Koren Robinson News

Brett Favre sharply criticized the way the NFL handles substance abuse problems Wednesday, a day after teammate Koren Robinson was suspended for the season, apparently because of a drunken driving charge. ``I don't like the way the league has, in my mind, turned their back on him,'' Favre said. ``I'm not against banning him for the year. I'd love for him to play, but to boot him out, clean his ...

Green Bay Packers receiver Koren Robinson pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of drunk driving and fleeing police stemming from a high-speed chase in August. Robinson was then taken into custody because of a warrant in Blue Earth County for a previous traffic violation. The more serious charges came when Robinson was with the Minnesota Vikings. His car topped 160 km/h as police chased him from St. Peter to the ...

Koren Robinson's legal problems have not earned him a suspension from the NFL. Not yet, anyway. League spokesman Vince Casey would not comment on a Fox Sports report that the Packers wide receiver has been told he has been suspended one year by the NFL but is appealing the punishment. Casey said Robinson ``has not been suspended,'' but would not comment on whether the receiver is in the middle of the appeals process. A court in Kirkland, Wash., ...

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Koren Robinson was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail for violating probation in a drunken driving case. Robinson appeared in Municipal Court in this Seattle suburb, where he pleaded guilty last year to drunken driving. At the time, he was given a five-year sentence that was suspended on condition he not drink or have any other law violations. The former first-round draft pick was ...