Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin was hospitalized Monday with a viral infection and might not return to the team until later this week. “This morning when he woke up, from what I understand, he was feeling under the weather,” Raiders offensive coordinator Greg Knapp said. “(It’s) something he’s been fighting for the last two or three days.” According to Knapp, Kiffin presided over meetings Sunday…
Vince Young is a bit of a perfectionist and hates losing. Admitting he did something wrong wasn’t easy for the Titans quarterback, either. Young finally talked with reporters Monday about why coach Jeff Fisher benched him for the Titans’ preseason opener, a 14-6 loss to Washington, after declining to speak immediately after Saturday night’s game.
Suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones sees himself as an innocent bystander in the Las Vegas strip club fight that led to a triple shooting and left one man paralyzed, and he expects to be vindicated. “And I’ll tell you, ‘I told you so,”‘ Jones said in an interview scheduled to air Tuesday night on HBO’s “Real Sports.” Las Vegas police identified the Titans cornerback as the…
With his place in home run history secure, Barry Bonds says next season likely will be his last. Bonds previously talked about playing in 2008. On Monday, the San Francisco slugger looked toward retirement. “(Playing) after next year? I don’t know. I don’t think so,” he said. “I don’t think two years I can make.” As for where he’d finish up, Bonds wasn’t sure.
Darryl Strawberry is having more legal trouble. The government has filed a lawsuit against the troubled baseball star, seeking to collect nearly a half-million dollars in unpaid taxes. The complaint filed here Friday was years in the making. Strawberry was indicted in 1994 on federal tax evasion charges and pleaded guilty the following year.
Visa Parade rallied from last place Monday to win the $75,000 feature for older horses by a neck over Railroad at Del Mar. Ridden by Michael Baze, Visa Parade covered one mile in 1:41.49 and paid $4.80, $2.80 and $2.40. Railroad returned $3.60 and $3.20, while Worchester was another 5 3/4 lengths back in third and returned $2.80.
New York Jets running back Thomas Jones has a strained right calf muscle and hopes to return in time for the team’s season opener, his agent said Monday. Drew Rosenhaus, Jones’ agent, told Sports Betting News that he spoke Monday to the star running back, who updated him on the severity of the injury.
Hanging in Arthur Blank’s opulent headquarters is a signed photograph of his star quarterback breaking away from a defender, a memento of happier times for the Atlanta Falcons. “To: Arthur. Thanks for everything. Michael Vick. #7.” Well, it looks as if that picture may soon be coming down. The Falcons said Tuesday they wanted to suspend Vick over dogfighting allegations, and their owner left open the…
The Clippers signed Brevin Knight on Monday, a month after the veteran free agent guard was waived by the Charlotte Bobcats. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Knight averaged 9.1 points, 6.6 assists and 2.7 rebounds for the Bobcats last season, but was limited to 45 games. He had a buyout clause in his contract worth $1.5 million.
The Golden State Warriors have reached agreement on a buyout with center Adonal Foyle, parting ways Monday with the 10-year veteran and the team’s longest-tenured player. Foyle signed a six-year deal worth nearly $42 million in July 2004 and had spent his entire career with Golden State, but he rarely played last season in Don Nelson’s guard-oriented lineups.
