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Earl Wolff Doing Well After Alleged Kidnapping At Gunpoint In February
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad defensive back Earl Wolff is doing well after he was allegedly kidnapped and released by armed gunmen late last month in Fayet- teville, North Carolina, the team said Saturday.
The news of the alleged kidnapping was first reported by the Fayetteville Observer.
Wolff has asked through the Jaguars that his privacy be respected, and he does not wish to speak about the inci- dent.
According to the report by The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville police received a call about 3 a.m. ET on Feb. 23 that a man was robbed and kidnapped. Citing police, the paper reported that Wolff had been visiting friends in the area and was
Earl Wolff played for the Eagles in 2013 and 2014 be- fore being waived in August. He signed with the Jaguars in December.
walking to his car when he was forced into his car at gunpoint.
He was released shortly thereafter in an area south of Fayetteville. His car was found in a nearby city.
“We don’t know how long he was kidnapped but it was a short period of time,”
Fayetteville police spokesman Antoine Kin- cade told the paper.
Fayetteville police arrested
Bobby DeShawn Bailey
and charged him with rob- bery with a dangerous weapon, first-degree kidnap- ping, conspiracy, larceny, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and possession of marijuana.
Wolff, who went to nearby Hoke County High School and played colle- giately at NC State, was a fifth-round pick by Philadel- phia in 2013. He played in 11 games for the Eagles in 2013 and seven in 2014.
The Eagles waived him on Aug. 1 and he later agreed to an injury settlement (knee). The Jaguars signed him to the practice squad on Dec. 22.
Wendall Williams Blazes In Hand-Timed 40 At Regional Combine
Heat’s Chris Bosh
Wendall Williams, a wide receiver from an NAIA Division I college in Ken- tucky, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.19 seconds at the NFL re- gional combine in Winter Park, Minnesota, on Satur- day.
similar times by hand as the regional combine per- sonnel.
Williams’
‘Feeling Good’; No Update On Condition
time was tracked at Williams’ time was WENDALL 4.32 with
MIAMI —
Heat forward
Chris Bosh,
who has been
out since the
All-Star break
as he contin- CHRIS ues to seek BOSH medical evalu-
ations for a condition that threatens to sideline him for the rest of the season, tweeted Saturday that he is “feeling good.”
Bosh posted the tweet in re- sponse to a fan who had tweeted, “get well soon CB.” Bosh replied: “feeling good! Feeling Great!”
He also said he worked out Saturday and that it went well, though he made no reference to his health status.
Nate Diaz Submits Conor McGregor By Rear-Naked Choke In 2nd Round
NATE DIAZ And CONOR MCGREGOR
LAS VEGAS — The fight game is a humbling one. Conor McGregor learned that at UFC 196.
McGregor, the once seem- ingly invincible Irishman des- tined to hold UFC titles in multiple weight classes, tapped to a rear-naked choke applied by Nate Diaz on Saturday night. The finish came at 4:12 of the second round in a wel- terweight bout McGregor ap- peared to be in control of early.
McGregor blamed the loss, his first since 2010, on ineffi- ciency.
posted on the NFL regional combine Twitter feed. It was timed by hand by regional combine evaluators. Several scouts from NFL clubs were present, and they recorded
WILLIAMS laser timing. Running back Chris Johnson’s offi- cial time of 4.24 in 2010 is the
Kendrick Lamar Releases New Album At LeBron James’ Request
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Turning his Twitter account into a real-life “Field of Dreams”-like mechanism to will something into being, Cavaliers forward LeBron James tweeted to hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar and Anthony Tiffith, the CEO of the Top Dawg Entertain- ment record label, a little more than a week ago asking them to release new music by Lamar that they were sitting on.
Sure enough, Lamar seemingly granted James’ request late Thursday night by tweeting out his new album, “Untitled Unmas- tered” to the world.
James was asked about his relationship with Lamar after Cleveland’s shoot- around Friday.
“Is there any back story? Um, it’s just family ties,” James said. “That’s all. It’s family ties.”
Lamar, 28, is not actually
LEBRON JAMES And KENDRICK LAMAR
related to the 31-year-old James, but the Los Angeles- based performer and James share a close friend in Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul.
“Really close,” James said. “Admire each other’s work and each other’s craft. And even with him being all the way on the West Coast and me being here, we share a lot of qualities, being around the same age.”
Despite the late Thursday release, James said he had already listened to the eight- song, 34-minute album come Friday morning.
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