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NFL Sunday: Rookies Get Rude Awakening from Belichick, Sparano
Published 5/4/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
... of Defense Opens Up (Washington Post) Eagles: McNabb, Westbrook Have No Complaints (Philadelphia Inquirer) Buccaneers: Rookie Welcomes Comparisons to Derrick Brooks (St. Petersburg Times) Panthers: Godfrey Has Big Shoes to Fill, Even If He Doesn’t Know Whose They Are (Gaston Gazette) Bears: Bears Take the Offensive (Chicago Sun-Times) Bears: Cedric Benson Arrested (Chicago Tribune) Cardinals: Rookie Corner ...

Cedric Benson Arrested, Release Coming Soon
Published 5/4/2008 by Shea at Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Chicago Bears rumors, news, analysis and opinion since 2008.
First were the questions about marijuana use. Then, there was the questioned ability to be a good teammate. Soon after, there was the sluggish running. Now, there is this. Per Chicagosports.com , Cedric Benson was arrested late Saturday night near Austin, Texas and charged with boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest, both Class B misdemeanors. Benson failed a sobriety “float test” – an abbreviated version of a field sobriety test – and then proceeded to argue with Lower Colorado River Authority officials over taking a second test on land and putting on a life jacket. ...

Cedric Benson Denies Wrongdoing and Accuses Police of Mistreating Him
Published 5/5/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... He said that while there was alcohol on the boat, he wasn't intoxicated and felt that he passed the field sobriety test administered on the boat. He claimed he wasn't argumentative, just questioning, when police said he needed to return to land for more tests and, when they did get to land, the police escalated things. ...

Cedric Benson Had A Tough Week
Published 5/5/2008 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
... As I'm sure you've all heard by now, Bears running back Cedric Benson got into a bit of trouble over the weekend, when he was arrested for boating while intoxicated . While I try to remember a time when I was on a boat where either I, or the person driving the boat, didn't have a beer in their hand, here are some of the particulars for you to go over. Lower Colorado River Authority police arrested the Bears running back, who played at the University of Texas in Austin, on Lake Travis during a random safety inspection. An LCRA spokesman said Benson, who failed a sobriety "float ...