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Plaxico Burress Signs With Jets

Plaxico Burress Signs With Jets

Plaxico Burress will continue his N.F.L. career in New York after all — with the Jets. Burress, the talented but controversial receiver who has not played since shooting himself in the leg in November 2008, agreed in principle to a one-year contract, the team announced Sunday morning. The Jets outfoxed the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Giants — both of his former teams — to sign him.

 

Burress leaves NY prison for uncertain NFL career

Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress was released from prison on Monday after spending nearly two years behind bars on a gun charge and headed to Florida to be with his family as he contemplates his chances of playing again in the NFL....

 

2-Year Sentence for Plaxico Burress

2-Year Sentence for Plaxico Burress

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

 

City Room: Burress Expected to Plead Guilty in Weapons Case

City Room: Burress Expected to Plead Guilty in Weapons Case

The plea deal in the weapons case will send the former Giants receiver Plaxico Burress to prison for two years.

 

Grand jury indicts Burress on 3 weapons charges

New York City prosecutors say a grand jury has indicted former New York Giants Plaxico Burress on weapons charges. The grand jury did not indict his former teammate, Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce. Prosecutors say the indictment charges the 31-year-old Burress with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment.

The 31-year-old wide receiver shot himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub in November.

 

Agent: Plaxico wants to be traded from Giants

Agent: Plaxico wants to be traded from Giants

Plaxico Burress seemingly wants to leave the New York Giants.

 

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