SEE YOU IN COURT: The fight for jersey No. 26 is going all the way to courtroom No. 161B.
Next month, the District Court of Maryland will try to answer the question being posed in locker rooms everywhere: How much for your number? Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis agreed to pay defensive back Ifeanyi Ohalete $40,000 for No. 26 last year, but after Ohalete was released by the team in August, he accused Portis of stopping payments prematurely and paying only half the sum.
Ohalete, now wearing No. 25 for the Arizona Cardinals, is claiming breach of contract and suing Portis in a trial scheduled to begin June 7 in Upper Marlboro, Md.
"It's not exactly the kind of case you see every day," John Steren, Ohalete's lawyer, said.
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