PITTSBURGH, Feb.

Former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs has been hospitalized in a coma, more than seven months after receiving a kidney donated by ex-teammate Everson Walls.

Weeks before Everson Walls donated his kidney to a National Football League teammate and old friend, his doctor offered Walls, a former Dallas Cowboy, a way out.

WASHINGTON _ Weeks before Everson Walls donated his kidney to a National Football League teammate and old friend, his doctor offered Walls, a former Dallas Cowboy, a way out. But despite the stress and risk involved, Walls gave former Cowboy Ron Springs one of his two kidneys.

Eddie Robinson, the longtime Grambling coach whose tireless work in breaking down racial barriers transformed a small, black college into a football power that produced hundreds of NFL players, has died. He was 88.