Plaxico Burress was 31 years old when he went to prison in 2008 for illegal possession of a firearm in a nightclub. He will be 34 years old when he has an opportunity to resume his NFL career in 2011.

Plaxico Burress, the former Pro Bowl wideout who accidentally shot himself in the leg in 2008, is due to be released from prison on June 6. Burress will have been out of football for more than two ...

NEW YORK (AP) Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge and agreed to a two-year prison term for accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.

Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress, center, and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, approaches the media as prison staff and state troopers look on after being released from the Oneida County ...

Burress had seven career 100-yard receiving games, including three in 1999. A first-team All-Big Ten selection as a junior in 1999, Burress caught 66 passes for 1,142 yards and 12 TDs.

" (Plaxico will be) a free man and be able to come home back to this family." Burress, 33, caught the winning touchdown for the Giants over the New England Patriots in the final minute of the 2008 ...

CULVER CITY, Calif. -- Plaxico Burress has seen the view from the top of life, so when he suddenly found himself behind bars, he couldn't believe how low he had sunk so quickly.

Training camps are open and free agent receiver Plaxico Burress remains unsigned, and Burress is baffled by that. Burress told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that he expected to have contract offers as soon as ...

Sentencing was set for Sept. 22 and if Burress were to go to prison soon after, he could be freed as early as the spring of 2011. Plaxico Burress Timeline: From self-shooting to guilty plea ...

Plaxico Burress carried his son Elijah into his sentencing, holding the 3-year-old like he never wanted to let him go. Just like he never let go of the football in Super Bowl XLII.

A teary Plaxico Burress traded his Giants jersey for a prison jumpsuit Tuesday. The talented but troubled ex-Super Bowl hero was sentenced to two years in jail for weapons possession, 10 months ...

Plaxico Burress describes his journey from Super Bowl hero to the Latin Quarter to the Oneida Correctional Facility to the Jets on Tuesday night in a compelling interview on HBO’s “Real Sport… ...