Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was limping due to left knee discomfort during an optional team practice Wednesday, but did not appear to be injured. Roethlisberger, who led the Steelers to two Super Bowl victories the last four seasons, had some problem walking when he left the team’s training complex but his knee was not bandaged.
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Two-time Pro Bowl safety Rodney Harrison announced his retirement on Wednesday, saying he is through hitting quarterbacks after a 15-year career for the New England Patriots and San Diego Chargers. “I’m done,” he said in a conference call with reporters. “And I’m very much at peace with that. Football has been good to me; I worked hard and I played hard.” The 36-year-old Harrison holds the NFL…
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Brandon Marshall is free to play the entire 2009 season, providing his surgically repaired hip allows it. Marshall learned Tuesday he won’t face disciplinary action from the NFL over his latest arrest in a domestic dispute. League spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press that the Denver Broncos’ Pro Bowl receiver has been notified that no punishment is forthcoming as the result of his arrest…
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Former New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress can toss four traffic tickets he received in suburban Fort Lauderdale. A magistrate has dismissed them. Burress was ticketed March 1 on accusations of speeding and illegal lane change, improperly displaying a car tag and having tinted windows. His attorney Bradford Cohen said the tickets were dismissed Friday because the officer who wrote them…
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St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts is heading a group seeking to buy the NFL’s Rams and keep the team in St. Louis. On Monday, the Rams announced that the family of former owner Georgia Frontiere has hired the investment firm of Goldman Sachs to review the assets of her estate, including the NFL team.
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San Francisco cornerback Nate Clements will miss the 49ers’ minicamp this weekend with a case of pneumonia. The 49ers’ $80 million cornerback missed organized team activities on Monday and Tuesday with the illness, and he won’t be re-evaluated until next week. San Francisco lost fellow starting cornerback Walt Harris to a knee injury last month, and a knee injury also has kept veteran Shawntae…
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The Dallas Cowboys have released Greg Ellis, ending the linebacker’s career after 11 seasons and the eighth-most sacks in club history. Tuesday’s announcement was no surprise. A week before, team owner Jerry Jones said the club was planning to cut Ellis if he couldn’t be traded. The Cowboys bypassed Randy Moss to take Ellis with the eighth overall pick in the 1998 draft.
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A judge said Tuesday he’ll move quickly and carefully to resolve a lawsuit by Minnesota Vikings Kevin Williams and Pat Williams, who are fighting their four-game suspensions for their use of a banned substance. With the legal fight moving from federal court to state court, Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson asked for and got assurances from NFL attorneys Joseph Schmitt and Dan Nash that no…
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The New Orleans Saints have sold out the 70,000-seat Louisiana Superdome on a season-ticket basis for a fourth straight year. Saints vice president of ticket and suite sales Mike Stanfield says team officials weren’t sure what to expect because of the national recession, but found no lack of demand. Stanfield says the waiting list for Saints season tickets continues to grow and is now more than…
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A small fire has damaged the office of NFL players’ union head DeMaurice Smith. The union says the fire started in a bathroom off the office at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. No one was in the building and the fire was doused by a sprinkler system. Union spokesman George Atallah says there was more water damage than fire damage.
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