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Officials say a southwest Arkansas high school football player who collapsed during practice and died had a heart condition.Assistant Arkansas State Crime Laboratory Director Richard Gallagher said Friday that 15-year-old Gurdon High School sophomore Montel Williams died of natural causes.Gallagher says the specific problem with Williams' heart won't be known until further testing is complete.Williams collapsed about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, just more than an hour into the practice in which players were wearing all their gear. He was pronounced dead just before 10 p.m. at Baptist Health Medical Center in Arkadelphia -- about 15 miles away.The National Weather Service says it was 93 degrees in Arkadelphia at 8 p.m. Tuesday with a heat index of 110 degrees. [Read the full article] FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Wide receiver Plaxico Burress will not be available for the New York Jets' first preseason game, coach Rex Ryan said Friday, and will not take part in team drills until at least Wednesday.The Jets -- who play in Houston on Monday night -- are scheduling an MRI on Burress' left ankle, which was injured during a private route-running workout with Santonio Holmes on Aug. 3."I think we were all anxious to see him out there, but I want to see him out there at 100 percent, not 80 percent," Ryan said.New York Jets: Training campHere's all your news from Jets camp:Jets Center » Blog » Photos »Ryan -- who said Thursday that he expected Burress "to play some" in Houston -- stressed that the Jets are taking a more cautious approach with the receiver so that his ankle injury doesn't linger into the season."If we had to play a [regular season] game, he would play," Ryan said. [Read the full article] Ohio State's hearing before the NCAA took only four hours. Now it must wait up to 12 weeks to find out how it will be penalized for rules broken by its football program.A memorabilia-for-cash scandal that resulted in player suspensions, coach Jim Tressel's forced resignation and the departure of star quarterback Terrelle Pryor also led to Ohio State's hearing before the NCAA's committee on infractions Friday.No one from the public or media was allowed into the guarded meeting room in the ballroom of a downtown hotel.Bennett: Is the worst over for Buckeyes?It seems likely that Ohio State will get off with its self-induced penalties and perhaps a minor scholarship reduction. [Read the full article] 
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