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  • The NFL Or Oxford: You Choose!

    Posted by: current.com

    Myron Rolle swapped shoulder pads, hard hits and a professional US football contract for lectures, tutorials and quiet anonymity at Oxford University when he traded a spot in the National Football League draft last year for a Rhodes Scholarship.

    Rolle, 22, was a star defensive player at Florida State University, where he also won acclaim as a pre-medical student for research on stem cells and cancer cells.

    In the safety position, Rolle, who is 6ft 2in and weighs 15 stone 5lbs, specialised in taking players to the ground with punishing tackles at full speed, snagging opponents’ passes out of the air and running them back for touchdowns.

    A top prospect for the NFL, Rolle last year opted to defer entering the league’s amateur draft for a year and study for a master’s degree in medical anthropology at Oxford, all with an eye towards an eventual career in medicine.

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  • Clippers F Griffin could miss 6 weeks (AP)

    Blake Griffin's NBA debut has been pushed back indefinitely after the Los Angeles Clippers revealed late Monday night that their No. 1 overall draft pick has a broken left kneecap. The stress fracture could sideline the Oklahoma star for six weeks, the team announced, promising further information Tuesday.

  • Bucs trade DE Adams to Bears for pick (AP)

    The winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded underachieving defensive end Gaines Adams to the Chicago Bears for a second-round pick in the 2010 draft. The deal Friday night came four days before the NFL trade deadline. Adams was the fourth overall pick in the 2007 draft out of Clemson and had 13 1/2 sacks in two-plus seasons with the Bucs, failing to play up to expectations that he'd help revive a…

  • Dolphins QB Pennington out for season (AP)

    Chad Pennington's season officially ended with a trade that didn't involve him. The Miami Dolphins placed Pennington on the reserve-injured list to create a roster spot for quarterback Tyler Thigpen, who was acquired Tuesday from the Kansas City Chiefs for an undisclosed draft pick. Pennington hurt his right shoulder Sunday at San Diego, an injury that leaves his career in jeopardy.

  • Niners file tampering charges vs. Jets (AP)

    FILE - In this May 1, 2009, file photo, San Francisco 49ers first-round draft pick Michael Crabtree(notes), a wide receiver from Texas Tech, watches the NFL football team's minicamp in Santa Clara, Calif. Coach Mike Singletary all but acknowledged the 49ers have filed tampering charges against the New York Jets regarding Crabtree. When asked Monday, Sept. 21, if the teams had filed charges, Singletary said it's a situation "the league is going to handle internally." He didn't elaborate or provide any details on the matter.

    The 49ers have filed tampering charges against the New York Jets regarding top San Francisco draft pick Michael Crabtree, Jets coach Rex Ryan confirmed Monday. "My understanding is they filed charges with the league," Ryan said. "I'm saying my response is it's not true. I mean, it's not accurate.

  • Stafford wins Lions starting QB job (AP)

    Matthew Stafford won the Lions' quarterback derby. Daunte Culpepper didn't lose the job. That's what Detroit's new coach, Jim Schwartz, emphasized Monday when he made the No. 1 overall draft pick the starter for Sunday in New Orleans, when the Lions try to win for the first time in 21 months.