Former NFL player extradited to face charges in Orange County millionaire’s shooting death

September 21st, 2009 Coach cleared in player's death to resume teachingLOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former Kentucky high school football coach acquitted in the death of a player who collapsed during practice will likely return to his teaching job soon.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is now considering buying out Falvio Briatore stake at Queens Park Rangers after he was engulfed in controversy as manager of Renault's Formula One team. Briatore, the Italian playboy, ordered a racing driver to crash his car deliberately last year, costing him his job.

September 9th, 2009 2 face perjury charges in Williams investigationDENVER — Perjury charges have been filed against two men who police say were in an SUV when it was used in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams. An indictment made public this week alleges Mario Anderson and Kataina Jackson-Keeling lied to a grand jury.

August 20th, 2009 Burress to be arraigned in NYC on weapons chargesNEW YORK — Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is heading back to court on weapons charges for accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Manhattan nightclub. Burress was indicted earlier this month on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment.

August 13th, 2009 Bond denied for man suspected of killing boxerATLANTA — A judge in Atlanta has denied bond for a 30-year-old man suspected of shooting and killing ex-boxing champion Vernon Forrest. Charman Sinkfield appeared before a magistrate at the Fulton County jail Thursday morning on murder and weapon-related charges.

July 29th, 2009 Ex-Jags receiver pleads no contest to 3 chargesJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Jimmy Smith has pleaded no contest to three charges stemming from a drunken driving arrest.

July 22nd, 2009 Mattingly's son accused of spitting in mom's faceEVANSVILLE, Ind. — The son of former New York Yankees star first baseman Don Mattingly has been arrested on charges of shoving his mother and spitting in her face.

July 10th, 2009 OH man makes plea in shooting of ex-Colts playerCLEVELAND — A man in Ohio has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder 27 years after he fired a gunshot that investigators say caused a former NFL player's kidney-infection death this year. Forty-four-year-old Victor Gomez was arraigned Friday morning in Cleveland in the death of 54-year-old Michael Woods The Cleveland-born Woods went to college at Cincinnati and played for the Baltimore's Colts from 1978 to 1981.

July 9th, 2009 USA Wrestling staffer held in Internet sex caseGOLDEN, Colo. — A 49-year-old Colorado Springs man who is an administrator with USA Wrestling faces charges of using the Internet to try to lure a child into having sex.

July 8th, 2009 Ex-skate champ Bobek posts bail, faces meth chargeTRENTON, N.J. — Former U.S.

July 3rd, 2009 Wash. state Ryan Leaf case dismissedBELLINGHAM, Wash. — A lawyer for Ryan Leaf says a fugitive action filed against the former NFL quarterback in Washington state has been dismissed.

June 30th, 2009 Nowitzki's former fiancee now in Missouri jailBEAUMONT, Texas — Dirk Nowitzki's former fiancee has been transferred from a Texas jail to a lockup in Missouri. Authorities said Tuesday that Crystal Taylor, arrested at the Mavericks star's Dallas home in May, was taken to Missouri after posting bond in Jefferson County.

June 19th, 2009 Attorney: Ryan Leaf will face Texas charges FridayDALLAS — Ryan Leaf's attorney says the former NFL quarterback is back in West Texas and plans to surrender Friday on burglary and drug-related charges. Bill Kelly said he was in court all day Thursday and couldn't get Leaf processed to face one count of burglary and eight drug-related counts associated with the painkiller Hydrocodone.

June 19th, 2009 Ryan Leaf a no-show on Texas chargesDALLAS — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has not surrendered to authorities in West Texas to face burglary and drug-related charges. Randall County District Attorney James Farren says Leaf hadn't turned himself in by Thursday afternoon to face one count of burglary and eight drug-related counts associated with the painkiller Hydrocodone.

June 19th, 2009 Leaf surrenders on burglary, drug charges in TexasCANYON, Texas — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has surrendered to Texas authorities to face burglary and drug-related charges. Attorney Bill Kelly says Leaf turned himself in Friday at the Randall County Jail in Canyon, where the former No.