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Rams Owner Frontiere Dies

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The Associated Press

Published: January 19, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Georgia Frontiere, the St. Louis native who became a hometown hero when she brought the Rams from Los Angeles in 1995, died Friday. She was 80.

Frontiere had been hospitalized for breast cancer for several months, the Rams said in a statement posted on their Web site.

"Our mom was dedicated to being more than the owner of a football team," daughter Lucia Rodriguez and son Chip Rosenbloom said in the statement.

"She loved the Rams' players, coaches and staff. The warmth and generosity she exuded will never be forgotten."

The one-time nightclub singer was married seven times, starting at age 15. Her sixth husband, Carroll Rosenbloom, owned the Los Angeles Rams at the time of his drowning death in 1979.

Ravens Settle On Harbaugh As Coach

OWINGS MILLS, Md. - John Harbaugh was hired Friday as coach of the Baltimore Ravens, who hope their second choice proves to be a first-rate success.

Harbaugh spent this season as Philadelphia's secondary coach after making a name for himself working with special teams. He has never been a head coach, but has coaching in his genes - his father, Jack, is former head coach at Western Kentucky and his brother, Jim, is head coach at Stanford and a former quarterback with the Ravens.

The 45-year-old Harbaugh, who received a four-year contract, will be introduced as the third coach in Ravens history at a news conference today. His salary wasn't released, but most first-year NFL head coaches get slightly more than $2 million a season.

Harbaugh replaces Brian Billick, who was fired Dec. 31 after a nine-year run. The Ravens were 5-11 this season after going 13-3 in 2006.

Ex-Steelers Lineman Holmes Dies In Crash

DALLAS - Ernie Holmes, who won two Super Bowls as an anchor of Pittsburgh's famed "Steel Curtain" defense in the 1970s, died in a car crash. He was 59.

Holmes was driving alone Thursday night when his car left the road and rolled several times near Lumberton, about 80 miles from Houston, a Texas Department of Public Safety dispatcher said Friday.

The former defensive lineman was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the department said.

Holmes, an ordained minister, lived on a ranch in Wiergate.

BRONCOS: Tight end Daniel Graham won't be charged after his arrest in Centennial, Colo., on suspicion of harassment against his former girlfriend.

DOLPHINS: Hired Mike Maser as offensive line coach, the first assistant hired by new coach Tony Sparano. Maser was out of football in 2007 but has 34 years of coaching experience, including 12 as an offensive line coach in the NFL. He worked for the Carolina Panthers in 2003-06, and with Sparano when they were assistants in Jacksonville in 2002.

JETS: Bill Callahan, fired as coach at Nebraska after last season, was hired Friday as assistant head coach/offense.

SEAHAWKS: If Coach Mike Holmgren decides to retire, his heir apparent will still be in Seattle. Assistant head coach and defensive backs coach Jim Mora withdrew his name from consideration for the Redskins' coaching vacancy to remain with the Seahawks.

STEROIDS: Former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield pleaded guilty in San Francisco to lying to investigators in the BALCO steroids case, making him the first football player charged in the long-running federal investigation.

Stubblefield, a three-time Pro Bowl player who testified before the BALCO grand jury in November 2003, was charged with making false statements to federal agents about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The charges, unsealed in federal court, allege Stubblefield made false statements to an IRS agent when he said he had not used steroids linked to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative and denied receiving performance enhancers from BALCO founder Victor Conte.

The 37-year-old Stubblefield appeared in court to enter his plea to the false statements charge. The plea deal calls for him to spend zero to six months in prison.

SUPER BOWL: Mike Carey will become the first black referee in Super Bowl history. Carey, in his 18th year as an official, was notified by the NFL office this week he had the assignment for the Feb. 3 game.

LEGAL: Former Bengals fullback Pete Johnson has been accused of writing a bad check for $13,300 to buy a pickup truck, authorities in Urbana, Ohio, said.

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