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In his first broadcast interview since he was released by the Dallas Cowboys, Adam "Pacman" Jones told James Brown of CBS that he was not involved in a June 2007 shooting outside a strip club, and he's confident he'll get back into the NFL.

Asked by Brown whether the allegations that he was behind the shooting were true, Jones was adamant that they're not.

"No, they're not true at all," Jones said. "I told the authorities everything that happened. There's no truth to none of the stories, really."

At that, Jones' lawyer, Robert Langford, interrupted and said he couldn't give any more information at the request of law enforcement officials, but that Jones had cooperated fully with the investigation.

Brown noted that Jones, who has missed 22 of 32 games in the last two seasons because of NFL suspensions, always seems to get in trouble in and around strip clubs, and he asked "What is it about strip clubs that you can't stay away?"

Inside the NFL is the longest-running show on cable TV, but as it moves from its 30-year home on HBO to Showtime this season, it will be hard to recognize.

Michael Hiestand of USA Today reports that the only studio panelist from last year who will come back this year is Cris Collinsworth. Dan Marino, who had a long tenure on the show with HBO, will not be invited to migrate over to Showtime. CBS Sports head Sean McManus, who is overseeing the show's transition to Showtime, explains:

"We didn't want to just have CBS people. And we wanted a link to the HBO show. It was a tough one, in respect to Dan, to go with Cris."

Phil Simms will join Collinsworth in the analyst role. James Brown will get the job of studio host, which Bob Costas has filled in recent years. McManus undoubtedly would have loved to keep Costas around, but Costas's contract with HBO would prevent that.

Many of the league's most respected players were in Washington, DC, on Friday to be honored at the 2008 NFL Players Gala featuring the JB Awards. Hosted by CBS' James Brown and former Steelers head coach turned CBS analyst Bill Cowher, the event is an annual awards presentation benefiting Special Olympics District of Columbia.

A group of the players being honored at the evening's award show spent the morning at Catholic University playing football with 75 or so local Special Olympic Athletes. Players involved on Friday morning included Marques Douglas, Chris Draft, Warrick Dunn, Braylon Edwards, Israel Idonije, Kassim Osgood, Mack Strong, James Thrash and Brian Waters.

With guys like Chris Henry and Matt Leinert in the news for questionable decisions lately, I think it's important to recognize many of the league's good people. DC was lucky enough to be full of them on Friday.Sorry, No Photos