RIP Steve McNair :(

[Preds]

Some sad news out of Nashville today. I'm guessing murder/suicide and judging from his past character, I doubt it was him doing the shooting. Very sad. McNair was a warrior on the field and I had huge respect for him as a player.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n5133159.shtml
Former NFL Quarterback McNair Killed In Tennessee

Former Tennessee Titans Quarterback Steve McNair, Woman Found Shot And Killed In Nashville

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(AP) Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair has been shot and killed.

Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron confirmed that police were called to a residence and found McNair and a woman shot to death inside. Aaron said authorities don't yet know the circumstances of the shooting.

"I don't have any answers for you now as to what's happened, who's responsible," he said.

Aaron said police have tentatively identified the woman but did not release her name.

McNair played 13 seasons in the NFL and led the Titans within a yard of forcing overtime in the 2000 Super Bowl. The former third overall draft pick also played for the Baltimore Ravens before retiring after the 2007 season.

"He was one of the finest players to play for our organization and one of the most beloved players by our fans," Titans owner Bud Adams said in a statement. "He played with unquestioned heart and leadership and led us to places that we had never reached, including our only Super Bowl."

[Royal Hawaiian Opihi]

very sad indeed. don't know anything about his past character, though...

[Preds]

By all reports McNair was a classy stand-up guy on and off the field. Him firing would not be in-character IMO.

Some reports are calling it a double homicide, others murder-suicide, though not saying you shot who. We'll have to let the detectives figure it out. Regardless, it's a sad story on a guy who earned a lot of respect on and off the field and had a very good NFL career.

[Preds]

Well, early reports make it appear McNair wasn't a shooter. According to this report McNair was shot multiple times, while the girl was shot once in the head... but the story gets murkier with the next article I'll post in a minute.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-sahel-kazemi/
Female Victim Identified As Sahel Kazemi

Posted by Aaron Wilson on July 4, 2009 10:30 PM
In the wake of former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair's death from multiple gunshot wounds at a downtown Nashville condominium, police have now

confirmed the female victim's identity.


According to the Tennessean, the woman's name is Sahel Kazemi.
She's the 20-year-old woman who was charged two days ago with DUI and refusal to take a Breathalyzer.


CNN has reported that the woman killed was McNair's girlfriend.


Meanwhile, law enforcement officials have stated that McNair was shot multiple times while Kazemi died of a single gunshot wound to the head.

A police spokesman said that the medical examiner will be performing autopsies Sunday.

[Preds]

Now this story leads to the possibility of double homicide... and maybe not such a clean past for McNair.

http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/20..._mcnairs_death
Details shed new light on McNair death

Woman in restaurant may have told former Titan he would be a target

Email | Print By Ken Whitehouse




07-04-2009 7:37 PM —

While the news that Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair has died has Nashville in a state of shock, NashvillePost.com has gathered new information that sheds a different light on his untimely death.

McNair, 36, and an unnamed woman, were found dead Saturday in downtown Nashville.

The pair died of apparent gunshots wounds and were found in a condominium at 2nd and Lea Avenues in Rutledge Hill. The woman, sources say, was approximately 20 years of age.

While Metro Police has reported that details are sketchy, NashvillePost.com sources say that at approximately 2 a.m. Saturday morning, McNair was celebrating the holidays at the Blue Moon Restaurant near the John C. Tune Airport.

According to the same NashvillePost.com sources, a white woman in her early 20s, around 5-foot-4, approached McNair at the restaurant and accused him of slipping her a “roofie” a year ago.

The woman then told McNair, according to sources, that her boyfriend was going to kill him.

Roofie is a slang term for Rohypnol, a sedative dating back to the early 1970s that is used in hospitals for deep sedation, but is now a fairly infamous date-rape drug.

Multiple sources have confirmed that this information has been shared with the Metro Police Department. Metro Police has yet to identify the dead woman, but is it unknown if the woman at the restaurant is the same woman found in the condo.

Nashville Post.com will update this story as more information comes available.

[Amish]

Mike's BACK!!!!

[Royal Hawaiian Opihi]

I read a story today that said he had bought a car in both his name & the name of the dead woman two weeks ago... hmmmm....

[Preds]

Originally Posted by Amish

Mike's BACK!!!!

Ha! Honestly, I've looked at Frenzy and SACD and feel completely LOST! I don't know any of the rookies and the player movement in the NFL is all news to me (aside from TO coming to Buffalo).

At times I miss things, but then I look at how distant I've become from the current happenings and just how far behind I'd be, and say nope, forget it, FF retirement is just fine!

I'm not planning any FF this year (though one of my local leaguemates will be very distressed to hear that)!

[Amish]

Originally Posted by Preds

Ha! Honestly, I've looked at Frenzy and SACD and feel completely LOST! I don't know any of the rookies and the player movement in the NFL is all news to me (aside from TO coming to Buffalo).

At times I miss things, but then I look at how distant I've become from the current happenings and just how far behind I'd be, and say nope, forget it, FF retirement is just fine!

I'm not planning any FF this year (though one of my local leaguemates will be very distressed to hear that)!

Quit Kidding yourself

You're welcome back anytime~!