NFL notes: Cleveland Browns fulfill dream of ill 9-year-old
The newest member of the Cleveland Browns arrived in a limousine, signed his contract and suited up in front of his locker.
Dylan Sutcliffe then headed out to the practice field, where the 9-year-old boy with a rare disease that affects the nervous system lived out his dream of joining his favorite NFL team.
The Tuesday visit was arranged by the Browns and Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
Browns coach Mike Pettine said Dylan shares the team’s ideals of passion and toughness.
Dylan has ataxia telangiectasia, which makes it difficult to coordinate movements and often weakens a person’s immune system. He was assigned No. 7 after inking his symbolic one-day contract in the office of general manager Ray Farmer.
He watched game film and spoke at a press conference in the Browns’ media center, where beat writers and photographers joined in.
“Having my own locker, it’s nice. It’s fun,” said Dylan, who also met privately with team president Alec Scheiner and Pettine.
McDonald court records released
Former San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears defensive tackle Ray McDonald’s ex-fiancee says in court records that McDonald repeatedly attacked her over several months.
The San Jose Mercury News reported that a restraining order obtained by the newspaper shows the 27-year-old woman says he once choked her and once put his knee to her stomach while she was pregnant, according to her application for the temporary restraining order.
She contends in the document that McDonald began a pattern of “verbal abuse and controlling behavior” in February 2014 after the couple got engaged and that escalated into “full attacks.”
McDonald was arrested May 25 at a San Jose home on suspicion of assaulting the woman, who was holding the couple’s baby.
Quick kicks
San Francisco 49ers fullback Bruce Miller pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace in connection with an argument during which prosecutors say he smashed his fiancee’s cellphone. Santa Clara County prosecutors say Miller entered the plea to the misdemeanor and must attend a 16-week domestic violence counseling course as part of his sentence. … The St. Louis Rams added four-time former Pro Bowl quarterback Jeff Garcia to the coaching staff as an offensive assistant, primarily for receivers. Garcia played for the 49ers, Browns, Lions, Eagles and Buccaneers.