The New England Patriots will not pay Aaron Hernandez an $82,000 workout bonus due on August 1 for work he performed prior to being charged with murder.

Withholding this offseason workout bonus is expected to be a harbinger of the $3.25 million bonus due to Hernandez in March 2014, which league sources said the Patriots also will not pay. 

The payment is expected to be contested by Hernandez's agents.

The Denver Broncos suspended director of player personnel Matt Russell indefinitely without pay and director of pro personnel Tom Heckert for one month without pay for their recent drunken-driving arrests.

The Broncos also said that Russell and Heckert will be provided "treatment resources as needed in the form of education, counseling and other rehabilitation programs."

Broncos top executives will meet Monday at the team's Dove Valley facility to discuss discipline for the recent driving under the influence arrests of personnel chiefs Matt Russell and Tom Heckert, according to a club source.

Alfonzo Dennard was arrested for driving under the influence on Thursday morning in Nebraska.

Dennard is a cornerback with the New England Patriots.

Dennard was sentence to 30 days in jail in April after he was found guilty of a felony assault on a police officer.

Dennard was a seventh round pick in 2012 by the Patriots and is projected to start across from Aqib Talib.

Retired Ravens linebacker Rolando McClain pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges on Tuesday, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

The Sun, citing Decatur Municipal Court clerk Jessica Haggard, reported that McClain was assigned a December 12 court date.

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has broken his silence, defending himself and the U. of Florida over the treatment Aaron Hernandez received while playing for the Gators. 

"Prayers and thoughts are with the family and friends of the victim," Meyer texted to the Columbus Dispatch. "Relating or blaming these serious charges to the University of Florida, myself or our staff is wrong and irresponsible."

A Connecticut man who says he lost an eye after being shot by Aaron Hernandez in February was ordered Friday to appear before a grand jury in Massachusetts that is considering the murder case against the former Patriots tight end, according to an ESPN.com report.

St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission President Kathleen Ratcliffe informed the Rams of the organization's decision not to publicly fund a $700M upgrade of the Edward Jones Dome in a letter dated Tuesday.

The decision allows the Rams to break their lease with the dome after the 2014 season, creating the possibility that the Rams could leave St. Louis, according to an ESPN.com report.

There have been more arrests of NFL players in the period between the Super Bowl and July 1 in 2013 than any of the previous four years.

The NFL has had 27 of its players arrested in 2013, most notably Aaron Hernandez.

There were 41 players arrested in the period in 2008.

Jimmy Haslam's company, Pilot Flying J, is reportedly $4 billion in debt. Haslam purchased the Cleveland Browns for $1 billion last October with $700 million up front.

The company has also been investigated by the FBI about committing rebate fraud.