NFL News

Albert Haynesworth has been charged with Assault

RESTON, Va. Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth has been formally charged with misdemeanor assault stemming from what police say was an alleged road-rage encounter in which he threw a punch at a fellow motorist in a Washington, D.C., suburb.

Fairfax County police say the 29-year-old Haynesworth and his attorney appeared at a police station Saturday morning. Haynesworth signed a summons warrant charging him with assault and left.

He’s scheduled to appear in court on March 31.

The encounter that led to the charge occurred on Feb. 2. Police said a 38-year-old man told investigators he was assaulted by the driver of a pickup truck who was tailgating him. The driver was later identified as Haynesworth.

Simple assault is punishable in Virginia by not more than a year in jail and a fine of $2,500 or less. There is no better person to sue than Albert Haynesworth the most disliked player of the Washington Redskins. If it goes to trial the guy who got hit will get paid. Haynesworth was suspended last season and barely played all year.

NFC and AFC Championship games today

There is nothing in Hip Hop going on today as big as the NFL Playoffs. Everybody in America will be watching the games. Wiz Khalifa is supposed to be doing the opening entertainment before the Pittsburgh Game. Should be better than the Black eyed peas for the Superbowl entertainment, you know they are gonna suck.

NFL Playoffs Schedule: Game Times

The NFC Championship Game The Greenbay Packers and the Chicago Bears kicks off at 3 on FOX

Las Vegas odds Packers -3

The New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers will play the 2011 AFC Championship Game at 6:30 EST  on CBS.

Las Vegas odds Pittsburgh -3.5

NFL News Glen Coffee arrested for having a concealed weapon

When former San Francisco 49ers running back Glen Coffee retired from the NFL this summer at the age of 23, he said it was because God told him to leave football and enter the ministry. He didn’t mention whether or not he was supposed to accept his higher calling while carrying an automatic pistol.

Coffee was arrested in Florida on Friday morning for carrying a concealed firearm. Police found the weapon cocked in his center console during a traffic stop.

The former NFL player had been pulled over for speeding in his 2008 Cadillac and was soon discovered to be driving a car without insurance or registration. When police searched the car before it was to be towed, they found the loaded weapon.

Police arrested Coffee and charged him with a third-degree felony, which is punishable in Florida by up to five years in jail. The arrest came in Coffee’s hometown of Ft. Walton Beach.

In his rookie season with the 49ers, Coffee ran the ball 83 times for 226 yards and one touchdown. He was a third-round pick out of Alabama.

Snoop Dogg Runs into Donovan Mcnabb in Vegas

Ex NFL QB Randall Cunningham’s two-year-old son dies in a Hot Tub Accident

Terrible news for former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham and his family Cunningham’s two-year-old son Christian drowned Tuesday afternoon in a hot tub in the back yard of Cunningham’s Nevada home. Las Vegas Police Lieutenant Dennis Flynn has been quoted as saying that it was an accident. According to initial reports, Cunningham was not at home Tuesday afternoon when the child was found, and that an unnamed woman tried to resuscitate the child after finding him at about 4:30 p.m. She called 911 at 4:45, and the child was taken to St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena campus, where he passed away.

Cunningham, 47, is an ordained minister in Las Vegas. According to a family friend who talked with ABC News, about 100 people came to the Cunningham home when the news broke to sing, pray, and grieve with the family. Cunningham is the pastor of a church he founded called Remnant Ministries. He has performed baptisms in that same hot tub, according to reports.

“We were there for support,” said a church member, who asked not to be identified by name. “It’s about being a church family and supporting the family … “I just can’t imagine going through a tragedy like this without having a church family there for you,”

The family friend also described Christian Cunningham to an ABC News reporter.

“He was always active and running around, smiling and giving everybody hugs and jumping on their laps. He was so full of life. He was not only the Cunningham child, he was also the church’s child. He trusted everybody.”

Police spokespeople have told news sources that there is an open investigation into the child’s death, though no foul play or neglect is assumed. It appears to be a horrible, random accident.

More friends and family will gather at Cunningham’s church today to show support.

Cunningham, who passed for 29,979 yards and 207 touchdowns in his 16-year NFL career from 1985 to 2001, made four Pro Bowls and is considered the prototype of the modern mobile quarterback. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys, and Baltimore Ravens. He took his son onto the field last year (pictured above) when he was inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame at a halftime ceremony.

Cunningham and his wife, Felicity, have three other children: Randall II, Vashti and Grace.

NFL Draft Round 1 Official Picks

1 Rams Sam Bradford QB

2 Lions Ndamukong Suh DT

3 Buccaneers Gerald McCoy DT

4 Redskins Trent Williams OT

5 Chiefs Eric Berry SS

6 Seahawks Russell Okung OT

7 Browns Joe Haden CB

8 Raiders Rolando McClain LB

9 Bills C.J. Spiller RB

10 Jaguars Tyson Alualu DE

11 49ers Anthony Davis OT

12 Chargers Ryan Mathews RB

13 Eagles Brandon Graham DE

14 Seahawks Earl Thomas SS

15 Giants Jason Pierre-Paul DE

16 Titans Derrick Morgan DE

17 49ers Mike Iupati OG

18 Steelers Maurkice Pouncey C

19 Falcons Sean Weatherspoon LB

20 Texans Kareem Jackson CB

21 Bengals Jermaine Gresham TE

22 Broncos Demaryius Thomas WR

23 Packers Bryan Bulaga OT

24 Cowboys Dez Bryant WR

25 Broncos Tim Tebow QB

26 Cardinals Dan Williams DT

27 Patriots Devin McCourty CB

28 Dolphins Jared Odrick DT

29 Jets Kyle Wilson CB

30 Lions Jahvid Best RB

31 Colts Jerry Hughes DE

32 Saints Patrick Robinson CB

Hip Hop NFL News: Brandon Marshall traded to the Miami Dolphins

We all know that the NFL is bigger than all of Hip Hop combined and me being a huge fan I see fit to report on it when something big happens. Early this morning, it was announced by several different NFL insiders that the Denver Broncos had traded disgruntled receiver Brandon Marshall to the Dolphins for a second-round picks in 2010 and 2011. Marshall, unhappy with his contract, finally signed his first-round restricted free agent tender yesterday, which made the trade possible.

Marshall and the Dolphins reached agreement Wednesday on a four-year, $47.5 million contract extension that includes $24 million in guaranteed money, according to ESPN. That would make him the highest-paid receiver in NFL history.

The Dolphins have had? the 43rd overall pick in the second round this year. The Seattle Seahawks, who had been most interested in Marshall and had hosted the receiver on a recent visit, traded their 40th overall position in the second round for Chargers third-stringer Charlie Whitehurst in March, and thus may have been aced out of the deal with the acquisition of a guy who has never thrown a regular-season NFL pass. Hope that works out for you, Seahawks!

Marshall has far more experience. In each of the last three seasons, he’s caught at least 100 passes for at least 1,100 yards. Against the Colts on December 13, he caught an NFL-record 21 passes for 200 yards and 2 touchdowns in a game the Broncos lost by 12 points. He is an undeniable talent who is also an undeniable pain in the butt. He’s got a fairly long list of legal issues, and he’s warred openly with Denver head coach Josh McDaniels, which is an absolute way to get traded out of Denver in a hurry. But what he could bring to the Dolphins, who have rebuilt their team absent a real elite receiver, makes the deal worthy and very intriguing.

Now, Marshall will have to earn his big contract on the field under the eye of one Bill Parcells. If he can do that, the AFC East just became an even more interesting place — the division of Randy Moss, Santonio Holmes, and Marshall himself.