Jack Elway, son of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, has decided to leave the Arizona State football team.

Elway, a redshirt freshman quarterback, will remain at Arizona State as a student, however.

“He’s just tired of football and wants to do something else with his life,” Sun Devils coach Dennis Erickson said Monday, according to The Arizona Republic. “He made a decision, and we all understand it. He would have played here eventually.”

Elway, who was in a five-way battle for the starting quarterback job this fall, was considered to be behind senior Danny Sullivan and redshirt sophomore Samson Szakacsy on the depth chart, with sophomore Chasen Stangel and freshman Brock Osweiler also in the mix.

Elway, out of Cherry Creek (Colo.) High School, did not play in a scrimmage last weekend.

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Originally posted 2009-04-07 11:35:12.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers Santonio Holmes has now been fined for his game winning touchdown catch celebration in the Super Bowl 43 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. The NFL fined Holmes $10,000 for using the football as a prop during his post-catch celebration, which came well after the play ended. Holmes, impersonating NBA star LeBron James’ pregame ritual of tossing powder into the air, shook the football and tossed it. NFL vice president of officiating Mike Pereira said the celebration should have drawn a 15-yard penalty on the following kickoff. So my thing is , since there was no penalty called, why should he be fined? The No Fun League is really living up to its name again. To shed some positive light on the situation , the gloves Holmes wore was auctioned off for $70,200 , which will be donated to charity.

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DORAL, Fla. – Henrik Stenson took 69 shots in the opening round of the CA Championship.

He was dressed for 68 of them.

Seeking any way to avoid getting his clothes caked with mud after a wayward tee shot on the par-4 third hole, Stenson came up with only one alternative.

So off came his shoes, his socks, his shirt and his slacks.

“Just the way God created me,” Stenson said.

Well, that isn’t entirely true, unless he was born wearing boxer shorts and a golf glove, along with having a wedge in his hands.

Stenson hacked the ball out of the muck, got dressed standing in the rough off the left side of the fairway, and wound up making perhaps the most entertaining bogey of his life. He ended the day four shots off the lead at Doral, but the only thing anyone wanted to talk with him about following the round was the Swede’s striptease.

“If you are saving a shot, that has to be worth taking your shirt and trousers,” Stenson said. “I’m sure I’ll hear a few comments and once the pictures get out, I’ll hear a few more, no doubt. I’ll probably take that to my grave with me. I don’t think I scared too many spectators off the course, hopefully.”

Probably not, but the story spread quickly.

By the time Stenson — who wasn’t carrying any rain gear, which would have provided a clothing alternative — reached the fifth tee, he heard fans chatting about what he’d done a few minutes earlier.

“Yeah, I don’t know if I would do that,” Phil Mickelson said.

Stenson said he had sound rationale for the decision.

Earlier this year in Dubai, Stenson waded into some mud to play a shot and wound up covering his shirt and pants with dirt. Not wanting to finish another round looking out of sorts, Stenson swallowed his pride and disrobed.

“For the love of the game,” Stenson said, “and for the fans.”

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