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The Big Lead: Plaxico Burress Shot in Leg … On Accident.
The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog: BREAKING: Plaxico Burress Shot in Leg
Big Blue View: ESPN: Burress wounded in shooting
SPORTSbyBROOKS: Plaxico Shoots Self In Leg; This Is Not A Metaphor
FanHouse: Plaxico Burress Accidentally Shot Himself in the Leg
Plaxico Burress Shot in Leg … On Accident.
The Big Lead —
... . Coincidence? “He spent the night in the hospital and the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. The team is still trying to gather further information on the incident.” UPDATE: John Clayton of ESPN is reporting the shooting was in a nightclub incident. Uh-oh, this could get interesting. ...
BREAKING: Plaxico Burress Shot in Leg
The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog —
... Details are still coming in, ESPN has a skeleton report from John Clayton and there is no other coverage at this time, John's report indicates Plaxico was shot in a nightclub, this contradicts the report I heard on Sirius NFL Radio. ...
ESPN: Burress wounded in shooting
Big Blue View —
Word-for-word from ESPN:
New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress suffered an accidental gunshot wound Friday night in a club, according to multiple sources.
Details of the incident weren't immediately available, but according to a source the wound was not considered life-threatening.
Holy cow! I have no idea how bad this is, or what the heck happened, but this is not good.
I will post more later if further details are released.
Plaxico Shoots Self In Leg; This Is Not A Metaphor
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... . He spent the night in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and no details have been forthcoming from the Giants while they try to get to the bottom of this. Clayton, trying to out-Clayton Glazer, adds the unsurprising fact that this took place at a club . Normally I’d go on a rant about bringing a gun to a club, but at least it beats ...
Plaxico Burress Accidentally Shot Himself in the Leg
FanHouse —
... season where you are receiving unsolicited advice from Lawrence Taylor, there may be some really strange things going on in your life. Burress accidentally shooting himself in the leg is messed up even by LT standards. We will update this story when more information comes available. Given that he plays in New York, I'm guessing there will be all sorts of news soonishly. For example, since I started typing this, John Clayton of ESPN says that Burress received an accidental gunshot in a club. Plaxico Burress Accidentally Shot Himself in the Leg ...
Plaxico Burress shoots himself
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... Friday night and was taken to a local hospital with what is described as “a non-life-threatening wound.” ESPN’s John Clayton is reporting the incident was in a nightclub. Nothing like a distraction. And, why does everyone think they can take credit for stories? Glazer posted it at 11 something, ESPN has it after 12 and the New York Daily News credits itself when it was more than 90 minutes later than Glazer’s post. How about realizing when someone else beat you to the punch? ...
Bang! Owwww I Been Shot!
SOX & Dawgs —
... Doesn’t it seem like for the most part some athletes are just dumber than the average human? well folks you can New York Giants WR Plaxico Burress to the list as he shot himself, accidentally I might add, in the leg while in a club in New York on Friday night. ...
Burress' season takes another bizarre turn
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... reportedly shot himself accidentally in the leg at a club Friday night. Burress spent the night in the hospital, but his injuries aren't believed to be life-threatening, ...
Plaxico Burress single-handedly proves the 2nd Amendment should be repealed.
Clubhouse Cancer —
... Because idiots…black, white, brown, yellow or green…shouldn’t be allowed to have a gun of any kind. And 90% of Americans are idiots. (not you, of course…but the guy sitting next to you…he’s the real idiot) ...
Plaxico Burress has an important phone call
LOL Jocks —
Burress tells Giants he shot himself in leg by accident [ESPN]
Redskins Injury Update
MVN RSS —
... guys that believes London Fletcher is absolutely critical to the Redskins defense, perhaps more so than Shawn Spring was last year and two years ago. He is the defensive signal caller, performs side to side, and is the surest tackler on the defense. Fletcher’s absence would be a huge disadvantage to the Redskins. And, finally, as we are sure you have heard, Giants WR Plaxico Buress will miss tommorow’s game. He was going to miss it anyway, but now, there is no choice. Buress suffered an accidental gunshot wound at a Club last night. Wonde if he had a permit for the gun? ...
BURRESS COULD BE FACING 3.5 YEARS IN JAIL
ProFootballTalk.com —
As it turns out, the accidental self-shooting of Giants receiver Plaxico Burress occurred in a Manhattan night club on Friday night. Per ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap, the incident occurred at the Latin Quarter , a 15,000-square foot restaurant and club located in a Radisson Hotel. ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio reports that the bullet went through skin and muscle tissue in the right thigh. No arteries were struck, and no bones were broken. The Giants have confirmed generally that Burress suffered a bullet wound to his right thigh. However, the team’s statement did not address the cause of ...
Open Thread: Happy Mo Day
River Avenue Blues —
... All is quiet on the Yankee front. No one on the team has accidentally shot themselves. And while the Red Sox seem to be closing in on Junichi Tazawa, no one seems to be ...
Gameday Prep: Bills vs. 49ers
The Goose's Roost —
... Plaza gets dedicated today. - Graham also does a nice job breaking down the numbers put up against 4-3 vs. 3-4 defenses. - Here's a quick injury report, which I'm sure will get longer before kickoff. Pump-Up Song that Will Melt Your Face Off: Tool, "The Pot" Fun Facts: - If you think you had a bad weekend, at least you didn't shoot yourself. - Pictures of big people. - There is a part of ...
Burress Had Help
Vent About Sports —
... As more information because available we are learning more about what happened Friday night when Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg. Apparently lineback Antonio Pierce was with him at the club and attempted to hide the gun after helping Burress leave the club. There are also reports that there may or may not have been a third Giants teammate involved in the incident. Medical experts are saying that Burress should be healthy enough to return in 2-4 weeks if no tissue damage is found, but will the league let him? ...
Plaxico Burress Packs The Heat
Sportsocracy.org —
... Oh Plax! What are you doing? Every news agency on Earth is reporting that former Steelers WR and general lunatic about town Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg Friday night at a NYC nightclub. He was in the hospital overnight but was home by Saturday afternoon and is supposedly fine. He was already ruled out of this week’s Giants lineup with some mundane hamstring injury. ...
The 2008 Christmas List: Bulletproof handkerchief
Basketbawful —
... . Also, I bet the Giants wish they'd wrapped Plaxico Burress in one of these before he went clubbing. However, before you drape one of these babies over your chest and start waging a one-man war on crime, you should probably know that there's ...
Pair of Former Lions Named Rogers in Trouble with the Law
Pride Of Detroit —
... After all, he did smoke himself out of the NFL and went from being fast as hell to running a 4.8 in the 40-yard dash. Great pick, Matt Millen.
Rogers owes the Lions $8.5 million for getting suspended under the NFL's substance abuse policy, which violated his contract. Like I said, the man smoked himself out of the NFL, and he owes the Lions millions of dollars because of his actions.
On the bright side, Rogers didn't shoot himself in the leg like another former MSU receiver, but he did provide us this photo from the Oakland County ...
Real Petty: New York District Attorney’s Office
The Same Intensity —
Friday morning, New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce continued his testimony before a grand jury in New York about his involvement in the now infamous accidental shooting of Plaxico Burress last November at a Manhattan nightclub. Pierce was with Burress at the Latin Quarter on Nov. 29 when Burress shot himself in the leg. Pierce’s initial testimony came a day after Burress tesitified before the grand jury on the charges he faces for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Although Pierce was ...
Plaxico interview airs Tuesday night on ESPN
ProFootballTalk.com —
... years in prison for felony weapons charges, will speak to ESPN's Jeremy Schaap in an interview to be aired Tuesday night on E:60 . Excerpts will air during Monday's 6:00 p.m. ET SportsCenter -- and presumably thereafter every 15 minutes or so until the show airs on Tuesday night. Schaap, who typically doesn't cover football for ESPN, has been involved in some of the network's reporting regarding the Burress story. For example, Schaap reported on November 30 that Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce was with Burress when he accidentally shot himself in the leg with a loaded ...
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