Case against 49ers’ linebacker dropped
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A court spokesman says an arrest warrant alleging that San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks hit a teammate with a beer bottle has been shelved at the request of the prosecutors.
Santa Clara County Superior Court spokesman Joe Macaluso says the county district attorney’s office made the request Friday, a day after a judge signed the warrant. A call to the district attorney was not immediately returned Wednesday.
A police application for the warrant says Brooks hit teammate Lamar Divens with the bottle three times and then punched him in the face during an argument on June 8.
The team says it is aware of the allegations, but won’t comment for now.
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Saints coach picks up bag for PGA pro: New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton is moonlighting this week as Ryan Palmer’s caddie at the Greenbrier Classic.
With the start of NFL training camp later this month, Payton said he was planning to spend a week relaxing at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. One thing led to another, and Payton ended up agreeing to help Palmer, who gave his regular PGA Tour caddie the week off.
“It’s pretty cool to hear the mindset of one of the great coaches in the game, Super Bowl winning coach,” Palmer said.
After two days of participating in practice rounds and pro-am events, Payton said Wednesday he realized “this isn’t a vacation.”
Payton and Palmer are good friends who met in Dallas. They see each other when Palmer plays in the Zurich Classic in Louisiana and they’ve played an occasional round together during the summers.
While Payton said he isn’t good at playing golf, he said he’s comfortable with figuring out yardage at the Greenbrier Classic, which starts Thursday.
Payton compares being a caddie to visualizing an NFL game through the eyes of a quarterback and said he’s taking the opportunity seriously.
“I know what game week feels like for me in the fall, and I know what it will feel like for him and what it does feel like for all these golfers,” Payton said.