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Donald Driver's Dad & Brian Urlacher's Punch: Packer's Midweek Update

 
The two biggest midweek stories coming from Titletown this week: The arrest and brutalizing of Donald Driver’s father in Houston, TX and the Chicago Bears vandalism of the visiting teams locker room at Lambeau field. On Wednesday, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported that Marvin Driver was severely beaten and remains hospitalized after two Houston police officers arrested the elderly man. Marvin Driver was taken to the ICU station at Hermann Hospital, where doctors state that “there is some bleeding on his brain from blunt force trauma." Police arrested Driver outside the home of a relative and was taken to jail due to pending arrest warrants. When paramedics were called into the jail, they found him “injured, semiconscious and unresponsive when they arrived” as Sports Illustrated reports on their website. Donald was granted a leave of absence from the team and coach Mike McCarthy stated that, “Driver is excused from practice today and tomorrow for a personal ... (link)

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