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Linebacker Switches To Boston Red Sox
Russell Wilson Honored To
FORT MYERS – On Tues- day, March 24, Linebacker Brandon Magee learned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were releasing him.
The next day, he was in Fort Myers, practicing for the Boston Red Sox at spring training.
“My plan was to come here Wednesday and join spring training,” Magee told WINK Sports, “and it hap- pened so fast! Luckily I was right up the street so it took me about an hour and a half drive to get down here and I was ready to go.”
Magee, an Arizona State University graduate, signed with the Dallas Cowboys in 2013. He was released and picked up by the Cleveland Browns, where he played eight games. Last July, he ap- peared in nine games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, mostly as a contributor on special teams.
The 24-year-old athlete told WINK Sports he hasn’t played a baseball game in
MICHAEL FRAZIER
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida guard Michael Fra- zier II made it official Friday: He's leaving school early and entering the NBA draft.
Frazier thanked coaches, teammates and fans on his Twitter page and added that he has signed with agent Matt Ramker of ASM Sports.
Frazier says he "will never forget my time in Gainesville and look forward to returning each summer to complete my degree." Frazier is expected to go through the draft process without considering a return to Florida.
A two-year starter and one of the top 3-point shooters in the Southeastern Conference, Frazier was second on the team in scoring this season. He averaged 12.1 points and made 57 of 150 shots (38 per- cent) from behind the arc. He also averaged 4.1 rebounds and shot 87 percent from the free throw line.
Saints' Brian Dixon Arrested In Miami
BRIAN DIXON
New Orleans Saints corner- back Brian Dixon was ar- rested in Miami early Sunday morning.
Dixon, 24, was charged with resisting an officer with- out violence to his person. He was released on $1,000 bail.
The Saints declined com- ment, but said NFL security is looking into the incident.
Dixon was pulled over for traffic violations while riding a motor scooter at 11:30 p.m., according to the police report. He was traveling down the center of the road between the northbound and southbound lanes and swerved in front of a car, causing it to stop abruptly.
Officers then said he be- came "belligerent" and "antag- onistic," saying, "You're seriously going to give me a ticket for that? I'm making a U-turn!" and later saying, "You're just doing this because I'm a black man with dreads and I look like a criminal. I'm not a criminal!"
Dixon also received two traffic citations for operating between lane/vehicle and driv- ing on wrong side/lane of roadway.
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BRANDON MAGEE
about three or four years, but he wants to see if he can cut
it.
The Red Sox picked
Magee in the 23rd round in 2012. He signed with Boston and attended spring training in 2014.
“Football is a whole dif- ferent type of game,” he said, “When I’m on the football field, I’m a lot meaner, a lot more aggressive. You got to be macho.”
He said his technique for baseball is different. “If you go out there and hit macho man you’re not going to do very good, so I got to get that out of my system when I get up to bat.”
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Fan- tasy camp met Major League Baseball camp Saturday, as for the second consecutive year, Seattle Seahawks quar- terback Russell Wilson fol- lowed up a Super Bowl appearance with a one-day workout with the Texas Rangers.
"It's an honor to be here," Wilson said. "Growing up as a kid, I always had a dream of playing two sports, so I'm thankful for this opportunity to play with these big leaguers and to take ground balls with them.
"The first sport I ever played as a kid was baseball, so it's been important to me my entire life."
Wilson took infield prac- tice and turned double plays with the other second base- men much like he did a year ago. What was different this year, however, was Wilson took batting practice and
Seahawks QB Russell Wil- son spent the day at Rangers camp for the second straight year.
even homered once.
"I was able to stay back on
one and drive it to left-center field," Wilson said. "There's something special about throwing a touchdown be- cause it's so hard to throw touchdowns but hitting a home run is a good feeling, too."
Entering NBA Draft
Buccaneers Bolster Defense
Hernandez's Fiancee Testifies At Trial
A day after signing line- backer Bruce Carter, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers con- tinued to add to their de- fense.
The team agreed to con- tract terms with defensive tackle Henry Melton, who, like Carter, played for the Dallas Cowboys last season, and former Chicago Bears safety Chris Conte on Thursday morning.
Conte's arrival likely sig- nals the team will part ways with Dashon Goldson. He wasn't a natural fit in the Tampa 2 defense and was scheduled to cost $8 million against this year's salary cap. Releasing Goldson will free up $4 million in cap room.
Conte dealt with concus- sion problems in Chicago last year. But he has history with coach Lovie Smith from their days together with the Bears. Conte has eight inter- ceptions over the past three seasons.
Melton also has deep ties to Smith; he spent four sea- sons with Smith and the Bears before moving to Dal- las last year. Melton is a strong interior pass-rusher. He had five sacks last season and a career-high seven sacks
Henry Melton is leaving the Cowboys to rejoin for- mer coach Lovie Smith with the Buccaneers.
in 2011. He was a Pro Bowler in 2012.
Melton likely will be a rotational player behind Gerald McCoy and Clin- ton McDonald.
The Cowboys elected to pass on Melton's $9 million option, which made him a free agent for the second time in as many years.
After being limited to just three games in 2013 with the Bears because of a torn ACL, Melton played in every game but started only three. He finished second on the de- fense with five sacks to go with 17 quarterback pres- sures, but he was credited with just 20 tackles by the coaches.
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez and his fiancee traded expres- sionless glances Friday as she took the witness stand to tes- tify in his murder trial.
Shayanna Jenkins was called by prosecutors after being granted immunity, which means she was ordered to testify by the court or face time behind bars.
Jenkins, Hernandez's
high school sweetheart and the mother of his 2-year-old daughter, appeared to be a re- luctant and careful witness, pausing for long periods be- fore answering and saying she couldn't remember details of the time surrounding the June 17, 2013, killing of Odin Lloyd, who was dating her younger sister. Lloyd's bul- let-riddled body was found in an industrial park near the home Hernandez and Jenkins shared.
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to killing Lloyd. The former tight end is being held without bail.
Some of what Jenkins said could hurt Hernandez, in- cluding that minutes after she dropped him off at a police station to be questioned about Lloyd's death, he di- rected her to give money to one of his co-defendants.
"He told me to meet up
Shayanna Jenkins, Aaron Hernandez's fiancee, is sworn in before she testifies during his murder trial Fri- day.
with Bo and give him money," Jenkins said, refer- ring to Ernest Wallace.
Wallace and a third man, Carlos Ortiz, have pleaded not guilty in the killing and will be tried later.
Jenkins also told the jury that Hernandez was drunk in the hours before the slay- ing of Lloyd.
Hernandez, 25, watched Jenkins intently during her testimony, which lasted much of the day. She returned Mon- day to continue testifying. She previously pleaded not guilty to perjury in connec- tion with the case. Prosecu- tors say she lied to a grand jury investigating the killing.
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