Johnson, Chiefs still in talks
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Larry Johnson remained a member of the Kansas City Chiefs late Friday afternoon, but no one could say how much longer that might be the case.
Johnson’s agent, Peter Schaffer, said there had been no progress in discussions with the team over the future of the suspended running back.
Shortly after the Chiefs suspended their troubled running back Wednesday for two weeks, Schaffer said he had spoken with the players’ union and would appeal.
Johnson, a two-time Pro Bowler, used a gay slur on his Twitter account on Sunday night and also questioned his coach’s ability. He repeated the slur to reporters the next day. Schaffer said the two-week suspension, which would include one game check, would cost his client more than $600,000.
Ryan upset by Browns fans protest
BEREA, Ohio — Browns defensive coordinator Rob Ryan isn’t happy about a protest some fans are planning for the Monday night game Nov. 16 against Baltimore.
Mike Randall and Tony Schafer, longtime season ticket holders and fixtures in Cleveland’s famous Dawg Pound, want fans to protest the team’s sorry play by staying away from their seats for the opening kickoff of the nationally televised game.
That upsets Ryan. He says Cleveland is “a town that’s tough and that loves football” and that he hopes fans instead will encourage the team to “fight harder.”
The Browns are 1-6 this year.
Goodell to testify
WASHINGTON — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is returning to Capitol Hill next week, this time to testify about the case of two professional football players whose suspensions for violating the league’s anti-doping policy were blocked by the courts.
Goodell and DeMaurice Smith, head of the NFL players union, are among the witnesses scheduled before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee next Tuesday, according to a witness list obtained by The Associated Press Friday.
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