You read it right. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10/eric-naposki-life-prison-murder-sentence_n_1765638.html
It appears he won a World Bowl V ring with the Barcelona Dragons in 1997, 3 years after the murder. http://www.forcadragons.com/en/h_1997.htm
Naposki is not the first. Anyone remember George Boothe from the late 80's. A sad story all around. Now doing life in Georgia. He should be for what he did. It is a tragic story.
http://articles.courant.com/1996-10-03/news/9610030807_1_murder-case-mee-black-woman I had no idea. Truly sad and tragic.