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DIED. JOHNNY SAMPLE, 67, fiery NFL defensive back best known for his pivotal interception for the New York Jets in 1969's Super Bowl III--the last game of his 11-year career--that helped push the Jets to their storied 16-7 upset of the heavily favored Baltimore Colts; of heart disease; in Philadelphia. An early "trash talker," he winkingly acknowledged his reputation in a 1970 memoir, Confessions of a Dirty Player...
...with just six picks remaining in seventh and final round of the 2005 NFL Draft, the St. Louis Rams ensured that Fitzpatrick would be the first Crimson player to be drafted since Isaiah Kacyvenski ’00, and the first Harvard quarterback since Brian Buckley...
Fitzpatrick, the unanimous 2004 Ivy League Player of the Year, was predicted to be selected in the fifth round, and possibly as high as the fourth. Heading into the second day of the draft, Fitzpatrick’s name was repeatedly dropped by NFL analysts both online and on television as a good option for any team looking for a smart, talented backup quarterback...
...drafted player, Fitzpatrick will also receive a signing bonus, which, according to NFL sources, ranges from $20,000 to $30,000 for seventh-round picks...
Died. Sam Mills, 45, diminutive but determined former NFL linebacker who, at 5 ft. 9 in., went on to coach outsize linebackers for the Carolina Panthers and helped guide the little regarded team to a surprise Super Bowl berth in 2004; after a nearly two-year battle with intestinal cancer; at his home in Charlotte...