D.A. REVIEWS VIDEO FROM FOSTER’S EX-GIRFRIEND
» The ex-girlfriend
SAN JOSE, CALIF. of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster has submitted a video to prosecutors to support her statement that she lied when she told authorities Foster had hit her.
But Santa Clara County prosecutor Jim Dermertzis said Monday that the district attorney’s office will continue to prosecute a domestic violence case against Foster even if his ex-girlfriend, Elissa Ennis, does not cooperate with the investigation.
Foster was present at Monday’s hearing where the video was discussed but did not speak.
Millen has rare ailment.
PA.» Former NFL ALLENTOWN, player and general manager Matt Millen says he is being treated for a rare disease that has robbed his heart of most of its normal function. The 60-year-old Millen told the Morning Call newspaper he has been diagnosed with amyloidosis, a life-threatening illness that may force him to seek a heart transplant. Millen has been receiving chemotherapy once a week to treat a condition that has left his heart functioning at just 30 percent. He plans to return to broadcasting this fall.
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Cleveland Browns have exercised the fifthyear option on defensive back Damarious Randall. Cleveland acquired Randall in a March trade with the Green Bay Packers . . . . The Pittsbugh Steelers released veteran safety J.J. Wilcox on Monday just days after selecting a pair of safeties in the NFL draft. The Steelers drafted Terrell Edmunds out of Virginia Tech and Penn State’s Marcus Allen . . . . The Minnesota Vikings have re-signed cornerback Terence Newman, bringing the NFL’s oldest active defensive player back for a 16th season that will begin five days after he turns 40.