Archives for August 1, 2001

‘"I’m hoping I can use my celebrity to raise awareness about the issue of domestic violence," Cowart said.’

‘"A few stores sat back, still waiting for 10:30. And when they turned the system on at 10:30, there were no tickets left."’

‘"I scrambled around too much," Johnson said. "When you’re learning an offense, you should really stay in the pocket and get through the reads."’

‘Antoine Winfield, Travares Tillman, Jay Riemersma, Brandon Spoon, Jeremy McDaniel, Ken Irvin, Leif Larsen, Lance Brown, Sammy Morris, Josh Roth and Corey Moore all sat out Tuesday morning’s practice with various injuries. None are serious.’

"I feel I’m getting better and better at it," Johnson said. "Last night I scrambled around too much, guys weren’t open and when you’re learning a new offense you should really throw in the pocket and try to go through all your progressions. … come game time, when the scrambles are there and you’ve got to make plays, then you take them, but it practice you really have got to get through the reads."

‘The Buffalo Bills started their first day of hard-hitting, aggressive practice on Sunday. The vets are back in camp and the fans are out in full force (5,130 the first day, 6,738 the second day) to get a glimpse of the new team everyone is buzzing about.’

‘Tuesday morning, 11 players watched practice from the sidelines at St. John Fisher College outside of Rochester. They included cornerback Antoine Winfield, tight end Jay Riemersma and tailback Sammy Morris, all starters who are nursing hamstring pulls — the most common injury in camp.’