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Jacksonville Jaguars safety Donovin Darius was fined $75,000 by the NFL yesterday for his hit across the neck of Green Bay's Robert Ferguson during Sunday's game that left the wide receiver temporarily paralyzed.
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Terrell Owens was fined $35,000 by the NFL on Monday for spitting in the face of Atlanta's D'Angelo Hall during Saturday night's Cowboys-Falcons game.
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ASHBURN, Va., Dec. 10  - Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis and safety Sean Taylor were fined $5,000 by the National Football League for wearing red socks in Sunday's game, a violation of the league's uniform rules.
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Running back Jamal Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens was suspended for two games without pay by the league for violating its substance-abuse policy, one day
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Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis is suspended for two games by the NFL but will be available to face the Redskins Sunday.
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New York Knicks forward Renaldo Balkman was suspended for one game by the National Basketball Association on Wednesday for a flagrant foul in a 120-109 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers the night before.
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Torrie Cox of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers  was suspended for four games on Tuesday for violating the NFL&#39;s  substance-abuse policy.
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NEW YORK -- Linebacker Joey Porter of the Pittsburgh Steelers and running back William Green of the Cleveland Browns were fined $10,000 each by the NFL on Tuesday for their fight before Sunday&#39;s game.
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Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis was suspended for two games by the NFL for violating the league's substance abuse policy. The decision, issued late Friday afternoon by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, came one day after Lewis pleaded guilty in Atlanta to using a cell phone to try to set up a drug transaction more than four years ago.
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Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Warren Sapp was fined $75,000 yesterday by the NFL for his confrontation with game officials that led to his ejection last Sunday. Sapp avoided a suspension, however.
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The NFL yesterday fined Vince Wilfork $15,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct in the Patriots' regular-season finale last Saturday against the Giants. The fine, the largest of the three Wilfork has been assessed this season, was levied because the nose tackle was deemed to have poked his finger inside the facemask of Giants running back Brandon Jacobs .
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A repentant Albert Haynesworth won't be charged with assault for bashing his cleat into the bare head of Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode . An unprecedented five-game suspension may not be the end of his punishment, however.
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The NHL has suspended Atlanta Thrashers player Ilya Kovalchuk for one game without pay for a hit from behind in a game against the New York Rangers on Tuesday.
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Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman, already banned for the first four games of the season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, was suspended Wednesday for the rest of the season following his arrest on a charge of drunken driving.
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A week ago, James Thrash was in the headlines as the culprit on an illegal motion penalty that cost the Washington Redskins a chance to win a game.
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NEW YORK (Dec. 21, 2004) -- Jacksonville Jaguars safety Donovin Darius has been fined $75,000 for unnecessary roughness last Sunday against Green Bay Packers wide receiver Robert Ferguson, the NFL announced.
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Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl safety Roy  Williams was suspended for one game for committing his third  horse-collar tackle of the season, the National Football League  said.