BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is expected to plead guilty next week to an unspecified charge stemming from a hit-and-run accident involving his SUV, Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark said yesterday.

Clark declined to detail the charge but said a tentative plea agreement assumes Lynch was driving his 2008 Porsche Cayenne when it hit a woman crossing a Buffalo intersection early May 31, leaving the victim with a bruised hip and in need of stitches. There was one other person in the SUV at the time, Clark said. He would not say who it was.

The announcement of an "agreement in principle" between lawyers came as a grand jury was scheduled to begin hearing testimony in the case. Several Bills players and front-office employees were subpoenaed by investigators frustrated by Lynch's refusal to speak with them.

Parole violation trips former Cav Bradshaw

The checkered past of Ahmad Bradshaw has landed him in a Virginia jail for 30 days. The Giants' running back, who emerged as a valuable weapon toward the end of his rookie season and was the leading rusher in Super Bowl XLII, is in the Abingdon Regional Jail on a probation violation charge.

"The underlying charge in this matter stems from an offense which occurred while Mr. Bradshaw was a juvenile," his attorney, Charles A. Stacy, said in a statement. The charge came from the Tazewell County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, which serves Bradshaw's hometown of Bluefield.

Bradshaw, 22, had run-ins with the law before he was drafted by the Giants. In 2006, while at Marshall University, he pleaded guilty to petty larceny. In 2004, at the University of Virginia, he pleaded guilty to underage alcohol possession and resisting arrest. Those incidents caused him to drop in the draft until the Giants selected him in the seventh round. They also constituted the violation of probation from the sealed juvenile charge in Tazewell County.

Bears secure Harris for 4 years, $40 million

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Tommie Harris says the talks that led to his four-year, $40 million contract with the Chicago Bears were businesslike and "classy."

Speaking at a morning news conference at Halas Hall, the defensive tackle said he and Bears management kept negotiations private in reaching a deal that will keep him with Chicago through 2012.

That differs from what has happened between the team and linebackers Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs. They've both gone public with complaints and either hinted or threatened holdouts.

"We didn't try to go out there and talk about one another or dispute different things, and I feel like we did it all in-house," Harris said.

Harris has started 56 of his 60 career NFL games and recorded 208 tackles during his four seasons with the Bears. The three-time Pro Bowler had 13 total sacks over the last two seasons -- ranking him second among defensive tackles.

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