Posted on 20 June 2011. Tags: Akeem, akeem jordan, arrested, assault, assault and battery, battery, byrd avenue, Getty, getty images, Harrisonburg, harrisonburg virginia, Images, Jordan, June, Linebacker
The arrest rate in the course of the lockout has slowed considerably, but weekends in June sometimes entail pro athletes with little to do obtaining a lot more than a small trouble. It happened on Sunday in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where Eagles linebacker Akeem Jordan was arrested for assault and battery, according to the [...]
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Posted on 20 June 2011. Tags: autograph, brings, butler new jersey, com, commissioner of the nfl, Dog, fan, jeff robbins, jersey, protester, protesters, scott fallon, signing, sports card shop, Vick
Dog lovers still upset over Michael Vick’s past have not but given up their pursuit to disrupt his public events with protests. Roughly 50 demonstrators spent their Sunday afternoonchanting at Vick and holding signs as Vick signed autographs and posed for pictures with hundreds of fans that lined up to meet him in Butler, New Jersey. [...]
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Posted on 20 June 2011. Tags: another, attempt, center, convention, debt, L.A., la brea tar pits, los angeles convention center, memorandum of understanding, Momentum, money cash, obstacle, presents, problem concern, relocation, stadium
As the folks at AEG attempt desperately to generate real momentum for a stadium project that ultimately could disappear slowly into the La Brea Tar Pits, yet another twist has emerged. Per the Connected Press, debt arising from the relocation of the Los Angeles Convention Center, a portion of which resides where the downtown stadium [...]
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Posted on 20 June 2011. Tags: Agent Tom Condon, continues, getty images, issue, Larry Fitzgerald, loom, Nfl, problem concern, reality', rookie, scale, turn, wage, wage scale
Getty Pictures As the NFL and the NFLPA* gear up for what could be a pivotal stretch of negotiations — if nine owners don’t band together and knock the talks of track on Tuesday and/or Wednesday — the primary concern continues to be the manner in which the funds will be shared by teams and [...]
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