PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : Cox Fined $17,500 for Incident

The NFL fined Miami Dolphin linebacker Bryan Cox $17,500 and Buffalo Bill fullback Carwell Gardner $15,000 Thursday over their fight in Sunday’s game.

Both players were fined $10,000 by director of football development Gene Washington for the fight.

Cox received an additional $7,500 fine by Commissioner Paul Tagliabue for spitting toward the Buffalo fans as he walked off the field.

Gardner was penalized an extra $5,000 by Tagliabue for trying to get into the Miami locker room, then trying to bait Cox off the Dolphins’ team bus.

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Carlton Haselrig’s wife, Sara, has accused the suspended New York Jet lineman of beating her at her home in Marietta, Ga.

Sara Haselrig, who is separated from her husband, filed a affidavit claiming he “was verbally and physically abusing me, with threats to kill me.”

Haselrig, arrested Tuesday on a simple battery charge, remained in jail awaiting extradition to Allegheny County, Pa., where he faces charges for missing a court appearance earlier this month.

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Former Arizona Cardinal Luis Sharpe was arrested in Detroit after officials responded to a call about a domestic dispute and ran a computer check on him.

Sharpe was wanted on an arrest warrant in Arizona, which he left after missing an arraignment on drug charges in Phoenix on Dec. 15.