BRIEFLY : POLICY: 49ERS NOT PRESENTLY FOR SALE.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Carmen Policy, president of the 49ers, said Friday that the team is not for sale - at this time - despite the ongoing feud between owners Eddie DeBartolo and his sister Denise DeBartolo York Marie Denise DeBartolo York (born 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio) is the owner of the San Francisco 49ers.[1] She is the daughter of late construction magnate Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. and Marie Patricia Montani DeBartolo. . ``I cannot speak for the ownership of the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, but as president of the 49ers, and as a member of the board of the DeBartolo Corporation, I can say that at this point in time the San Francisco 49ers A report in Friday's edition of the San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). cited sources close to the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga and the 49ers who said the feud that divides DeBartolo and his sister is leading to the team's ``likely'' sale. ``I have not been advised if there's any interest or desire to pursue the review of a sale,'' Policy said. ``We're operating on the basis that it's business as usual with the ownership that's been in place for over a decade.'' DeBartolo, who has run the team since 1977, relinquished control of the team in December when he became the target of a federal probe into the awarding of gambling licenses in Louisiana. DeBartolo York took over and - unlike her brother - apparently is willing to sell the team. Defensive end John Copeland signed a five-year contract believed to be worth around $15 million with the Cincinnati Bengals, ending his brief test of free agency. Edgar Bennett, the starting running back for Green Bay until a leg injury sidelined him all last season, has signed a four-year, $6.2 million contract with the Chicago Bears. The Bears also announced they re-signed free agent quarterback Erik Kramer, a former Pierce College star, to a three-year $9 million contract, and re-signed linebacker Barry Minter to a five-year, $12.5 million contract. Rod Woodson signed a multiyear contract with the Baltimore Ravens, who hope the former San Francisco 49ers cornerback can fix a troubled position. After watching top unrestricted free agents get big contracts, star wide receiver Antonio Freeman has decided to pass on a long-term deal with the Green Bay Packers at this time, his agent said. Instead, Freeman will play this season for the one-year, $1.153 million tender offer the Packers made him as a restricted free agent. Other signings included the Buffalo Bills agreeing with free agent guard Joe Panos, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles, to a four-year, $11.5 million contract; the New York Jets A jury sided with former Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer and declined to award damages in a civil suit over an alleged assault. Police dropped a marijuana-possession charge against Green Bay Packers running back Travis Jervey after tests showed the drug was not among evidence seized from his car. NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there : The Kings have assigned goalie Jamie Storr and defenseman Philippe Boucher to the Long Beach Ice Dogs The Long Beach Ice Dogs were a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They had suspended operations at the end of the 2006-2007 season. The Ice Dogs trace their origins to the San Diego Gulls, a team in the now-defunct International Hockey League that began play in 1990. of the IHL IHL International Humanitarian Law IHL I Have Lost IHL Institutions of Higher Learning IHL International Hockey League IHL Internet Header Length IHL International House of Logorrhea IHL Idiopathic Hearing Loss IHL Idiopathic Hepatic Lipidosis , but both players are expected to rejoin the Kings when they return to action after the Olympic break Wednesday. NBA: Mike Mathis, the last of four NBA referees indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. in an airline-ticket scam, pleaded guilty to tax evasion. Mathis, 54, was charged with understating income by $69,000 from 1989 through 1992. He pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of filing a false tax return in 1992 and immediately resigned from the league. Allen Broughton, the father of Philadelphia 76ers star Allen Iverson has pleaded guilty in Hartford, Conn., to stabbing his ex-girlfriend, and was sentenced to nine yeaArs in prison. Tom Hammonds of the Minnesota Timberwolves was fined $7,500 by the NBA for a flagrant foul earlier this week against Orlando's Derek Harper. TENNIS: Karol Kucera, who upset Pete Sampras in the Australian Open, upset top-seeded Petr Korda in the quarterfinals of the $1 million European Community Championship in Antwerp, Belgium, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Korda would have unseated Sampras at the top of the ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. rankings if he won the ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. . CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Edgar Bennett became the Green Bay Packers' odd man out in the backfield when Dorsey Levens carried the load last season. Associated Press |
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