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Cornerback Dwayne Gratz was arrested for ” disorderly intoxication and trespassing ” early Sunday morning in Miami Beach.
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He says he was just trying to get a souvenir for his grandson.
The Saints fans that were around me, and know me... they were all saying, "keep the ball.'" But the other people, where the lady was, was saying give her the ball. I caught it fair.
The book, to be released by Harper Collins Children’s Books, aims to “encourage young readers to reach for their dreams.”
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An inspiring story of a courageous young girl who learned to play ball with the boys, only to outshine them on the national stage in the most watched Little League World Series of game of all time. Mo'ne Davis's story is one that will encourage readers to reach for their dreams no matter the odds, young girls to play ball with anyone, and add a new chapter to the rich history of women in baseball.
The players are not allowed to practice in the meanwhile, per team coach Butch Jones.
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The incidents allegedly occurred at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning. One 19-year-old victim — a current University of Tennessee student — told police she was raped by two male students.
A second 19-year-old female victim — a student visiting from an out-of-state college — told police she was a victim of sexual assault.
It's unknown if the incidents are related.
On Sunday, DEA agents checked in with the medical staffs of two NFL teams. The visits come as a result of an ongoing lawsuit involving former players and the NFL.
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The league and the NFL Player’s Association seem to have different understandings of how punishment should be determined.
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The settlement effectively resolved the legal matters surrounding Peterson leaving lacerations and marks on his 4-year-old son by hitting him with a "switch."
Though the legal issues have been resolved, Peterson has yet to return to playing football. He was not immediately removed from the Commissioner's Exempt List, the NFL's "purgatory" list that bans the player from participating in team activities, but the league still pays him his full salary.
On Nov. 10, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) released a statement stating that they had "filed an expedited, non-injury grievance to remove Adrian Peterson from the Commissioner's Exempt list based on explicit language in a signed agreement dated Sept. 18, 2014."
As of Nov. 16, Peterson remains on the Commissioner's Exempt List, collecting his full salary of $700,000 per week.
On Saturday, it was reported by Adam Schefter of ESPN that Peterson had "declined to attend" Friday's meeting with the NFL. During that hearing, Peterson would have had the opportunity to present information for the NFL to consider while determining an appropriate punishment for him.
An NFL spokesperson told Schefter, "We will have to address this based on the information currently available to us." But the NFLPA said the NFL had ignored an important detail: it would have been illegal under Texas law for Peterson to turn over documents the NFL had requested.
On Sunday, the NFLPA released a statement on behalf of Adrian Peterson, explaining why he had declined to attend the meeting:
After consulting with the union, I told the NFL that I will attend the standard meeting with the Commissioner prior to possible imposition of discipline, as has been the long-term practice under the [collective bargaining agreement], but I wouldn't participate in a newly created and non-collectively bargained pre-discipline "hearing" that would include outside people I don't know and who would have roles in the process that the NFL wouldn't disclose. [...] The process they are pushing is arbitrary, inconsistent, and contrary to what they agreed to do, and for those reasons, I never agreed to the hearing.
