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Family, Friends, Teammates Mourn Taylor

Pedro Taylor stood outside his Miami-Dade County home and spoke of the person who killed his son, Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor. "I think one day he'll come to grips with himself and say, 'You know what, it was senseless' and he'll turn himself in," said Taylor's father, the Florida City police chief. Family, friends, teammates and the football community across the country mourned the loss of Taylor, the 24-year-old who died early Tuesday of a gunshot wound from an apparent intruder. "He will truly be missed by all of us," Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell said at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va. "I'll hold him close to our hearts. It's just a tough situation right now, and ..." Campbell's voice drifted off, and his eyes welled. He could say no more. Read more by JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer

Redskins' Taylor Dies Day After Shooting

Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died early Tuesday, a day after the Pro Bowl player was shot at home by what police say was an intruder. He was 24. Family friend Richard Sharpstein said Taylor's father told him the news around 5:30 a.m. "His father called and said he was with Christ and he cried and thanked me," said Sharpstein, Taylor's former lawyer. "It's a tremendously sad and unnecessary event. He was a wonderful, humble, talented young man, and had a huge life in front of him. Obviously God had other plans." Taylor died at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he had been airlifted after the shooting early Monday, Sharpstein said. Read more by MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press Writer

Redskins safety Sean Taylor shot in Florida, in critical condition

Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor was in critical condition Monday after he was shot during what police are investigating as a possible armed robbery at his home. The 24-year-old player was in the intensive care unit following several hours of surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital, said family friend Richard Sharpstein, his former lawyer. Taylor lost a "significant" amount of blood because the bullet damaged his femoral artery, and doctors are worried about blood flow to the brain, added Sharpstein, who was at the hospital with the player's family and friends. Read more

Vick to Spend Thanksgiving in Va. Jail

The Northern Neck Regional Jail doesn't have the comforts of Michael Vick's Georgia mansion, but at least the disgraced quarterback will get to enjoy a hot turkey dinner this Thanksgiving. And, perhaps, a non-contact visit with a loved one. Vick unexpectedly turned himself in Monday and will be housed at the jail until his sentencing on a federal dogfighting charge in three weeks. He faces up to five years in prison. Jail officials wouldn't discuss their new celebrity inmate, but a peek inside the facility provided a glimpse of what life for the Atlanta Falcons quarterback will be like in the coming days. And it's not exactly festive. Read more, by KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press Writer

Michael Vick Starts Prison Sentence Early

Hoping to convince a judge that his contrition is real, Michael Vick checked himself into jail on Monday - three weeks before he is to be sentenced for his infamous dogfighting operation.The suspended Falcons quarterback turned himself into the U.S. Marshal's Service in Richmond, even though his sentencing in federal court is scheduled for Dec. 10. Earlier this year, Vick was the face of the Falcons' franchise and one of the NFL's most exciting players. Today, he is sitting behind bars and awaiting sentencing at the Northern Neck Regional Jail, a 460-bed facility about 55 miles northeast of Richmond. The jail has a contract with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to hold federal inmates awaiting sentencing. Read More by Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

USA NFL Game Played in London! What's Next?

As an die hard NFL fan, doing that Sunday ritual of all NFL fans? Watching the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants game. Not really paying attention to which field they are playing on, I did noticed that field looked dirty and not of what the Dolphins pristine field looks like or the Giants well groomed field at the start of a game.  I login to my NFL online to see where the game was being played and to my surprise it was "Wembley, England". As a writer and advocate for stopping the outsource of America's jobs, I had to research to see what the triggering effects of such an event would do on the revenue, these two city's lost because the NFL took this game outside of the United States. Considering that this would have been a home game for one of these two teams, the triggering effects of this event revenue lost for these two cities and jobs for that Sunday game. A Miami Dolphins home game generates an average estimated revenue of $145,000,000 for the stadium seating alone. Another $1,500,000 for vendor's products such as food and souvenirs. Another $1,300,000 for parking and shuttle service to and from the stadium. Then you have the local business in and around the Miami-Dade area that generate revenue from a home game, that lost big with a game being played in London on Sunday. Our NFL teams shouldn't be playing outside of the United States. If London or any other country wants to pursue starting a Foot Ball league and then schedule playing against our teams I am all for it, but for our NFL franchise to take revenue away from the citizens of The United States to play in London is appalling and fans of the NFL should not support such action. When fans support these action, we support taking revenue away from the American people, and corporate America has taken enough revenue from the American people as it is by outsourcing jobs to third world countries where they pay pennies on the dollar to have product manufacture. Fans must demand a stop to this idea before it starts, or all the NFL game will be played outside of the US. Remember the owners of these teams lose nothing. It's the fans and the teams home playing field that loses.