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USC S Pinkard arrested on suspected DUI (AP) 2007-05-30 07:59:35
LOS ANGELES (AP) — USC safety Josh Pinkard was arrested
earlier this month on suspicion of driving under the influence, coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday.
Carroll planned to speak with Pinkard, a 21-year-old junior, either Tuesday evening or Wednesday.
“We’re looking into it, and we’ll find out the details,” Carroll said. “As usual, we’ll handle it internally. We take this seriously, and we want to make sure we understand all of the circumstances.”
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Louisville dismisses Alston, Holston (AP) 2007-05-30 07:36:41
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville
cornerback Lamar Alston and defensive end Jonathan Holston have been dismissed from the team.
Alston, a junior, played in 12 games and recorded six tackles for the Cardinals in 2006. Holston was limited to three games due to an injury and was credited with one tackle.
Coach Steve Kragthrope on Wednesday did not specify why the players were dismissed.
Fit the Bills? J.P. evolving into star QB 2007-05-30 04:22:32
It would be hard to blame Buffalo Bills
quarterback J.P. Losman if his head has been spinning for most of his first three seasons in the league.
He was forced to learn three different offenses, playing under two different coordinators, which meant learning new plays and wordy terminology every spring and summer.
With little fanfare, J.P. Losman’s 2006 QB rating was barely south of Tom
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Search warrant obtained for Vick property 2007-05-30 03:37:41
RICHMOND, Va. — Authorities have a search warrant to look for as many as 30 dog carcasses on property
owned by Michael Vick that is at the center of a dog fighting investigation. But the warrant has not been executed.
In a news release, Sheriff Harold D. Brown said the warrant issued May 23 has not been executed at the request of Brown and Surry County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald G. Poindexter. The release did not say why the two officials leading the investigation
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LenDale’s a no-show, Titans disappointed 2007-05-30 03:23:11
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans
running back LenDale White did not make it back in time for Tuesday’s organized team workouts, leaving coach Jeff Fisher unclear about White’s whereabouts.
“Everybody else managed to make it back,” Fisher said. “He didn’t, so I don’t know, I guess he had things that are more important to him than what we’re doing. I would assume he would be back at some point today.”
White, a second-round pick from Southern California last
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Latest search warrant for Vick’s property put on hold 2007-05-30 03:04:43
By Chris Colston, USA TODAY A search warrant issued, but not served, on the property
owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick sought to unearth the remains of “approximately 30 dogs buried in various locations on more…
Parking to become quagmire at Giants Stadium 2007-05-30 02:02:20
By Ernie Palladino, The (Westchester, N.Y.) Journal News Attending a New York Giants
or Jets game will be a bit more costly for certain fans and a lot more inconvenient for others until the teams’ new stadium opens around more… Read more:Parking
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Weis’s N.F.L. Friendships Led Browns to Quinn 2007-05-30 00:38:12
BEREA, Ohio — When the Cleveland Browns
’ general manager, Phil Savage, visited Notre Dame to watch a football practice last August, he was offered a special vantage point: Charlie Weis’s guest-of-honor chair.
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Players union supports Pacman in appeal (AP) 2007-05-30 00:11:37
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL Players
Association is supporting Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones’ appeal for leniency to league commissioner Roger Goodell.
“Your suspension of Jones without pay for the entire 2007 season is clearly excessive and much greater than discipline imposed upon other players for the same or similar incidents,” the NFLPA said in a letter to Goodell May 23.
The letter, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, was
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Browns’ Edwards takes reps with 3rd team (AP) 2007-05-29 23:48:25
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Braylon Edwards
didn’t want to talk about his one-day absence from the Browns
’ voluntary practices last week.
But his place in the wide receiver pecking order Tuesday appeared to speak volumes how the team felt about it. Edwards took reps with the third-team offense and was the last receiver in line during position drills.
“There’s no significance to it at all. He’s trying to learn the system,” Browns coach Romeo Crennel said. “It is not
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Lineman Andruzzi treated for lymphoma 2007-06-02 16:24:39 CLEVELAND — Veteran offensive lineman Joe Andruzzi, released by the Cleveland Browns last month after two seasons with the club, has been diagnosed with a treatable form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma
.
His agent, Joe Linta, said Friday that the 31-year-old Andruzzi has begun getting chemotherapy treatments at the Dana Farber Institute in Boston, a hospital for which he helped raise money while playing for the New England Patriots.
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Cincy’s Thurman gets 6 days in treatment 2007-06-02 15:45:55 CINCINNATI — Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman
was sentenced Friday to six days in a treatment program, settling his drunken-driving conviction.
Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge John Burlew also put Thurman on two years’ probation. Thurman is still suspended by the NFL for violating its substance abuse policy.
Thurman was one of nine Bengals arrested during a nine-month span, a streak that made Cincinnati the leading example of player misconduct in the NFL. He and receiver more… Read more:Cincy
Cincy’s O’Neal unhappy with Lewis’ words 2007-06-02 14:53:26 CINCINNATI — Deltha O’Neal isn’t happy that Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis
criticized him for missing a voluntary workout last month, the latest challenge for a cornerback trying to prolong his career.
The 30-year-old cornerback insisted at the start of minicamp Friday that he would keep his starting job, even though the Bengals used their first-round pick on Michigan cornerback Leon Hall in April.
“Everybody wants to be the starting corner,” said O’Neal, who avoided more… Read more:Cincy
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How Emmitt Smith has changed since he left NFL 2007-06-02 14:12:59
By Scott Pitoniak, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle These days, women are as apt to ask Emmitt Smith
for a dance as they are for an autograph.
And that’s understandable, because the Dallas Cowboys legend created quite a stir last year while Fred Astaire-ing his way to victory on ABC television’s immensely popular
Dancing With the Stars
series.
Still, Smith never envisioned the craze that would ensue. The most prolific rusher in National Football League history still more…
Chad Johnson will race horse for charity 2007-06-02 13:41:00
CINCINNATI (AP) — Chad Johnson
’s trash talk won’t work on his next opponent.
As part of a charity promotion, the Cincinnati Bengals receiver has agreed to race a horse at a track next weekend. He’s not running against Mr. Ed, so his gift for in-your-face gab won’t help.
“I’m looking forward to it,” Johnson said Friday, after the first day of minicamp. “It’s going to be fun. Some of the things I’m going to be doing this year are crazy, and racing a horse is one of them.”
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T.O. misses OTAs, but gets $3M roster bonus 2007-06-02 13:09:26
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Terrell Owens will get his $3 million roster bonus from the Dallas Cowboys even though, like several other starters, he hasn’t been practicing with the team.
Owens will get that bonus, plus a $5 million salary for the 2007 season, since he was still on the roster Friday, when he was again absent from voluntary organized team activities.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had repeatedly said since the end of last season that Owens, who had 85 catches for 1,180 more…
Seahawks cut veteran CB Herndon 2007-06-02 12:41:17
SEATTLE (AP) — Former starting cornerback Kelly Herndon, who is a Super Bowl record holder, was cut by the Seattle Seahawks
on Friday.
The Seahawks made the move because they think former first-round draft pick Kelly Jennings is ready to start at the position this season.
Herndon started all 16 regular-season games in 2006 and had a career high-tying 67 tackles before he broke his ankle in the regular-season finale at Tampa Bay. The Seahawks had said Herndon progressed well more…
Jets Notebook: Science-Fiction Fan Hopes Jets’ Opportunity Isn’t a Fantasy 2007-06-02 03:30:51
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., June 1 — Darian Barnes has done some of his best work creating comic-book characters like Paradox, Outback and Ironbound in a series called the “National Triumph League.” He has created the story lines of their lives and has overseen their illustration.
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Phys Ed: The Not-So-Tell-Tale Heart 2007-06-02 02:34:08
Sue Cox says that her 17-year-old son, Tim, started playing sports practically in the womb. A standout on junior-league basketball and Pop Warner football teams in Hudson, N.H., he was, by high school, among the top basketball players in the state as well as a starting safety on the football team. I lived for sports, you could say, Tim says.
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But could he also have died from them? Last July, more… Read more:Heart
Oregon State assistant donates kidney (AP) 2007-06-01 23:52:52
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — OregonState
offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf donated a kidney to offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh’s wife.
Laurie Cavanaugh, 48, had living-donor kidney transplant surgery on Tuesday at Portland’s Oregon Health & Science University Hospital.
Laurie Cavanaugh has autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, which enlarged her kidneys.
Langsdorf was identified as a match through tests with 18 individuals. She said the process of finding a donor took about more… Read more:Oregon State
Agent: QB Green traded to Dolphins 2007-06-05 21:14:06
By Larry Weisman, USA TODAY The Miami Dolphins
’ long struggle to get quarterback Trent Green
in a trade from the Kansas City Chiefs will become official as long as Green passes a physical today in Miami.
“The deal has been completed, pending the successful passing of his physical,” Jim Steiner, Green’s agent, told USA TODAY on Tuesday night. Steiner said the Chiefs would get a conditional fifth-round draft pick — possibly a fourth-rounder depending on how much and how well more… Read more:Agent
20 NFL players to tackle nuances of broadcasting 2007-06-05 20:43:40
By Michael Hiestand, USA TODAY Eye black is fine for awhile. But this month, 20 NFL players will find out if they have what it takes to step up to pancake makeup.
On June 18, the NFL will stage its first-ever “Broadcast Boot Camp.” Already, a dozen players missed the cut on NFL essay questions meant to winnow the field to 20 players who’ll now find out if being able to read formations means they can read TelePrompTers.
NFL TV consultant Dick Maxwell says the three-day camp at more… Read more:tackle
Portis contrite for comments on Vick situation 2007-06-05 20:16:38
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Clinton Portis says he shouldn’t have made light of the dog fighting investigation involving Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.
“A couple of weeks ago, when I made those comments, I didn’t understand the seriousness behind it,” the Washington Redskins running back said Tuesday.
“I didn’t know it would affect that many people, didn’t think what I said was that offensive. But after doing research and seeing how serious people take this, I shouldn’t more…
Home of Hill relative burglarized on day of player’s funeral 2007-06-05 20:06:30
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The home of one of Marquise Hill’s relatives was burglarized on the same day that the late New England Patriots lineman was laid to rest, police said Tuesday.
Hill’s family, friends and teammates gathered in New Orleans for his funeral Saturday, nearly a week after the NFL player
and former LSU star drowned in a personal watercraft accident on Lake Pontchartrain.
New Orleans Police Lt. Bruce Adams said one of Hill’s family members reported a burglary at a more…
Sports Briefing | Pro Football: More Problems for Thurman 2007-06-05 19:31:47 Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman
, who is already suspended, has been accused of kicking and hitting two men in his hometown, Monticello, Ga., during the weekend. He has not been charged with a crime, but a magistrate will hear testimony Friday to determine if charges should be filed. The N.F.L. suspended Thurman for the first four games of 2006 after he skipped a drug test. The suspension was extended to a full season after his arrest on a drunken-driving charge in September.
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Sports Briefing | Pro Football: Upshaw Comment Viewed as Threat 2007-06-05 19:16:05 Gene Upshaw, the head of the N.F.L. players union, was criticized by a retired player for comments he made. Joe DeLamielleure, a Hall of Famer, said he took literally remarks Upshaw made that he would like to “break his damn neck.” “He is the head of a union,” DeLamielleure said. “He has the wherewithal to do it.” Upshaw made the comments last week to The Philadelphia Daily News. DeLamielleure, 56, a former guard, has often said Upshaw has ignored the needs more… Read more:Sports
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Ex-player unhappy with Upshaw’s comment (AP) 2007-06-05 18:54:08
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NFL union head Gene Upshaw has never been one to hide his emotions. An ex-NFL player
thinks this time he’s gone too far.
Hall of Famer Joe DeLamielleure said he takes literally remarks Upshaw made that he’d like to “break his … damn neck”
“He is the head of a union. He has the wherewithal to do it,” DeLamielleure said Tuesday.
Upshaw made the comments last week to the Philadelphia Daily News. DeLamielleure, a former more… Read more:unhappy
Brady reluctant to discuss private life (AP) 2007-06-05 18:48:15
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — For once, Tom Brady
looked uncomfortable.
When huge linemen charge him, he’s cool. When the New England quarterback needs a touchdown in the last two minutes, he’s poised.
But when he’s asked about fathering a child out of wedlock, the life in his voice fades and his natural smile stiffens.
“I don’t want to talk about that much, guys,” Brady said from the podium after the Patriots’ first practice of minicamp Tuesday. “Let’s try to stick to why I’m up here.
“Life more… Read more:discuss
Ex-player guilty of prostitution scam (AP) 2007-06-05 18:26:31
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former NFL player
Bob Buczkowski pleaded guilty to helping run a million-dollar prostitution ring with his girlfriend out of his parents’ suburban home.
The 43-year-old Buczkowski pleaded guilty Tuesday in Allegheny County court to two counts of promoting prostitution, six counts of possessing and dealing cocaine and other charges. He agreed to turn state’s witness against others charged in the case, if their cases go to trial. Buczkowski is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. more…
Report: Saints’ Meachem set for surgery (AP) 2007-06-05 18:06:20
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans first-round draft pick Robert Meachem was scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Tuesday, according to the NFL Web site.
Meachem injured his knee at Sunday’s minicamp practice and sat out Monday’s workout.
“He was held out because he had a slight flare-up of the meniscus in his knee,” team spokesman Doug Miller said Tuesday.
Miller could not confirm the surgery, as reported by NFL.com, but said coach Sean Payton would comment on the more… Read more:Saints
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