Buffalo Bills receiver Stevie Johnson pretended to shoot himself in the thigh,  mocking Jets receiver Plaxico Burress’ 2008 shooting incident, during a game Sunday.

Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress spoke to Bryant Gumbel recently about how his race may have affected the jury’s decision in the 2009 gun possession case that landed him in prison for two years. Burress, who was charged with illegally carrying and firing a gun at a Manhattan nightclub, told Gumbel that he […]

After serving 2 years in prison for shooting himself in the leg at a New York nightclub in 2008, Plaxico Burress is returning to the playing field not with the New York Giants, but with the rival New York Jets. While he’ll be sharing a stadium with his old team, he’ll be in a new […]

After serving 20 months  in prison for shooting himself in the leg, Plaxico Burress is back in the NFL.  The wide receiver has come to terms with the NY Jets for a one-year deal worth a little over $3 Million. When Burress was released from jail, early speculation had him going to the Philadelphia Eagles. […]

NFL free agent Plaxico Burress wants a shot at playing  for the Miami Dolphins, although the organization reportedly has no interest in signing him. Burress told WQAM’s Sid Rosenberg Monday that he and the Dolphins’ Brandon Marshall “would be the best duo in football,” if they would sign him. He also said that “a few” […]

Plaxico Burress, the best wide receiver the New York Giants had in over a decade and the last person to touch the football for the Giants in their classic Super Bowl win over the previously undefeated New England Patriots in 2008, is being released from prison on Monday (June 6th). Burress has been in jail since […]

New Jersey — Plaxico Burress is scheduled to be released from the upstate Oneida Correctional Facility on June 6 — in time for training camp, if there is no NFL lockout — and there is growing support within the Giants organization to bring him back and give him a second chance. Co-owner Steve Tisch already […]