Sports Desk
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FOOTBALL
LIONS’ ROGERS OUT FOR SEASON
Detroit wide receiver Charles Rogers will miss the rest of the season after breaking his collarbone for the second straight season.
The no. 2 pick in the 2003 draft was injured going for a pass Sunday in the first quarter of a 20-16 victory over the Chicago Bears. X-rays revealed a fracture near the one he got last year during a bye week practice.
Rogers will have surgery later this week or early next week and will be placed on injured reserve, coach Steve Mariucci said yesterday. He played only the first five games of his rookie season because of the injury, catching 22 passes.
GIANTS COMPLAIN AFTER BEING FINED
Three Giants have filed complaints with the NFL Players Association for being fined by coach Tom Coughlin for not being “early enough” to team meetings.
Linebackers Carlos Emmons and Barrett Green and cornerback Terry Cousin were fined $500 apiece for arriving only a couple of minutes early for a recent meeting, NFLPA spokesman Carl Francis said yesterday. Unless resolved, Francis said the complaints would eventually become a grievance that would be reviewed by an arbitrator.
BUCS’ GALLOWAY INJURED AGAIN
Tampa Bay wide receiver Joey Galloway will miss four to six weeks after aggravating a groin injury.
Coach Jon Gruden said the oft-injured 10th-year pro, obtained in an offseason trade from the Dallas Cowboys, has a tear in his left groin that is more serious than the Bucs anticipated. Galloway missed most of the preseason with a sore groin and aggravated the injury in the first half of Sunday’s 16-10 loss to the Redskins.
RATTAY HAS SEPARATED SHOULDER
49ers Starting QB Tim Rattay has a separated right shoulder and Ken Dorsey, the former University of Miami star and a seventh-round draft pick in 2003, will start in New Orleans on Sunday unless Rattay’s injury heals much more quickly than expected.
– Associated Press