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[July 15, 2015]  July 14 (The Sports Xchange) - Buffalo Bills offensive line coach Aaron Kromer was placed on indefinite paid administrative leave Tuesday after his weekend arrest for allegedly punching a boy and threatening to kill his family in Florida.

Kromer was arrested by sheriffs on a misdemeanor battery charge in Walton County, Fla., last weekend.

In a statement issued Sunday, the Walton County Sheriff's office said Kromer and son Zachary were fishing on Saturday when they confronted three boys over beach chairs.

Kromer is alleged to have hit one of the boys in the face after throwing a fishing pole into the water. According to the sheriff's report, Kromer then threatened to kill the boy's family if he reported the incident to authorities.

The 48-year-old Kromer is in his first year in Buffalo on coach Rex Ryan's staff after working for two years in Chicago as Bears offensive coordinator.

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The NFLPA plans to file collusion charges against the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos if wide receivers Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas aren't signed to long-term contracts.

The Wednesday deadline for long-term deals to be reached with players given the franchise tag in free agency is expected to pass without contracts for Bryant with the Cowboys or Thomas with the Broncos. Each player would make $12.8 million under terms of the one-year tender for wide receivers in 2015.

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Emergency crews searching for JaJuan Dawson recovered a body on Tuesday that is believed to be the former Houston Texans wide receiver.

Dawson, 37, was boating Sunday at a lake near Dallas when he apparently fell from an inflatable tube pulled by a boat.

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Former Houston Texans safety Danieal Manning retired Tuesday after nine seasons in the NFL.

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Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit during an arrest in Arizona in June on suspicion of driving under the influence.

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Gilbert (Ariz.) Police in suburban Phoenix said McNabb's blood alcohol tested at 0.17. According to police, McNabb's vehicle rear-ended a vehicle of a police officer's wife on June 28. No one was injured and McNabb was later released after being cited.

At the scene of the accident, McNabb told the officer that he had been at a sports bar but wasn't drinking because he was sick.

In December 2013, the 38-year-old McNabb was arrested for DUI and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge.

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New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul was released from the hospital Tuesday.

Pierre-Paul had his right index finger amputated as a result of a Fourth of July fireworks accident and has yet to formally contact the Giants regarding the next steps in his rehab.

Wednesday is the deadline for Pierre-Paul and the Giants to agree to a long-term extension, but the likelihood of any deal was essentially eliminated due to the injury.

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Former NFL cornerback Will Allen was indicted on 23 federal charges related to the $31 million Ponzi scheme alleged by the Securities and Trade Commission involving loans made to pro athletes. (Editing by Andrew Both)

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