Bam Avoids Slammer In Texas

Bam Morris, the leading rusher of the Super Bowl and a Texas high school and college football star, was fined $7,000 for possessing marijuana Thursday but avoided jail time.

The former Pittsburgh Steelers running back had faced up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Instead, he was given six years deferred adjudication, meaning the drug charges could eventually be removed from his record.

Texas District Judge William B. Lofland also sentenced Morris to 200 hours of community service. Morris was released Tuesday by the Steelers.

Walker rejoins Cowboys

Herschel Walker is back in a Dallas Cowboys uniform. He signed a free-agent contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Still in great shape at 34, Walker is fourth on the NFL’s all-purpose career yardage list with 15,881 yards and 18th on the career rushing list with 8,122 yards.

Behring case

Seahawks owner and developer Ken Behring asked his chief financial officer to prepare forms requiring Behring’s extramarital sexual partners not to sue or ask for money later, according to court filings in a sexual harassment case against him.

The forms, contained in court documents, are the latest salvo in a sexual harassment lawsuit being brought against Behring by Patricia Parker, the former chief financial officer of Behring’s Blackhawk offices.

According to Parker, Behring wanted protection from disgruntled female traveling companions who accompanied him on hunting and other expeditions to locations such as Africa and Eastern Europe.

Bucs’ receiver charged

Tampa Bay receiver Lamar Thomas was charged with battery against his pregnant fiancee and spent a night in jail before being freed.

Details of the incident were not disclosed by police, and Thomas’ lawyer disputes the allegations.

Irvin case

Although three people were with Michael Irvin the night of March 4, the fingerprints of only one person besides police officers could be identified on drug paraphernalia found in their motel room, an officer testified.

“That would be Michael Irvin,” Irving criminalistics officer Kelly Morrow told the jury under questioning by prosecutor Aaron Wylie.

Irvin is charged with second-degree felony cocaine possession, which carries a punishment ranging from probation to 20 years in prison.