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Grand Prix Entertainment Expands & Acquires American National Rugby League
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Grand Prix Sports, a subsidiary of Grand Prix Entertainment, LLC, a Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment company, announced the acquisition of The American National Rugby League (“AMNRL”), the governing body for the development of the “American football like” sport of Rugby League in the USA.
Raiders’ receiver Heyward-Bey charged with DUI (Yahoo! Sports)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Oakland Raiders wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey has been charged with misdemeanor drunken driving following his arrest last month after a traffic stop on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. California Highway Patrol Officer Tony Tam says Heyward-Bey was driving his 2012 Range Rover on the lower deck of the bridge on April 7 when he was pulled over by a CHP officer who saw him speeding and weaving. Tam says the 25-year-old Heyward-Bey was arrested after failing a field sobriety test
Ravens sign top pick Upshaw and rest of 2012 class (Yahoo! Sports)
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) The Baltimore Ravens have signed their entire rookie draft class, including top pick Courtney Upshaw. The majority of the contracts were finalized Thursday, one day before the start of a three-day rookie minicamp Upshaw, a standout outside linebacker from Alabama, was the 35th overall selection in the draft
Broncos sign free agent CB Florence (Yahoo! Sports)
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) A crowded field of cornerbacks didn’t deter veteran free agent Drayton Florence from picking the Denver Broncos as his new team.
Belichick’s son joins the family business (Yahoo! Sports)
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) The New England Patriots have hired Bill Belichick’s son as a coaching assistant, making him the third generation of the family to try his hand as a football coach. The team said Thursday that Steve Belichick will join his father’s staff
Cardinals’ Campbell agrees to 5-year extension (Yahoo! Sports)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Arizona Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell agreed to a five-contract extension Thursday.
Players, NFL disagree on context of bounty email (Yahoo! Sports)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) An email from an imprisoned friend of the Saints coaching staff with a postscript saying, ”put me down for $5,000” on Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has become another sore point between players being punished for New Orleans’ bounty system and the NFL. The email, obtained by The Associated Press, was written from prison by marketing agent Mike Ornstein shortly before the Saints’ 2011 season opener against the Packers. Ornstein once represented Reggie Bush and later got to know members of the Saints’ coaching staff
Buccaneers DE Da’Quan Bowers tears Achilles tendon (Yahoo! Sports)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Tampa Bay defensive end Da’Quan Bowers has torn his right Achilles tendon during an offseason workout and will undergo surgery
Browns DT Phil Taylor injured lifting weights (Yahoo! Sports)
CLEVELAND (AP) Browns defensive tackle Phil Taylor’s season could be in jeopardy after he injured a chest muscle lifting weights on Thursday. The team said the massive Taylor, Cleveland’s first-round draft pick in 2011, hurt his left pectoral muscle while working out during the team’s offseason conditioning program. The Browns said Taylor will be further evaluated on Monday to determine a course of treatment