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Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was killed in an apparent murder-suicide with a young woman who worked at an Opry Mills restaurant and had been dating him for months. McNair, a hometown hero who did extensive charity work in Nashville, had several gunshot wounds, including one ...
Remembering Steve McNair
Remembering Steve McNair
paneech.com — Memories of a 1994 playoff game between Alcorn State and Youngstown State with McNair at QB. (more) Remembering Steve McNair
Remembering Steve McNair
Remembering Steve McNair
musiccitymiracles.com — More photos » by WADE PAYNE - AP We will miss you Steve! (AP Photo/Wade Payne) Browse more photos » Obviously by now you have all ... (more) Remembering Steve McNair
Resilient McNair Earned Nashville's Love
Resilient McNair Earned Nashville's Love
nfl.fanhouse.com — by Clay Travis Two months ago, Steve McNair walked into a bar named Loser's near downtown Nashville. It was after midnight. McNair wore blue jeans, boots and a black T-shirt hanging tightly on his broad chest. The patrons inside Loser's, a ... (more) Resilient McNair Earned Nashville's Love
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  • Shaye4life Shaye4life
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    She was Crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Steve was crazy 2 sacrafice his family 4 this 20 year old little girl. Cheating is not worth it. Comittng adultry brings on curses from the man up above!!A sweet young thing isnt worth ur family, ur life, or ur SOUL!!!!!. Let us remember, "The wages of sin is DEATH"! I pray he had time 2 beg his forgivness to the Almighty!!!! My condolences goes out to the entire fam, exspecially his wife!
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News Links for Steve McNair's Tragic Death
Eye On Sports Media — It is always a shock when a gifted talent dies too young. Such is the case with Steve McNair. Here are links to various news sources for up to the minute news. The Tennessean (Nashville) The Baltimore Sun Houston Chronicle ESPN Sports Illustrated CBSSports.com Resilient McNair Earned Nashville's Love (AOL Fanhouse) Other Links Steve McNair Foundation Career Stats from Yahoo! Sports ...

Update: The Murder of Steve McNair Plus Picture of 2nd Victim Sahel Kazemi
Robert Littal Presents The Infamous BlackSportsOnline — ... According to The Tennessean McNair met Miss Kazemi at a local Dave and Busters where she was working and they had been seeing each other for a couple of months. ...

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Steve McNair, 36, and Sahel Kazemi, 20, found shot to death in Nashville
read and react — ... According to the story from the Tennessean.com, “Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was killed in an apparent murder-suicide with a young woman who worked at an Opry Mills restaurant and had been dating him for months.” ...

Sahel Kazemi Likely Committed Murder Suicide with Steve McNair
Larry Brown Sports — Well if this ain’t a jacked up story, I don’t know what is. When Steve McNair was found dead on Saturday afternoon in Nashville, he was found killed along with a 20-year-old woman named Sahel Kazemi. Kazemi works at Dave and Buster’s and apparently had been messing with McNair the past few months to the point where he bought her an ‘07 Escalade. Initially police were saying it appeared to be a double homicide but the latest details indicate it’s a likely murder-suicide. McNair was found with multiple gunshot wounds including a fatal one to the ...

Horse Tracks 7/5/09 - RIP Steve McNair
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McNair’s death being called murder-suicide
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog — According to a report by the Nashville Tennessean, Steve McNair’s shocking death is being called as an apparent murder-suicide. McNair, a hometown hero who did extensive charity work in Nashville, had several gunshot wounds, including one to the head. He was found on the sofa of a Second Avenue condominium that he rented, police said. Sahel Kazemi, 20, was found on the floor near him with a single gunshot wound to her head. A pistol was found near her body. Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said investigators were not actively looking for suspects Saturday night but had not ruled out any scenarios. He stopped short of calling the deaths a ...

Steve McNair Found Dead, Details Unclear
Every Morning Quarterback — Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair (Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens) was found dead yesterday with multiple gunshot wounds. Police said a pistol was discovered near the body of a woman, identified as as 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi, who was also shot and killed in a downtown condominium. Steve was found on the sofa in the living room and Ms. Kazemi was very close to him on the floor. ...

Steve McNair, 1973-2009
The Bull Gator — Sadly, former Houston Oiler/Tennessee Titan and Baltimore Raven Steve McNair was shot and killed on Saturday. The former Pro Bowl quarterback was shot several times during an apparent murder-suicide. McNair was drafted third overall in the 1995 NFL Draft by the Oilers and just a few years later, led them (as the Titans) to the Super Bowl. A three-time Pro Bowler, McNair shared the 2003 AFC MVP with the Indianapolis Colts’ Peyton Manning. McNair currently ranked 28th all-time with an 82.8 career quarterback rating. ...

Riddled with Bullets in a Murder-Suicide Committed by Your 20-Year-Old Extramarital Girlfriend Who Just Got a DUI: How Not to Have a Cheerful Holiday Weekend
Kissing Suzy Kolber — Okay, here’s the requisite Steve McNair update, as if you haven’t already gotten the details 800 times while watching SportsCenter on loop. The woman found dead with McNair was Sahel Kazemi, a 20-year-old waitress who had been arrested for DUI (with McNair in the car) two days earlier.  McNair’s body was riddled with bullets; she suffered a single gunshot to the head, and police found a pistol nearby.  Police are not looking for any suspects, and conventional wisdom suggests it was murder-suicide.  The two are pictured here in a photo that TMZ claims was taken about three months ago. None of this is cheerful news, of course, but ...

Kazemi: Police Now Thinking She Was Murdered?
SPORTSbyBROOKS — Interesting to note that Nasvhille police have still not confirmed that Sahel Kazemi , the 20-year-old mistress of Steve McNair who was found dead with him on Saturday, was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Local authorities, after leaning to rule the crime as a murder-suicide , have now seemingly changed their stance on the killings. (Something that comes as zero surprise to me.) Sahel Kazemi Inside Steve McNair's Condo Where Murders Took Place (Photo of Sahel Kazemi inside condo where she and McNair were murdered) How else can you explain police now telling the TENNESSEAN that an investigation will “take many days of interviews with their families and friends and ...

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Steve McNair Found Shot To Death
yougabsports.com 7/4/2009 — Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair has been killed, a source has confirmed to ESPN.com. McNair, 36, suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in downtown Nashville, police spokesperson Don Aaron said. A female victim was also found dead. Aaron said the woman has not been ...
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mkrob.com 7/4/2009 — NewsChannel5.com has reported that former NFL quarterback Steve McNair has been killed. Police said McNair suffered a gunshot wound in an apparent murder-suicide in downtown Nashville. The incident happened near 2nd South & Lea Ave. Police said it looked like a double homicide. A ...
Steve McNair was shot and killed in double homicide
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Steve McNair Found Dead
birdswatcher.com 7/4/2009 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former Titans quarterback Steve McNair has been killed. Police said McNair suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head in downtown Nashville. The incident happened near 2nd South & Lea Avenue. A female victim was also found dead. According to Don Aaron with the ...
Video Tribute - Ex-Baltimore Ravens QB Steve McNair Shot Dead
njfrogman.blogspot.com 7/4/2009 — Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair has been shot and killed in downtown Nashville. Police said it looked like a double homicide. A female victim was also found dead. McNair was shot... Full story: http://www.bobsblitz.com
Steve McNair Killed
sportsofboston.com 7/4/2009 — News is breaking that former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair has been shot and killed in Nashville. McNair reportedly was shot in the head in downtown Nashville and did not survive. Details are sketchy at this hour but it looks as though it was a double homicide as a female was also ...
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R.I.P. Steve McNair
footbaltimore.com 7/5/2009 — Yesterday, former Ravens QB Steve McNair was shot and killed in a downtown Nashville condo. A 20-year-old female friend of McNair’s, Sahel Kazemi, was shot and killed as well. According to the Baltimore Sun , McNair rented the apartment with Wayne Neeley , a friend of McNair’s ...
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