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Derby pair Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett fined ‘the equivalent of six weeks’ wages’ following drink-driving charge

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Derby duo Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett have been fined ‘the equivalent of six weeks’ wages’ and condemned them for bringing the club into disrepute following the ‘alcohol-related incident’ of September 24.Midfielder Lawrence, 25, and forward Bennett, 23, were charged with drink-driving after a crash in the Allestree area in Derby last week – a collision in which Rams captain Richard Keogh suffered a serious leg injury. Getty Images - Getty Lawrence is due in court with team-mate Mason Bennett Following a disciplinary hearing into the incident, Derby have fined both players the “maximum contractual limit” and told them to serve an “additional 80 hours of community and rehabilitation”, which includes a drink aware course. A statement on the club’s official...

Eagles to trade Michael Bennett to Patriots; Martellus Bennett wants reunion

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March 8 (UPI) -- The Philadelphia Eagles are finalizing a trade to send defensive end Michael Bennett to the New England Patriots. Sources told ESPN and the Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday that the Eagles will send Bennett and a seventh-round pick in 2020 in exchange for the Patriots' fifth-round choice in the 2020 NFL Draft. Bennett played in 16 games (10 starts) last season with the Eagles. He had 34 total tackles, 9.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and one pass defensed. The three-time Pro Bowl selection is scheduled to earn a base salary of $ 6.2 million in the 2019 season with a $ 1 million roster bonus. Bennett signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2009. The Seahawks waived him the same year, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers claiming him two days later. He spent f...

Retired TE Bennett says '89 percent' of players use marijuana

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Recently retired NFL tight end Martellus Bennett said on the NFL Channel on Wednesday that he believes about 90 percent of the players in the National Football League use marijuana. When Bennett was asked if the number of players who use marijuana is over or under 70 percent, he answered with "over" before estimating the actual figure to be somewhere around "89 percent." "There's medical marijuana," said Bennett, who played 10 seasons in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Chicago Bears, New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers. "So it's like, there's times of the year where your body just hurts so bad that you don't want to just be popping pills all the time. "That sh--, it ruins your liver. There's a lot of these anti-inflammatories that you take for so long that like, it...