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Published on Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Associated Press
Coventry and Kent State product James Harrison plans to pass on another trip to the White House with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Harrison, the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, says he'll skip the Super Bowl champions' visit to the White House to meet President Barack Obama on Thursday, just as he did when the Steelers were honored by President George W. Bush in June 2006. Harrison said he doesn't believe the invitation is all that special, saying if the Steelers hadn't beaten the Cardinals 27-23 with a last-minute rally, Arizona would have been invited. The Steelers had no comment about Harrison's remarks. Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, an Obama supporter, has been nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to Ireland.
More NFL: Bills player due in court
• Buffalo Bills defensive back Donte Whitner says he has videotaped evidence showing he did nothing wrong April 11 during an altercation with police outside a Cleveland nightclub. He said charges against him could be dropped today, when he is to appear in Cleveland Municipal Court.
• The Baltimore Ravens signed free agent Kelley Washington to a one-year contract to bolster their receiving corps. A six-year NFL veteran who spent the past two seasons with the New England Patriots, Washington was a third-round draft pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2003.
• Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson is taking an indefinite leave of absence while he continues treatment for cancer. Johnson, 67, was diagnosed with melanoma in 2001.
• The Minnesota Vikings signed free-agent fullback Nehemiah Broughton, a seventh-round draft pick of the Washington Redskins in 2005.
• The Arizona Cardinals have signed rookie free agent wide receiver Edward Gant. Gant played at North Alabama, where he caught 45 passes for 865 yards and 14 touchdowns in two seasons.
Tennis: Sharapova is back with a win
• Maria Sharapova played her first tour singles match in nearly 10 months Monday, beating Tathiana Garbin of Italy 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3 in the first round of the Warsaw Open in Poland. The Russian hadn't played a singles match on tour since July 30. In other action, Marta Domachowska of Poland beat Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan, 6-2, 6-1; Anne Keothavong of Britain eliminated Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States, 6-2, 7-6 (4); and Jie Zheng of China beat Olga Govortsova of Belarus, 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-3.
• Aravane Rezai of France, ranked No. 95 in the world, beat second-seeded Sybille Bammer of Austria 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the second round in the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.
• Third-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania rallied to beat Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the Austrian Open. The 32nd-ranked Hanescu will next play Marcel Granollers of Spain, who defeated Teimuraz Gabahsvili of Russia 7-6 (11), 6-3.
Other: Bodybuilders flee drug tests
• The Belgian bodybuilding championship has been canceled after doping officials showed up in Brussels and all the competitors fled. A doping official says bodybuilders just grabbed their gear and ran off when he came into the room.
• Despite concerns about swine flu, volleyball's governing body, FIVB, said the women's junior world championship will be played July 16-25 in the Mexican border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali.
• Two-time U.S. champions Rena Inoue and John Baldwin have switched coaches and are now training with former world silver medalists Jenni Meno and Todd Sand. Inoue and Baldwin had worked with Phillip Mills for two seasons.
• Drexel women's basketball player Nicole Hester has won the Honda Inspiration Award after she beat cancer and helped lead the team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance.
Associated Press
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Akron, Oh
Posted 10:32 AM, 05/19/2009
Who cares if Harrison doesn't go to Washington!
He's sending plenty from his NFL salary there because he's too dumb to hire a tax attorney. That's a better substitution anyhow.
Hudson, Oh
Posted 01:28 PM, 05/19/2009
Well, he isn't getting paid the big bucks for his brains.....
Akron, OH
Posted 01:40 PM, 05/19/2009
I wouldn't go either.
Akron, OH
Posted 06:00 PM, 05/19/2009
Harrison is not very bright as noted by his reason for refusal. I would love to meet the president. Any president for that matter. It would be something to pass along to my future grandchildren someday! He should just accept that the invite was given because it is a tradition. I think he is overthinking the situation. oh well.
Canton, OH
Posted 06:33 PM, 05/19/2009
LOL !!! WHATTA MAROON. .Typical Coventry, KSU Grad. . .Just like Cribbs. .
FEAR THE ' ROO. . .
