Andy Reid returned to the Philadelphia Eagles a day after his 29-year-old son's funeral, saying it's "the right thing to do." Garrett Reid, the oldest of five children for Andy and Tammy Reid, was found dead Sunday morning in his dorm room at Lehigh University where he was assisting the team's strength and conditioning coach during training camp. Andy Reid was back on the sideline for a walkthrough Wednesday in Bethlehem, Pa., and plans to coach the team's exhibition opener, tonight against Pittsburgh.
"I'm a very humble man standing before you, a very humble man," Reid said. "I'm humble because of the outpouring (of support) not only from the media but from our football team and the fans. It was unbelievable. I'm not sure you ever think that many people care. A very humbling feeling. I know my son would feel the same way. I think that's all I can say on that part and keep it all together."
More than 900 people, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, general managers and coaches from other teams and current and former players, attended the funeral service Tuesday.
"You feel the strength of the team," Reid said when asked why he came back so soon. "I felt it with my family the past couple of days, and I feel it with the team. I'm a football coach, that's what I do, and I know my son wouldn't want it any other way."
Garrett Reid was a recovering drug addict who had seemingly turned his life around. But his father indicated that his son might have had a relapse. An official cause of death hasn't been determined. (AP)
Also in the NFL Browns running back Trent Richardson, the No. 3 pick in this year's draft, has a knee injury that is lingering to the extent that he is to see noted sports-injury specialist Dr. James Andrews today in Birmingham, Ala. Richardson, who played at Alabama, had an MRI in Cleveland on Tuesday. Results have not been revealed. Andrews has been Richardson's surgeon since the running back was a high school star. He performed the surgery to repair a torn meniscus in February.
Lions starting safety Louis Delmas had knee surgery and is out indefinitely. He started the first 11 games of last season but missed the final five after injuring his left knee. The four-year veteran started 30 of his first 32 games after Detroit selected him in the second round of the 2009 draft.
Receiver Terrell Owens had his first practice as a member of the Seahawks, a workout that featured some impressive catches and getting slammed to the turf by a new teammate. Owens said he's changed a lot in the past two years since his last NFL stop with Cincinnati. Owens spent the 2011 season out of the NFL and signed with Seattle after a tryout Monday.
Raiders running back Mike Goodson is out indefinitely because of lingering soreness, a day after being hospitalized with a neck injury following a scary training camp hit. (AP)
College basketball The Minnesota Supreme Court overturned a $1 million award from a lower court against the University of Minnesota and men's basketball coach Tubby Smith, ruling that although they treated a prospective assistant coach unfairly, they couldn't be held financially responsible for backing out of a job offer that Smith lacked the authority to make. Jimmy Williams quit as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State in 2007 because he believed Smith had hiring authority when he offered him an assistant coaching position shortly after Smith became head coach at Minnesota. That fell through after Minnesota's athletics director, Joel Maturi, learned that Williams was cited for multiple major NCAA rules violations while working as a Golden Gophers assistant coach from 1971 to 1986. (AP)
Tennis Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Rogers Cup, in Montreal, because of a stomach ailment. She told organizers she picked up the ailment at the London Olympics, in which she lost the final to Serena Williams. On the court, Olympic champion Andy Murray won his opening match, defeating Flavio Cipolla 6-1, 6-3. Murray beat Roger Federer on Sunday in London for the gold medal. In another match, top seeded Novak Djokovic beat Bernard Tomic 6-2, 6-3. Also, Jeremy Chardy pulled a 6-4, 7-6 (4) upset of third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. (AP)
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