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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...

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...

Report Says Marquis Cooper, Missing Boater, 'May Be Alive'

The "missing boaters" story, involving two NFL players, Corey Smith and Marquis Cooper, as well as their friends, Nick Schuyler and Will Bleakley, has dominated all media reports this morning.Earlier today, Schuyler (pictured right) was rescued after he was found clinging to the boat that the four men took out to the...