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...Hometown: Atlanta...
CHARGED. RAY LEWIS, 24, Baltimore Ravens Pro Bowl linebacker; with the fatal stabbing of two men after a Super Bowl party; in Atlanta. Lewis, who last season pledged $100 to the Police Athletic League for every 10 tackles he made, is the second NFL player to be charged with murder this year...
Last month Carolina Panthers receiver Rae Carruth became the first active National Football League player to be arrested for murder. Already there's a second. Ray Lewis, a $7 million-a-year linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens, had plane tickets to fly Monday from Atlanta to Honolulu to participate in this Sunday's Pro Bowl. Instead of boarding a jet, he was arrested and held without bail for the stabbing death of two men outside an Atlanta nightclub Sunday...
...less serious but still somber note, Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker received a two-and-a-half-month suspension and $20,000 fine Monday for his recent tirade against immigrants and minorities. And that's just in the last couple of days. Last month 23-year-old Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins was arrested for breaking and entering, while Charlotte Hornets guard Bobby Phills killed himself drag-racing Porsches with a teammate...
...trouble on the salary cap, will Falk offer his friend a bargain? Will he guide other clients to Team Jordan? And could Nike, whose Air trademark is Jordan's middle name, also help with Washington's requirements under the cap? When Nike football star Deion Sanders went from the Atlanta Falcons to the San Francisco 49ers in 1994, he reportedly took a pay cut. But Nike, which wanted Neon Deion playing for a prime-time club, was rumored to have made up the difference. "It's uncharted waters," said NBA spokesman Brian McIntyre about the potential for conflicts...