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Brady Sheds Boot In New York

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The Associated Press

Published: January 23, 2008

Updated: 01/22/2008 11:55 pm

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Tom Brady walked in New York without the protective boot that he had worn on his right foot, increasing the likelihood that his injury was not serious.

The Web site, TMZ.com, posted a video Tuesday showing the Patriots star walking without the boot and without a noticeable limp through a group of photographers in New York and getting in a cab. The video, lasting 1 minute, 11 seconds, then briefly showed his girlfriend, Gisele Bundchen, leaving a residence.

Several Web sites had photos Monday - credited to infphoto.com - that showed Brady wearing a walking boot on his right foot. A video of Brady walking with a slight limp from an SUV to Bundchen's home was also available on TMZ.com.

Later Monday, other pictures showed him wearing black shoes - and no boot - when he showed up at a New York hotspot.

Brady, this season's NFL MVP, and the Patriots are headed to the Feb. 3 Super Bowl against the New York Giants.

"I'd have to be on a stretcher to miss this one," he said on his weekly radio spot Monday morning.

Brady has a high ankle sprain that is "mild," according to the Boston Herald. The Boston Globe characterized it as a "minor" high ankle sprain.

Patriots spokesman Stacey James said he had no information about the injury. Brady's agent, Donald Yee, did not return telephone calls or an e-mail seeking comment. Coach Bill Belichick was not available for comment Tuesday. He was not asked about Brady's physical condition during his news conference Monday.

Holmgren Will Return For One More Season

KIRKLAND, Wash. - Mike Holmgren will return for a final season as coach of the Seattle Seahawks - but only a final season.

The 59-year-old veteran of 16 seasons as an NFL head coach announced his decision to fulfill the final year of his contract, after spending the weekend with his wife at their offseason Arizona home.

Before Mike Holmgren decided to return for one - and only one - more season coaching the Seahawks, he signed a new pact.

Not with Seattle ... with his wife.

"She's making me fill out this little contract: 'Upon completion of your last game: The laundry; the garbage; the whole deal,'" Holmgren joked Tuesday when asked what he may feel like after he fulfills the final season of a two-year contract.

What if he really does want to keep coaching beyond a 17th season as a head man in the NFL? What if he wants to keep doing what he's done every football season since 1971, when he was a history teacher and assistant coach at Lincoln High School in San Francisco?

"I've made some promises," he said of Kathy, his wife of 37 years with whom he escaped last weekend to their vacation home in Arizona to contemplate retirement.

BRONCOS: Safety John Lynch was named to his ninth Pro Bowl on Tuesday, replacing the injured Bob Sanders of Indianapolis.

The former Buc joins teammate Champ Bailey on the AFC roster. Bailey and Lynch have both been selected to the Pro Bowl all four years they've played for Denver.

Lynch's nine career Pro Bowls ranks second among safeties in NFL history, trailing only Ken Houston's 10 nominations from 1970-79 with the Houston Oilers and Washington Redskins.

CHARGERS: Hall of Famer James Lofton was fired as wide receivers coach, as was running backs coach Matt Simon.

COWBOYS: Team owner Jerry Jones plans to pay Terrell Owens' $3 million roster bonus, which means the All-Pro wide receiver will be back for the final season of his three-year, $25 million contract.

Jones added that a contract extension for Owens is something he would consider "down the line."

DOLPHINS: Former NFL running back James Saxon has joined the Miami Dolphins as running backs coach. Saxon played for eight years in the league, including in 1992-94 for the Dolphins.

TITANS: Former Tennessee defensive tackle Rien Long was in critical condition after he crashed his sports car into a rock wall while driving onto an interstate.

Nashville police said Long, 26, was driving too fast down an on-ramp to Interstate 40 near downtown just before midnight Monday.

Long won the Outland Trophy and was an All-American as a junior at Washington State in 2002. The Titans drafted him in the fourth round in 2003, and he started five of 39 games through his first three seasons with 9 1/2 career sacks and 99 career tackles.

But he missed the 2006 season with a torn Achilles' tendon, then was placed on injured reserve for 2007 with a knee injury.

LEGAL: The wife of former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs is suing two doctors she accuses of letting her husband slip into a coma last October, just months after a new kidney donated by ex-teammate Everson Walls appeared to save his life.

The medical malpractice lawsuit filed Tuesday in state district court by Adriane Springs seeks unspecified damages and describes Springs as being non-responsive and incapacitated.

RATINGS RISE: The NFC title game drew a 29.0 national rating and 43 share on Fox. The New York Giants' 23-20 overtime win against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night attracted the highest rating for a conference championship since Green Bay-Carolina earned a 30.1/58 in 1997.

The undefeated New England Patriots' 21-12 win against the heavy underdog San Diego Chargers drew a 25.7/46 on CBS. That was up 2 percent from the early game last year, the Chicago-New Orleans NFC championship that attracted a 25.1/45.

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