Originally published Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Reggie Bush's Twitter posts about lockout cause controversy | NFL

Running back Reggie Bush of New Orleans insists he was joking when he stirred up some fans with posts on his Twitter account about enjoying free time during the league lockout.

By The Associated Press

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NEW ORLEANS — Running back Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints insists he was joking when he stirred up fans with posts on his Twitter account about enjoying free time during the league lockout.

Bush drew critical responses from a number of his nearly 1.7 million Twitter followers when he posted: "Everybody complaining about the lockout! Shoot I'm making the most of it! Vacation, rest, relaxing, appearances here and there! I'm good!"

Bush, 26, added in a second post moments later: "Right about now we would be slaving in 100 degree heat, practicing twice a day, while putting our bodies at risk for nothing."

The timing of the posts heightened criticism of Bush because he has been absent from workouts organized by quarterback Drew Brees that have drawn several dozen Saints to Tulane.

After some of Bush's fans were less forgiving, Bush posted another message that read: "FYI last tweet was a joke! Relax people damn it's called sense of humor! Cry me a river why don't you..."

Notes

• Alan Faneca, an eight-time All-Pro guard who played for Arizona last season, announced his retirement. The former Pittsburgh and New York Jets standout is 34.

Faneca finished with a streak of 144 consecutive games played.

• Defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth, 29, of the Washington Redskins did not grope a waitress at a hotel bar and intends to fight the accusations, his lawyer said in entering a not-guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of sexual abuse.

"The one thing I can tell you is my client didn't do what he's accused of doing," defense attorney A. Scott Bolden said.

• Ex-Oakland defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith, 43, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the 2008 beating and shooting death of a man in Los Angeles County. Smith is one of three men charged in the killing of Maurilio Ponce, 31.

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