News - Domenik Hixon
A hearing regarding gun possession charges against New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was postponed Tuesday until June 15. Burress's attorney Benjamin Brafman said he was working with prosecutors on a plea agreement that would allow Burress to play in the NFL this coming season. Burress, 31, was charged with two felony counts of illegal gun possession related to a November incident at a New York night club in which he accidentally shot himself in the leg.
Minnesota won its first division title in eight years Sunday on Ryan Longwell's 51-yard field goal as time expired in a 20-19 victory over the New York Giants. The Vikings (10-6) won five of their last six games of the season to win the NFC North. Adrian Peterson rushed 21 times for 103 yards and a touchdown in his 10th 100-yard game this season.
Brandon Jacobs' two-yard TD run in overtime Sunday night gave the New York Giants a 34-28 win over Carolina and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Jacobs finished with 87 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 24 carries and Derrick Ward rushed for a career-high 215 yards on 15 carries for the Giants (12-3), who earned a first-round bye. Eli Manning was 17-of-27 passing for 181 yards and one TD.
Kevin Everett voluntarily moved his arms and legs on Tuesday when partially awakened, prompting a neurosurgeon to say the Buffalo Bills' tight end would walk again - contrary to the grim prognosis given a day before.
Kevin Everett sustained a "catastrophic" and life-threatening spinal-cord injury while trying to make a tackle during the Buffalo Bills' season opener and is unlikely to walk again, the surgeon who operated on him said Monday.
