IRS may sack former Raiders quarterback Stabler

[AP] - Former NFL quarterback Ken Stabler is scheduled to be a radio announcer for Alabama's first football game of the season against Hawaii on Saturday. Here's hoping the paycheck is big. Apparently the federal government has sued Stabler, seeking more than $500,000 in overdue taxes and proposing foreclosure on property he owns in Mobile and Baldwin counties in Alabama. The suit says the former Crimson Tide and Oakland Raiders signal caller owes $241,565 in unpaid income taxes, penalties and interest from 1999, 2000 and 2001. It also says the Stabler Co., which he owns, owes $303,282 in unpaid income and employment taxes, penalties and interest from 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000. The Stabler Co. arranges speaking engagements. The suit asks a judge to make sure the amounts are paid by foreclosing on property that Stabler back owns in Mobile and on Ono Island, an upscale residential island. Stabler's tax attorney told the Birmingham News that he has been negotiating with the IRS on his client's behalf and that he expects the matter to be settled before any property is seized.