Ex-Celtic Telfair arrested in NY
Former Boston Celtics basketball player Sebastian Telfair was arrested on weapons and marijuana-related charges during a traffic stop in New York.
Police say the 32-year-old Telfair and another man were arrested early yesterday morning in Brooklyn after police found firearms, a semiautomatic rifle, ammunition, a ballistic vest and marijuana inside their vehicle.
It wasn’t clear if Telfair had a lawyer.
Telfair was a first-round draft pick in 2004. He began his NBA career with the Portland Trail Blazers and spent time with the Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves and other teams before ending his career in China in 2014.
Telfair and another friend were arrested in 2007 after a traffic stop when police found a loaded handgun in the vehicle. Telfair was on the Celtics roster at the time of the traffic stop arrest. He pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon and was sentenced to three years of probation.
Also, in 2005 he was fined by the Trail Blazers after a loaded gun was found in the team charter at Logan Airport.
Cars: Hamilton wins again
Lewis Hamilton won Formula One’ Canadian Grand Prix yesterday for the sixth time and the third year in a row in Montreal.
Valtteri Bottas was second, 19.7 seconds behind, to give Mercedes a sweep of the top two spots as it jostles with Ferrari in the championship points race. Hamilton entered the day trailing Sebastien Vettel, who finished fourth, by 25 points. He cut the deficit to 141-129.
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was third for the third straight week, celebrating on the podium by drinking champagne out of his race-worn shoe.
NFL: Ingram inks new deal
Pass rusher Melvin Ingram agreed to a four-year deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, avoiding a protracted contract dispute shortly before the opening of minicamp.
Ingram has skipped the Chargers’ voluntary offseason workouts while negotiating the deal. Los Angeles applied the non-exclusive franchise tag to Ingram in February, but kept working on a long-term deal.
Ingram has been one of the NFL’s top edge rushers in recent seasons, recording 18.5 sacks in the past two years.
Misc.: Fuglsang tops Crit
Jakob Fuglsang upset all favorites to become the first Danish rider to win cycling’s Criterium du Dauphine in Brizon, France. The Astana rider attacked on the final climb to the Plateau de Solaison in the French Alps, a grueling seven-mile ascent at an average gradient of 9.2 percent, to win the 71.5-mile stage and leapfrog overnight leader Richie Porte. ...
Nebraska freshman receiver Keyshawn Johnson Jr. was ticketed for marijuana possession after a resident director reported suspected drug use in a dormitory room in Lincoln, Neb. According to a university police report, officers responding to a call to Selleck Hall on Friday found 4.5 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the football player’s room. Johnson, the son of ex-NFL receiver Keyshawn Johnson, is expected to compete for playing time this season. . . .
Panathinaikos won at rival Olympiakos, 66-51, to clinch its 35th Greek basketball title in the deciding match of the best-of-five playoffs in Athens, Greece.