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UPDATE: The Coast Guard will reportedly end its search for three missing athletes off Florida's Gulf Coasta 'a cautionary tale for boating's roughest season.

"He had his priorities in order: faith, family, football and fishing," said Pastor Jeffery Singletary of Central Tampa Baptist Church.

First round pick Darrius Heyward-Bey said he is wearing No. 12 to honor a father figure, who recently died.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Friday, May 8th, 2009 at 10:36 am in Oakland Raiders .

THE NO. 34 jersey of late pitcher Nick Adenhart hangs alone in a locker at the far corner of the Los Angeles Angels clubhouse here at the Coliseum.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 at 11:43 pm in Oakland Raiders .

When Dallas Cowboys draft pick Victor Butler comes to San Antonio for training camp this summer, there will be plenty of familiar faces to greet him.

Funeral arrangements for former 93 BLX morning show host Ray Ray Russell have been released.

People across the Gulf Coast are morning the loss of a man they spent their mornings with for nearly a decade.

A Michigan woman whose son says she had remarked how dangerous water could be following a deadly boating accident involving two NFL players and their friends drowned while visiting Hawaii.

The capsizing of a 21-foot fishing boat which took the lives of three men, including two professional football players, would never have happened if they used a reef anchor.

Aunt Bereniece loved books. Your friend was her friend. She had a knack for sending a card precisely when it was needed most.

Okay, 12 teams left... * Arizona Diamondbacks - Phoenix sportscaster Bruce Cooper, father of Raiders LB Marquis Cooper, who died when his boat capsized off coast of Florida March 1. * Baltimore Orioles - VP Joe Biden.

A $2 million contract has been awarded to rebuild a drawbridge on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that was heavily damaged when barges collided with the span.

The Jay Cutler saga has been fairly quiet in Denver the past few days. A source close to the situation said that there hasn't been much communication between the two sides in recent days.

A man's cruise ended with a ride on a Coast Guard helicopter. The 63-year-old passenger started having chest pains Sunday aboard the Carnival cruise ship Fantasy about 270 miles south of Dauphin Island.

Beyond retaining their own players , the Oakland Raiders have not yet made any significant moves on the defensive side of the ball .

Brush fire in the Cape Naples overnight crime Associated Press - March 27, 2009 11:44 AM ET TAMPA, Fla.

Investigators with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are close to finalizing their report of the boating mishap in which two pro football players and a former University of South Florida athlete were lost at sea.

The Detroit Lions will retire the number 93 for the 2009 football season in memory of player Corey Smith, one of three men lost when their fishing boat capsized off the Florida Gulf Coast three weeks ago.