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Reporter wants to sue Zlatan Ibrahimovic for ‘hitting’ her with his car (Yahoo! Sports)
Standing in the middle of the street is never a good idea — especially when you’re a reporter holding a microphone in the path of footballers trying to flee the training ground. One reporter outside of Milan’s Milanello complex apparently thought that not only standing in the middle of the street, but sticking her microphone out to moving cars would be a great way to get an interview.
Britain can crush racism in sport, Cameron says (Reuters)
LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Britain needs to act swiftly to crush any return of racism in soccer, after several high-profile cases, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday.
West Ham player fined $11,000 for gay Twitter slur (AP)
LONDON (AP)—England’s Football Association has fined West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison 7,000 pounds ($11,000) for using a gay slur on Twitter. The FA says Morrison was “warned as to his future conduct after he admitted a charge of using abusive and/or insulting words including a reference to a person’s sexual orientation.” The 19-year-old Morrison posted the tweet shortly after joining West Ham from Manchester United last month.
Rams settle dispute, will play in London (AP)
ST. LOUIS (AP)—The St. Louis Rams will play that “home” game in London later this year after settling a lease dispute with the St
Ex-Giant Carson won’t run for Congress (AP)
By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP)—Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson has ruled out running for Congress as a Democrat in New Jersey.
Cornwell new head of Coaches Association (AP)
By The Associated Press The NFL Coaches Association has hired sports lawyer David Cornwell as its executive director. Cornwell has represented both the NFL and the union as well as several prominent NFL players, including Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger
Brady’s personal QB coach Martinez dies (AP)
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP)—Tom Martinez, the longtime personal coach to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, has died at 67.
Weeden, 28, out to prove older is better (AP)
By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer The age thing
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Broncos QB Quinn apologizes to Tebow (AP)
By ARNIE STAPLETON, AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP)— Brady Quinn is apologizing to Tim Tebow for unflattering comments Quinn made about the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback in a GQ article. The article on Tebowmania was written by Michael Silver and titled “The year of Magical Stinking: An Oral History of Tebow Time.” In it, Quinn was quoted as saying, “We’ve had a lot of, I guess, luck, to put it simply.” He also said he felt the fans were the reason Tebow leapfrogged him on the depth chart when supplanting Kyle Orton as the starter after a 1-4 start. “I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that,” Quinn said in the article