BRIEFLY.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Ex-UCLA standout pleads not guilty to assault charge Chicago Bears The 25-year-old former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX player appeared in court but entered the plea through his attorney. He remains free on $30,000 bail. Two other former UCLA football players, Maurice Drew and Tyler Ebell, are scheduled to appear on the same charge, also on June 16. All three are accused of attacking a man at a Denny's restaurant early on the morning of April 23, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. prosecutors. They were arrested soon after in Manning's car. --Vikings cornerback Fred Smoot Fredrick D. Smoot (born April 17, 1979 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American football defensive back for the Washington Redskins. He also recently played for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. He was released on March 1, 2007 from the Vikings. and left tackle Bryant McKinnie Bryant McKinnie (born September 23 1979 in Woodbury, New Jersey, USA[1]) is an offensive tackle currently playing for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. In 2006, he started his fifth consecutive NFL season with the Vikings. pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from the team's raucous boat party last October. --Cleveland Browns running back Reuben Droughns Reuben Droughns (born August 21, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. High School years threw his wife out the door of their home after she said she wanted a divorce, according to a sheriff's report. --Timmy Smith, a former Washington Redskins running back who helped beat the Denver Broncos in the 1998 Super Bowl, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for dealing cocaine. BASKETBALL: Gloria James, the mother of Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James pleaded no contest and was found guilty of fourcharges after her SUV nearly hit an unmarked police car and she kicked a window of a patrol car. --Carrie Mae Stoudemire,the mother of Phoenix Suns star Amare Stoudemire, was sentenced to three years in prison in a drunken driving case. --Nolan Richardson lost his appeal on his claim that he was fired as Arkansas basketball coach because he is black and outspoken, with the court finding the school decided to dismiss him before an outburst at a 2002 news conference. --Former Fresno State basketball player Terry Pettis was convicted of murdering a teenage woman in a botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. drug robbery. TENNIS: Two-time champion Serena Williams withdrew from Wimbledon because of a chronic knee injury. She earlier withdrew from the French Open, which starts Sunday. |
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