plaxico burress Former Giants receiver Plaxico Burress strolled out of jail Monday wearing a Philadelphia Phillies cap on his head and a big smile on his face after 20 months behind bars. "It's a beautiful day," Burress said as he left the medium-security Oneida Correctional Facility in Rome, N.Y. "It's a beautiful day to be reunited with my family. I want to go home and spend some quality time with them." Wearing shades, Burress thanked God and "all my fans all around the world for the thousands of letters, for their unwavering support.
Asked about a possible return to pro football, Burress answered, "If and when everything gets settled, when they get back on the field, I'll be ready." Then Burress climbed into a black Range Rover and headed for the Turning Stone Casino and Result to meet his wife, Tiffany, his son, Elijah, and a daughter, Giovanna, who was born while he was behind bars. He was expected to board a flight to his home outside Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. by 11 a.m. Burress, 33, spent a lot of time running and doing strength exercise with an eye to returning to the NFL while doing time for a gun charge, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said. "There are going to be multiple teams interested in signing him," Rosenhaus said. "I expect him to get a good contract. I expect him to absolutely be playing." Rosenhaus did not name any of teams who might be interested in Burress, but one of them is expected to be the Giants' rival Philadelphia Eagles.
That could explain why Burress was wearing a Phillies cap. The Giants, however, don't appear to be interested in the 6-foot-5 receiver. "He ain't coming to the Giants," Giants tailback Brandon Jacobs, Burress' best friend on team, said before the receiver was released. Any return to the gridiron, however, depends on the resolution of the ongoing NFL labor dispute. Burress broke the mold on dumb career moves just nine months after after he who caught a 13-yard pass from Eli Manning that lifted the Giants to a shocking 17-14 upset victory over the heavily favored New England Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl While partying at a Manhattan night club called the Latin Quarter, Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh with an unlicensed Glock and then high-tailed it to the emergency room of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. An outraged Mayor Bloomberg called on the court to throw the book at Burress and ripped the hospital for failing to report the shooting as required by law. Burress agreed to a plea deal to lesser firearms charges and was sentenced to two years in prison. He was released three months and four days early for good behavior despite three minor disciplinary infractions. When Burress wasn't working out, he was mopping linoleum floors and mowing lawns at the prison some 250 miles north of New York City - and his past football glory.
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