Coliseum Officials, NFL Meet Behind Closed Doors

More than three months after the NFL presented them with a term sheet -- the framework of a potential stadium deal -- Coliseum officials presented their response to league executives Tuesday during a closed-door meeting in Los Angeles.

Neither side has released details of the term sheet, which one league official described as “a jumping-off point” for negotiations. The NFL also is considering stadium concepts at the Rose Bowl and on a 157-acre landfill in Carson. The league executives will meet with Rose Bowl officials today to review their reconfigured architectural plans, designs expected to be released later this week.

There are no immediate plans to meet with the Carson group, according to Ron Winkler, the city’s economic redevelopment manager. But the Carson group has begun the process of choosing a firm to conduct an environmental-impact report on the site, one that can be used whether a mall, a stadium, or both are built on the land.

-- Sam Farmer

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Eli Manning will start for the New York Giants in Thursday night’s exhibition game against Carolina, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the first pick in the draft has beaten out Kurt Warner for the starting quarterback job, Coach Tom Coughlin said.... Left tackle Robert Gallery, the second selection in the draft, didn’t practice with Oakland because of an elbow injury, described as a hyper-extended right elbow.... Philadelphia defensive end N.D. Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee at practice. Kalu started 16 games for the Eagles last season and finished third on the team with 5 1/2 sacks.

Washington cut Ifeanyi Ohalete, who started 15 games last season at strong safety. He already had lost his starting job when the Redskins drafted Sean Taylor with the fifth pick in April’s draft and shifted Matt Bowen to strong safety.... Chicago left guard Rex Tucker will miss eight to 10 weeks of the regular season because of a dislocated left elbow.... Baltimore running back Jamal Lewis, already facing federal drug conspiracy charges, faces an additional charge of attempting to possess cocaine.

City Council members in Arlington, Texas, gave initial approval for a deal with the Dallas Cowboys to build a $650-million stadium and to place the project on the Nov. 2 ballot.... Seven-time Pro Bowl selection Deion Sanders, 37, told the Baltimore Sun he was considering a comeback with Baltimore.