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  LaVar Arrington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arrington was drafted as the second choice overall in the 2000 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins behind Penn State teammate Courtney Brown.
Arrington, a college standout at Penn State, was elected as a starter for the NFC in three consecutive Pro Bowls from 2001-2003.
Arrington suffered an injury in week 7 against the Cowboys and was slated to miss the rest of the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.
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 Michael Eisen - Story - 4.22 Giants Sign LB LaVar Arrington - Giants.com
Arrington, the second overall pick of the 2000 NFL Draft, was one of the NFL’s most productive and exciting linebackers in his six seasons with the Washington Redskins.
Arrington is the second veteran linebacker to join the Giants this week; Brandon Short, who played for the Giants from 2000-2003 and was Arrington's teammate at Penn State, re-signed with the team after two seasons with the Carolina Panthers.
Arrington was a standout in Washington’s victory at Tampa Bay in the NFC Wild Card Game, when he had 10 tackles (six solo), an interception that he returned 21 yards to set up a touchdown, and a forced fumble.
www.giants.com /news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=15228   (868 words)

  
 Profiles - LaVar Arrington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arrington was selected a first-team All-American by The Sporting News, the only sophomore on the first offense or defense, and a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and Football News.
Arrington recorded four stops at Louisville and delivered a bone-jarring hit on a Michigan State punt returner, causing a fumble.
Arrington is enrolled in the College of Education.
www.psu.edu /sports/football/profiles/arrington.html   (1488 words)

  
 FOX Sports - NFL - Every Play Counts: LaVar Arrington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arrington was healthy and ready to play, but the Redskins' coaching staff explained that whenever they put him on the field, he did his own thing rather than play within the defensive system, and his refusal to follow the game plan hurt the team.
Arrington did make the tackle on that play, but if he had been in the correct position he would have stopped the pass from being completed in the first place.
Arrington's contract was described in the media as a seven-year, $49 million deal, but the contract was so back-loaded that the Giants can get out of it whenever they want without too big a hit on their cap.
msn.foxsports.com /nfl/story/5984612   (1698 words)

  
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Arrington tied his single-game career high for sacks with two at the Giants (12/7) and also added four tackles, one forced fumble and one pass deflection.
Arrington served as a speaker at 4th & Life, addressing a group of high school seniors on life after football and achieving your goals on and off the football field.
Arrington recorded a career-high 11 sacks that led the Redskins and NFL linebackers and placed seventh in the NFC for the 2002 season.
www.redskins.com /team/profile.jsp?id=22   (1707 words)

  
 Lavar Arrington Forced To Break It Off With Joe Gibb’s Wife
Arrington has been dating Carol Gibbs for six months, and he now believes the affair is starting to sour his relationship with his coach.
Arrington further criticized his coach for not confronting him directly about his torrid affair with his wife.
Arrington remains convinced that he’ll be allowed to start on defense now that his relationship with his coach’s wife is over.
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 LB LaVar Arrington Signs With Giants
LaVar Arrington signed with the New York Giants on Saturday, giving him a chance to play twice a year against his former team and helping fill a huge gap at linebacker for the NFC East champions.
Arrington reportedly had been seeking as much as $18 million guaranteed and a $58 million deal, one reason Arrington stayed on the market while dozens of other players signed during the first few weeks of the free-agent period.
Arrington, the third overall pick in the 2000 draft and a three-time Pro Bowler, bought his way out of Washington in March for $4.4 million after a tempestuous final two seasons in which he suffered from knee injuries and was benched by defensive coordinator Gregg Williams for freelancing.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/22/sports/s121259D41.DTL   (424 words)

  
 LaVar Arrington - Starting Over In New York | NEWS | NFLPLAYERS.COM
Arrington's signing brings significant depth to a Giants team that lost three starting linebackers during the course of last season to injuries and also adds a game changing player to the defense.
Arrington, a three-time Pro Bowler who became the face of the Redskins early on in his career, spent his first six seasons in the NFL with Washington.
The off-season didn't turn out much better as Arrington became entangled in a heated dispute with the club over bonus language in his contract while he was also trying to recover from the knee injury that was slowly struggling to get back to optimum health.
www.nflplayers.com /news/news_release.aspx?id=5072   (1096 words)

  
 NFL Draft: Arrington works Redskins' crowd like a real pro
Arrington and Alabama offensive lineman Chris Samuels, who was selected by the Redskins with the No. 3 pick, flew from the draft in New York to Dulles Airport on the private plane of Redskins owner Daniel Snyder.
Arrington's agents, brothers Kevin and Carl Poston, stood near Arrington on the stage.
Arrington paused to reflect and hit the microphone five times with his hand, making a thumping noise.
www.post-gazette.com /sports_psu/20000417lavar4.asp   (606 words)

  
 KFFL - LaVar Arrington, LB, New York Giants
The Associated Press reports New York Giants LB LaVar Arrington equated the players union with organized crime Wednesday, Dec. 6, a day before he was scheduled to testify before Congress at a hearing for his former agent, Carl Poston.
Poston was suspended by the NFLPA for his handling of the contract Arrington signed with the Washington Redskins near the end of the 2003 season.
The Associated Press reports New York Giants LB LaVar Arrington is tentatively scheduled to testify before Congress this week at a hearing involving his former agent, Carol Poston.
www.kffl.com /player/1917/nfl   (397 words)

  
 Penn State: LaVar Arrington has made a mark, now he's ready to soar
Then again, Arrington is the linebacker who loves to listen to soundtracks from medieval themed movies -- "First Knight," "Man in the Iron Mask" and his absolute favorite, "Conan the Barbarian," which usually ends up in his portable CD player before games.
Arrington plays, speaks and lives like a jazz musician, making what he considers improvements on the usual by improvising where he sees fit.
Much has been made of Michael Arrington's influence on his son, and Carolyn is sure that her Shadie gets his drive and determination from his father.
www.post-gazette.com /sports_college/19990903lavar3.asp   (2790 words)

  
 EXTREMESKINS.com - Redskins.com - '05 Player Preview: LaVar Arrington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Williams had high expectations for Arrington last season, saying it could be the best year he has had in his career.
Arrington picked off a Chris Weinke swing pass and raced down the sideline for a 67-yard touchdown.
In the 2004 offseason, Arrington served as a panelist on the ESPN game show "Dream Job." He was also the subject of the TLC's "While You Were Out" show during the 2003 offseason.
www.extremeskins.com /forums/showthread.php?t=106696   (717 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NFL - Giants' Arrington battles swollen knee
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Linebacker LaVar Arrington had to leave the New York Giants practice on Monday because of swelling in one of his knees.
Arrington, who was signed for $49 million, has had two surgeries on the knee in recent years.
Arrington's hurt in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 oh no in 2005 he just fought with coaches...and now 2006 his knee is swelling.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=119559   (612 words)

  
 ESPN.com - NFL - LaVar Arrington - New York Giants - Player Card
LaVar Arrington has not been involved in any transactions this season.
Looking and sounding more like a lawyer than a linebacker, LaVar Arrington defended his former agent in front of Congress on Thursday, saying he believes Carl Poston shouldn't have been suspended by the NFL Players Association.
New York Giants linebacker LaVar Arrington equated the players union with organized crime Wednesday, 24 hours before he was scheduled to testify before Congress at a hearing involving his former agent.
sports.espn.go.com /nfl/players/profile?statsId=5031   (99 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NFL - Arrington responds to 'Skins jabs
Arrington has been a lightning rod for discontented fans in a season that has fallen far short of expectations through the first four weeks.
Arrington said his overriding emotion on Sunday will be a desire to show Giants fans the player they thought they were getting when he was signed for $49 million over seven years.
The way this goes back to Lavar is, is that the skinz had plenty of good D minds to name a few- Shottenheimer, Gregg Williams and even Marvin Lewis who openly said after he left washington he disliked Arrington and he "played like a chicken with his head cut off".
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=135254   (1989 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
LaVar Arrington: It provided a spark in that game and some guys use that as an inspiration for the season but I don't think that that was the play that turned the season around.
LaVar Arrington: I could do sets of six with 315 when I was in college.
LaVar it's up to you to keep what I feel was, at one time, the greatest, most bitterly contested rivalry in all of our country's major sports.
discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/01/sports_arrington120301.htm   (1750 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Football - LaVar back as Big Blue possibility   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arrington will arrive in town for his second visit with the team this morning, according to an associate of his agent, and has even agreed to undergo a physical - something he declined to do when he first visited the Giants on March 11-12.
The associate, Kyle Harden, said Arrington's hope is to eliminate any health concerns the Giants might have and jump-start their stalled negotiations.
If they do, their interest in Arrington would disappear, which was obviously a factor in his decision to take a physical for the team.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/football/story/410287p-347162c.html   (441 words)

  
 Arrington brushes off latest concussion - The Washington Times: Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arrington got through last season without any concussions after suffering three over the course of 2000 and 2001.
Arrington's freedom to roam under 2001 coordinator Kurt Schottenheimer appeared to boost the chance for concussions — simply put, Arrington was a terror that year, chasing and hammering ballcarriers.
Arrington was hit early in practice and stayed out there for a while but was still feeling the effects later and pulled himself out.
www.washtimes.com /sports/20030731-113551-8524r.htm   (680 words)

  
 Scout.com: LaVar Arrington: The Cost of Doing Business
Arrington’s current contract with the Skins runs through 2011, and his cap hit for next year (if he stays with the team) is currently shown as $12.046 million.
Releasing Arrington outright would need to be done before his roster bonus is due to minimise the cap damage so it would have the same cap implications as trading him but of course the Redskins get nothing in compensation.
The long shot is that Arrington would agree to pay back or forego instalments as part of the $11.3 million option bonus he received last year as part of his last contract restructuring in 2003.
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 JS Online:
Arrington and Woodson, who visited Green Bay last week, are the two biggest names left in free agency and are both seeking a big payday.
Arrington bought his way out of his Washington contract after the season, paying back $4.4 million to become a free agent, and reportedly asked for a seven-year, $54 million deal from the New York Giants.
Arrington, 27, is in the prime of his career and would give the Packers star power and leadership on a defense lacking in both areas.
www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=414919   (724 words)

  
 The verdict is in: Arrington should be the No. 1 pick - LaVar Arrington - Courtney Brown Sporting News, The - Find ...
The (somewhat) honorable Dan Pompei is presiding over the case of LaVar Arrington vs. Courtney Brown.
Your honor, this case concerns whether the Cleveland Browns should use the No. 1 pick in the draft on LaVar Arrington, the linebacker from Penn State, or Courtney Brown, the defensive end from Penn State.
Arrington is a linebacker, but observe how he can get to the quarterback as well as anyone.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_16_224/ai_61933926   (871 words)

  
 LaVar Arrington Stats, Statistics and Fantasy News - RotoWire.com
Arrington paid the Redskins over $4 million to be released from his contract in March of 2006; placed on waivers in March of 2006.
Arrington (torn Achilles) has officially been placed on injured reserve and is out for the year, the Staten Island Advance reports.
Arrington is out for the year after rupturing his Achilles' tendon in Monday night's game.
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 LaVar Arrington.. - ProSportsDaily Forums
Arrington would add talent and youth to a Pats' linebacking corps in need of both.
hes a better leader than arrington but he doesnt have the talent arrington does, urlacher is close and is probably going to be better than him after this season, but hes not better than arrington now.
Arrington's price tag would have to come way down, because he is not a top 5 linebacker, and well he might not even be top 3 on the Patriots.
www.prosportsdaily.com /forums/showthread.php?t=37557   (802 words)

  
 Washington Redskins, LaVar Arrington, National Football League - CBS SportsLine.com
Arrington usually says the right thing -- "I'm a team player" -- but his forum is too large for his frustration not to show.
Arrington played only two plays in the victory over Seattle two weeks ago and didn't play at all in Sunday's loss at Denver.
Arrington reiterated that he doesn't know why he's not playing, despite Gibbs' assertion to the contrary.
cbs.sportsline.com /nfl/story/8957556/rss   (730 words)

  
 LaVar Arrington | PLAYERS | NFLPLAYERS.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arrington established himself as one of the most dominating defensive players in college football history.
Arrington finished sixth in school history in tackles-for-loss and seventh in sacks.
Last season, Arrington was involved in the Washington Redskins Leadership Council’s Fields for Tommorow program, donating significant funds for the football field renovation of Frederick Douglass High School in Maryland, where his brother graduated.
www.nflplayers.com /players/player.aspx?id=28753   (833 words)

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