Steve McNair News

The top 10 greatest black quarterbacks of all time (SLIDESHOW)

By theGrio

2:00 PM on 02/05/2012

SLIDESHOW - With all the focus on Tom Brady and Eli Manning this weekend, theGrio is paying homage to the best black athletes to play the quarterback position...
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Tenn. judge gives McNair widow and kids $500k each

By theGrio

9:19 AM on 10/18/2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The estate of the former pro, who played 11 seasons with the Tennessee Titans and two with the Baltimore Ravens, was initially valued at $19.6 million...
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Slideshow: Sports stars gone too soon

By theGrio

11:56 AM on 09/22/2010

SLIDESHOW - Inspired by the tragic and sudden loss of Broncos' WR Kenny McKinley, theGrio looks back other bright lights that were prematurely extinguished...
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Grand jury decides against reopening McNair case

By theGrio

3:03 PM on 06/19/2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A grand jury says there should not be a new investigation into the murder-suicide of ex-NFL player Steve McNair and his girlfriend...
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Nashville police still face scrutiny in death of Steve McNair

By theGrio

10:20 AM on 06/10/2010

There may have been numerous errors in the investigation of McNair's death and Nashville police are still ironing out the correct details...
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Text messages sent hours before McNair's murder are released

By theGrio

2:22 PM on 10/20/2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville police released 50 text messages that were sent in the hours before former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot and killed...
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Police: McNair murdered by girlfriend

By theGrio via AP

6:14 PM on 07/08/2009

Former NFL star Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep last week by a 20-year-old girlfriend distraught about mounting financial problems and her belief that he was seeing someone else, police said on Wednesday.
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Mrs. McNair didn't know about affair

By theGrio via AP

10:50 AM on 07/08/2009

An associate said Wednesday that the wife of ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair didn't know about Sahel Kazemi before the 20-year-old woman was found dead alongside her husband on the Fourth of July.
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Athletes and guns: a dangerous combination

By Milton Kent

8:15 AM on 07/07/2009

Police remove a body from the apartment where Steve McNair was shot on Saturday (AP Photo/Ed Rode) Say whatever you want about the Independence Day shooting that snuffed out the lives of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and a 20-year-old companion (and God knows there has been plenty said to...
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Family of McNair's girlfriend confused over deaths

By theGrio

12:38 PM on 07/06/2009

The sister of Sahel Kazemi said their family is saddened and confused about Kazemi's death alongside former Tennessee Titan Steve McNair. The family said it has no idea what would have led to this. Kazemi was from Florida, where her family still lives...
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McNair's death ruled a homicide

By theGrio via AP

9:50 PM on 07/05/2009

Shot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was the victim of a homicide, police declared Sunday. But authorities wouldn't say it was a murder-suicide -- even with his 20-year-old girlfriend dead at his feet from a single bullet. McNair had been dating Saleh Kazemi for several months...
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Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair found dead

By theGrio via AP

12:17 AM on 07/05/2009

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot multiple times, including once in the head, and a pistol was discovered near the body of the 20-year-old woman found dead with him Saturday in a downtown condominium. Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron identified the woman...
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