Steve McNair has died.

[dfwabel]

I hope this is my last post on this thread, I want the Merto Nashville police to solve this case with apparently 2 or 3 others,. Please get it solved quickly.

[Saint Zephyr III]

When I thought of "warrior" in the NFL, this was the guy that came to mind. He was a player that could win a game solely on guts. He was the kind of player that you'd go to war with.

Man, this just sucks and I'm just at a lost for words...

[Cujo]

I was floored when I got word of McNair's death this afternoon. Simply stunning.

R.I.P.

[NJTank]

Looks like it was murder-suicide, and the 20-year old was his girlfirend

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football...lle_report.html

[crashcarson15]

I just can't imagine this guy dead. I can't.

I'm re-igniting by Backyard Football 2002 team the "Humongous Watermelons" in memory. Godspeed, Steve.

I am totally digging that game out now that you mentioned it. Thank you.

Yeah I love that game... of course what happened to the Melonheads? I remember playing with McNair in BYFB (of course I still play Backyard Baseball )

McNair was the kind of player that was just fun to watch.

[JayJaxon]

I think a lot of people feared that he was romantically involved with the woman. It really makes the situation that much worse.

[crashcarson15]

I think a lot of people feared that he was romantically involved with the woman. It really makes the situation that much worse.

Yeah it really does make the situation worse. A lot worse. This investigation is gonna get real interesting...

[BBTV]

EDIT:

Never mind... ain't no need.

[gueman]

I am gonna guess he tried to end the relationship. So far none of the articles have said he was separated from his wife, but they say he was dating Ms. Kazemi for a few months.

[Mac the Knife]

I am gonna guess he tried to end the relationship. So far none of the articles have said he was separated from his wife, but they say he was dating Ms. Kazemi for a few months.

That was my guess as soon as I heard the news.

[JQK]

Yet another example of "Please, for the love of God, do NOT fu*k around with crazy bitches. They will kill you."

[tBBP]

I'm just a little weirded @ the fact that the woman was all of 20 years old...

...but then again, maybe I shouldn't be all that surprised, the way lil' girls is growing up these days. (And guys, you know full well what I mean by that.)

From the way things broke down (or at least, the details that have been released thus far), I guess this could be seen one of two ways: this young lady was an employee of his restaurant that he either felt sorry for (or plain fell for), and thus the humanitarian in him thought it to be a good idea to "take care of her" a little bit...or, as pretty much everyone has already assumed, Steve had a straight-up jump-off in Ms. Kazemi here.

Either way it goes, this is just more proof of the old Biblical adage: "what's done in darkness, will come to light". Just a shame it had to come to light in this manner.

R.I.P. Steve...one of the greats to ever play the game of football.

[TFoA]

I'm just a little weirded @ the fact that the woman was all of 20 years old...

...but then again, maybe I shouldn't be all that surprised, the way lil' girls is growing up these days. (And guys, you know full well what I mean by that.)

100% co-sign. Some of these girls look like full-grown, out-on-their-own-instead-of-actually-living-at-home hot ass women instead of the barely-out-of-high school girls that they are. I can dig it, though, that's right down my alley.

But yeah, you and JQK said it best: #1: Don't with them crazy chicks and #2: Jump-offs should remain just that, or else some like this happens.

[quantum]

Good works doesn't make the man a saint. It's funny how people think generous people have to be boy scouts in other aspects of their lives. It's sad that he isn't afforded the opportunity to make amends for poor choices.

[tBBP]

Yahoo! News has this story now. Interesting how now all these details are fitting together.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Shot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was the victim of a homicide, police declared Sunday. But authorities wouldn't say it was a murder-suicide ? even with his 20-year-old girlfriend dead at his feet from a single bullet.

McNair had been dating Saleh Kazemi for several months, and Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said Sunday that a semiautomatic pistol was found under her body. She was shot in the head.

McNair, who was married with four sons, had a permit to carry a handgun in Tennessee, and he was arrested once before with a 9mm weapon although charges in the case were dropped. Police said they had not yet determined who owned the gun found at the scene.

Investigators weren't looking for a suspect but were questioning friends of the couple as well as Kazemi's ex-boyfriend. They were also waiting for results of drug and other laboratory tests before deciding whether McNair was killed in a lovers' quarrel.

"That's a very important part of the investigation as we work to ultimately classify Miss Kazemi's death," Aaron said.

The details surfacing after McNair's death stand in stark contrast to the public persona he enjoyed during his career.

McNair repeatedly played through serious injuries and pain to win, though he came up a yard short of forcing overtime on the Tennessee Titans' famous drive that came a yard short of forcing overtime in the 2000 Super Bowl.

Generous, he frequently took part in charity work for both the Titans and later the Baltimore Ravens after a 2006 trade. McNair even helped load donated food, water and clothes onto tractor-trailers that he had arranged for Hurricane Katrina victims, and paid for three football camps for children himself this year.

McNair and Kazemi were found dead at a Nashville condominium ? which overlooks the Titans stadium ? that he rented with his friend Wayne Neeley. Police believe both died early Saturday. Neeley found the bodies hours later, and called a friend, Robert Gaddy, who played at Alcorn State with McNair. Gaddy dialed 911.

"People have certain things that they do in life," Gaddy said. "We don't need to look on the situation at this time (but) on the fact we just lost a great member of society."

The quarterback's agent, Bus Cook, said he had never heard Kazemi's name until news of the shooting broke Saturday. What McNair's wife knew wasn't clear Sunday. Cook said Mechelle McNair was "in and out of it." He said she had no comment after the police called his death a homicide.

"It doesn't make any sense. I don't know what to say," Cook said.

Mechelle was "very upset, very distraught" Sunday, Cook said. She was preparing to finish funeral arrangements Monday.

McNair split his time between Nashville and his farm in Mount Olive, Miss. He recently opened a restaurant near Tennessee State University that was aimed at serving healthy, affordable food to college students.

McNair was also seen so often at Kazemi's apartment that a neighbor thought he lived there.

McNair met Kazemi when his family ate often at the Dave & Buster's restaurant she worked at as a server, and the two began dating in a relationship that included a vacation with parasailing. Photos posted on TMZ.com showed McNair gazing and smiling at the young Kazemi.

"She pretty obviously got mixed up way over her head with folks," said Reagan Howard, a neighbor of Kazemi's.

A man who answered the door at a house in the Jacksonville, Fla., suburb of Orange Park said it was the home of Kazemi's family, but said her relatives did not want to comment.

"We don't have anything to say, please leave us alone," he said.

The victim's sister, Soheyla Kazemi, told the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville that the young woman had expected McNair to get a divorce. "She said they were planning to get married."

Kazemi often was dropped off by limousine in the early morning hours and recently went from driving a Kia to a 2007 Cadillac Escalade registered to both herself and McNair. Her niece told The Tennessean that Kazemi thought McNair was divorcing his wife of 12 years soon.

Nashville courts had no record of a McNair divorce case, but a home he owned in Nashville is on the market for $3 million.

The real estate agent declined to comment. Her online listing for property described it as a "gigantic house" of more than 14,000 square feet and photos showed a pool, home theater, baby grand piano and ornate furnishings throughout.

McNair and Kazemi were together Thursday night when she was pulled over driving that Escalade. She was arrested on a DUI charges, and he was allowed to leave in a taxi even though he was charged with drunken driving in 2007 when his brother-in-law was stopped for DUI while driving McNair's pickup truck.

McNair led the Titans to the 2000 Super Bowl, which they lost 23-16 to the St. Louis Rams despite his 87-yard drive in the final minute and 48 seconds. He was co-MVP of the NFL with Colts quarterback Peyton Manning in 2003.

Manning said in a statement Sunday that he had some great battles with the quarterback.

"Sharing the NFL MVP honor with him in 2003 was special because of what a great football player he was," Manning said. "I had the opportunity to play in a couple of Pro Bowls with him, and the time spent with him in Hawaii I'll never forget. I'll truly miss him."

The Titans drafted Vince Young in 2006 to replace McNair, who had mentored him since he was a teenager. They never played together but did play against each other that year.

"He was like a father to me. I hear his advice in my head with everything I do. Life will be very different without him," Young said in a statement Sunday.

McNair grew up in Mount Olive, Miss., and became a football star at Alcorn State, the Division I-AA school in his home state as he dominated the Southwestern Athletic Conference. He became a Heisman Trophy contender as reporters flocked to little Lorman to watch the man known as "Air McNair."

He still holds the Division I-AA (now known as Football Championship Subdivision) records for career yards passing (14,496) and total offense (16,823). McNair was drafted in 1995 by the Houston Oilers, who eventually became the Titans.

Picked four times for the Pro Bowl, McNair finished with 31,304 yards passing and 174 touchdowns. He led both the Titans and Ravens to playoff berths, including two AFC championship game appearances with Tennessee. Injuries finally led to his retirement after the 2007 season

Besides his wife, McNair is survived his sons Junior, Steven, Tyler and Trenton.

First thing that caught me about this story was the whole divorce thing. But hey--I knew nothing of the man's personal life to know they were even having issues...that is, if Steve and his wife were having issues. But in reading this, apparently things between Steve and Ms. "jump-off" ran a little bit deeper than a little bit. Being at her apartment all the time? (What is it about us guys that we spend more time at the house of the girl we're seeing than we do at our own?) And had been seeing her for several months? Man, this was a recipe for disaster from jump, from the looks of things.

[Don]

situations like this with pro athletes can only end one of two ways, either with a blackmail scheme to keep your sordid affairs quiet, or you end up shot by some crazy bitch. Steve McNair has done too much good in this world to let this one sin be the one that ended his life and its a shame.

[BlueSky]

If Steve was carrying on a secret affair, he wasn't doing a real good job on the secret part...

"Hey look, I'm having a secret affair!"

That and having the Escalade registered in both his name and the girlfriends? You've gotta be kidding...unless the rumors now circulating that Steve and his wife had separated are true. That would throw a whole new light on things. Because if he really was still 'happily' married, then he was unforgivably (and fatally) stupid.

Saw one story that quoted the GF's neighbors as saying she recently swapped her Kia for the Escalade. No way to know for sure before all the facts emerge, but based on what's out so far, sure looks like what other people have said: Steve said sorry, you're going back to your Dave & Buster's waitress life* and she said, the hell I am. On the other hand, maybe it was a double murder, though the police sure aren't acting that way.

* No, really, that's where they met. According to news reports, Steve frequently took his family to Dave and Buster's and that's how they met.

[TFoA]

This is yet another reason why you shouldn't cheat. Too bad Steve had to die because of it.

[Cujo]

The moral of this story: Trollin' for a mistress at Dave & Buster's will pretty much get you killed.

[FiddySicks]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As police continued to investigate the Steve McNair homicide case, a relative of the woman found shot to death next to McNair claims police have told him they are almost sure 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi was the shooter, and that Kazemi purchased a gun in the past week.

Farzin Abdi, Kazemi's nephew, didn't know what day of the week the gun was purchased or what type of gun it was.

Nashville police didn't immediately have a reaction to the Abdi's comments.

"There was no way she was depressed and wanting to do this," Abdi said. "She was so happy. ... She just had it made, you know, (with) this guy taking care of everything."

Abdi said Kazemi believed McNair was divorcing his wife and she was preparing to sell her furniture to move in with him.

Shot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, McNair was the victim of a homicide, police declared Sunday. But authorities wouldn't say it was a murder-suicide — even with Kazemi dead at his feet from a single bullet.

McNair had been dating Saleh Kazemi for several months, and Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said Sunday that a semiautomatic pistol was found under her body. She was shot in the head.

McNair, who was married with four sons, had a permit to carry a handgun in Tennessee, and he was arrested once before with a 9mm weapon although charges in the case were dropped. Police said they had not yet determined who owned the gun found at the scene.

Investigators weren't looking for a suspect but were questioning friends of the couple as well as Kazemi's ex-boyfriend. They were also waiting for results of drug and other laboratory tests before deciding whether McNair was killed in a lovers' quarrel.

"That's a very important part of the investigation as we work to ultimately classify Miss Kazemi's death," Aaron said.

A public memorial and viewings are scheduled later this week for McNair.

The public will have a couple of opportunities to attend viewings in Nashville on Thursday and a memorial will be held later that evening at Mount Zion Baptist Church.

A funeral will be held Saturday in Mississippi but arrangements are not yet final.

Fans are asked to make donations to the Steve McNair Foundation.

The details surfacing after McNair's death stand in stark contrast to the public persona he enjoyed during his career.

McNair repeatedly played through serious injuries and pain to win, though he came up a yard short of forcing overtime on the Tennessee Titans' famous drive to lose the 2000 Super Bowl.

Generous, he frequently took part in charity work for both the Titans and later the Baltimore Ravens after a 2006 trade. McNair even helped load donated food, water and clothes onto tractor-trailers that he had arranged for Hurricane Katrina victims, and paid for three football camps for children himself this year.

McNair and Kazemi were found dead at a Nashville condominium — which overlooks the Titans stadium — that he rented with his friend Wayne Neeley. Police believe both died early Saturday. Neeley found the bodies hours later, and called a friend, Robert Gaddy, who played at Alcorn State with McNair. Gaddy dialed 911.

"People have certain things that they do in life," Gaddy said. "We don't need to look on the situation at this time (but) on the fact we just lost a great member of society."

The quarterback's agent, Bus Cook, said he had never heard Kazemi's name until news of the shooting broke Saturday. What McNair's wife knew wasn't clear Sunday. Cook said Mechelle McNair was "in and out of it." He said she had no comment after the police called his death a homicide.

"It doesn't make any sense. I don't know what to say," Cook said.

Mechelle was "very upset, very distraught" Sunday, Cook said. She was preparing to finish funeral arrangements Monday.

McNair split his time between Nashville and his farm in Mount Olive, Miss. He recently opened a restaurant near Tennessee State University that was aimed at serving healthy, affordable food to college students.

McNair was also seen so often at Kazemi's apartment that a neighbor thought he lived there.

McNair met Kazemi when his family ate often at the Dave & Buster's restaurant she worked at as a server, and the two began dating in a relationship that included a vacation with parasailing. Photos posted on TMZ.com showed McNair gazing and smiling at the young Kazemi.

"She pretty obviously got mixed up way over her head with folks," said Reagan Howard, a neighbor of Kazemi's.

A man who answered the door at a house in the Jacksonville, Fla., suburb of Orange Park said it was the home of Kazemi's family, but said her relatives did not want to comment.

"We don't have anything to say, please leave us alone," he said.

The victim's sister, Soheyla Kazemi, told the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville that the young woman had expected McNair to get a divorce. "She said they were planning to get married."

Kazemi often was dropped off by limousine in the early morning hours and recently went from driving a Kia to a 2007 Cadillac Escalade registered to both herself and McNair. Her niece told The Tennessean that Kazemi thought McNair was divorcing his wife of 12 years soon.

Nashville courts had no record of a McNair divorce case, but a home he owned in Nashville is on the market for $3 million.

The real estate agent declined to comment. Her online listing for property described it as a "gigantic house" of more than 14,000 square feet and photos showed a pool, home theater, baby grand piano and ornate furnishings throughout.

McNair and Kazemi were together Thursday night when she was pulled over driving that Escalade. She was arrested on a DUI charges, and he was allowed to leave in a taxi even though he was charged with drunken driving in 2007 when his brother-in-law was stopped for DUI while driving McNair's pickup truck.

McNair led the Titans to the 2000 Super Bowl, which they lost 23-16 to the St. Louis Rams despite his 87-yard drive in the final minute and 48 seconds. He was co-MVP of the NFL with Colts quarterback Peyton Manning in 2003.

Manning said in a statement Sunday that he had some great battles with the quarterback.

"Sharing the NFL MVP honor with him in 2003 was special because of what a great football player he was," Manning said. "I had the opportunity to play in a couple of Pro Bowls with him, and the time spent with him in Hawaii I'll never forget. I'll truly miss him."

The Titans drafted Vince Young in 2006 to replace McNair, who had mentored him since he was a teenager. They never played together but did play against each other that year.

"He was like a father to me. I hear his advice in my head with everything I do. Life will be very different without him," Young said in a statement Sunday.

McNair grew up in Mount Olive, Miss., and became a football star at Alcorn State, the Division I-AA school in his home state as he dominated the Southwestern Athletic Conference. He became a Heisman Trophy contender as reporters flocked to little Lorman to watch the man known as "Air McNair.

He still holds the Division I-AA (now known as Football Championship Subdivision) records for career yards passing (14,496) and total offense (16,823). McNair was drafted in 1995 by the Houston Oilers, who eventually became the Titans.

Picked four times for the Pro Bowl, McNair finished with 31,304 yards passing and 174 touchdowns. He led both the Titans and Ravens to playoff berths, including two AFC championship game appearances with Tennessee. Injuries finally led to his retirement after the 2007 season

Besides his wife, McNair is survived his sons Junior, Steven, Tyler and Trenton.

Yeah, the bolded part has me convinced he was breaking up with her and she wasn't about to have it. Stupid bitch. Hope her greedy ass rots in Hell.