Hall of Fame center Ringo dies at age 75

Jim Ringo, a Hall of Fame center who played 15 seasons for the Packers and Eagles, died Monday morning in Green Bay, Wis., after a short illness. He was two days shy of his 76th birthday.

Former Packers teammate Willie Davis said Ringo had been battling Alzheimer’s.

“One minute, you’re reliving an experience,” said Davis, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame with Ringo in 1981. “And the next minute, he’d be asking, ‘Who’s this?’ “

The Packers drafted Ringo out of Syracuse in the seventh round in 1953 and he became one of the league’s best centers despite being undersized at just over 200 pounds.

“But what tenacity he had as a center in the NFL,” Davis said. “Probably, no one was better.”

Bucs’ June charged with DUI

Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Cato June was arrested and charged with driving under the influence several hours after the team returned from a win in Atlanta.

June, who turned 28 Sunday, was stopped by police shortly before 3 a.m. because they said he was driving above the speed limit. He refused to take a breath test and was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail, where he remained for more than seven hours before being released on $500 bond.

The fifth-year pro spent the first four seasons of his career with the Indianapolis Colts. He signed with the Bucs as a free agent in March and had a team-high nine tackles and forced a fumble in Sunday’s 31-7 victory at Atlanta.

Around the league

Not only was New York Giants LB Mathias Kiwanuka likely lost for the season with a broken left leg in the win over the Lions on Sunday, starting RB Brandon Jacobs was knocked out with a pulled left hamstring, which will force him out this week. … QB Donovan McNabb‘s status for the Eagles’ game at New England is uncertain because of a sprained ankle and injured thumb.