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Bucs' Boston arrested; Eagles coach Reid's son jailed

Published August 25, 2007 at midnight

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Buccaneers receiver David Boston was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after police found him passed out behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle.

The 29-year-old was found slumped over the steering wheel of a red Range Rover on Thursday evening, police said.

The SUV was running and in drive.

An officer woke up Boston, who said he was headed to Tampa International Airport.

Boston was arrested after being administered a field sobriety test. Initial breath tests did not indicate alcohol, but other test results are pending, police said.

Knee injuries have sidelined Boston for most of the past three seasons.

Boston signed with Tampa Bay in May after spending the previous two years with Miami Dolphins, but he was released before the start of the 2006 season. Boston was the eighth pick in the 1999 draft and has 315 receptions for 4,699 yards and 25 touchdowns in 75 career games with the Cardinals, Chargers and Miami.

He was selected for the Pro Bowl in 2001, when he was with the Cardinals.

SON JAILED: A son of Eagles coach Andy Reid was jailed Friday for violating his bail after Norristown, Pa., police said they found him in possession of 33 pills, including the painkiller hydrocodone.

Britt Reid, 22, of Villanova, was stopped Thursday on suspicion of driving while impaired. Free on bail at the time, he's awaiting sentencing for a January road-rage episode in which police say he brandished a gun at another driver.

As a condition of bail Aug. 13, when Reid pleaded guilty to gun and drug charges, the judge had ordered him to remain drug-free and limit his driving to his community college classes. Reid faces a possible six- to 14-month jail term on the charges.

At a news conference, Andy Reid refused to discuss his son's legal problems.

"If you can stay away from the questions on my family, I'd appreciate it. This is about football and our football team," he told reporters.

Britt Reid has not been charged in the latest traffic stop, which came Thursday afternoon in a Plymouth Township, Pa., parking lot.

Police say he struck a shopping cart when police activated their lights, and then failed a sobriety test.

"It was a disappointing day for Andy Reid and his family," defense attorney William Winning said.

The coach's older son, 24- year-old Garrett, also is facing jail time for drug and traffic charges.

Garrett Reid admitted he used heroin the day he ran a red light and struck another car.

He faces a mandatory minimum of three days in jail.

ETC.: The lucrative five-year contract extension signed by Chiefs tailback Larry Johnson includes an initial signing bonus of $12.5 million, and it will pay the four-year pro more than $20 million before his 30th birthday, according to ESPN. The deal includes $19 million in guarantees, but nearly one- third of that is in the form of guaranteed base salaries during the first four seasons of the contract. . . . Defensive end Aaron Schobel reached a contract extension with the Bills, a reward for Buffalo's top pass rusher coming off his first Pro Bowl season. . . . Former Eagles running Duce Staley has been hired as a sideline reporter for football radio broadcasts at South Carolina, his alma mater.

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