Corey Smith

Donald Nicholson, left, a friend of missing fisherman Marquis Cooper walks with an unidentified member of Corey Smith's family at the U.S. Coast Guard station in St. Petersburg, Fla. , Tuesday March 3, 2009 after being told the search for three missing fishermen will be called off at sunset. Members of missing fisherman Corey Smith's family leaves the U.S. Coast Guard station in St. Petersburg, Fla. , Tuesday March 3, 2009 after being told the search for three missing fishermen will be called off at sunset. The Detroit Lions are retiring the number 93 jersey for the upcoming season in memory of defensive lineman ... Read Full Story

Corey Smith, left, and Marquis Cooper are two of the men missing in Florida. The news about the whereabouts of NFL players Corey Smith and Marquis Cooper, as well as the two other friends who went with them on a fishing expedition, may not good be good, at least for three of them. According to the Coast Guard, it has found an overturned boat with University of South Florida football player Nick Schuyler clinging to it in waters where authorities have been searching for four missing boaters. According to Coast Guard Petty Officer Harless, it does not know whether the boat it found is ... Read Full Story

This story is so sad. Our condolences go out to the families of Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith. We pray for a miracle that they can be found. We can't understand why the coast guard gave up the search for such high profile victims. Four days into one of the US’s most-high profile ocean rescue operations, the Coast Guard has called off the hunt for one former and two current American Football players who went missing during a fishing trip. Breaking sports news video . MLB , NFL , NBA , NHL highlights and more . Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, who play in ... Read Full Story

Corey Smith is known to be a tough NFL player as he holds the defense end in Detroit Lions the last time he played. On the other hand, Marquis Cooper is a strong Oakland Raiders linebacker. Both Corey, 29 years old, and Marquis, 26 years old, might be on for the touchdown of their lives as they, together with 2 other boaters are missing since Sunday in the wilderness of Florida's Gulf Coast. This was already confirmed by Corey Smith's agent as he was consulting with the Florida Coast Guard to initiate a search and rescue operation for the lost boaters. Read it all ... Read Full Story

After continuing to search the Gulf of Mexico for Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith, and William Bleakley for five days, the Coast Guard announced Tuesday, March 3rd that the search will be abandoned. With a massive space to cover, the capsized boat already found, the Coast Guard had little intuition on where to locate the missing sailors. With Marquis Cooper and the fate of others remain grim, Cooper’s family has vowed to continue to search for the missing players. Earlier today, the Raiders front office released the following statement: We continue to hold out hope that Marquis Cooper, Will Bleakley and Corey Smith will be ... Read Full Story