Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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FOOTBALL Charles goes with Broncos
Jamaal Charles, 30, the Kansas City Chiefs’ all-time rushing leader, has signed with the AFC West rival Denver Broncos. “Excited to have Jamaal Charles join the Broncos,” General Manager John Elway tweeted Tuesday afternoon upon signing Charles to a one-year, incentive-laden deal. “A great addition to our backfield, and we’re thrilled we won’t have to play against him!” He played in eight games over the past two seasons after tearing his right ACL in October 2015. Charles ran for 7,260 yards and 43 touchdowns in nine seasons with the Chiefs, who ended Denver’s five-year run as division champs last year.
Raiders buy stadium site
The Oakland Raiders have closed on the purchase of more than 60 acres near the Las Vegas Strip where their partially tax-funded, 65,000-seat stadium is to be built. Public records filed Monday show a team-owned company paid $77.5 million for four parcels in an area west of the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. The team and the public board overseeing the proposed $1.9billion project have been working on stadium details for months. Since NFL owners approved the Raiders’ relocation to Las Vegas in March, the team has taken over 40,000 refundable $100 deposits for personal seat licenses. Guests of hotels and other lodging facilities in the Las Vegas area are contributing $750 million through a room tax increase. The team did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.
USF player charged
Florida police have arrested a 22-year-old University of South Florida football player on charges of sexual
battery and false imprisonment. In a news release sent Tuesday, USF police said they arrested LaDarrius Divonta Jackson at 10:30 p.m. Monday night. According to police, Jackson assaulted a female acquaintance Monday afternoon in student housing. Records don’t list a defense lawyer. Team officials released a statement saying Jackson has been removed from all team activities. A bio on the USF football website says Jackson is from Birmingham, Ala. He’s a 6-foot-4, 243-pound junior defensive end who played in seven games last season with three tackles. He joined USF after transferring
from Hinds Community College in Jackson, Miss.
BASKETBALL
3 charged in Early robbery
Three men have been charged in the armed robbery and wounding of a New York Knicks player outside a New York City strip club in 2015. Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives teamed with New York Police Department detectives to arrest Johan Antney, Dashawn Tejada and Shaqueel Walker on Tuesday morning. All three were jailed without bail after pleading not guilty in federal court in Brooklyn. Prosecutors said the robbers pulled the holdup after finding out that pro basketball players were inside the Queens club. The prosecutors said that they cornered then-Knicks forward Cleanthony Early as he tried to leave in an Uber car, then took his jewelry and cell phones before Tejada shot him in the leg.
TENNIS Kohlschreiber advances
Defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber began his bid for a fourth BMW Open title with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Norwegian wild card Casper Ruud on Tuesday in Munich. Kohlschreiber saved two of the three break points he faced from Ruud, 18, to set up a second-round meeting with Horacio Zeballos of Argentina. Zeballos beat Andreas Seppi of Italy 5-7, 6-2, 7-5. Chung Hyeon of South Korea and Argentine qualifier Guido Pella both defeated German opponents to progress. Chung prevailed 7-6 (10), 4-6, 6-3 over Maximilian Marterer, while Pella saw off Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-0, 6-2. Also,
Jeremy Chardy of France beat Slovakia’s Jozef Kovalik 6-2, 6-4, Romanian Marius Copil defeated
Thiago Monteiro of Brazil, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, and Slovakia’s Martin Klizan rallied to beat Argentina’s
Nicolas Kicker 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Wozniacki moves up
Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the second round of the Prague Open by beating Misaki Doi of Japan 6-0, 7-5 Tuesday. The former No. 1 from Denmark will next face Jelena Ostapenko. Also, third-seeded Barbora Strycova dispatched Julia Goerges of Germany 6-4, 6-0 to play another Czech, qualifier Lucie Hradecka. Fourth-seeded Sam Stosur beat Evgeniya Rodina 6-2, 6-3. The Australian will play next face Brazilian qualifier Beatriz Haddad Maia,
who defeated Christina McHale
6-3, 6-4. Fifth-seeded Lucie Safarova, the defending champion, came from one set down to beat Kristina Kucova 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 while unseeded Mona Barthel upset sixth-seeded Shuai Zhang 6-0, 6-3. Ana Konjuh, Katerina Siniakova, Kristyna Pliskova and Natalia Vikhlyantseva also advanced on Tuesday.