 to correct an arrhythmia. Muller will play Matthew Ebden, a 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4 winner over James Blake. Fish received a first-round bye. ' ' '