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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fans lined up outside a funeral home before work Thursday to pay their respects to ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair.
Inside the building, a closed silvery-gray casket sat next to a photograph of the former Tennessee Titans star.
A line formed around the corner and many mourners showed up wearing Tennessee Titans jerseys and T-shirts to pay their respects to a man they say was a leader of the team.
Former teammate Derrick Lewis said McNair "put the Titans on the map."
Lewis, wearing a jersey, said he and his family were devastated when they learned of McNair's death. Police have said McNair, 36, was shot four times July 4 by a girlfriend who then killed herself in a condo McNair shared with a friend.
"Myself and my family were completely shocked and some of us were crying because you almost feel like you are related," Lewis said.
Annetta Moore brought her grandson, Darrien James, 9, and granddaughter Olivia Cole, 11, to the funeral home and said she planned to take them to LP Field for another public memorial Thursday.
Moore said it wasn't uncommon to see McNair hanging out around town.
"I think he just blended right in with everybody," Moore said.
The Tennessee Titans have also opened LP Field to the public, where a video tribute to McNair is being shown and fans can write messages in a book for McNair's family.
McNair's wife, close friends and ex-teammates are expected at a memorial service Thursday night at Mount Zion Baptist Church where the family has attended since moving to Nashville in 1997.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
McNair killed by lover
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/2009/07/08/2009-07-08_steve_mcnair.html
"The police department has concluded that Steve McNair was murdered by Sahel Kazemi and that, in turn, Sahel Kazemi killed herself with a single gunshot wound to her head," said Nashville Police Chief Ronal Serpas. "The totality of the evidence clearly points to a murder-suicide."
Serpas said the findings were based on the appearance of the crime scene, evidence collected, autopsy findings and laboratory results. He said he broke the news to the widow of the former Tennessee Titan's quarterback, Mechelle, before going public.
"We believe now, at this time, that McNair was seated on the sofa and likely was asleep," Serpas said.
"And we believe that Kazemi shot him in the right temple, then shot him twice in the chest and then shot him a final time in the left temple."
The chief said Kazemi sat down on the sofa next to the 36-year-old McNair and shot herself once in the right temple.
All five shell casings littering the crime scene matched the weapon that Kazemi purchased on Thursday and was discovered beneath her slumped over body, Serpas said.
Gunshot residue was found on Kazemi's left hand. None was discovered on McNair's hands, bolstering the case's conclusions, said Serpas.
"Because there's a lack of any evidence of a struggle or defensive wounds to McNair, his physical position on the sofa, the trajectory of the bullets and the wound pattern we still believe it was likely that Kazemi shot Mr. McNair and he didn't know," Serpas said.
In the five days leading up to her violent explosion, Kazemi had been stressed out about having to make payments on two cars, including a Cadillac Escalade she had bought with McNair, Serpas said.
Her roommate had recently announced that she was moving out and Kazemi, a waitress at a Dave and Buster's sports bar in Nashville, feared her rent would double.
Compounding her anxieties was an increasing suspicion that she was not McNair's only mistress.
"She believed McNair was involved with another woman and that, too, participated in her state of mind, we think," said Serpas.
Kazemi even tracked down the woman she assumed McNair was romantically involved with and followed her home Friday, but did not confront her, Serpas said.
"She had become very distraught and on two occasions she had told friends and associates that her life was all messed up and that she was going to end it all," Serpas said.
He added that Kazemi told a friend on Friday, "My life is a ball of s--- and I should end it."
Relatives told reporters that Kazemi believed McNair, the father of four, was about to finalize a divorce from his wife of 12 years. In reality, no divorce papers were ever filed.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/2009/07/08/2009-07-08_steve_mcnair.html#ixzz0Km942wQ8&C
"The police department has concluded that Steve McNair was murdered by Sahel Kazemi and that, in turn, Sahel Kazemi killed herself with a single gunshot wound to her head," said Nashville Police Chief Ronal Serpas. "The totality of the evidence clearly points to a murder-suicide."
Serpas said the findings were based on the appearance of the crime scene, evidence collected, autopsy findings and laboratory results. He said he broke the news to the widow of the former Tennessee Titan's quarterback, Mechelle, before going public.
"We believe now, at this time, that McNair was seated on the sofa and likely was asleep," Serpas said.
"And we believe that Kazemi shot him in the right temple, then shot him twice in the chest and then shot him a final time in the left temple."
The chief said Kazemi sat down on the sofa next to the 36-year-old McNair and shot herself once in the right temple.
All five shell casings littering the crime scene matched the weapon that Kazemi purchased on Thursday and was discovered beneath her slumped over body, Serpas said.
Gunshot residue was found on Kazemi's left hand. None was discovered on McNair's hands, bolstering the case's conclusions, said Serpas.
"Because there's a lack of any evidence of a struggle or defensive wounds to McNair, his physical position on the sofa, the trajectory of the bullets and the wound pattern we still believe it was likely that Kazemi shot Mr. McNair and he didn't know," Serpas said.
In the five days leading up to her violent explosion, Kazemi had been stressed out about having to make payments on two cars, including a Cadillac Escalade she had bought with McNair, Serpas said.
Her roommate had recently announced that she was moving out and Kazemi, a waitress at a Dave and Buster's sports bar in Nashville, feared her rent would double.
Compounding her anxieties was an increasing suspicion that she was not McNair's only mistress.
"She believed McNair was involved with another woman and that, too, participated in her state of mind, we think," said Serpas.
Kazemi even tracked down the woman she assumed McNair was romantically involved with and followed her home Friday, but did not confront her, Serpas said.
"She had become very distraught and on two occasions she had told friends and associates that her life was all messed up and that she was going to end it all," Serpas said.
He added that Kazemi told a friend on Friday, "My life is a ball of s--- and I should end it."
Relatives told reporters that Kazemi believed McNair, the father of four, was about to finalize a divorce from his wife of 12 years. In reality, no divorce papers were ever filed.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/2009/07/08/2009-07-08_steve_mcnair.html#ixzz0Km942wQ8&C
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Josh Hamiltom caught with women who aren't his wife lol
http://ballhype.com/story/josh_hamilton_had_some_fun_with_some_drunk_asu_girls/
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