FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - The New York Jets, in the market for a wide receiver, called Plaxico Burress' agent before the NFL draft to look into the former Giants star's legal troubles.

Burress was released by the Giants on April 3, just over four months after the Super Bowl hero accidentally shot himself in the thigh with an unlicensed gun in a New York City nightclub.

Burress, 31, faces at least 3½ years in prison if convicted on a felony weapons charge.

PITTSBURGH - Wide receiver Hines Ward signed a five-year contract extension on Sunday with the Steelers, a deal that should allow the two-time Super Bowl winner to finish his career in Pittsburgh.The contract runs through the 2013 season, though the 33-year-old Ward may not play that long.Ward's extension is expected to be worth $22 million and allows the Steelers to spread out his signing bonus for salary cap purposes. Ward will make less this season than the $5.8 million he would have made in the final season of the $27.5 million, five-year contract he signed in 2005, but much of the money will be made up in a signing bonus.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Nearly three years after the injury that eventually led to Barbaro's death in January 2007, Churchill Downs unveiled a 1,500-pound bronze statue of the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner on Sunday at the site of his greatest triumph.The sculpture, created by Alexa King, shows Barbaro flying down the track with all four feet off the ground as he carries jockey Edgar Prado to glory.

BARCELONA, Spain - Rafael Nadal won his fifth straight Barcelona Open title on Sunday, beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-2, 7-5.Top-ranked Nadal exploited Ferrer's inconsistent service game to take the first set and then overcame his own erratic play in the second set to win the Godo trophy at Ferrer's expense for the second straight year.

AVONDALE, La.- Jerry Kelly rallied on the back-nine for a one-shot victory in the Zurich Classic on Sunday exactly 200 starts from the last time he picked up the champion's check.Kelly dropped in a 2½-foot putt on 18 to earn $1.1 million, an exemption through 2011, and invitations to the Masters, World Golf Championships and the Mercedes-Benz Championship.