News and Notes.News and Notes OREGON CONNECTION - Wide receiver Samie Parker Samie Jabar Parker (born March 25, 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an National Football League wide receiver currently playing for the Kansas City Chiefs. He graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School. caught his first touchdown pass of the season for Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). in its loss to Jacksonville. ... Demetrius Williams Demetrius Terrell Williams (born March 28, 1983 in Concord, California) is an American football wide receiver, who currently plays for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. caught four passes for 39 yards in Baltimore's victory over San Francisco, and defensive lineman Haloti Ngata had four tackles (two solo) for the Ravens. ... Joey Harrington was pulled after completed 16-of-31 passes and an interception in Atlanta's loss to Tennessee. ... Josh Bidwell punted five times for an average of 43.6 yards and had a long mark of 53 yards in Tampa Bay's loss to Indianapolis. OREGON STATE CONNECTION - Derek Anderson was 22-for-43 passing for 287 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions in Cleveland's loss to New England. ... Matt Moore played briefly for Carolina in its victory over New Orleans, completing 1-of-2 passes for 43 yards. PAC MAN Pac Man A form of defense used in a hostile takeover situation. The target firm turns around and tries to take over the company that has made the hostile bid. Notes: Just think - all those years of playing Atari games could save a company someday. SAYS HE'S READY TO RETURN - Suspended Titans CB Adam "Pacman" Jones said he's done enough to be reinstated back to the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga early. Jones, suspended for the 2007 season in April for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy, said that he'll meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell later this month about reinstatement after 10 games. "I think I did enough. I did pretty much everything Mr. Goodell asked me to do. So, all I can do is just wait and go back to speak with him," Jones told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Jones also has two felony coercion charges pending against him in Las Vegas for a strip club fight and triple shooting on Feb. 19. "I'm just staying to myself, taking this time out to worry about things I need to do better as a person - whatever I got to do in the community, whatever I have to do to better my image as a person so I can get back on the field," he said Friday. Dixie Carter, president of Total Nonstop Action wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002. The current majority share owner is Panda Energy International. , said Jones has been a "model team player." Jones signed with TNA TnA Total Nonstop Action (wrestling alliance) TNA The National Archives (UK) TNA Training Needs Analysis TNA Tamil National Alliance (Sri Lanka) in July and won TNA's tag team title with Ron "The Truth" Killings last month. |
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