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Broncos CB Aqib Talib Suspended 1 Game For Poking Player In Eye
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Den- ver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib has been suspended by the NFL for one game for pok- ing Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen in the right eye in the closing minutes of Den- ver's 27-24 loss on Sunday.
"Talib was penalized for un- necessary roughness late in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game in Indianapolis for force- fully poking an opponent in the eye after the conclusion of a play," the league said in a state- ment explaining the punish- ment.
NFL Vice President of Foot- ball Operations Merton Hanks "ruled that Talib's ac- tion placed his opponent at un- necessary risk of injury and should have been avoided," ac- cording to the statement.
Talib is appealing the sus- pension in hopes of playing Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. He said his appeal will be heard Tuesday, with a deci-
AQIB TALIB
sion expected Wednesday. "They're entitled to disci- pline me. I think I deserve dis- cipline,'' Talib said Monday in the Broncos' locker room. "I didn't initially poke him in his eye, but as you could see, I did get his eye. It was uninten- tional. They've got the right to
discipline me as they did.''
If the suspension is upheld, Talib would lose one game check, or $323,529.41 on a $5.5
million base salary.
LeBron James Snags Brentwood Mansion For $21 Million
Charles Barkley: Give Greg Hardy A Chance
James’ new mansion
It seems basketball super- star LeBron James just might be fixin’ to make a full court press on Hollywood. Ac- cording to uncommonly well- connected real estate yenta Yolanda Yakketyyak, and circumstantially affirmed with property records, the cele- brated six-foot-eight Cleveland Cavalier, who made a big splash in Amy Schumer’s summer hit comedy “Train- wreck” and executive produces the loosely autobiographical Starz series “Survivor’s Re- morse,” surreptitiously splashed out a sliver less than $21 million for an East Coast- style mansion on a plum block in an uber-pricey pocket of L.A.’s Brentwood community. Designed by mansion special- ist Ken Ungar, and custom
built in 2011 for a real estate developer and his family, the dignified, understated and ar- chitecturally asymmetrical six- bedroom and seven-bathroom Colonial measures in at a hefty but, by today’s bigger-is-better standard, hardly humongous, 9,350 square feet.
The enormously accom- plished, endorsement-rich, and notably philanthropic two- time NBA champion sold a three-story waterfront contem- porary in Coconut Grove, Fla., only a few months ago for $13.4 million, but continues to own a seven-plus acre spread in Akron, Ohio, anchored, ac- cording to tax records, by a 30,000-square-foot mega- mansion with six bedrooms and 14 bathrooms
CHARLES BARKLEY
Charles Barkley is making headlines again, but this time, the subject is no joking matter. In an essay Barkley wrote, he offers his take on Cowboys de- fensive end Greg Hardy, who was arrested and charged with attacking and threatening his then-girlfriend, Nicole Holder, a year and a half ago. The misdemeanor charges of domestic violence were recently expunged from Hardy's record, but when Deadspin re- leased photos of an injured Holder last week, scrutiny around Hardy intensified. While some, such as ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, have called for Hardy to be ousted from the NFL, Barkley says Hardy deserves a chance to get better.
In his statement Barkley said, For people to start going crazy a year-and-a-half later, because they saw the pictures of Holder's injuries after she was allegedly assaulted by Hardy; I'm disturbed by that. We all agree that the pictures were awful. What is supposed to hap- pen next? If you say he can't play football anymore, what happens to him?...
I believe we can't just discard people when they screw up. If Greg Hardy screws up again, I'll help him pack up out of Dal- las, and he should never play another game the NFL if he ever puts his hands on a woman again.
Barkley emphasizes that, first and foremost, we should "do everything possible to pre- vent it from happening again."
Kevin Durant Leaves Win Over Wizards With Hamstring Strain
WASHINGTON -- Kevin Durant left Oklahoma City's 125-101 win over the Washing- ton Wizards because of a left hamstring strain and did not return to play in the second half.
He will have an MRI on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, and a clearer timetable for his return will be determined after that.
"Little sore, man," Durant said. "I'll get it checked to see what it's looking like after that."
Late in the second quarter, Durant came down awk- wardly after drawing a foul and immediately grabbed at his left leg. He made two free throws and remained in the game for the final two minutes of the half. He walked gingerly to the locker room for halftime and
KEVIN DURANT
never emerged following the break.
"After that foul, I came down a little awkward and landed on it a little harder than I wanted to, and it pulled," Durant said.
Thunder coach Billy Dono- van said he doesn't believe the injury "is too serious" and it's only considered a strain right now.
Raiders LB Ray-Ray Armstrong Investigated For K-9 Taunt
PITTSBURGH -- The Al- legheny County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Raiders player, which a source with di- rect knowledge of the situation identified as linebacker Ray- Ray Armstrong, for allegedly taunting a K-9 service dog be- fore Oakland's game Sunday against the Steelers.
The alleged crime would be considered a third-degree felony in Pennsylvania. Arm- strong could face charges by the end of the week, according to the source.
The Raiders player barked at the dog, lifted his shirt and pounded his chest between exiting the locker room and en- tering the field area for warm- ups, according to Chief Deputy Kevin Kraus. Kraus said the player also told the deputy holding the K-9 to "send the dog."
“The dog was going crazy," Kraus said. "The deputy was
RAY-RAY ARMSTRONG
trying to control the dog the best she could."
The sheriff's office notified the Steelers, the NFL and the Raiders of the investigation. It interviewed witnesses and ob- tained video surveillance, which captured a portion of the incident, but did not interview Armstrong before he left town.
Armstrong had no com- ment when approached by re- porters Tuesday.
Heat Suspend Gerald Green 2 Games Over Detrimental Conduct
MIAMI -- Gerald Green will return to the Miami Heat, but only after the shooting guard serves a two-game sus- pension for conduct detrimen- tal to the team.
The specifics of that conduct remain a mystery. Green was briefly hospitalized last week for still-undisclosed reasons and has not been with the team since.
He was a key reserve in Miami's first three games, missed the game Nov. 3 be- cause of what the team said was an illness and then needed to be transported by ambulance to Jackson Memorial Hospital the following morning.
"I want to apologize to my family, fans and the Heat or- ganization," Green said in a statement released by the team. "I accept the suspension and look forward to rejoining my teammates this weekend."
The first game of his suspen- sion was Tuesday's 101-88 vic-
Gerald Green has averaged 10.3 points in three games with the Heat
tory over the Los Angeles Lak- ers. He also missed Thursday's game against Utah, so the next game he will be eligible to play is Nov. 17 against Minnesota.
"We'll work him back," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "I don't think it'll take long. He was playing great basketball be- fore that. We have practices this weekend. He'll be able to get into a flow and a rhythm, and we'll go from there."
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