BRIEFLY.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Vick trading cards will be removed from upcoming sets Upper Deck has removed all Michael Vick autographed memorabilia from its online store and will remove the indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. quarterback's trading card from NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga sets that are scheduled to be released in October. The announcement by the San Diego County company came a day after Nike suspended its lucrative contract with Vick and Reebok Ree´bok` n. 1. (Zool.) The peele. took the unprecedented step of stopping sales of his No. 7 jersey. Another trading card company, Donruss, announced it was pulling Vick's likeness from any new packs. Donovan McNabb took part in the first practice of Eagles training camp, more than eight months after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament anterior cruciate ligament n. Abbr. ACL The cruciate ligament of the knee that crosses from the anterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the posterior part of the lateral condyle of the femur. in his right knee against Tennessee. The Oakland Raiders signed second-round draft pick Zach Miller, leaving No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell as the only player missing from training camp. The Denver Broncos signed first-round draft pick Jarvis Moss ... The New England Patriots Jeff Locke, who is considered one of the best punters in the West, gave a non-binding oral commitment to 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 for the 2008 class Friday. Locke averaged 43.3 yards per punt for Mountain Ridge High in Glendale, Ariz., as a junior. Locke plans to redshirt in 2008. -- Brian Dohn BASKETBALL: Three masked robbers broke into the suburban Chicago home of New York Knicks center Eddy Curry and held his family and an employee at gunpoint. BOXING: Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Ricky Hatton have agreed to terms for a welterweight showdown on Dec. 8. No site has been selected, but it appears the fight is headed for Las Vegas. Vernon Forrest withstood a late rally by Carlos Baldomir to win the WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. super welterweight championship in a unanimous decision in Tacoma, Wash. |
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