COLTS WILL GIVE LUCK DAYS OFF BUT NO LIMITS
INDIANAPOLIS» Colts general manager Chris Ballard says quarterback Andrew Luck will take some extra days off during camp but will have no limitations when he’s on the field.
Luck is trying to return from a partially torn labrum in his throwing shoulder, which required surgery in January 2017.
After missing all of last season, Luck resumed throwing in public during the team’s mandatory threeday minicamp last month. Since then, Ballard says Luck has continued to progress.
The plan calls for Luck to throw at least four days per week, following his regular season routine. Luck and his teammates report to camp Wednesday.
Bears QB Trubisky takes break from social media.
ILL.» Mitchell BOURBONNAIS,
Trubisky is tired of it all.
The Chicago Bears quarterback has no use for the critics. And when it comes to social media, he’s taking a breather, too.
All Trubisky wants is to start training camp and see just how far the Bears can go in his second season after finishing last in the NFC North the past four years.
They came into their first practice Friday believing they are in a better position after a busy offseason. Whether they deliver largely hinges on the guy behind center.
“I’m tired of all the doubts, all the comparisons,” Trubisky said. “I don’t really pay attention to that. I’m tired of waiting. I’m just excited camp is here and we’ll see what we can do for Year 2. So all of that stuff, I can’t control none of that. All I can do is control my attitude and my effort and go out there and play the game the way I know how.”
Man pleads guilty in crash that killed Colts player.
INDIANAPOLIS» Guatemalan man living illegally in the U.S. pleaded guilty Friday to driving drunk in a crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver.
Manuel OrregoSavala, 37, pleaded guilty to two counts of operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .15 or more, causing death.
OrregoSavala had a BAC of 0.19 percent, or more than twice Indiana’s legal limit of .08 percent, when his truck crashed into Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe, 54, of Avon and Jackson, 26, as they stood outside Monroe’s car on the shoulder of Interstate 70.
OrregoSavala is due to be sentenced Sept. 14 and faces a possible maximum sentence of 16 years in prison and a possible fine of up to $20,000.
Under a plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop two counts of failing to remain at the scene .
Jaguars DE Fowler suspended 1 game for fight.
FLA.» JacksoJACKSONVILLE, nville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler has been suspended without pay for the season opener against the New York Giants for attacking a man in a parking lot a year ago.
Fowler was arrested last July after confronting a man who made a comment about his driving in a parking lot. Authorities say Fowler exchanged words with the man before hitting him. Police say the man’s glasses were knocked off and Fowler stepped on them before taking a grocery bag from the man and tossing it in a lake.
Fowler pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of battery, criminal mischief and petty theft. He was sentenced in March to a year of probation and 75 hours of community service.