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Unsportsmanlike antics draw hefty league fines

NEW YORK -- Tampa Bay right tackle Jeremy Trueblood has been fined US$25,000 by the NFL for unnecessary roughness, and Tennessee defensive tackle Tony Brown was fined $20,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct.

The NFL announced the fines Friday.

Trueblood levelled Carolina's Chris Gamble well after a play was over in the second quarter of the Buccaneers' 16-6 loss on Sunday. It's Trueblood's fourth infraction this season after previously being fined twice for unnecessary roughness and once for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Brown was fined for poking his fingers through the facemask of Indianapolis guard Kyle DeVan after a play Sunday late in the first half of the Colts' 27-17 victory. It was also Brown's fourth infraction this season.

 

Titans' Young day-to-day

 

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee quarterback Vince Young is questionable for Sunday's game against St. Louis after aggravating his sore right knee.

Young watched as Kerry Collins took all the first-team reps in Friday's practice. He was originally hurt in last weekend's 27-17 loss at Indianapolis, though tests on the knee came back fine. He tweaked the knee on Thursday.

"He didn't practice today," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said, adding that missing practice "will not have anything to do with whether or not he plays. He understands the game plan and got at least half of the preparation.

 

Falcons cope with arrest

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith says Jonathan Babineaux's arrest Thursday night for felony possession of marijuana will not affect his struggling team.

Babineaux, a fifth-year defensive tackle and arguably the Falcons' best pass rusher this season, has been charged with having 11/2 ounces of marijuana. He was arrested in a traffic stop on Interstate 85 Thursday evening.

Babineaux practised Friday, but refused interview requests after the one-hour workout. Smith declined to say whether Babineaux, whose five sacks lead the team, would play Sunday when the Falcons (6-6) host New Orleans (12-0).

 

-- The Associated Press

 

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 12, 2009 D9

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