R. Lewis: Race a factor in McNair treatment
Baltimore Ravens11/11/2006 7:54 AM The Baltimore Sun reports Ravens middle LB Ray Lewis insinuated to ESPN that the Tennessee Titans' banning QB Steve McNair from their facility this offseason was based on race. "I don't ever want to turn it into a black-white issue," Lewis told ESPN. "But it would really puzzle me, seriously, if anybody would ever tell Brett Favre ... if anybody would ever tell Peyton Manning not to walk into the Indianapolis facility. "No. I can never understand that, and I never will because it's heartless," Lewis said. "It's heartless to do a man like that without an explanation." Read more