OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders are seeing a deeper meaning in the pigeon who lined up alongside them last weekend.

During last Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles, a pigeon stormed down the field alongside the Raiders' special teams unit. Several players have since stated that the extra star had to be Marquis Cooper, the Raiders linebacker who died in March in a tragic Florida boating accident.

"It kind of gives you a different perspective on things," Raiders running back Justin Fargas told Sacramento radio station KHTK. "It was definitely a strange event seeing that bird flying out there. It seemed comfortable on the football field and comfortable lying down there literally on special teams. It very well could have been Marquis."

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips has taken a leave of absence in the wake of a Fatal Attraction kind of affair with a production assistant.

The New York Post broke the news that Phillips had been having an affair that turned ugly when the woman allegedly started to harass his family after the pair broke up.

ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. soccer star Charlie Davies was injured in a car accident early Tuesday that killed one, the Associated Press reports.

Davies was traveling with two people when the single-car accident happened around 3:15 a.m. along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Virginia. Ashley J. Roberta, 22, of Phoenix, Md. was killed in the collision, while Davies and the other traveler were both transported to Washington Hospital Center Medstar for treatment.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Tila Tequila apparently doesn't plan to go away quietly.

The MTV star has intentions of suing Shawne Merriman, a revelation that came soon after the San Diego District Attorney's office announced Friday that charges will not be filed against the NFL star following an early-morning altercation with Tequila last weekend.