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Foley pleads guilty to alcohol-related driving 2007-05-04 06:29:55
SAN DIEGO - Former San Diego Chargers linebacker Steve Foley
pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge of driving with a blood-alcohol level above the state’s legal limit the night he was followed and shot by an off-duty police officer.
Foley was sentenced by Judge Charles Rogers to five years probation and ordered to submit to alcohol testing if requested by authorities. He also was ordered to pay a $1,756 fine and appear at a public event for Mothers Against Drunk
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Canine fallout still dogging Vick 2007-05-04 06:09:56
ATLANTA - More than a week after an alleged dog-fighting ring was uncovered on property owned by Michael Vick, the Atlanta Falcons still have little to say about their quarterback’s potential legal problems.
General manager Rich McKay vowed to take a closer look after wrapping up last weekend’s NFL draft, but he has declined to speak further on the case.
Through spokesman Reggie Roberts, McKay and the Falcons declined comment Thursday.
Police conducting a
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Notes: Foley pleads guilty to alcohol-related driving 2007-05-04 05:45:18
The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Former San Diego Chargers linebacker Steve Foley
pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge of driving with a blood-alcohol level above the state’s legal limit the night he was followed and shot by an off-duty police officer.
Foley was sentenced by Judge Charles Rogers to five years probation and ordered to submit to alcohol testing
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College Football Hall member Agase dead at 85 2007-05-04 05:31:32
CHICAGO (AP) -Alex Agase, a three-time All-American and a CollegeFootball
Hall of Fame member who coached at Northwestern and Purdue, died Thursday. He was 85.
Agase died at a hospital near his home in Tarpon Springs, Fla., Northwestern officials said Thursday.
A guard and linebacker, Agase was an All-American at Illinois in 1942 and at Purdue in 1943 after transferring to train for the Marines. He returned to Illinois after World War II and earned All-America honors again
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Facenda’s son can seek damages from NFL over Madden game 2007-05-04 05:05:38
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The son of legendary NFL announcer John Facenda can seek damages
for the use of his father’s voice on a program about a John Madden
video game, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Facenda, in a written agreement signed before his 1984 death, gave the NFL full use of his announcing work — except when it came to any product endorsement, the judge’s
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Facenda’s son can seek damages from NFL (AP) 2007-05-04 04:50:53
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The son of famed NFL announcer John Facenda can seek damages
for the use of his father’s voice on a program about a John Madden video game.
Facenda, in a written agreement signed before his 1984 death, gave the NFL full use of his announcing work except when it came to any product endorsement, according to the order of a federal judge Thursday.
John Facenda Jr. has been vigilant about protecting the use of his father’s thundering baritone, which some have
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Upshaw re-elected as NFLPA head (AP) 2007-05-04 02:07:18
WAILEA, Hawaii (AP) — Gene Upshaw was re-elected Wednesday for his ninth consecutive three-year term as executive director of the NFL Players Association.
The 62-member board of player representatives, meeting here, voted unanimously to re-elect the former guard for the Raiders, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Upshaw, 61, was first elected to the position in 1982, immediately after his playing career ended.
Penn State players face hearing for fracas 2007-05-04 01:57:21
By Andy Gardiner, USA TODAY Defensive standouts Anthony Scirrotto and Justin King are among six State
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football players facing preliminary hearings Friday in Pennsylvania District Court for felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from an altercation in State College in the early morning hours of April 1. Attorneys have subpoenaed 37 witnesses, including 13 members of the more…
Rhodes pleads guilty to reckless driving (AP) 2007-05-04 01:42:26
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Oakland Raiders running back Dominic Rhodes
pleaded guilty to reckless driving Wednesday after prosecutors dropped drunken driving charges against him.
The 28-year-old Rhodes, who spent the past six seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, was fined $1,000 in exchange for the guilty plea during a brief appearance in Marion County Criminal Court. He was stopped on Feb. 20.
Rhodes also was sentenced to 180 days in jail, but 178 were suspended and he received
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Goodell bringing new discipline policy (AP) 2007-05-04 01:03:00
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell could announce new initiatives Tuesday that will allow him to impose harsher and quicker discipline for players who get into trouble off the field.
League spokesman Greg Aiello said Wednesday during a conference call that Goodell could use his first full league meeting, to be held next week in Phoenix, to address the arrests and other off-field episodes that plagued the league in the last year.
They include the arrests of nine
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Favre reportedly to miss minicamp (AP) 2007-05-15 15:07:14
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brett Favre
plans to skip the Green Bay Packers’ mandatory minicamp this weekend, saying the move is not related to his frustration with the team’s unwillingness to complete a trade for wide receiver Randy Moss.
Favre told the Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald that because he is unable to practice while recovering from offseason ankle surgery, he is going to stay home with his family in Mississippi.
“They were going to have me sit out anyway,” Favre said,
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Redskins sign Brian Westbrook’s brother (AP) 2007-05-15 14:48:24
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins
signed Brian
Westbrook’s brother on Tuesday, along with seven other players who attended the team’s recent rookie camp.
Byron Westbrook, a defensive back from Division III Salisbury, is the latest Redskins acquisition with family ties to the NFL. Last month, the team drafted Carson Palmer’s brother (Jordan Palmer), Dawan Landry’s brother (LaRon Landry) and the son of former NFL player Bennie Blades (H.B. Blades).
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Whisenhunt’s mission as new boss in Arizona: Run it 2007-05-15 13:45:33
People tell me not to expect much from the Arizona
Cardinals because … well, because they’re the Arizona Cardinals, forever stuck in the quicksand of the NFL.
But I do expect something from the Cardinals, and I’ll tell you why: Ken Whisenhunt. If the first-year head coach can do for his team what he did for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2004, the Cards have a shot at the playoffs for the first time in nearly a decade.
You heard me: The playoffs, and no, I haven’t touched
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Bears to convert Hester from CB to WR (AP) 2007-05-15 04:37:03
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Devin Hester
is taking his game-breaking skills to the Chicago Bears
’ offense.
Hester set an NFL record last year for kick returns for touchdowns, and he started off the Super Bowl with a 92-yard kickoff runback for a touchdown. He rarely played on anything but special teams, though, and when he did, it was as a cornerback.
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T.O. had ‘nothing’ season with Parcells (AP) 2007-05-15 04:20:52
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Terrell Owens was asked what he got out of his only season with Bill Parcells.
“Nothing, really,” T.O. said Monday, the last day of the Dallas Cowboys’ first minicamp since Parcells retired.
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Owens obviously isn’t going to miss Parcells, and has already noticed how
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Bengals release DT Sam Adams (AP) 2007-05-15 03:58:53
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals
released defensive tackle Sam Adams
, who joined the team as a free agent last season, and signed unrestricted free agent Kenderick Allen to a one-year contract on Monday.
The Bengals had brought in the 360-pound Adams to help their defense against the run, but finished 15th in the league on rush defense and 30th overall, allowing 355 yards a game.
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Eagles’ Kearse returns after knee injury (AP) 2007-05-15 03:32:06
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jevon Kearse could be posing for fitness magazines if he wasn’t too busy chasing quarterbacks.
Back on the football field after a severe knee injury ended his season and temporarily cast doubt on his future last year, a leaner Kearse stood out during the Philadelphia Eagles’ first minicamp. While many offensive and defensive linemen are big and sloppy, the muscular Kearse reported in better shape than ever.
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Bears plan to utilize KR Hester on offense 2007-05-15 03:07:37
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Devin Hester
is taking his game-breaking skills to the Chicago Bears
’ offense.
Hester set an NFL record last year for kick returns for touchdowns, and he started off the Super Bowl with a 92-yard kickoff runback for a touchdown. He rarely played on anything but special teams, though, and when he did, it was as a cornerback.
Now, the Bears will try him as a wide receiver.
Coach Lovie Smith said Monday the All-Pro return specialist will make the
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Favre: I never wanted to be traded (AP) 2007-05-14 20:16:22
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brett Favre
acknowledged his anger over the team’s unwillingness to pull off a trade for wide receiver Randy Moss, but denied Monday he ever really wanted
the Green Bay Packers to trade him.
“I was frustrated a couple weeks back when Randy Moss was traded to New England,” Favre said on the Packers’ Web site. “I never wanted to be traded and I don’t want to be traded. I want to be in Green Bay. I want to finish my career as a Packer.”
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McNabb should be ready for training camp (AP) 2007-05-14 20:04:41
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Barring any setbacks, Donovan McNabb
should be ready
when the Philadelphia Eagles open training camp in 2 1/2 months.
The five-time Pro Bowl quarterback has rehabbed vigorously since a knee injury ended his season in Week 11 last year. He’s running and throwing and is on course for a complete return when players report to camp on July 27.
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Congressman joins cause against Vick (AP) 2007-05-18 19:15:35
A California congressman has joined the cause against
Michael Vick, firing off a letter Friday that urged NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to “act swiftly and forcefully” if the Atlanta Falcons’ quarterback was involved in dog fighting on his former property.
U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) pointed out that he’s a senior member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which two years ago held highly publicized hearings on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in
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Arkansas asks judge to dismiss lawsuit over booster’s e-mails 2007-05-18 05:44:36
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Calling it “nothing more than Monday-morning quarterbacking by a disgruntled fan,” attorneys for the University of Arkansas
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Refs get better, but inconsistency an issue 2007-05-18 05:29:31
Quick, now, tell me the last time you recall an offseason where there were no complaints about the officiating? OK, then, let me pose the same question to Mike Pereira, the league’s vice president of officiating.
You might remember him. He was the guy in the center of that storm in Seattle following Super Bowl XL, when irate Seattle fans claimed poor officiating cost them the Lombardi Trophy.
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Poor grades end Oliver’s career at Georgia 2007-05-18 05:04:44
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Paul Oliver
wanted to return for his senior season at Georgia
. Poor grades
will force the cornerback to get started on his pro career.
Oliver, one of the key players on the Bulldogs’ defense,
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Fins add two with HOF bloodlines to roster 2007-05-18 04:52:28
MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins added Hall of Fame bloodlines to their roster Thursday, signing safety David Lofton and receiver Michael Malone as undrafted free agents.
Lofton’s father is James Lofton, an NFL receiver from 1978-93 who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Malone’s father is Moses Malone, who played pro basketball from 1974-95 and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001.
Both newcomers attended the Dolphins mini-camp earlier
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Keyshawn in Tennessee? Could happen 2007-05-18 03:13:08
NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee
Titans need an experienced receiver to help Vince Young, and said Thursday they are interested in veteran Keyshawn Johnson.
“There’s mutual interest I’d say right now,” coach Jeff
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Security concerns at college stadiums take center stage 2007-05-18 02:43:45
By Jack Carey, USA TODAY PHILADELPHIA — With security concerns
at sports venues on the minds of athletic administrators in the post-9/11 world, representatives of 38 colleges from across the nation met Wednesday at Temple University for the first intercollegiate athletics sport security and safety workshop.
The workshop was presented by ADT Security Services and
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Miami (Fla.) AD Paul Dee to resign in 2008 2007-05-18 02:43:17
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami
athletic director Paul Dee plans to resign in June 2008 and join the faculty.
Dee became athletic director in 1993. He oversaw the firing in November of football coach Larry Coker, who went 60-15 with a national title in six seasons with the Hurricanes, and the hiring of new coach Randy Shannon.
Also, the Miami program moved from
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Point-shaving remains a concern in college athletics 2007-05-18 02:42:36
By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY When gambler Ghazi “Gary” Manni allegedly bribed University of Toledo running back Harvey “Scooter” McDougle Jr. and other players to rig football and basketball games from 2003-06, he didn’t ask them to deliberately lose, according to federal law authorities.
The alleged game-fixer’s pitch to McDougle was more insidious — and
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Indiana’s Hoeppner still recovering from brain surgery 2007-05-18 02:41:50
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana
football coach Terry Hoeppner is still undergoing medical treatment and remains intent on returning to the sideline this fall.
Athletic department officials released a short statement from Hoeppner on Tuesday, the first update on Hoeppner’s health since an announcement nearly two months ago that he would not coach spring practice to recuperate
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