NEW YORK—NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell decided Donte’ Stallworth’s football punishment should last much longer than his 24 days in jail. The Cleveland Browns receiver, who pleaded guilty to killing a pedestrian while driving drunk, was suspended for the season without pay yesterday. He is barred from team activities until he is reinstated after the Super Bowl.

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth has been suspended without pay for the 2009 season after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter.

Suspended Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth will be allowed to leave home confinement to train with a strength and conditioning coach, a judge ruled Tuesday.

MIAMI—Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth has been released from a Miami jail. Stallworth served 24 days of the 30-day jail sentence after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter. Stallworth, 28, struck and killed a pedestrian in an early morning crash March 14. Police said he had spent the night drinking at a Miami Beach nightclub.

Charles Barkley is right. Sadly. Barkley, a former NBA star and current TNT basketball analyst, long has insisted athletes should not be viewed as role models. Still, we cling to the idea, the hope, that these men who are capable of such amazing performances on the field are equally amazing off the field. Yet off the field, they are just like the rest of us, imperfect and prone to bad decisions.

NEW YORK—Cleveland Browns receiver Donte’ Stallworth was indefinitely suspended by the NFL yesterday for driving drunk and killing a pedestrian in Miami. “The conduct reflected in your guilty plea resulted in the tragic loss of life and was inexcusable,“ Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter to Stallworth. “While the criminal justice system has determined the legal consequences of this incident, it is my responsibility as NFL commissioner to determine appropriate league discipline for your actions, which have caused irreparable harm to the victim and his family, your club, your fellow players and the NFL,“ Goodell said.