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Cowboys: In a soulful ceremony brightened by song and football stories, about 1,500 family, friends, teammates and coaches filled a southern Dallas church Friday to remember Dallas Cowboys running back Ennis Haywood. At an altar adorned with flowers and football uniforms from Dallas Carter High School, Iowa State University and the Cowboys, several pastors, coaches and teammates celebrated the 23-year-old player with the illuminating smile and a bold sense of style that led him to wear a red pinstripe suit to his first Iowa State game. Tears streaming down her cheeks, Haywood's wife, Kristal, kissed her husband's face and brushed his cheek as she stood by his coffin, where he lay in a slate blue suit, his hand placed over a red and white football that bore his name. The player's mother, Carol Haywood -- who a coach said drove 12 hours in the night to attend every one of her son's home games at Iowa State -- kissed her son's forehead just before his coffin was closed with a covering draped in his Cowboys No. 46 jersey. Haywood, whose wife is expecting the couple's second child in a couple of weeks, died Sunday when his family removed him from life support. He was taken to the hospital the day before after he began vomiting in his sleep. An autopsy failed to reveal the cause of his death.
Rams: Four days after being cleared in a domestic abuse lawsuit, Marshall Faulk was relieved to return to the field for the St. Louis Rams' minicamp Friday. A jury in Clayton, Mo., deliberated less than two hours Monday before ruling in favor of Faulk and against his former girlfriend, Helen Dunne, the mother of three of Faulk's children. She claimed he had beaten her.The only no-show at the mandatory minicamp was offensive tackle Orlando Pace, who is unhappy about not having a new contract after being designated the team's franchise player in February. Wide receiver Torry Holt, who is entering the final year of the five-year, $10 million contract he signed as a rookie, is participating after rumors that he would skip the minicamp. It appears he and the team are close to signing a new deal that would rival that of fellow wide receiver Isaac Bruce, who's entering the fourth year of a seven-year, $42 million contract.
Seahawks: Seattle tight end Jerramy Stevens was charged with drunken driving Friday, six weeks after police found two half-empty champagne bottles on the floor of his vehicle during a traffic stop. Team officials confirmed that Stevens had accumulated six other driving offenses since last July, including several speeding violations. Before the Seahawks made him their first-round draft pick in 2002, Stevens promised to clean up his off-the-field troubles after a string of legal problems when he played at the University of Washington.
Giants: New York Giants coach Jim Fassel and wife Kitty have reunited with the son they gave away for adoption 34 years ago. The Fassels met their son, John Mathieson, on Wednesday at a hotel in Highlands Ranch, Colo. On April 5, 1969, they put up their 3-day-old boy for adoption, and kept his birth a secret to all but their immediate family. The Fassels, who were unmarried when John was born, were able to track down Mathieson thanks to a recent change in Colorado adoption law. They first spoke with him on Mother's Day, discovering that Mathieson was married with four daughters. The Fassels have four other grown children.