49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was charged Saturday with driving under the influence in Miami Beach, according to an ESPN.com report. Miami-Dade County jail records show Smith was booked Saturday morning and held on $1,000 bond.

An Alabama man who was allegedly assaulted by Rolando McClain and another man has sued the Raiders linebacker alleging "brutal and prolonged assault and battery." Christian Tapscott of Decatur filed suit Wednesday in Morgan County Circuit Court seeking unspecified punitive and compensatory damages from McClain and Jadarious Willingham.

Lawyers for Ben Roethlisberger and a woman who accused him of raping her at a Lake Tahoe hotel-casino in 2008 have reached a settlement that ends her civil lawsuit against the quarterback. Cal Dunlap, the Reno lawyer representing Andrea McNulty, confirmed the settlement on Friday but declined to discuss the terms of the agreement. "The matter has been resolved and I have no further comment," he told The Associated Press.

Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant may not be the only high-profile name involved in last Sunday's nightclub altercation at Club LIV. Miami Herald reporter David Smiley tweeted that rapper Lil Wayne may have been involved in the fight with Bryant. The entire incident started when someone heckled Bryant about his play on the field and his public debt issues and thing got out of hand. While Lil Wayne may have been involved, it's still unclear what his role, if any, was in the incident.

Cowboys officials have spoken to Dez Bryant about being detained by Miami police for an altercation at a Miami Beach night club, coach Jason Garrett said Thursday. Bryant got involved in a skirmish outside Club Liv on Sunday night for an undetermined reason, according to a source.

Former USC running back Stafon Johnson's lawsuit against the school and a former employee alleging negligence in the weight room has been settled, USC announced Wednesday. Johnson, a two-year starter for the Trojans now with the NFL's Washington Redskins, sued the school in January 2011 for unspecified damages greater than $25,000 after a September 2009 weightlifting accident nearly cost him his life and forced him to undergo several emergency surgeries.

A third lawsuit has been filed by retired NFL players over brain injuries allegedly caused by on-field concussions, a week before U.S. judges decide whether to consolidate similar cases filed around the country. At least eight related lawsuits have been filed in New York, New Jersey, Georgia and Florida. The lawsuits claim the NFL hid evidence linking concussions to permanent brain injuries and seek millions in compensation. Former Bears quarterback Jim McMahon and hundreds of other players have signed on.

Joe Paterno was ousted as Penn State’s coach in part because he didn’t meet a moral obligation to do more to alert authorities about a child sex abuse allegation against a retired assistant coach, school trustees say, according to an Associated Press report on Thursday.

Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson was indicted on drug charges Thursday in Covington, Ky., The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The indictment charges Simpson with trafficking in more than 8 ounces and less than five pounds of marijuana, a felony, Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders told the paper. Simpson could face one to five years in prison if convicted.

Former Ohio State and NFL quarterback Art Schlichter has been arrested on charges he violated his bond conditions by twice testing positive for cocaine. Authorities also say the 51-year-old Schlichter either refused to provide urine samples for drug testing or declined to show up for such testing three times, according to an Associated Press report.