The source told the Morning News that Irvin wanted McIver's silence because Irvin faces up to 20 years in prison if he is found to have violated terms of his four-year probation. Irvin pleaded no contest to felony cocaine possession in 1996. Irvin reportedly attacked McIver with scissors in a dispute over a haircut in a dormitory at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, where the Cowboys train. McIver needed stitches to repair a two-inch cut on the right side of his neck. The Morning News also suggested that Irvin may have violated the NFL's violent-crime policy, instituted in March, which covers incidents involving the use or threat of physical violence to a person and the use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime.
Giants enjoy life on grass.
No, we're talking about the real stuff, like cows and sheep eat. The Jersey Giants played last weekend for the first time in Jimmy Hoffa Stadium with natural turf under their cleats. No word on the length of the experiment.