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COLLEGE PARK, GA – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Former Georgia Tech star, Nick Rogers, who was an NFL linebacker from 2002-05, died in a car crash early Monday morning.

Nick Rogers, 2002 file photo The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The newspaper reports that Rogers, 30, was killed in a single-vehicle wreck in College Park about 1:30 a.m. Monday morning. According to the Fulton County medical examiner, Rogers’ vehicle left the road and struck a power pole.

Rogers was a former star defender at Georgia Tech and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played with Minnesota during the 2002 and 2003 seasons before splitting 2004 with the Packers and Colts. His last season in the NFL was in 2005, when he played with the Miami Dolphins.

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Is Rush Limbaugh too controversial for the NFL? The NFL and many civil right advocates  including Al Sharpton believe he is. Rush is an outspoken talk show host, a provocateur, who speaks his mind which in turn tends to polarize many people.

Rev Al Sharpton wants NFL to Block Rush Limbaugh's ownership bid.

Limbaugh announced last week that he was partnering with St. Louis Blues hockey team owner Dave Checketts with the intent to buy the Rams. Due to a confidentiality agreement with Goldman Sachs, Limbaugh would not share any other details.

Civil rights leader, Rev. Al Sharpton. is trying to block Limbaugh’s bid to buy the St. Louis Rams.

Sharpton sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell requesting a meeting to discuss Limbaugh’s plans to purchase the franchise.

“Rush Limbaugh has been divisive and anti-NFL on several occasions with comments about NFL Players including Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb and his recent statement that the NFL was beginning to look like a fight between the Crips and the Bloods was disturbing,” Sharpton states in his letter.

In the same letter, Sharpton praised DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, for asking that the league’s executive committee “seek to unify not divide.”

There has been no word from Commissioner Goodell regarding Sharpton’s request.

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FoxNews reports that ex NFL quarterback Steve McNair and a woman were found dead Saturday in a Nashville condominium in an apparent double homicide. McNair was 36 years old.

A public information officer with the Nashville police, Don Aaron, confirmed the death. No further information has been released.

Titans owner Bud Adams also confirmed the quarterback’s death in a brief statement released Saturday.

Adams called him “one of the finest players to play for our organization and one of the most beloved players by our fans. He played with unquestioned heart and leadership and led us to places that we had never reached, including our only Super Bowl.”

McNair played 11 seasons in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans franchise and then spent two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens.

He was a three-time Pro Bowler and was the Co-AP NFL MVP in 2003.

McNair played in the “Music City Miracle” game in 1999, when his Titans stunned the Buffalo Bills with a kickoff return touchdown in the final seconds in their AFC Wild Card playoff game.

McNair led the Titans to the Super Bowl that season, where they lost to the Rams. With the Titans driving for a potential game-tying score in the fourth quarter, McNair completed a pass to Kevin Dyson in the closing moments but Dyson was stopped at the 1-yard line.