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Ricky almost on Benson's ill-fated boat trip
Two days after turning down an interview request from me, Dolphins running back Ricky Williams told reporters at a private golf tournament outside of Austin, Texas, that he turned down an invitation to attend Cedric Benson's ill-fated boat party a...
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Quick Ronnie Brown Update
The Phinsider — ... Buried deep in the comments section of this blog post by the Sun-Sentinel's Harvey Fialkov is a nice little nugget that Harvey tells us about how Ronnie Brown is coming along.  He writes: ...

Ricky’s Surprised Parcells Kept Him
Larry Brown Sports — ... , just because Taylor’s more interested in his dance career than his football career. I guess Billy Boy is more amenable to his players’ involvement in horticulture instead. From Ricky: ...

Parcells Prefers Players Do Mary Jane, Not Mambo
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... lights up the story from the SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL , where the rasta running back says he was sure he would be moved out of Miami once Parcells took over:“(Parcells) was describing the kind of player he wanted,” Williams said. “Honestly, I had doubts if I was going to be that type of player.” But Bill soon surprisingly put Ricky’s fears to rest: Williams said that Parcells called him into his office after the team meeting and told him he was keeping him on the team to share rushing duties with Ronnie Brown.“I was expecting him not to talk to me at all,” Williams said. ...

Ricky Williams and Bill Parcells are BFFs
Shutdown Corner — Would it surprise you to learn that Bill Parcells and Ricky Williams are getting along swimmingly? Yeah, it would surprise me, too. But I don't feel bad about that, because it's also surprising the hell out of Ricky Williams. From the Dolphins blog at Sun-Sentinel.com: Williams also said he was surprised that Dolphins czar Bill Parcells didn't cut him when he took over the team last December. "(Parcells) was describing the kind of player he wanted," Williams said. "Honestly, I had doubts if I was ...

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