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Sunday, December 15
 
Harrington hospitalized with irregular heartbeat

Associated Press

DETROIT -- Detroit Lions rookie quarterback Joey Harrington left Sunday's game against Tampa Bay with an irregular heartbeat and was taken to the hospital for tests and observation.

He was to stay overnight at Henry Ford Hospital as a precaution.

"Joey Harrington is doing fine right now,'' internist Keith Burch, the Lions' team physician, said after Tampa Bay beat Detroit 23-20.

Harrington may miss next Sunday's game at Atlanta, but could be available for the finale against Minnesota at home.

"I suspect that if we find nothing through the workup, that he'll maybe miss one game and be back, and then maybe even play in the next game, depending on what they find,'' Burch said. "He could miss the remainder because there are only two left. That's a possibility.''

Harrington played on one possession, and threw one incomplete pass, before leaving in the second quarter after he started to feel ill.

"Joey Harrington had an irregular heartbeat that returned to a normal rhythm before he left (Ford Field),'' team doctor Kyle Anderson said. "Because Joey had no previous history of an irregular heartbeat, we had to make sure we took precautionary measures.''

Backup Mike McMahon threw a 46-yard pass to Bill Schroeder and an 18-yard touchdown pass to Schroeder on his first drive to cut Detroit's deficit to 10-7.

McMahon was benched in favor of Harrington, the third pick in the draft, after two games this season. McMahon was 10-of-21 for 158 yards with one passing touchdown, one rushing score and an interception.

Harrington, the No. 3 overall pick out of Oregon, started his 12th straight game for the Lions. He entered Sunday's game completing just over 50 percent of his passes, with 2,294 yards, 12 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.




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