Fryar Reportedly Will Retire

Receiver Irving Fryar, suffering through a sub-par season at 36, likely will retire from the Philadelphia Eagles today, the Associated Press reported.

Fryar, the No. 1 pick in the 1984 draft by the New England Patriots, has only 45 catches and two touchdowns in his 15th season. He signed a three-year contract extension in September and cannot reach the incentives required to kick in the final two years.

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Four groups have emerged from the pack in the bidding for the Washington Redskins, and none is headed by team President John Kent Cooke, according to the Washington Post.

The newspaper, in today’s editions, said the trustees of the estate of the late Jack Kent Cooke are focusing their attention on offers from groups led by Arizona shopping center magnate Sam Grossman and former Redskin coach Joe Gibbs; Texas investor David Bonderman and Washington real estate developer Ted Lerner; New Jersey Devil owner John McMullen and Cablevision chairman Chuck Dolan; and New York real estate banker Howard Milstein and Washington communications executive Daniel Snyder.

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A repairman is suing Dallas Cowboy star Deion Sanders, claiming he was permanently disabled when the football player’s 8-year-old daughter, Deiondra, ran into him with her father’s golf cart in July at the team’s summer camp in Wichita Falls, Texas.

In a lawsuit filed Monday, Gordon McFadden of Quinlan, Texas, said he suffered a broken right leg and ankle in the incident.