вторник, 13 марта 2012 г.

Bad month for Vikes' Robinson

Vikings wide receiver Koren Robinson's arrest this week fordrunken driving wasn't his first scrape with the law since trainingcamp opened in Mankato, Minn.

Robinson got a ticket Aug. 10 for driving a 2003 BMW 760 sedanwithout a valid Minnesota driver's license. The license issued in hishome state of North Carolina was suspended, according to the policereport.

Mankato police said Robinson was pursued when he passed a policevehicle traveling 67 miles per hour in a 50-mph zone.

Police said the earlier stop was on the same street where he wasarrested Tuesday night following a high-speed chase from St. Peter toMankato.

Robinson was excused from the last day of training camp onThursday, and his status with the team was uncertain.

PATS SIGN SEAU: Junior Seau returned to the NFL after a four-dayretirement, trading surfing in San Diego for a one-year contract withthe New England Patriots that the 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker hopeswill pay off with a long-sought Super Bowl ring.

"I'm going after my master's now," the jet-lagged Seau said in aconference call.

That was a reference to his lavish retirement ceremony Monday atthe San Diego Chargers' headquarters when he said: "I'm not retiring.I am graduating."

The 37-year-old Seau said then that no teams wanted or needed him.But he didn't rule out coming back if the right situation came up.

Seau said the Patriots called on Tuesday. New England neededanother linebacker because Tedy Bruschi has a broken wrist. ChadBrown and Monte Beisel also are hurt, and Willie McGinest, a mainstayof the Patriots' three Super Bowl titles in four seasons, signed withthe Cleveland Browns as a free agent.

"When a championship team calls, you've definitely got to answerthe call and definitely look into it," Seau said.

COWBOYS NIX TRADE: Wide receiver Charlie Adams failed his physicalwith the Dallas Cowboys, voiding a trade with the Denver Broncos.

The Broncos sent Adams to Dallas for a sixth-round draft pick onThursday.

"He just didn't pass our physical, that's all," Cowboys coach BillParcells said.

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