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Panthers Owner Jerry Richardson Donates $100K For Charleston Tragedy
JERRY RICHARDSON
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Car- olina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson donated $10,000 to each of the fami- lies of the nine people killed in Wednesday night's shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.
The team founder also do- nated $10,000 to the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, where the murders occurred during a bible study.
The $100,000 donation was made in a letter sent Fri- day to the Mother Emanuel Hope fund.
The letter was shared by Bakari Sellers, a Demo- cratic member of the South Carolina House of Represen- tatives, on Twitter.
Sapp Accused Of Assaulting A Female
WARREN SAPP
It can’t be good to be for- mer Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Warren Sapp these days.
Sapp was recently in- ducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But, he also got arrested for arguing with hookers and subsequently was fired by NFL Network.
So, what’s the latest for Sapp? A woman in Las Vegas is accusing him of assaulting her in a casino back in late April. Our guess is that Sapp should just avoid Vegas.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that Sapp has not been arrested at this point, but that police are looking into the matter.
TMZ is also hearing that the woman did have minor injuries when she met with police back then.
Charles Barkley's Mother Dies At Home In Alabama
VR To Prepare For His First Season In The NFL
LEEDS, Ala. — The mother of NBA great Charles Barkley, Charcey Glenn, has died at her home in Alabama.
The Jefferson County Medical Examiner's Office says Glenn died Friday in her hometown of Leeds, east of Birmingham. She was 73.
Deputy medical examiner Derrick Perryman says a report lists the cause of death as kidney failure and Barkley as the next of kin.
A pastor at First Baptist Church of Leeds says Glenn's funeral is scheduled there on June 27.
Jameis Winston, the NFL's top draft pick, will have a number of tools at his disposal as he prepares for his first professional season.
According to a report from Fox Sports, virtual real- ity is on that list. His team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, plans to purchase a VR sys- tem to use for quarterback development. Among other things, the tech allows simu- lations to be rewound and watched as many times as needed to understand how to perfect each play.
This isn't the first time an NFL team dipped its toe in the VR waters. The Dallas Cowboys already imple- mented a system for QBs that gives them a 360-degree view of the line of scrim- mage. Players can get extra practice reading defenses and making pre-snap calls to teammates.
Virtual reality also offers backups who generally get less time at practice another opportunity to prep in case they're needed, and a num- ber of college teams are using it, too. As for Winston and Tampa Bay, the team is meeting with vendors to find the right fit, and more im- portantly, tech that's ready to be put through its paces.
Jameis Winston Continues To Win Over Teammates, Coaches
The Tampa Bay Bucca- neers are very happy with Jameis Winston's per- formance this offseason, which is pretty important
when you draft a quarterback with the first overall pick. Happiness extends beyond the Bucs' brass -- the other players are pretty happy, too.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers officials are thrilled with how Winston has moved his pro career forward over the last six weeks, with the coaches focusing largely on the rookie's decision-making. The idea is to move him away from forcing throws; with the acknowledgement he'll al- ways have some gunslinger in him. He's won over his teammates quickly. In fact, some of them have expressed to team shot-callers how im- pressive Winston's football intelligence has been and be- lieve he's genuine.
Winston is doing very well so far. Everything we've heard out of the offseason workouts has been positive - - it's all rainbows and sun- shine so far, not a negative note anywhere.
Obviously that's partly the result of a PR department doing its job, and everyone being very cognizant of the importance of selling a con- troversial quarterback to the fanbase and the world. But it all seems to be earnest and reflecting the reality that Winston is a hard worker.
None of that should be a surprise. He was a hard worker in college, and nei- ther his coaches nor his teammates ever complained about his work when it came to football.
Hopefully that carries over into the NFL -- so far that seems to be the case.
Barkley grew up in Leeds
Calvin Johnson Rejoins Twitter After
JAMEIS WINSTON
Charcey Glenn was on hand to see Charles Barkley receive the 1993 NBA MVP award.
before going on to play bas- ketball at Auburn University and then the NBA. He's a member of the Hall of Fame and co-hosts TNT's popular show Inside the NBA.
Glenn was active in her community and served as chair of the city water board.
Charleston Shootings, Urges Change
The murder of nine peo- ple in a Charleston, South Carolina, church on Wednes- day night affected Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson enough that he de- cided to speak out.
To do so, Johnson re- joined Twitter.
Johnson, who grew up outside Atlanta, urged people to influence those they raise and those around them if they really want to see socie- tal change.
It was an emotional plea from the All-Pro receiver, who had been on Twitter in the past but said Friday he had stopped because he was hacked.
The 29-year-old has be- come more outspoken in re- cent years. Last season, he
CALVIN JOHNSON
was opinionated in the wake of the Adrian Peterson in- cident about how he would raise his children.
Lions coach Jim Cald- well has said in the past he has no problems with his players speaking out on is- sues that are important to them.
Former Lions running back Reggie Bush was par- ticularly outspoken during the Ferguson riots last year.
Tiger's U.S. Open Bid Concludes At Difficult Chambers Bay
Struggling to find his form from beginning to end, Tiger Woods missed the cut in the 115th U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash., for only the second time in his pro career. After shooting a 10-over 80 on Thursday, his highest score as a pro in the tournament, Woods followed with a 6-over 76 on Friday to finish at 16- over 156.
It marked only the fifth time he has missed the cut in a major championship. The last time he failed to qualify for the weekend in a U.S. Open was in 2006 at Winged Foot, which came shortly after his father Earl passed away.
"I wanted to shoot five or six today, but I wanted to be on the other side of it," the three-time U.S. Open winner said.
Tiger closed out the tour- nament at the par-3 ninth, where the upper tee was used
Tiger hits out of the green- side bunker on No. 12 during second-round play at Chambers Bay.
and the hole played 237 yards, dropping 35 yards downhill. However, the group had a long wait at the tee box after Jason Day collapsed due to dizziness and needed medical attention before completing his round.
"I played with him at Me- morial and we talked about it in depth," Woods said of Day, who has been suffering from vertigo. "I hope he's okay. I'll call him as soon as I'm done here and see if he's all right."
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