PRO FOOTBALL: Call him T-Owe
Terrell Owens should set aside part of his $3 million roster bonus from Dallas to pay back his old teamt. An arbitrator ruled in favor of the Eagles last week on a grievance that was filed by the NFL players’ union on Owens’ behalf in 2005. The union disputed the Eagles’ effort to recover $1.725 million of the $2.3 million signing bonus Owens received when he signed a seven-year, $48.97 million deal in 2004.
Owens was kicked off the team seven games into the 2005 season for a series of infractions, including repeated criticism of QB Donovan McNabb and lashing out against management. He was suspended four games without pay and the team withheld his final five paychecks, totaling $955,880. That means Owens still owes the Eagles $769,120.
* Dave Campo rejoined the Cowboys’ coaching staff yesterday, returning to his roots as the secondary coach. Campo was Dallas’ head coach for three seasons starting in 2000 . . . The Cowboys landed a 13th player on the Pro Bowl roster when linebacker Greg Ellis was selected to replace Chicago’s Lance Briggs.
COLLEGE: Rutgers to expand stadium
Rutgers yesterday approved spending $102 million to expand its football stadium by 14,000 seats in a move that university leaders hope will further improve Rutgers’ national profile. The plan will boost the stadium’s seating capacity to 56,000 and be completed by fall 2009.
BASEBALL: Hall of Fame game nixed
Nearly 70 years after the tradition began, the Baseball Hall of Fame Game will end after this year’s contest between the Cubs and Padres on June 16 in Cooperstown. Officials at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum said Major League Baseball decided keeping the game was too difficult because of the complexities of the major league schedule and “all its inherent challenges.”
NBA: Garnett, Allen sidelined
The Celtics were without starters Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen for last night’s game in Miami. Garnett has a strained abdominal muscle, keeping him sidelined for the second straight game. Allen missed the game because of the flu, coach Doc Rivers said.
* Chris Webber will join the Warriors tomorrow night after signing a contract . . . San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich has decided to sit Tony Parker indefinitely, against the point guard’s wishes, because of a bone spur in the star’s left heel.
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