Rickey Sanders

Wide receiver Rickey Sanders reported to the Washington Redskins' training camp Sunday after posting bond in Houston the day before on attempted murder charges. Sanders reported a couple of hours before the 11 p.m. Sunday deadline for rookies and selected wide receivers. Sanders made no statement about the charges, which resulted from an altercation with a parking attendant May 1. He was among about 80 players who joined the team, which will begin practice today.

The aggravated assault trial of Washington Redskin receiver Ricky Sanders was postponed until Jan. 28. Sanders is accused of running his car over a Houston parking attendant and failing to stop after an argument at a topless nightclub May 1.

The aggravated assault trial of Washington Redskin receiver Ricky Sanders was postponed until Jan. 28. Sanders is accused of running his car over a Houston parking attendant and failing to stop after an argument at a topless nightclub May 1.

Wide receiver Rickey Sanders reported to the Washington Redskins' training camp Sunday after posting bond in Houston the day before on attempted murder charges. Sanders reported a couple of hours before the 11 p.m. Sunday deadline for rookies and selected wide receivers. Sanders made no statement about the charges, which resulted from an altercation with a parking attendant May 1. He was among about 80 players who joined the team, which will begin practice today.

It was two strong arms that staged the shootout at RFK Stadium, but it was Raul Allegre's foot that won it. Allegre's 52-yard field goal as time ran out gave the New York Giants a 27-24 victory over the Washington Redskins Monday night, upstaging quarterbacks Phil Simms and Mark Rypien. Allegre also had hit a 32-yarder 2:17 earlier to tie it after New York had squandered a 21-10 fourth-quarter lead by surrendering two touchdowns in 54 seconds to give the Redskins a 24-21 lead.

At 8 p.m. on Friday, traffic was backed up. Horns blew as far as the ear could hear and adults leaned out their car windows to jaw with police. Serious business. Somebody might miss the kickoff. Of the exhibition season. Now that the Burgundy-and-Gold are playing, the world of Washington sports can have true meaning once more. After 213 days of Redskinless misery, the city has reason to live again. Folks know and care about strange things where the Redskins are concerned.

It wasn't ugly or particularly painful. The Rams didn't do anything astoundingly awful in Sunday's run-of-the-mill 27-6 loss to the Washington Redskins, and the Redskins chipped in a rather listless tryout for the role of This Year's Model Powerhouse. So, get your highlight films ready: As far as Rams losses go in this lost season, this one was a keeper.

Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, in Green Bay, Wis., to catch the Packer-Ram game, also gave a little litany of why the San Francisco 49ers are such a successful franchise. Hear this, everybody else? Tagliabue, in a brief session with the media, defended his $500,0000 fine of 49er owner Eddie DeBartolo for transferring ownership of the team to Edward DeBartolo's corporation without league approval three years ago.

PHOENIX CARDINALS SEPT. 1, SUNDAY, 1 P.M., ANAHEIM STADIUM LAST MEETING: 1989: RAMS 37, PHOENIX 14 THE SERIES: RAMS LEAD, 16-9-2 1990 RECORD: 5-11 KEY OFFENSIVE STARTERS: Coach Joe Bugel has altered his one-back attack to get second-year runners Johnny Johnson and Anthony Thompson on the field at the same time. Quarterback could be a problem; maturing third-year man Timm Rosenbach injured a knee during a drill last week and could be done for the year.

Joe Gibbs has an explanation for why Super Bowl winners rarely repeat. "Winning," he says, "often makes average players think they're great." Gibbs made that observation as he contemplated his thinned-out Washington Redsdkins in training camp, three holdouts short of the unit that beat Buffalo, 37-24, in Minneapolis last Jan. 26 for its third NFL title in a decade.

Winning team receives possession of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, a sterling silver trophy created by Tiffany & Co. It was named for the late Vince Lombardi priot to Super Bowl V. Trophy consists of a regulation-size silver football mounted in a kicking position on a pyramid-like stand of three concave sides. The trophy stands 20.75 inches, weighs 107.3 ounces, and is valued in excess of $10,000. The words "Vince Lomardi" and "Super Bowl XXVII" are engraved on the base along with the NFL emblem.