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Bucs Gerald McCoy
Bo Jackson Serving As Guest Coach For Royals
BO JACKSON
Bo Jackson slipped into a Kansas City Royals uniform Sunday for the first time since 1990.
A little bigger, but still a comfortable fit with his old team.
"I just had to go up a size, that's about it," he said.
Jackson chatted with for- mer teammate and Royals Hall of Famer George Brett and discussed bow hunting with manager Ned Yost. At 55, the two-sport star is a guest coach for the Royals in spring training.
Shaquem Griffin Continues Strong Combine With Fast 40
SHAQUEM GRIFFIN
Central Florida linebacker Shaquem Griffin ran a time of 4.38 seconds in the 40-yard dash Sunday at the NFL scout- ing combine in Indianapolis, the fastest time for a line- backer in more than a decade.
Stanford's Jon Alston had the previous best time for a linebacker in the 40, at 4.40 in 2006, the first year ESPN Stats & Information began docu- menting 40 times at the com- bine.
Griffin's twin brother, Shaquill, a cornerback with the Seattle Seahawks, also ran a 4.38 at last year's combine.
Shaquem Griffin's 4.38 came in his first attempt at the 40. He ran a 4.58 in his second attempt.
It was a big weekend for Griffin, who on Saturday did 20 repetitions of 225 pounds in the bench press, using a prosthetic on his left arm to at- tach to the bar. Griffin had his left hand amputated at age 4 because of amniotic band syn- drome, a congenital condition.
Major Progress
Upset Daughter
Lacking As Steelers
Was Called N-Word
And Le'Veon Bell
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive star Gerald McCoy is highly upset after he found out a group of boys called his 6th grade daughter the N-word at school and the school didn't tell him about
it! McCoy says the boys were playing "Truth or Dare" when one of the dares was to go up to McCoy's 12-year- old daughter and call her the n-word to her face.
McCoy says the boys were "bold enough to do it" and his daughter is devas- tated.
McCoy says his daughter did not get violent, instead she reported the boys to school officials.
McCoy stated the school never contacted him or his wife. Instead, he learned about the incident from his daughter and had to contact the school to find out how they were handling the situ- ation.
McCoy says the school should have contacted the
GERALD MCCOY
parents first and then launched the investigation, instead of the other way around.
"There is no way, shape or form where that was han- dled properly," McCoy says.
McCoy says the school ultimately decided on a 1-day suspension – and McCoy is disappointed saying, "A 1- day suspension is not doing anything."
McCoy feels the school was trying to sweep the inci- dent under the rug because they're not taking racism se- riously enough.
The clock is ticking on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Le'Veon Bell, who have yet to make major progress on a contract extension just three days before the window for franchise tag designations closes.
Meanwhile, Bell is getting a negotiating assist from a re- spected voice in his own locker room, center Maur- kice Pouncey, who shared his thoughts via Instagram.
Bell, 26, who is setting a historic pace with 7,996 yards from scrimmage through 62 NFL games, hopes to avoid playing on the franchise tag
LE’VEON BELL
for the second consecutive year. This year's tag -- which must be applied by Tuesday - - would pay him around $14.5 million, a 20 percent increase from last year's $12.1 million.
At School
Talk Extension
Rae Carruth Won't Seek Custody Of Son After Prison Release
SAUNDRA ADAMS, CHANCELLOR ADAMS AND RAE CARRUTH
Former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth has given up plans to pursue a relationship with his son after being released from prison later this year.
In a letter to the Charlotte Observer, Carruth wrote that he will not pursue custody of Chancellor Lee Adams, who lives in Charlotte with his maternal grandmother, Saundra Adams.
This comes a few weeks after Carruth, scheduled to be released in October, sent a letter to WBTV in Charlotte, saying he planned to pursue custody of his 18-year-old son.
Carruth has spent the past 17 years in Sampson Cor- rectional Institution in Clin- ton, North Carolina. He was found guilty in 2001 for con- spiracy to murder his preg- nant girlfriend in 1999.
Cherica Adams died in
the hospital after being shot multiple times by Van Brett Watkins, who was hired by Carruth. She was pregnant with Chancellor, who as a result of the shooting was born prematurely. He has cerebral palsy.
"For all involved or in- vested in this ordeal, please calm down," Carruth wrote in the letter to the newspaper. "I will no longer be pursuing a relationship with Chancellor and Ms. Adams. I promise to leave them be, which I now see is in everyone's best interest."
Carruth wrote that in- cluding in the first letter his desire to enter Chancellor's life was a mistake and he ad- mitted that was too optimistic, even though he still wants to "make amends with Chancel- lor and try to be the father that I should have been from day one.''
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