Limas Sweed signs with CFL’s Ottawa franchise

Limas Sweed is getting a shot with a Canadian Football League team. The expansion Ottawa REDBLACKS have signed Sweed, the club announced Monday. A wide receiver from Texas, the 29-year-old Sweed was the Steelers’ second-round pick in 2008. He caught a combined seven passes for 69 yards in regular-season play for Pittsburgh in 2008 and…