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"We rejoice in the extraordinary life he was privileged to live, and we feel grateful and blessed to have been loved by such an amazing human being," his family said in the statement. "We ask that our privacy be respected at this difficult time and we thank you for your prayers."
In a statement released by NBC News, his family said Gifford died suddenly at his Connecticut home of natural causes Sunday morning. His wife,NFL Jerseys Cheap, Kathie Lee Gifford,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, is a host for NBC's "Today."
"It's a sad day," Tomsula said during an emotional news conference. "This is a day that doesn't have anything to do about football."
Smith was arrested Thursday night — on a day off from training camp for players — the fifth legal run-in since the team drafted him in 2011. Tomsula spoke to a couple of players but had a team meeting Friday afternoon.
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Santa Clara police arrested Smith, and accused him of drunken driving, hit and run and vandalism.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Aldon Smith received second chance after second chance with the San Francisco 49ers. They finally had enough following his fifth run-in with the law.
The Niners parted ways with the troubled linebacker Friday, only three days after general manager Trent Baalke expressed his desire to keep Smith beyond this season,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, which would have been a contract year. Instead Friday,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Baalke and coach Jim Tomsula met with Smith at team headquarters after he left jail to inform him he was no longer part of the team.
NEW YORK (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, who led the New York Giants to a league championship in 1956 and later teamed with Howard Cosell and Don Meredith in the "Monday Night Football" booth, died Sunday. He was 84. |
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