Lawyer: Return for Williams

Ricky Williams will serve a four-game suspension beginning next month and then be reinstated with the Miami Dolphins by the NFL, according to his lawyer.

The league says an agreement has not been finalized.

“I am pleased with the National Football League’s proposal,” attorney David Cornwell said Tuesday. “I think Ricky will be pleased too.”

Williams must approve the deal, which would move him from the retired list to the suspended list for the final four games of the schedule. The running back is required to serve a four-game suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

After that, his contract with the Dolphins would be in force.

Williams, 27, retired during the summer, giving up the $5 million he would have earned this season amid reports he faced a suspension.

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