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Javon Walker was just chillin’ his room

June 18, 2008 / John Paulsen

Javon Walker did an interview with TheDirty.com about his recent “incident” in Las Vegas.

“I was just back at my room and at about 5:30 in the morning I got a knock at the door. I opened it and 3 guys with guns were there. They cracked me in the head a few times, knocking me unconscious. They then robbed me of everything I had; my watch, money, everything! Somehow they got me to a car and dropped me off in the street. That’s what happened.”

The rumor was that Walker was at the Tryst nightclub and was spraying bottles of Dom Perignon on members of Floyd Mayweather’s table. Then (rumor has it) there was a confrontation, which led to the robbery and assult of Walker by Mayweather’s crew.

Walker says that he was abducted at his hotel and that the Mayweather story is completely false.

NFL, Rumors & Gossip

Wednesday Morning Headliners

June 18, 2008 / Anthony Stalter

– With a 131-92 thrashing of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the Finals, the Boston Celtics were crowned NBA Champions. Check out John Paulsen’s blog about the game.

– Mark Ellis had a big night for the A’s, driving in four runs on three hits and blasting two dingers in Oakland’s 15-1 beatdown of the Diamondbacks.

– Milwaukee’s Ryan Bran hit two long balls and went 3-4 while knocking in three runs in the Brewers’ 7-0 shutout of the Blue Jays.

– Andy Pettitte went seven strong innings, yielding no runs on five hits and striking out nine in the Yankees’ 8-0 shutout over the Padres.

– According to NFL Network correspondent Adam Schefter, Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson will undergo surgery to remove bone chips from his ankle. Johnson says he’ll be ready for training camp.

– Terry Glenn wants to be released from the Cowboys instead of signing an injury-settlement with the team…Terrell Owens missed a mandatory minicamp practice, but he apparently was excused and head coach Wade Phillips said T.O.’s absence “is not a big deal.”

– Colts wide out Marvin Harrison’s legal case has apparently stalled as investigators attempt to look for more evidence.

General Sports, MLB, NBA, NFL

Large amount of cash stolen off Walker

June 17, 2008 / Anthony Stalter

According to the Associated Press, large amounts of cash were stolen from Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker, who was found beaten and laying unconscious on a street near the Las Vegas strip early Monday morning.

A large amount of cash and some jewelry were taken from Walker, who suffered “significant injuries,” police said.
Police Lt. Clinton Nichols said detectives are retracing Walker’s activities in the hours before he was found injured Monday morning on a street off the Las Vegas Strip.
“That’s one of the first things we do, backtrack what he did and where he stayed,” Nichols said, adding that the investigation was still in the early stages. “We knew there was a large amount of cash taken, and some jewelry.”
According to reports published Tuesday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Walker visited a nightclub, Tryst, at the Wynn Las Vegas resort on Saturday night. He spent Sunday night at another club, Body English at the Hard Rock hotel-casino, before leaving about 3:30 a.m. Monday, according to casino spokeswoman Dorian Cantrell.
Cantrell said there were no reports of a disturbance at the club.

I still find it interesting that he was alone. These ballplayers never travel alone and maybe this is just my inner conspiracy theorist at work, but maybe he was beaten and robbed by someone he knew?

General Sports, NFL

Tuesday Morning Headliners: Mets fire Randolph

June 17, 2008 / Anthony Stalter

– The New York Mets finally axed manager Willie Randolph. The club promoted bench coach Jerry Manuel to interim manager for the time being, but what the front office eventually wants to do is bring in someone who can light a fire under this team.

– Tiger Woods won his 14th career major by knocking off Rocco Mediate in a sudden death playoff at the U.S. Open. Mediate deserves a ton of credit for hanging in, but he blew a golden opportunity to take Tiger down in the 18-hole playoff when he pared the remaining two holes. Either way, Tiger proved once again that he’s silly good.

– In a rather bizarre story, Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was found laying unconscious on a street near the Las Vegas strip Monday morning. He’s apparently in fair condition, but nobody knows how the hell he got there or how he suffered an “orbital fracture.”

– Ryan Howard is h.o.t. He went 3 for 5 with two dingers, four RBI and two runs scored in the Phillies’ 8-2 win over the Red Sox. Cole Hamels also won his seventh game of the season, but Philly couldn’t gain any more ground in the NL East as the Marlins topped the Mariners 6-1.

– Fernando Rodney went back to doing what he does best while making his season debut: He gave up a game winning home run to rookie John Bowker in the eighth inning of the Giants’ 8-6 win over the Tigers.

General Sports, Golf, MLB, NFL

Javon Walker found unconscious near Las Vegas strip

June 16, 2008 / Anthony Stalter

According to FOX 5 News in Las Vegas, Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was found unconscious with an orbital fracture on Flamingo Boulevard located just off the strip early Monday morning.

The Oakland Raiders player was taken to Sunrise Medical Center’s Trauma unit, where he was listed in fair condition late Monday afternoon, hospital officials said.
Police said Walker had an orbital fracture. They said they are not sure how he received the fracture.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Walker was seen Saturday night at Tryst at the Wynn spraying the crowd with some of the 15 bottles of Dom Perignon Rose champagne he ordered.

Como what? How does a player from the NFL wind up on a street unconscious with an “orbital fracture?” Don’t these guys travel with a large crew to make sure that they don’t wind up unconscious on some street corner off the Las Vegas strip? Somebody get Gil Grissom on the phone – there’s a crime to be solved.