Football Star Plaxico Burress Shot In Leg

Giants Receiver Injured In Apparently Accidental Shooting At NYC Nightclub

(AP)  Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress was accidentally shot in the right thigh and spent the night in the hospital, another dramatic turn in a tumultuous season in which the star New York Giants receiver has been fined and suspended.

The Giants said the shooting happened Friday night and he was released from the hospital early Saturday. The team did not say where the shooting took place, what hospital Burress went to or how badly he was injured. The Giants called this an "apparent accidental shooting."

"Our primary concern is for Plaxico's health and well-being, and given the circumstances, we are relieved to say he was released from a New York City hospital," the team said in a statement.

Burress was wounded in a nightclub, a team official told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the team was still trying to sort out all the facts. ESPN.com reported the shooting was at the Latin Quarter in midtown Manhattan.

The club is a sprawling 15,000-square-foot, two-story restaurant and club located in the Radisson Lexington Hotel. Katia Laine, a manager at the hotel, told the AP police officers had been to the club.

Phone messages and an e-mail left at the nightclub were not immediately returned.

The Giants said they have been in contact with the 31-year-old receiver since the shooting and have discussed the matter with NFL security.

"This incident could become a matter for law enforcement officials, and because of that we have no comment on any of the details," the team said.

New York City police said they have not spoken to Burress or recovered the gun used in the shooting.

Repeated phones calls to Burress' home and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, were not immediately returned.

Added NFL spokesman Joe Browne: "We are gathering information, just like everyone else."

Burress injured a hamstring two weeks ago against the Baltimore Ravens. The Giants said Friday he would not play Sunday in Washington.

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Burress was suspended for a game against Seattle on Oct. 5 and fined $117,500 for missing a team meeting and failing to notify the team of his absence. He said he had a family emergency.

He also was fined $45,000 by the NFL for his conduct during an Oct. 19 game against 49ers in which he abused an official and tossed a ball into the stands.

"Like I said, I am human," Burress said last month in discussing his runs-ins with the team. "I have made some mistakes. I haven't made the best of decisions, I am aware of that, and I am the first one to look myself in the mirror, be honest with myself, and say that."

"But as far as me going out and playing hard, I am going to keep going out and competing," he added. "Like I said, I just keep going out and doing what is asked of me on the football field, and in whatever that role may be I hope I go out and fulfill it."

While the team can find it tough handling Burress, he is clearly a playmaker who poses a threat to opponents.

Burress caught the winning pass in the Giants' Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots, capping a season in which he caught a career-high 12 touchdowns. He was belatedly rewarded, signing a five-year, $35 million contract hours before the season opened in September.

The signing came after an unsettling offseason during which Burress was fined $25,000 for refusing to practice during a mandatory minicamp in June. He also missed most of training camp at the University at Albany with a sprained ankle. He insisted the injury - not his contract - kept him off the field.

Despite a lack of practice, Burress started in the opener against Washington and caught 10 passes for 133 yards. The following week, he had five catches for 81 yards and a touchdown in a win over St. Louis.

The rest of the season has not been as productive. The most passes he has caught in any game since is four in a loss to Cleveland on Oct. 13, the game following his suspension.

Burress has 35 catches for 454 yards and four touchdowns in a season in which he has constantly drawn double coverage. His streak of receptions in 115 consecutive games ended last week in Arizona. He aggravated his hamstring injury during the first series and did not return.

It was the sixth-longest active streak in the league, dating to Nov. 26, 2000 against Cincinnati, Burress' rookie season in Pittsburgh.

Signed as a free agent in 2005, Burress had caught a pass in all 56 previous games in which he had played for the Giants.

[attheapex]

Soon as you show where Mr. Burress shot anyone...


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Posted by brianbwb at 06:08 PM : Nov 29, 2008
UH, himself, in the leg?

[ms38654ob]

The cops better charge him with multiple charges - possession of a firearm in the city, discharging a firearm in the city, possession of a firearm at alcohol serving establishment, reckless endangerment and probably a few others.

Why does this jerk have to carry a gun in public? Idiot. I hope he serves 5 years at least.

[pirmin3]

The dumb a$$ was probably practicing his quick draw. Another of waste of space.

[airboatboy1]

I''''m on a roll today!


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Posted by summarex at 08:38 AM : Nov 30, 2008

Yeah. Real impressive.

[runningralph]

The NFL would be more exciting without helmets. Ticket and TV ad revenue would increase greatly. I wouldn''t say that about lower level organizations, but pro football is all about money. More excitement= more money. Helmets turn players into masked giants. Making the players more human would draw more fans.

[summarex]

Now the time has come for the man to prove he is smarter than those around him by not saying a word to anyone but his lawyers and instructing all of his friends to speak only to their own lawyers.

Wouldn''t it be great if these New York City Police animals were unable to make a single arrest!

Onle an NYPD beheading video would be more fun.

I''m on a roll today!

[exfed4]

Michael Vick, Plaxico, Terrell Owens - all losers, go away and leave us alone.

[cg37102006]

So he shoots himself in his leg, on accident, at a nightclub. Hmmm. That sounds plausible and believable to me. Happens every day no doubt.......

[dewbug2]

what the hell kind of name is "plaxico" anyway?sounds like some kinda thing you''d use to fix a leak in the toilet...."hey,Bubba, hand me a couple pounds of that "plaxico" over there....this sucker''s got a hell of a leak!"

[troutfisher4]

what an idiot

[edward1975-2009]

To hurt to play, but just fine when it comes to hitting the clubs. Then the moron shoots himself. I wonder if he could pour **** out of a boot with the instuctions on the heel. Another fine example of a modern day pro athlete.

[mike18881]

hey madashell8, how many of you white folk even know how to use a gun. come live in my part of the world. we don''t care what color you you are we have each others back take your racist statments and stick it.

[brundage3]

Given thenumber of accidental injuries, crimes, and murder among NFL players in the last few years,,, the NFL had best pay THOROUGH and tough attention to player psychology, life style, behavior in geeral.

Even in the last 30 years, it seems the NFL has had more behavioral problems from serious down to minor than other professions seem to.

SERIOUS study of what this says about the league''s attitudes and even rules within games need to be realisticly studied so that the sport does not slowly fall inton disrepute.

Scott

[jowand]

Accidently shot in New York City with an illegal weapon....HHHMMMM

[jydavis1]

suicide attempt ?

[brianbwb-2009]

"Show me the last time you saw a White player shoot some one? What up wi dat?" Posted by madashell8

Soon as you show where Mr. Burress shot anyone...

[brianbwb-2009]

"...I wonder if this idiot can even wipe his own arse!!!" Posted by ApprxAm

What does your question have to do with the story? Perhaps you are interested in applying for that job yourself?

[brianbwb-2009]

"dammm rowdy, you have to be one of the ugliest people here, if you''''re human at all..." Posted by actornaught

Don''t sweat it, most of us know rowdy''s just frustrated because she wants some of the CGK (Chocolate Gate Keeper), also known as DRN (Dark Richard''s Nickname), but no one is buying her advertising.

Even the great and mighty Dolemite, who broke she-elephants, and tore off the leg of his uncle Sudden Death, told her to keep the applause-filled prune pastry to herself.

Ever notice how many of the most vocal anti-whatever activists, are busted practicing that which they condemn?

[KLHILL]

Show me the last time you saw a White player shoot some one? What up wi dat?

[apprxam]

I hear you "TheNasses10", but the Deadskins suck, too, though.

HEY, PLAX...THANKS 4 TAKING 1 For the TEAM!!! JACKASS!!!