European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 25 Keyshawn Johnson to join esp sports briefs the associated press Keyshawn Johnson was to announce his retirement wednes ending an nil career in which the outspoken receiver was once one of the games big Gest he will join esp As a sports Caster and was to Dis close his plans at a news Confer ence in los Angeles at where he starred in two people familiar with Johnsons decision told the associated they spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity because the Johnson had yet to make the an first reported his re after Keyshawn announce ment that he will we will announce we Are signing him to a esp spokesman Bill Hofheimer last Johnson worked the nil draft for which was impressed enough to offer him a he was released by the Carolina panthers Days after the the receiver told the a by phone that there would be a news conference at the us he would not say what he would and laughed when told there was speculation he would be going directly from the playing Field to the to out of respect for the announcement i plan to i just want to wait until the press Confer ence for everyone to find Johnson if theres a lot of rumours and stuff out that Mike Keyshawn Johnson plans to retire from the nil after 11 seasons to join esp As a who turns 35 in spent 11 years in the he visited the Tennessee titans on Friday and met with coaches and watched but the titans had not made a formal and team officials had been talking with Johnson about the Range and Money that would be involved in any titans coach Jeff who became friends with Johnson while he played at us and Johnson was a Ball said Mon Day he thought Johnsons num Bers and production spoke for he still played at a High level last he takes very Good care of Fisher he Hast had any injuries per anytime you get a Chance to bring an experienced Veteran in to add to your roster then its a Good redskins apologize for Portis remarks on do fighting the Washington redskins apologized tues Day for comments running Back Clinton Portis made during a Tele vision interview ridiculing authorities for pursuing possible dog fighting charges against Michael tackle Chris Samuels said he was wrong for joking about dog fighting during the interview he and Portis did monday with Wavy to in in the Portis said that Vick would be put behind bars for no reason if the Atlanta fal cons quarterback were charged and convicted for dog Samuels laughed during much of the the Washington As an obviously would never condone anything related to animal the teams state ment the team takes the re cent comments of Clinton Portis very seriously and apologizes to everyone that was it was the second statement in two Days from the redskins Over the dog fighting late Mon the team released a state ment on behalf of Portis in which the running Back said i want to make it Clear i do not take part in dog fighting or condone dog fight ing in any Portis and Samuels giggled and laughed frequently during the interview As they defended who has been under investigation since a police raid at one of his houses discovered dozens of dogs and items associated with dog no charges have been Aaron wont be present for Bonds record new York even if Barry Bonds is poised to break the Home run record right there in at Hank Aaron is not i will never reconsider my de Aaron told the associated press in a Telephone interview tuesday from his adopted Home Bonds is 10 homers from match ing the 755 Mark that Aaron set during a 23year career with the Milwaukee and Atlanta and the Milwaukee Aaron Doest plan to see the Milestone Homer in wherever it might and that includes if it takes that Long Bonds and his san Francisco giants dont play there until i wont be he asked Aaron said i trav eled for 23 and i just get tired of in not going to Fly to go see somebody hit a Home no matter whether it is Barry or babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig or whoever it May in not going any i wish him All the Luck in the Aaron said he had no Wisdom for Bonds As the giants slugger pursued the i dont have any advice whats no advice to Aaron the interview largely covered a classical music composition by Richard Danielpour whose subjects Are Jackie Robinson and Josh Aaron for the most part declined to discuss whose run for the record has been tainted by allegations that he has used performance enhancing As to what he might be doing when Bonds broke the Aaron i have no Proba Bly playing Golf indy team fined for illegal fuel Indianapolis Dennis Reinbold contends his race team made a others might Call it outright either Dreyer Reinbold racing is paying a Price a Fine and a ruined engine for using an illegal fuel blend during the first week of Indianapolis 500 indy car series president Brian Barnhart said tuesday he  determine whether the team intentionally added Metha nol to the fuel to increase so he fined the team an Undis closed it was a and were moving team co owner rein bold said through team spokes Man Klint the team offered no explanation for How the methanol ended up in the garage or which car used the illegal fuel the rules require cars to run on Al most pure Dreyer Reinbold racing is one of eight full time indy car its regular buddy the 2004 indy and Sarah the fastest woman qualifier Ever on the were both on the track the first the team hired a third Roger a last All three have qualified for Sun Days 33car starting Barnhart insisted the illegal mixture was not used during qualifying Only in Uvada attacks Landis character during hearing by Eddie Pells the associated press Floyd Landis came to California hoping to portray himself As a victim of a Justice system gone filled with overzealous prosecutors and in competent lab the science May still prove him right on that but the folks trying to ban the tour de France Winner from cycling had another heyday attacking his character in what has become a  attorneys for the anti doping Agency ran the Gamut asking Landis about everything from testosterone to Tele phone Calls to neckties in a Cros Examina Tion built to portray him As someone who would do anything to win his they included trying to intimidate and humiliate Greg whose revelations of sexual abuse and potential witness tampering turned this hear ing into a would you that As my Mother used to that a persons character is revealed More by their actions than their words anti doping Agency attorney Matthew Barrett asked it sounds like a Good Landis it got As Barnett dredged up events surrounding testimony Lemond gave last on that the three time tour Champion testified hed received a phone Call the night before from Landis will who threatened to divulge Lemonds Barnett tried to portray Landis and Geoghegan As scheming together to keep Lemond from then not showing remorse until they got Landis said that although he was sitting near Geoghegan when the manager made the Call last wednesday he didst know what was going on until Barnett tried to pin him Down on he told his attorneys of the and Why he waited to fire Geoghegan until after Lemond revealed details of the Call on the witness Landis testified that he told his attorneys about the Call As soon As he arrived to the hearing room though nobody thought to fire Geoghegan until after Lem ones in i probably should have fired him but i needed some one to talk Landis Uvada attorneys tried to portray Lan Dis As an Active participant in the Lemond they pointed to his wardrobe that Day a Black suit with a Black tie instead of the yellow tie Hes worn every other Day of the hearing As evidence that he had it in for that Why i wore the Black be cause it was a terrible thing that Hap Landis it want a thing to celebrate by wearing a yellow was the Black tie symbolic support for Lemond it was a nothing Good could come out of that Landis Only bad things have come out of that Day for whose new Brent opened this week by releasing a letter saying Geoghegan had entered a rehab a los Angeles county sheriffs sergeant based in Malibu said a detective is investigating the police report Lemond filed after receiving the As part of their strategy to question Landis Uvada attorneys also asked him about his decision to join the Pihonak cycling team despite knowing the team had Well documented problems with while i was concerned about if i understood they were going to make changes that were the source of the then i was Happy with Landis attorneys never directly asked Landis if he used synthetic As positive tests after stage 17 at last years tour show he answering questions from his own attorneys Tan Dis repeatedly de Nied he was a drug cheat and said winning that Way would go against everything he stands hoping to bring a Little sanity Back to the the Landis attorneys brought expert Simon Davis to the witness stand in the he testified for three hours before the hearing was adjourned for the with More testimony scheduled for Davis was the expert present at the Chat Enay Kalabry lab near whom technician Cynthia Mongong accused of accost ing her while he observed her run tests of Landis Davis testimony was about what he called shoddy practices at the lab that produced totally unreliable he produced pictures from inside the lab that he took with his cell one of which shows a set of magnetic lifting rings sitting atop one of the he said the which looked like Mickey mouse Are designed to lift a very heavy Magnet used in one of the a he testified that they  be haphazardly sitting on the machine and could interfere with the magnetic which could Lead to dramatically incorrect re you can have faults with the faults with the he describing other parts of the but if the Magnet is not youre dead in the it was the kind of scientific testimony that was expected to dominate this Case be fore Lemonds blockbuster that appearance has worked in favor of Uvada who have added the character Issue to their scientific