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Chargers' Wednesday participation report

Did Not Participate
TE Antonio Gates - toe
QB Philip Rivers - knee
RB LaDainian Tomlinson - knee
DT Jamal Williams - team decision

Limited Participation
LB Shawne Merriman - illness

Full Participation
FB Lorenzo Neal - fibula

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 7:32 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

Wednesday participation report

For the Patriots:

Did Not Participate
T Ryan O'Callaghan - flu
S Mel Mitchell - arm

Limited Participation
QB Tom Brady - right shoulder
G Stephen Neal - shoulder
WR Donte Stallworth - knee

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 4:39 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

Practice squad moves

The Patriots have re-signed DB Gemara Williams and LB Kyle Bissinger to the practice squad. The pair were on the field at practice today.

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Practice peek

The Patriots are on the field inside Gillette Stadium, holding their first practice of the week as they prepare for Sunday's AFC Championship game against San Diego.

The players are in full pads, and the only two missing for the media-access portion were offensive lineman Ryan O'Callaghan and special teamer Mel Mitchell. Richard Seymour did not stretch with the team but came out from the locker room just before media were kicked off the field.

Rookie quarterback Matt Gutierrez and practice squad offensive lineman Dan Connolly were in black jerseys as practice players of the week.

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 1:13 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

Moss responds to battery allegations

Journal photo/ Bob Breidenbach
Patriots' wide receiver Randy Moss talks to the media today at Gillette Stadium about a restraining order filed against him.

By ROBERT LEE
Journal Sports Writer

FOXBORO -- It was reported this morning that Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss had a "temporary injuction for protection against dating violence" filed against him in Florida.

Moss today denied any wrongdoing. He called the allegations "false" and accused the accuser of trying to get more than $100,000 from him.

"For someone to make a false claim about me, I’m kind of furious,” Moss said. “It kind of hurts me deep inside for someone to do something like that because you know I’ve always said time and time again , `I’m going to stand up for what’s right.’ If I’m right, I’m right. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, and that’s why you have your attorneys and your friends. When you’re wrong, somebody can tell you you’re wrong.

“My situation is where I felt that I did nothing wrong. It was an accident. Whatever happened, it was an accident. I wish I could sit here and tell ya’ll really what happened but there is a lawsuit or whatever coming against me. I can’t really explain or tell ya’ll what’s going on. All I want to say is, I’m going to continue to play football. I think that, last Friday this man wanted to come out with it just to try to distract the team and distract me.”

The report states that no criminal charges have been filed against him, and that a hearing is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 28.

Moss said that the accuser threatened him.

“You better do this or else! You better do this or else,” Moss said the accuser said. “Well, I thought it was bad because now you’re threatening me so I brought it to coach [Belichick] and said, `look coach I’m being threatened to do something that I have no idea of what I need to be doing.’ Well, I was advised to just focus on playing football, and then I’ll handle this once the season is over, so whenever the season is over, I plan on sitting down on really getting to the bottom of this. Right now I have a job to do.”

Moss said that he could not get into further detail about the complaint.

“I don’t want to get in trouble for anything I might say that I’m not supposed to say when it comes to an attorney and a client,” Moss said. “There are a lot of things that I want to sit here and tell you guys to prove my innocence but for the fact that there is an investigation going on, [I can’t.]”

Here's the link to the Broward County Clerk of Courts web site, and no further date is given for this case. WDBO, which first reported the story, has posted a copy of the order. -- shalise manza young

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Report: Moss faces temporary restraining order

A Florida radio station has reposted a report, which had been pulled off its Web site earlier in the day, saying that Randy Moss has been hit with a temporary restraining order following allegations of dating violence. The radio station has updated its report with a copy of the order. Click here to read the story.

Questions were raised about the accuracy of the story after it was pulled from the Web site, but the reporter, Rozzie Franco, was on WEEI's Dennis & Callahan show this morning to insist on its truth. Franco reports that a hearing on the case is scheduled Jan. 28.

Moss addressed reporters at Gillette Stadium today and said that the allegations were false, denying that he had hurt his accuser and implying that he was being harassed for money.

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