Seahawks team plane stops for ``precautionary'' check of Rhodes
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Posted 7:10PM on Monday, October 2, 2006
KIRKLAND, Wash. - The Seattle Seahawks' charter plane made an unscheduled stop late last night to get medical care for assistant coach Ray Rhodes.<br>
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The team says the stop in Rapid City, South Dakota, was precautionary and was done on the advice of team physicians on board.<br>
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Rhodes is a special defensive assistant for the Seahawks and flew back to Seattle on a commercial jet today.<br>
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The exact nature of Rhodes' situation was not immediately disclosed. The former Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles coach had a stroke in September of 2005.<br>
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Rhodes turns 56 this month.
