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Raiders' Justin Fargas: Pigeon on Field Was Spirit of Marquis Cooper

During Sunday's Eagles-Raiders game, a pigeon went onto the field, stopped briefly near where the Raiders were lining up for a kickoff, and then flew downfield in the same direction as the Raiders' coverage unit. It made for a funny viral video, but one Oakland player, Justin Fargas, thinks it was much more: he thinks the...

Nick Schuyler Recounts His Survival Tale: 'I Still Ask, Why Me?'

Six months after a boating accident took the lives of NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and former South Florida player Will Bleakley, the lone survivor has spoken out on the harrowing ordeal of being stranded in the ocean and watching his friends die. Nick Schuyler, who played with Bleakley at South Florida and...

Investigation Links Boat Accident With Improper Anchoring

TAMPA, Fla. -- An agency investigating a deadly boating accident involving two NFL players and their friends in the Gulf of Mexico has concluded it was caused when the vessel was improperly anchored and the boat capsized after one of them tried to throttle forward to pry loose the anchor.The Florida Fish and Wildlife...

Report: Schuyler Says Cooper, Smith Left Life Jackets, Drifted Out to Sea

Just minutes after the U.S. Coast Guard announced it would be suspending the search for three missing men -- including NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith -- in the Gulf of Mexico, the lone survivor, Nick Schuyler has allegedly told investigators a bizarre story about what occurred, according to the St. Petersburg...

Search for Missing Players Suspended

The worst-case scenario in the search for three men lost while on a fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico has happened. The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for NFL players Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith and former University of South Florida football player Will Bleakley. Earlier, the Coast Guard had set a deadline of...