MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Darrion Scott was charged Tuesday with assault and accused of holding a plastic dry cleaning bag over the head of his 2-year-old son.
Scott was charged in Hennepin County Court with third-degree assault and domestic assault by strangulation, both felonies. He also was charged with endangerment of a child — a gross misdemeanor — for allegedly keeping a loaded, unsecured handgun in his unlocked nightstand, where a 2-year-old could have easy access to it.
According to the complaint, the boy’s mother said she went to Scott’s home April 26 to pick the boy up when she heard the boy crying and found him with a dry cleaning bag over his head and Scott holding the bag tight around the boy’s neck. Scott said he was playing with the child and wanted to see if the boy could get the bag off his head himself.
• The Chicago Bears released strong safety Adam Archuleta, ending a brief and disappointing tenure with the team.
• Washington Redskins receiver Antwaan Randle El had knee surgery and is expected to recover in time for training camp.
• Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry will be released from court-ordered electronic monitoring and house arrest so he can try out for another NFL team.
• The New York Jets re-signed cornerback Hank Poteat to a one-year deal.
Trainer to test Eight Belles for steroids
STANTON, Del. — The trainer of Eight Belles is certain the filly was never on steroids, and has ordered tests to prove it.
Larry Jones said he wanted to dispel any suggestion the Kentucky Derby runner-up was on performance-enhancing drugs. Eight Belles was euthanized after breaking both front ankles Saturday, a quarter-mile after the finish at Churchill Downs.
“I guarantee there were no steroids ever on the horse,” Jones said.
• The Kentucky Derby on NBC attracted a 8.8 national rating and a 21 share — the same ratings as last year when Queen Elizabeth II attended.
Footnotes.
Former Montana State basketball player Branden Miller was sentenced to 120 years in prison in the 2006 shooting death of suspected drug dealer Jason Wright. District Judge Mike Salvagni sentenced Miller to 100 years in prison for deliberate homicide, 10 years for the use of a weapon and 10 years for tampering with evidence. Miller also was sentenced to five years for a bar assault that occurred six days before the murder. The sentences are to run consecutively.
• Sam Aubrey, who played on a national championship team in 1946 and succeeded Henry Iba as Oklahoma State’s basketball coach, died Monday in Stillwater, Okla. He was 85.
• The New York Red Bulls signed defender Andrew Boyens and placed midfielder Michael Palacio on the season-ending injury list.
• Rookie Jaime Camara, who was injured in a crash during Indianapolis 500 practice Monday, was cleared to drive.
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