Last week, free-agent wide receiver Plaxico Burress, most recently of the New York Jets where he started 13 games in 2011 and had 45 receptions for 612 yards and eight touchdowns, was admittedly ...

Last week, currently unemployed Plaxico Burress admitted to being surprised that he hadn't yet signed with an NFL team. "No doubt about it," he said. "With some of the things I was able to do ...

Giants Super Bowl hero wide receiver Plaxico Burress is doing a down-and-out. The scandal-scarred star has apparently given up his sole Super Bowl ring after more than a decade of financial and ...

It feels like an eternity ago that Plaxico Burress sadly left the NFL world, due to an accidental shooting in a New York night club nearly three years ago ...

In the dying moments of the 2008 Super Bowl, New York Giants wide receive Plaxico Burress did the majority of this country a great service by running a perfect fade route and hauling in the ...

CULVER CITY, Calif. -- Plaxico Burress has seen the view from the top of life, so when he suddenly found himself behind bars, he couldn't believe how low he had sunk so quickly. The wide receiver ...

Shortly after sunrise Monday, former Giants wideout Plaxico Burress, designated as inmate No. 09R3260 by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, is expected to ...

Plaxico Burress describes his journey from Super Bowl hero to the Latin Quarter to the Oneida Correctional Facility to the Jets on Tuesday night in a compelling interview on HBO’s “Real Sports ...

NEW YORK -- Former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress, center, and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, approaches the media as prison staff and state troopers look on after being released from the Oneida County ...

See About archive blog posts. Writers from around Tribune Co. discuss former NFL star Plaxico Burress, who was released from prison on Monday. Check back throughout the day for more responses ...

Plaxico Burress was 31 years old when he went to prison in 2008 for illegal possession of a firearm in a nightclub. He will be 34 years old when he has an opportunity to resume his NFL career in 2011.