Pinkston Out for the Season

Philadelphia Eagle wide receiver Todd Pinkston ruptured an Achilles’ tendon during practice Friday and is out for the season.

Pinkston injured his right ankle when he was tripped up on a route down the sideline. He remained down for several minutes before limping to the medical tent. A few hours after the injury, the team said he was out for the season.

The injury is a blow to the Eagles, who aren’t deep at receiver. Terrell Owens, day to day because of left groin inflammation, did not practice.

“We feel bad from a team standpoint for Todd,” Coach Andy Reid said. “He worked very hard this off-season. He was having a heck of a camp, and it’s a shame this happened.”

The six-year veteran averaged 18.8 yards a catch, third in the league.

Reid said the team would not look to sign another receiver. “We’re fine,” he said, adding that third-year pro Greg Lewis would move into Pinkston’s spot.

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Injured wide receiver Jerry Porter will not play in the Oakland Raiders’ exhibition opener against the San Francisco 49ers on Aug. 13 while he recovers from a pulled hamstring. He was hurt during a scrimmage Monday.

Coach Norv Turner said Porter might return to practice late next week.

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Defensive end Marcus Spears, one of the two first-round draft picks considered potential defensive starters for the Dallas Cowboys, could be sidelined a month after spraining his right knee and ankle and pulling his groin during a team drill.

The 6-foot-4, 294-pound Spears was hurt at the end of a running play at the team’s first practice in Oxnard.

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San Francisco receiver P.J. Fleck was taken to Stanford Hospital after a practice collision. He was hit by linebacker Jamie Winborn during passing drills and was on the ground about 15 minutes while trainers and paramedics tended to him.

Fleck was taped onto a backboard and put on a gurney and wheeled to an ambulance. He was diagnosed with a back sprain and released after two hours of observation and tests.

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Hunter Kelly, whose battle with a fatal nervous-system disease inspired the charitable works of his Hall of Fame quarterback father, Jim Kelly, died Friday. He was 8. Hunter’s doctor, Patricia Duffner, said he died of respiratory failure.