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NFL players battle with injuries
Rice tackles rehabilitation not opponents
The Associated Press
Sticking to their go-slow approach with Jerry Rice, the San Francisco 49ers have ruled out any playing time for the star receiver in Sunday's exhibition game against Miami.
"All I envision is Jerry Rice being introduced to our home crowd against the Jets and seeing him catch some special pass plays," 49ers coach Steve Mariucci said Wednesday. "I don't think about him catching a pass against the Dolphins."
The decision all but ensures that Rice, coming off two major injuries to his left knee, will not make his return until the Sept. 6 regular-season opener against the New York Jets.
Rice tore ligaments and damaged cartilage last year in San Francisco's season-opening loss at Tampa Bay. He went through an intense rehabilitation and made a dramatic return Dec. 15 against the Broncos but fractured his left kneecap when he fell on the surgically reconstructed joint after catching a touchdown pass.
Bryce Paup, slowed by a groin injury in the star linebacker's first season with Jacksonville, is expected to see limited action Saturday in the Jaguars' exhibition game at Kansas City.
Jaguars
"This is about the worst case scenario you could have," Paup said. "You get brought in to a new team, and they expect a lot out of you. You try to learn the defense, you try to come in and do your part and you can't. It's really frustrating."
Paup, 30, joined the Jaguars as a free agent in February, signing a long-term contract reportedly worth about $22 million.
Miami offensive tackle Richmond Webb, safety Brock Marion and receiver Yatil Green resumed workouts for the first time in more than a week.
Dolphins
Webb, the team's ironman with 110 consecutive regular-season starts, missed the first two exhibition games after undergoing surgery to remove loose particles in his right elbow.
Green, the Dolphins' first-round draft pick last season, underwent surgery Aug. 2 to repair damaged cartilage in his right knee. Marion sprained his right ankle in the exhibition opener against Washington.
Cowboys Dallas lost more than a game in Mexico City.
The Cowboys reported to the NFL that a burglar stole cash.
cell phones and other items from their locker room at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City during their 21-3 loss to New England on Monday night.
Items were stolen from "a handful of players," Leslie Hammond of the NFL said Wednesday. "It looks like it was a few thousand dollars, including cash and credit cards and some electronics."
Hammond said NFL security is reviewing the case before referring it to local Mexican authorities.
Giants
Although medically cleared to play against the New York Jets last night, receiver Ike Hilliard still has some unexplained tingling sensations in his lower back.
Hilliard, who missed most of his rookie season because of a neck injury, participated in a walkthrough workout Wednesday morning as the Giants broke camp at the University at Albany.
Concern about the tingling caused Hilliard to leave practice
Monday afternoon. He went to New York City on Tuesday and had an MRI exam, with team doctors giving him the OK to play.
Oilers
"It's been happening here and there," Hilliard said of the tingling, "but I'm all right."
Tennessee cornerback Samari Rolle, sidelined by a bruised spine that left his left side temporarily numb, passed another set of tests Wednesday.
"He had a repeat of everything he had immediately after the injury, and everything is fine," coach Jeff Fisher said. "The doctors are hopeful that perhaps by the end of the week he'll be able to begin some activity, some running. They were encouraged."
Packers
Rolle, the Oilers' second-round draft pick from Florida State, collided with receiver Derrick Mason last week in practice.
Backup offensive tackle John Michels will miss the season because of a knee injury, striking another blow to Green Bay's depleted offensive line.
Michels, the Packers' 1996 firstround draft choice, tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in a pass-blocking drill Tuesday, leaving 12-year pro Bruce Wilkerson and Matt Willig to battle for a roster spot.
Surgeries, contract dispute weaken Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. --- The Green Bay Packers are in a world of hurt.
The Associated Press
Dorsely Levens hasn't even shown up yet. Robert Brooks is recuperating from back surgery, and tackle John Michels is the sixth backup to need season-ending surgery.
The two-time defending NFC champs have played poorly in two of three exhibitions, with Brett Favre completing just 11 passes, only one to his favorite target, Antonio Freeman.
Plus, they have committed 31 penalties, way out of character for a Mike Holmgren-coached team.
"We had 13 holding penalties in three games. That might be a world's record that will stand forever," Holmgren said. "I should phone Guinness on that and see where we are. I don't get that one."
Against Oakland last week, the only pass rush was provided by blitzing strong safety LeRoy Butler, and the thin secondary was picked apart.
The offense has company in its misery. The defense has looked lost.
The last two seasons, the Packers' defense was solidified by July, but now it is revamping the line and its defensive backfield.
we're trying to get three new starters ready at
different spots, and we're not anywhere near where we need to be," said Fritz Shurmur, defensive coordinator.
Those new starters are
Those new starters are second-year pro Darren Sharper at free safety for Eugene Robinson, rookie Vonnie Holliday at right defensive end for Gabe Wilkins and veteran George Koonce to strongside linebacker for Seth Joyner.
"All those things have prevented us from being what I hoped we'd be at this point," Shurmur said. "We need to get those things squared away."
"Last year, we jumped in there with the same guys with one change from the Super Bowl team (Wilkins for Sean Jones), and it went pretty smooth," Shurmur said. "This year, it's more difficult because we're working more guys in."
Injuries also have slowed progress.
Joyner missed so much time that his roster spot is in jeopardy. When Koonce sat out of drills this
Joyner and weakside linebacker Brian Williams have missed significant time with knee injuries, as well as defensive end Vaughn Booker, who is supposed to fill in as a relief player for Holiday and Reggie White, who is battling a bad back.
week with a sore ankle, he was replaced not by Jogger but by Lamont Hollingquest.
"He's not one of the three best linebackers right now," Shurmur said.
Michels was the third-best tackle when he was injured
The team's 1996 first-round draft choice was having an outstanding camp until tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament in a pass-blocking drill with Holliday on Tuesday, leaving 12-year pro Bruce Wilkerson and castoff Matt Willig to battle for a roster spot.
"No, we don't feel very secure at all," general manager Ron Wolf said Wednesday. "But the good thing is we have two guys that have started in the NFL at that position in Willig and Wilkerson. Somebody's got to step up and win that now."
As it is, the Packers are facing the possibility of starting the season without its best runner in Levens and its most reliable receiver in Brooks.
Brooks had back surgery to repair a bulging disk two weeks ago, and Levens is holding out for a $5 million annual salary. Wolf said there was no progress to report in the standoff.
Also, free agent Raymont Harris isn't fully recovered from offseason foot surgery, and the leading backup receivers, Derrick Mayes and Bill Schroeder, have 26 career matches between them.
Anti-drug plan high priority for Olympics
The Associated Press
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Calling drugs the biggest threat to the Olympics since the political boycotts of the 1980s, Australian officials are offering a series of proposals to slow down the use of performance-enhancers.
Kicking drug-ridden sports out of the Olympics, imposing financial penalties on drug cheats and setting up a special International Olympic Committee anti-doping agency were among the Australian recommendations.
The proposals were being submitted to the IOC executive board, which convened an emergency meeting Thursday to address the spiraling drug problem and prepare for a worldwide doping summit in January.
Both meetings were called by IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch after a summer of doping scandals rocked the Tour de France, track and field, swimming and other sports.
Samaranch fueled controversy
himself by stating, in a Spanish newspaper interview, that the list of banned drugs should be slashed and only substances that are hazardous to an athlete's health should be prohibited.
Samaranch's comments, which appeared to favor a relaxation in the anti-drug fight, stunned the Olympic world and put him in conflict with some of his top aides.
Prince Alexandre de Merode, who as chairman of the IOC medical commission has led the anti-doping campaign for 31 years, said he was aghast at Samaranch's remarks.
"People who want to reduce the (banned) list are the people who want to let doping continue," de Merode told the French newspaper Le Fisiero.
The doping issue is particularly prominent in Australia, which will stage the next Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
"This is the most serious crossroads we have faced since the political boycotts of the 1970s and 1980s," said Kevin Gosper, Australia's IOC executive board member.
Gosper said he was presenting a 10-point plan for the summit, including encouraging government law enforcement agencies to prosecute drug producers and traffickers and putting pressure on drug manufacturers to help control the spread of steroids and other performance-enhancers.
Gopher also proposed that athletes caught using banned drugs should face financial sanctions, including fines and loss of prize money and sponsorships and suggested that any sports federations that don't comply with the IOC's anti-doping policies could be suspended from future Olympics.
Five years ago, the IOC brokered an agreement committing all Olympic sports federations to unify their anti-doping rules, procedures and sanctions — or risk the possibility of being kicked out of the games. But the accord has achieved only limited success, and the IOC has backed off its threat of expulsion.
Gosper proposed that the IOC should consider creating its own
"This is the most serious crossroads we have faced since the political boycotts of the 1970s and 1980s."
Kevan Gosper Australia's IOC board member
permanent agency to coordinate the fight against drugs for all Olympic sports.
At present, the IOC is directly responsible for drug testing only during the Olympic Games, with sports federations controlling the testing and sanctions the rest of the time.
But Gosper said the proposed IOC agency could handle out-of-competition drug testing for a select number of elite athletes, while leaving the rest of the doping controls to the federations.
"My idea is that the IOC has sufficient experience and credibility to assume this role," Gosper said.
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