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Hostetler’s Shoulder Trouble Lifts Hobert To Second-String

From Wire Reports

Quarterback Jeff Hostetler did not practice with the Oakland Raiders again Friday and will be designated the emergency quarterback - behind Vince Evans and Billy Joe Hobert - for Sunday’s pivotal game against Kansas City.

The Raiders (8-4) had announced Thursday that Hostetler wouldn’t start Sunday against the Chiefs (10-2) because of the bruised left shoulder that kept him out of their 12-6 loss at San Diego on Monday.

But coach Mike White said that if Hostetler could practice, he might at least be available as the primary backup to Vince Evans. When Hostetler could not practice Friday, that dropped him to the third spot, behind Evans and Hobert, the former University Washington star.

Dallas punter cleared

Cowboys punter John Jett, who has been slowed by back spasms, practiced, and coach Barry Switzer was optimistic that Jett would be able to play Sunday against the Washington Redskins.

Jett punted once against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving Day before the spasms, which began during pregame warm-ups, ended his afternoon. Switzer said Jett’s condition lingered this week because Jett sleeps on a waterbed.

Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman continues to have problems with a bruised right calf, an injury discovered the day after the Cowboys defeated the Chiefs.

Switzer said the injury bothers Aikman when he begins to practice because it takes time for him to warm up. It will not, however, keep Aikman from playing, Switzer said.

Redskins breakthrough

A breakthrough has been reached in the negotiations to build a new stadium for the Washington Redskins in suburban Maryland, a source said.

A source close to the negotiations told the Associated Press that Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke and Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening have signed a memorandum of understanding that resolves a dispute over who would pay for $23 million in on-site infrastructure costs at the site near Landover.

The source said that Glendening would hold a news conference Monday to announce the agreement.

Cooke has been trying for seven years to find a location to build a facility to replace RFK Stadium.

Ex-Cardinal released

Former Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman Luis Sharpe, shot while being robbed, has been released from a Phoenix hospital.

Sharpe, sidelined by a knee injury a year ago after 13 NFL seasons, was wounded in the right arm and side Thursday in an area police say is filled with crack houses, gangs and prostitutes. Police found him sitting on a curb in front of a pay phone near a trail of blood that ended by a tree half a block away.

Sharpe, 35, whose life apparently has deteriorated since his football injury, initially refused to cooperate with police, but later told them he was accosted by two men who took $2,000 from him moments after he had cashed a check.