A northern Virginia judge has dismissed a road-rage assault charge against Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth after the player reached an agreement with the alleged victim. A judge can dismiss misdemeanor assaults under a provision called "accord and satisfaction," in which a victim says he has been made whole, according to Virginia law. Police say the man accused Haynesworth of punching him in a traffic altercation in Reston. The man told investigators he made a gesture at Haynesworth for tailgating him.

On the same day coach Jim Tressel resigned in the wake of an NCAA investigation, The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that the NCAA and Ohio State are looking into whether QB Terrelle Pryor received cars and other extra benefits. Pryor, who will be a senior this fall, has already been interviewed at least once by investigators, the paper reported. The newspaper cited unnamed sources who said this is the most significant inquiry of Pryor.

A former employee of Terrell Owens has been charged in Atlanta with stealing nearly $30,000 from the wide receiver. The man is accused of using a bank account belonging to Owens to pay rent on a $2,000-a-month apartment in the city's tony Buckhead neighborhood. Antonio Edwards was charged with felony theft by deception in 13 warrants issued May 13 by a Fulton County judge.

The NFL and the Cowboys have asked a federal judge to dismiss the class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Super Bowl ticket holders who wound up with no seats for February's game. About 1,250 temporary seats at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington were deemed unsafe just hours before the Feb. 6 game between the Packers and Steelers. A 26-page motion filed by the league and the team on Thursday says the ticket holders aren't entitled to compensation beyond what they've already been offered.

A grand jury in Texas has returned an indictment for Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib, two months after he was charged with firing a gun at his sister's boyfriend. Police, who arrested Talib on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, have said they believe Talib and his mother, Okolo Talib, shot at the man March 21. The man was not injured. Talib, 25, has been out on $25,000 bond since March 30.

The NFL hasn't wavered in this message to its locked-out players: Get out of the courts and come back to the bargaining table. Lawyers for the league issued written arguments Thursday that a recent legal response by players does not dispel "serious doubts" previously expressed by an appeals court about a federal judge's order that the lockout end immediately. Repeatedly during this dragged-out, employer-employee dispute over the future of this lucrative, ever-popular professional sport, the NFL has insisted the only path to a new agreement is through face-to-face talks.

Now that the NCAA has denied USC’s appeal to reduce sanctions imposed on its football program, Bowl Championship Series officials will consider whether to strip the Trojans of their 2004 title. BCS executive director Bill Hancock says there is no timetable for that decision, but he expected it to happen “sooner, rather than later.”

Commissioner Roger Goodell defended the lockout to some unhappy Titans fans and said that the league does not have a "drop dead date" to end the impasse. "We're going to work to try to get this done and try to avoid having lost anything more of the NFL than we've already lost," the commissioner said.

Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth's trial on misdemeanor charges related to an alleged road-rage assault in northern Virginia has been postponed. Lawyers said Haynesworth may be in the process of settling the matter with the alleged victim, which is permissible under Virginia law. The trial had been set for Thursday in Fairfax County. Now it's set for Tuesday.

A federal magistrate has rejected the NFL's request for more time to file a response in the pending antitrust lawsuit filed by its locked-out players. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeanne Graham ruled Monday that the NFL must answer by June 6. The league had asked for a July 6 deadline to answer a lawsuit filed by current players but since amended to include complaints from retirees led by former Hall of Famer Carl Eller.