Posted on 23 June 2011.
DETROIT — Denver Broncos defensive player Jason Hunter was struck in the left upper chest by a kitchen knife hurled at him by his girlfriend during an argument over cell phones.
Hunter told police the woman waved the knife and told him to stay back before throwing it. She then took her boyfriend to receive medical treatment and later was arrested “after being pointed out by hospital security,” the report said.
The officers who wrote the report said the girlfriend was angry about having found a bag of cell phones, which Hunter claimed “were not his and belonged to his boy.”
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Posted on 23 June 2011.
Venoy Overton, former back up point guard for the University of Washington Huskies has allegedly now turned into a pimp after being charged with a second-degree felony for promoting prostitution. The girl he didn’t want to refuse money from is an 18-year-old woman who was reportedly encouraged to perform sex acts on other men for money by Overton.
It began when the woman claimed she was broke and called her “boyfriend” Venoy who dropped her off at Pacific Highway South, a place known for prostitution and told her to “walk slow and sexy.” The result was a $200 payoff which she split evenly with him and since then she’s been paying him $100 a week whenever she wanted to see him. Venoy’s made approximately $3,000 from her in total.
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Posted on 23 June 2011.
PHILADELPHIA — Long-time NFL defensive end Raheem Brock was arrested in his hometown of Philadelphia after a dispute at a restaurant.
Police Lt. Raymond Evers says Brock ran out on a $27 bar tab at Copabanana on Thursday.
Brock’s party was asked to leave after one of them brought in food from another eatery. Harris says they told the waitress they weren’t going to pay the bar tab
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Posted on 23 June 2011.
MIAMI — Pat Riley expects better days are ahead for the Miami Heat.
Speaking Tuesday, Miami’s team president said that not winning the title was a disappointment – but insisted the season still had plenty of successes.
“I’ll say it. I’m not afraid to say it,” Riley said at his annual end-of-season availability. “We are going to be multiple contenders, OK?
Riley said the team would add more pieces to complement LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh next season, plus was looking forward to seeing what can happen with a healthy Udonis Haslem and Mike Miller, both of whom had their 2010-11 campaign marred by injuries.
He also said Erik Spoelstra would coach, shooting down any notion that the Hall of Famer was considering a return to the bench.
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Posted on 20 June 2011.
A college football player was pulled off a flight and arrested because he was wearing his pants too low.
Deshon Marman, 20, a University of New Mexico player was boarding a flight back to college when he was stopped because his pants were ‘below his buttocks, but above the knees, and his boxer shorts were showing’.
Police said the man who was flying back to Alberqurque from home in San Francisco, California, was told by a U.S. Airways employee to pull up his pants, but he refused.
Officers said that after 15 minutes Marman left the aircraft and was arrested for trespassing. ‘One of the flight attendants on that aircraft was offended by the fact that she could see the outline of his private area,’ Sergeant Michael Rodriguez said.
Marman was taken to San Mateo jail and has been charged with trespassing, battery and resisting arrest. A U.S. Airways spokesman said the airline’s dress code forbids ‘indecent exposure or inappropriate’ attire.
But his mother Donna Doyle said: ‘He was attacked for three reasons – his clothing, his skin, and his hair.’ She admits that her son should have pulled up his pants, but said he was upset as he had just come back to San Francisco to attend the funeral of fellow former high school football star who was murdered.
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Posted on 20 June 2011.
Dwyane Wade has plenty of awards on his mantelpiece for his exploits in the NBA, but the latest honor for the Heat star is for his work off the court with his kids.
On Thursday, Wade was named the 2011 recipient of a Fatherhood Award courtesy of the National Fatherhood Initiative for his “dedication to his two sons,” the NFI said in a statement.
“This Fatherhood Award reflects Dwyane’s commitment to being the kind of dad his sons need him to be,” said NFI president Roland C. Warren. “He gives dads everywhere a great example of what it means to be an involved, responsible, and committed father.
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Posted on 20 June 2011.
While Allen Iverson may not be playing on the NBA court, the basketball star will have to visit court for a slightly different reason.
Iverson’s wife of eight years, Tawanna filed divorce papers last Monday in Fulton County claiming that their union was “irretrievably broken.”
According to court papers, the couple has five children who she’s seeking sole legal and physical custody of. She is also said to be seeking alimony.
Just last year Tawanna filed for divorce, but called it off.
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Posted on 20 June 2011.
Miami Heat superstar Chris Bosh has been sued by his baby mama — for allegedly torpedoing her deal to join the cast of “Basketball Wives” … AFTER she signed her contract.
Bosh’s ex — Allison Mathis — filed the lawsuit in Orlando, FL last week … in which she claims she signed a deal with show producers which could have scored her more than $250,000 for at least 4 seasons … but Chris screwed it up.
In her suit, Mathis also includes a copy of her contract — which shows she was slated to make $2,500 per episode for the first five shows … and $5,000 for each additional episode.
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Posted on 20 June 2011.
It’s time again for Sports Illustrated’s Fortunate 50 — a ranking of the 50 highest-earning athletes in American sports, plus the 20 highest-earning in the world.
For the eighth straight year, Tiger Woods tops the list. But his earnings are dropping. It looks like he’ll have to scrape along with just $62 million from 2010. That’s down from $92 million the year before, and $127.9 million in 2008.
At this rate, Tiger will run out of money in never years.
Golf also provides the U.S. No. 2 — Phil Mickelson at $61.1 million.
All of which proves one thing — golf endorsements are the best in American sports. Woods’ total includes $60 million in endorsements. Mickelson’s includes $57 million. No one else in the top 10 has more than $30 million, and that’s LeBron James, who comes in at No. 3.
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