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Burress insists bad ankle, not contract, has him on sidelines.(Sports)

By Tom Canavan

The Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y.

Plaxico Burress says it's his ankle, not his contract, that is keeping him from practicing with the Super Bowl champion New York Giants.

"If it was only about my contract, I would be home in South Florida relaxing," Burress said Monday.

There have been suspicions about Burress' injury because he refused to practice during a June minicamp over the team's decision not to give him a new contract. He has three years remaining on a deal that will pay him $3.25 million this season, well below what the league's top receivers earn.

Burress, a former Green Run High standout, said in his first interview since ...

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