The Sports Xchange

Former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer was treated for a gunshot wound following an apparent failed suicide attempt, authorities said.

Kramer, 50, was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound Tuesday night by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. They had responded to a welfare check for Kramer, who was in a Calabasas, Calif., motel room.

Kramer’s ex-wife said depression and head injury were factors in the state of Kramer, who played with the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons and San Diego Chargers.

Marshawn Kramer, who was divorced from Erik in 2010, told NBC News, “He is a very amazing man, a beautiful soul, but he has suffered depression since he was with the Chicago Bears. I can promise you he is not the same man I married. I know Erik and I would still be together if not for his football injury.”

Their son, Griffen, died of a heroin overdose in 2011.

—Defensive tackle Corey Peters is out for the 2015 season with a torn ACL.

Peters was carted off the field during Wednesday’s practice.

He was in the first year of a three-year, $10.5 million deal with the Cardinals. The sixth-year pro spent his first five seasons with the Atlanta Falcons.

—New York Jets guard Oday Aboushi has been suspended without pay for the first game of the season for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.

According to Aboushi’s agent, the suspension stems from a traffic stop in January in which police discovered marijuana in Aboushi’s vehicle.

Aboushi, a backup guard, will miss the team’s opener Sept. 13 against the Cleveland Browns. He will be able to return to the team Sept. 14. In the meantime, Aboushi is eligible to practice and play in all preseason games.

—Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert said Thursday that the team will not revisit wide receiver Antonio Brown’s contract.

Colbert recently met with Brown’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, but the GM said the team has a policy of not renegotiating contracts that have more than a year left, except for quarterbacks.

Brown is entering the fourth year of a six-year, $43 million deal he signed in 2012, and he wants a deal that reflects his performance over the past two seasons: a league-high 239 receptions, including a franchise-record 129 for 1,698 yards last year. He will be paid $6 million this season, $8.25 million in 2016 and $8.71 million in 2017. A dozen other receivers have deals that average more per year than his does.

—Tony Dungy confirmed the long-held rumor that quarterback Peyton Manning thought the New England Patriots spied on the visitors’ locker room at Gillette Stadium.

Dungy told “The Dan Patrick Show” that “whether it’s true or not, (Manning) treated it as true. We didn’t have a lot of strategy discussions inside the locker room there.”

As a Colt and Denver Bronco, Manning is 3-7 at New England, 6-13 vs. the Patriots overall.

—Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell is sticking with his Super Bowl play call, a second-and-goal pass that was picked off by New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler.

Bevell told Sports Illustrated that he wouldn’t change the call he gave quarterback Russell Wilson with less than 30 seconds to go in the Super Bowl.

“That play we called will always be there to drive me. I wouldn’t change it. I think it was the right thing,” Bevell said.

—New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz might sit out Saturday’s preseason game because of a calf strain he dubbed a minor hiccup unrelated to his 2014 season-ending knee injury.

Cruz, Odell Beckham Jr. and Reuben Randle all sat out Wednesday’s practice.

Coach Tom Coughlin said Cruz will be unlikely for Saturday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Cruz said the calf injury is on the leg opposite his repaired patellar tendon.

—The Dallas Cowboys waived running back Lache Seastrunk and picked up cornerback Rod Sweeting.

Seastrunk was selected in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins and signed with the Cowboys in June during OTAs. He played in one preseason game for Dallas and rushed for 16 yards on five carries.

Sweeting was released by the Buffalo Bills on Wednesday. The undrafted Sweeting signed with the New Orleans Saints out of Georgia Tech in 2013, was traded to the Bills and played in nine games during the 2013 season, finishing with three tackles.

— The Baltimore Ravens’ director of security has been found not guilty of fondling a female stadium worker.

Darren Sanders was exonerated Thursday of second-degree assault and a fourth-degree sex offense — charges rooted in allegations that he molested a female custodian after a game at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium in December.

The Ravens were “delighted with the verdict,” according to a team spokesperson.

—The Denver Broncos claimed tight end Jake Murphy off waivers from the Cincinnati Bengals and placed defensive tackle Marvin Austin on injured reserve.

Austin, 26, played in 15 games for the Broncos last season.

Murphy had been waived by the Bengals on Wednesday. A first-year player from Utah, he spent time on the Bengals’ practice squad last season.

—Clay Burton reached an injury settlement with the Buffalo Bills, who released the tight end from injured reserve.

Burton was placed on IR on Aug. 12.

Burton signed with the Bills as an undrafted free agent from the University of Florida.

—New U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis will have a third founding partner in farmer-owned Land O’Lakes, the food and agribusiness brand that joines Hy-Vee Inc. grocery and Miller Coors.

Assets in the new football stadium will include prominent signage throughout the venue and advertising opportunities with the Vikings Entertainment Network.

At least seven founding partners are expected by next season.