Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier spoke to the Orlando Sentinel in his first interview since being shot 14 times on Sept. 2. In a brief but telling conversation with Tania Ganguli, Collier talks about the fateful night, and finding out he was paralyzed from his sister.

Even though the Jaguars are in the midst of a disappointing season they can hang their hats on the fact that Collier is alive. According to Richard, his teammates come to visit often, head coach Jack Del Rio has brought him Popeye’s Chicken, and Jags owner Wayne Weaver stopped by.

Collier has been hospitalized since the shooting and relives the night that changed his life forever everyday.

From the Orlando Sentinel:

“I remember everything,” Collier said Monday afternoon in his first interview since he sustained 14 gunshot wounds following a night out on the town with Pettway on Sept. 2. “I just remember the whole incident. It plays back in my mind all the time. Try to come up with these scenarios, if I did this, if I did that.”

“It used to be hard for me to watch the Jags,” Collier said. “I remember sitting here in the hospital and just crying. Being around those guys, you have a bond with them. Without it you’re like man, it’s gone.”

“I’m just ready for a change of scenery,” Collier said. “Just ready to go out and enjoy life. I’ve been in the hospital stuck with needles all the time. … I’m just ready to get back to a normal life.”

Obviously Richard Collier’s life will never be the same, but in reading the entire story you’ll see he has the strength and will to keep pushing forward.

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In the meantime, somebody has recorded an ode to Burress and his problems over 50 Cent’s “In da Club” beat.

“You can find me in the club playing with a gun, yo I gotta miss a practice I’m picking up my son.” It’s not too often that somebody getting shot is funny but that line makes me laugh. I don’t know how this is gonna end but this has to be the longest, strangest year in Plaxico Burress’ life. Last February he was catching the game winning TD in the Super Bowl, now he could go to jail for shooting himself. At least Mike Vick’s prison football team now has a go to receiver.

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Manny Pacquiao is gearing up for his Saturday super fight with Oscar De La Hoya. Paraphrasing trainer Freddie Roach, Pacquiao is in great shape and is going to whoop Oscar’s ass.

The training and gaining weight have gone well for Manny but there’s another issue surrounding the fight that has him concerned.. Cheap people asking Manny to give them tickets for the fight. I’m not talking about folks with no money; these are actors, actresses, and politicians.

From the Cebu Daily News:

The running total for superstar Manny Pacquiao’s expenses for freeloaders who have asked him for tickets for his December 6 showdown with Oscar De la Hoya has now reached $640,000 or a staggering P32 million.

The figure was taken as of last Thursday, and it seems that can breach the $700,000 mark by fight night.

Pacquiao was visibly upset over the figure, which he and chief of staff Joe Ramos kept reviewing in the presence of this writer inside Pacquiao’s unit at the Palazzo, the upscale residence of Hollywood actors, actresses and celebrities.

Mo’ money mo’ problems. Manny’s expected to pull around $15 mil for the fight, but that doesn’t mean he should be shouldering the load for a bunch of jock sniffers. Especially with the state of the global economy. The financial crisis has the fight’s promoters downsizing their expectations for PPV buys from topping the 2.15 million buys for the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight, to 1.5 million. Don’t get it twisted. They’re still gonna make a boatload of money, just not as much as they thought they were four months ago.

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Good lawd that’s nasty. Andre’s teammates aren’t gonna let him forget that for a while. Neither will the fans in arenas across the league.. Too add insult to injury, Derrick Rose blocked Miller’s breakaway layup before he broke his ankles.

I hope NBA Commissioner David Stern doesn’t suspend Derrick Rose for beating up on Andre Miller. Although if he did, we would all understand.

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Former Wake Forest standout and NBA player Rodney Rogers was injured in a single ATV accident in North Carolina over the Thanksgiving holiday. Rogers, who played for seven NBA teams in his 12 year career, was riding the all-terrain vehicle on private property when the accident happened.

The extent of Rogers’ injuries aren’t clear but some folks in the Durham area are concerned enough to hold a benefit for Rodney.

From WRAL.com:

A horseback riding group, “Black Trail Riders,” said Sunday they are planning a benefit ride in a few weeks for Rogers.

Friends say his condition is uncertain and that he may have suffered some paralysis.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Rodney Rogers and his family. When I first broke into sports media I covered the Los Angeles Clippers for a local sports radio station. Rodney was always cool and went out of his way to make my job easier. Hopefully he pulls through this.

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I can’t believe Welker hopped up as quickly as he did. That’s a tough mofo. As for the hit, it was worth the 15 yards and the impending fine for Ryan Clark. The play didn’t jeopardize Pittsburgh’s lead and now Clark will be immortalized for putting down one of the most vicious hits in NFL history.

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If you made it to the 4:56 point, past Artest flossin’ his new MacBook, putting himself down, talking about being beast, his must have Hip-Hop CDs, Kanye’s new album, and his barking cellphone, you heard him say he’s grown up since the days of playing in Chicago and burning “it” down on the bench.

Oh really?

Ok…I’ll keep it 100. There’s no proof that Ron was smoking the ganja but when he starts talking about catching Will Smith shooting a “Welcome to Miami” video he has to be high.. Right?

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Floyd Mayweather jr. is known for making it rain money, punches, and put downs but the holiday season has the retired boxer sprinkling the less fortunate in a different way.

Mayweather made a deal with churches in his hometown of Grand Rapids to give Thanksgiving turkeys to those in need. The turkeys were given away through The Floyd Mayweather Foundation at a local grocery store but Mayweather wasn’t in the building.

From The Grand-Rapids Press MLive.com:

Mayweather’s foundation matched donations from a dozen churches in the area to provide the turkeys. It was the fourth-annual such giveaway in which Mayweather, the Grand Rapids-native boxing champ, has participated.

Mayweather is filming a reality TV show in Las Vegas and couldn’t make the giveaway, but foundation representatives said he was there in spirit.

Floyd’s doing a good deed and it’s too bad he couldn’t be there but there’s somehting I can’t figure out…

Why is Floyd rollin’ to the club in the Phantom and raining 30k on groupies, posers, and wannabes that can afford to go to the club but giving the less fortunate meat? If you asked any one of the people that showed up for the turkeys if they would’ve rather stood in a sweaty nightclub and had $100 bills thrown at them instead of waiting outside in the snow for a free turkey, you know they would say hell yeah.

Before you jump on me and say “What are you doing to help the needy?” I’ll tell you.. Nothing. If they wanna have a turkey dinner so damn bad they should start a blog. They’ll get all the 99 cents turkey pot pies they want.

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That was a pretty tight run back, but Ed Reed could’ve made it better if he had held out his arm and slapped the Eagles’ coaching staff on his way down the sideline. Three Stooges style. What difference does the guy under center make if Any Reid and Marty Mornhinweg are still calling the plays? Second and a snail’s ass and they make the young quarterback try to throw a ball in a phone booth against one of the league’s top defenses. That was brilliant.

Yanking Donovan McNabb at halftime all but finalizes 5’s career in Philadelphia. Even if Andy Reid lets him play out the season he’s gone next year. And Reid should be right behind him. The duo have given us Eagles fans some good times but it has run its course.

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For Air Jordans fans, this is a long await but its here, a full detailed look at the Air Jordan 11 - 12 Countdown Pack. Back from 2001 is the Air Jordan 11 (XI) Black/Red, and from 1996 is the Air Jordan 12 (XII) Taxi. Retail is $310, and releases 12/26/2008. Via Sneaker Files.

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