(WASHINGTON) — A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested for the attempted armed robbery and carjacking of Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. back in August, according to Washington, D.C., police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Robinson was shot twice in the leg during the attempted robbery.
Authorities don’t think that Robinson was targeted.
Police Chief Robert Contee told reporters that the community tips helped them to make the arrest Wednesday morning.
Police are asking for help finding two other individuals related to this case.
“This arrest was the result of hard work and dedication to the mission of combating violent crime,” ATF Assistant Special Agent in Charge Christopher C. Amon told reporters on Wednesday.
Robinson was in Washington on Aug. 28 when he was apparently approached by two juveniles who tried to steal his car and a struggle ensued, police said at the time.
Robinson was selected from Alabama in the third round of the 2022 draft in April.
He hit the field for the first time since the injury in October.
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(NEW YORK) — Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder, along with his wife, Tanya, and the team, has hired Bank of America Securities to consider “potential transactions,” they announced Wednesday.
“The Snyders remain committed to the team, all of its employees and its countless fans to putting the best product on the field and continuing the work to set the gold standard for workplaces in the NFL,” a statement said.
This move comes after many calls for Snyder to step away from the team following multiple allegations and investigations around workplace culture, sexual misconduct and financial improprieties.
An investigation by ESPN published in October detailed allegations concerning how Snyder operates as owner, including the culture created within the team, which was described in the article as toxic.
“I believe there is merit to removing him as owner,” Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said a few days after that report, according to ESPN.
The Commanders in a statement called Irsay’s comments “unfortunate” for coming “while an investigation is in process, and the team has had no opportunity to respond to allegations.”
“The Commanders have made remarkable process over the past two years,” the statement continued. “We are confident that, when he has an opportunity, to see he actual evidence in this case, Mr. Irsay will conclude that there is no reason for the Snyders to consider selling the franchise. And they won’t.”
Last year, the NFL fined the Washington Football Team $10 million after an investigation found it created a “highly unprofessional” workplace, particularly for women. Snyder’s wife, Tanya, has taken on a larger role in operating the team as these investigations go on.
In response to the toxic workplace claims, the team said, “… she [Tonya Snyder] and Dan will continue to work to improve all aspects of the team — in the front office and on the field.”
The NFL is now investigating Snyder again, this time for allegations of sexual harassment.
A 2020 Washington Post report detailed allegations of mistreatment of women on the cheerleading team. That squad was replaced last year with a coed dance team.
Additionally, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform is investigating the Washington Commanders over workplace misconduct. Snyder testified behind closed doors in July.
Commanders fans, meanwhile, have not been quiet about their desire for the Snyders to “sell the team,” as they chanted at a recent game.
(NEW YORK) — U.S. gymnastics fans can now officially book their trips to the Paris Olympics.
The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won gold at the 2022 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tuesday in Liverpool, England, securing their ticket to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. It is the national team’s sixth consecutive win since 2011.
The five-person team of Skye Blakely, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Shilese Jones and Leanne Wong came out on top with a total score of 166.564, followed by the teams from Great Britain and Canada.
Chiles led the team on the balance beam with a leading score of 13.333. Following the team’s win, Chiles shared a series of photos on Instagram alongside a heartfelt message.
“Wow!! Where do I even start!! I’m am beyond proud of everyone that showed out today!! I’m on cloud 9 right now. Thank you to everyone for the love and support❤️ This girl is a World Champion,” the UCLA sophomore wrote.
Carey also shared the team win on her Instagram, writing, “𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙎 🥇 I am truly blessed and honored to be apart of Team USA and all the things we have accomplished. We’ve worked so hard for this historic moment and I am so proud of everyone on this team.”
Carey led the team on the vault and floor exercise, with scores of 14.800 and 14.100, respectively.
Jones, who scored the highest on uneven bars with a 14.333, dedicated the team’s victory to her father in her celebratory Instagram post.
“Woke up as a world champion. Words couldn’t explain how truly blessed i am to be apart of this historic winning team. Dreams do come true. Thanks for all your love and support! Forever a world champion. -for you dad,” Jones wrote, adding a red heart emoji.
Blakely, who is the youngest on the team at 17 years old, described winning the world championships as an “experience of a lifetime” on Instagram.
Chiles is the only holdover from the team that won silver at the Tokyo Olympics. Carey competed individually, but was not a part of the team event. And while the U.S. has captured a spot in the 2024 Olympics, the team members won’t be decided until just before the games.
Carey and Jones will compete again on Thursday for a chance to be named the women’s individual all-around champion.
The U.S. men’s gymnastics team, which is currently third after qualifications, competed in their team competition Wednesday.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
Houston 5, Philadelphia 0 (Series tied 2-2)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Washington 121, Philadelphia 111
Atlanta 112, New York 99
Miami 110, Sacramento 107
Toronto 143, San Antonio 100
Cleveland 114, Boston 113 (OT)
Chicago 106, Charlotte 88
LA Clippers 109, Houston 101
Milwaukee 116, Detroit 91
Dallas 103, Utah 100
Memphis 111, Portland 106
LA Lakers 120, New Orleans 117 (OT)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Toronto 5, Philadelphia 2
Buffalo 6, Pittsburgh 3
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
Philadelphia 7, Houston 0
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Chicago 108, Brooklyn 99
Miami 116, Golden State 109
Oklahoma City 116, Orlando 108
Phoenix 116, Minnesota 107
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NY Rangers 1, Philadelphia 0 (OT)
Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 3
Vegas 3, Washington 2 (OT)
Minnesota 4, Montreal 1
Boston 6, Pittsburgh 5 (OT)
Dallas 5, Los Angeles 2
NY Islanders 3, Chicago 1
Edmonton 7, Nashville 4
Seattle 5 Calgary 4
Arizona 3, Florida 1
New Jersey 5, Vancouver 2
Anaheim 6 San Jose 5 (SO)
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was sentenced to three years in prison for a drunk driving crash that injured five people, including one child severely, according to an attorney for the victims.
Reid, 37, pleaded guilty in September to driving while intoxicated in connection with the Kansas City crash. He had faced up to four years in prison as part of a plea deal.
Reid, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, was driving his pickup truck near Arrowhead Stadium on Feb. 4, 2021, when he struck two vehicles that had stopped along the side of the highway. He had a blood alcohol content of 0.113 and was driving 84 mph in a 65 mph zone at the time of the incident, according to court documents.
Ariel Young, who was 5 years old at the time, was severely injured in the crash. She suffered “life-threatening injuries” and a “severe traumatic brain injury, a parietal fracture, brain contusions and subdural hematomas,” according to court documents.
The victims have spoken out against the plea deal and had hoped Reid would receive the maximum sentence. Prior to taking the guilty plea, Reid faced up to seven years in prison, with a trial expected to begin in September.
Ariel, now 6, attended the sentencing hearing Tuesday afternoon, entering the Kansas City courthouse with a shirt that had the words “Ariel strong” on it.
Her mother, Felicia Miller, prepared a victim’s impact statement that was read in court, detailing how the crash has impacted Ariel’s life.
“Today, Ariel drags her right foot when she walks. Next month we’re going to see a doctor about leg braces. She has terrible balance,” she wrote. “She takes longer to process information than her peers. She will have to be in special ed. She wears thick glasses that she never wore before. This is our life.”
Miller wrote that she does not accept past apologies from Reid for what happened. She wrote that Reid should never have been offered a plea deal and the victims are “offended” he asked for probation.
“Ariel’s life is forever changed because of Britt Reid. Her life will be dealing with the damage that Britt Reid did,” she wrote.
Reid addressed Ariel and her mother in court and apologized again, saying, “My family and I are in your corner,” according to Kansas City ABC affiliate KMBC.
Tom Porto, the attorney for the five victims in the crash, said in a statement that the victims are “outraged the defendant was not sentenced to the maximum sentence allowable by law.”
“No amount of prison time will ever be enough to punish the defendant for the pain and suffering he caused this family and the ongoing difficulties that Ariel will continue to endure for the rest of her life,” he continued.
In a statement provided to KMBC, Reid’s attorney, J.R. Hobbs, said his client “respects the court’s decision and appreciates the time and attention given to this matter.”
Reid “sincerely regrets and accepts responsibility for his conduct” and prays for Ariel’s “continued recovery,” the statement continued.
During a plea hearing on Sept. 12, Reid apologized for his “huge mistake.”
“I really regret what I did,” he said, according to KMBC.
At one point he turned to Ariel’s family and said, “I didn’t mean to hurt anyone that night,” KMBC reported.
When the judge asked the family if they had anything to say, KMBC reported that Miller said, “My family and I are opposed to the plea deal. I don’t think he should receive it.”
Reid was a linebackers coach for the Chiefs at the time of the crash and during the team’s Super Bowl win in February 2020. He was released by the team shortly after the incident.
In November 2021, the Chiefs and Porto announced that the team worked out a plan to help pay for Ariel’s medical care.
Reid has previously served prison time over a driving-related incident.
He pleaded guilty to simple assault and flashing a gun at another driver in a road rage incident in 2007, according to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, court records, and served prison time. While in prison, he also pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of a controlled substance from a separate incident, according to court documents.
ABC News’ Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.
(TAMPA BAY, Fla.) — Tom Brady is breaking his silence after he and Gisele Bündchen announced they had finalized their divorce after 13 years of marriage.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback was asked about the split on the SiriusXM podcast “Let’s Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray” on Tuesday.
“Obviously the good news is it’s a very amicable situation and I’m really focused on two things: taking care of my family and certainly my children and, secondly, doing the best job I can to win football games,” Brady said when asked if his personal life could spill over into his professional life on the football field.
“That’s what professionals do — you focus at work when it’s time to work, and then when you come home you focus on the priorities that are at home,” he continued. “All you can do is the best you could do. That’s what I’ll just continue to do as long as I’m working and as long as I’m being a dad.”
Brady was also asked if it was hard to compartmentalize those two priorities in his life, with him noting again that he’s a professional and that he’s dealt with “a lot of challenging situations on and off the field” for his entire career.
“I think the interesting thing for a football player, or an athlete in general, is … I always say we’re not actors. Even though we’re on TV, you know, that is our real self out there,” he said. “We’re trying to do our best.”
“We all have our unique challenges in life. We’re all humans. We do the best we could do,” the seven-time Super Bowl champion said. “I have incredible parents that have always taught me the right way to do things. I want to be a great father to my children and always try to do things the right way as well. And to deal with things in your life that have challenges, you wanna deal with them in the best possible way.”
Brady continued, “So I want to always be able to hold my head high on and off the field, and I’m gonna try to continue to do that for as long as I’m here.”
Brady’s Bucs have stumbled to a 3-5 record and are currently on a three-game losing streak. He has thrown just three touchdowns in those three games combined.
The NFL star and Bündchen, who married in 2009, confirmed on Friday they had finalized their divorce by each sharing separate statements to their respective social media pages.
In both their posts, Brady and Bündchen said they had “gratitude” for their time together and that the decision had been made “amicably.”
They both said their priority was their children. Brady and Bündchen share two children together, 12-year-old Benjamin and 9-year-old Vivian. Brady also has a 15-year-old son, Jack, from his previous relationship with Bridget Moynahan.
Brady called the situation “painful and difficult,” and said he and Bündchen “only wish the best for each other as we pursue whatever new chapters in our lives that are yet to be written.”
Bündchen said, “The decision to end a marriage is never easy but we have grown apart and while it is, of course, difficult to go through something like this, I feel blessed for the time we had together and only wish the best for Tom always.”
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday afternoon for a drunk driving crash that injured five people, including one child severely.
Reid, 37, pleaded guilty in September to driving while intoxicated in connection with the Kansas City crash.
Reid was driving his pickup truck near Arrowhead Stadium on Feb. 4, 2021, when he struck two vehicles that had stopped along the side of the highway. He had a blood alcohol content of 0.113 and was driving 84 mph in a 65 mph zone at the time of the incident, according to court documents.
Ariel Young, who was 5 years old at the time, was severely injured in the crash. She suffered “life-threatening injuries” and a “severe traumatic brain injury, a parietal fracture, brain contusions and subdural hematomas,” according to court documents.
Reid, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, faces up to four years in prison as part of a deal that his victims have spoken out against. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. local time in a Kansas City courthouse.
Prior to taking the guilty plea, Reid faced up to seven years in prison, with a trial expected to begin in September.
During a plea hearing on Sept. 12, Reid apologized for his “huge mistake.”
“I really regret what I did,” he said, according to Kansas City ABC affiliate KMBC.
At one point he turned to Ariel’s family and said, “I didn’t mean to hurt anyone that night,” KMBC reported.
When the judge asked the family if they had anything to say, KMBC reported that Ariel’s mother, Felicia Miller, said, “My family and I are opposed to the plea deal. I don’t think he should receive it.”
Tom Porto, the attorney for the five victims in the crash, said in a statement at the time that the victims are “outraged the prosecuting attorney is not seeking the maximum sentence allowable by law.”
Reid was a linebackers coach for the Chiefs at the time of the crash and during the team’s Super Bowl win in February 2020. He was released by the team shortly after the incident.
In November 2021, the Chiefs and Porto announced that the team worked out a plan to help pay for Ariel’s medical care.
Reid has previously served prison time over a driving-related incident.
He pleaded guilty to simple assault and flashing a gun at another driver in a road rage incident in 2007, according to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, court records, and served prison time. While in prison, he also pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of a controlled substance from a separate incident, according to court documents.
ABC News’ Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.
(NEW YORK) — Cherelle Griner, the wife of Brittney Griner, spoke out on The View following a Russian court denying the WNBA star’s appeal on drug charges.
Griner told the co-hosts that the denied appeal was “just disheartening” and left her in “complete disbelief.”
“I understand being in the field of law that every state, every country has their own rules, but this is just absurd,” she said. “The crime and the punishment is disproportionate at its finest … There are people convicted of murder in Russia who [have] a sentence way less than B.G., and it just makes absolutely no sense to me.”
“That was the complete end of it. There’s nothing more to expect from a legal standpoint and all eggs are in basket, you know, for our government and for America to see how important this issue is,” she continued. “This could happen to anybody and we should be praying that we have a country that recognizes the importance of that and are willing to actually go get our Americans and bring them back home.”
Brittney is a two-time Olympic gold medalist that plays professional basketball for Phoenix Mercury, but flew out to Russia during the WNBA’s off-season to play for UMMC Ekaterinburg. On Feb. 17, she was accused of having vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in Russia, and detained at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Khimki.
On April 29, the U.S. State Department officially classified Brittney’s case as a wrongful detention. After nearly five months of being detained in Russia, Brittney pleaded guilty on drug charges and said in her testimony that she had no “intention” of breaking the law.
On Aug. 4, Brittney was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison. The judge of a Moscow-area court found that Griner had criminal intent and said she was guilty of smuggling and storing illegal drugs.
When asked about her thoughts on whether Brittney’s sentence was politically motivated, Griner told The View that “there’s no other way for me to see it except the fact that this is political.”
Griner noted that Brittney is an international basketball player that’s won championships, played undefeated seasons and was awarded MVP of WNBA All-Star Weekend.
“To see that the totality of the circumstances of who she is as a person was not taken into account when they rendered a decision, it makes me feel like this – at this point – has to be political,” Griner said.
“It’s not her footprint. Her footprint is amazing for Russia. She’s paying taxes there,” Griner continued. “She’s great for Russia.”
Co-host Sunny Hostin, who’s on the WNBA Board of Advocates, pointed out the pay inequity to the league compared to the NBA, saying the reason for Brittney’s travels to Russia was so she could supplement her salary.
“I’m grateful that my wife was willing to go overseas and make sure that I could go to law school and that we could have a home and things like that,” Griner told Hostin. She still encourages players to go overseas to play in the off-season if needed, but to “pay attention to the geo political nature of where you’re going, because B.G. left, and by the time she landed there was an e-mail from the WNBA that was saying if you’re going to Russia we recommend you not go and if you’re already there we recommend you come home, but it was too late.”
Last week, Brittney appeared virtually for an appeal hearing and urged the court to reassess her sentence and apologized for her “mistake.”
“I beg that the court takes in all of the stakes that was overlooked in the first court and reassess my sentence here,” Brittney said, adding that it has been “traumatic” to be away from her family.
Brittney is expected to serve out the entirety of her sentence in a penal colony labor camp, which are known for their harsh conditions. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said that her situation is “only made worse” by the country’s history of homophobic persecution.
Griner said that it’s impossible not to love Brittney once you meet her, but she still prays that wherever she ultimately ends up serving out her sentence, “her personality can do her a little bit of favor in keeping her safe.” Still, “the fear is the fact that there’s so much discretion here.”
“There is no one way they have to do anything there, and that is very [sic] tetrifying to know they can wake up one day and say yes to something, and wake up one day and say no,” she continued. “That’s not a safe place to be.”
Since Brittney’s detainment in February, Griner has been working to bring awareness to her case through her initiative “We Are BG,” which is committed to bringing all wrongfully detained Americans home. She also met with President Joe Biden on Sept. 16.
Biden “appreciated the opportunity to learn more about Brittney and Paul from those who love them most, and acknowledged that every minute they are being held is a minute too long,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during her readout of the meeting. “The President held the meetings to reiterate his continued commitment to working through all available avenues to bring Brittney and Paul home safely. He asked after the wellbeing of Elizabeth and Cherelle and their respective families during this painful time.”
“We all admire the courage of the Whelan and Griner families in the face of these unimaginable circumstances, and we remain committed to reuniting them with their loved ones,” she continued.
In July, the Biden administration said it had made a “substantial proposal” to Russia to have Brittney and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan returned to the U.S. without success.
Prior to Brittney’s denied appeal, her attorney Alexandr Boikov told ABC News, “Her being afraid of not being released is mostly connected to the negotiations, which we are not aware of at all.”
Griner also had the opportunity to speak with Brittney a week before her the appeal hearing. “Her mental it’s not there, and she told me, ‘I’m really just trying to hold on to the last bit of you that I can remember.'”
“We spoke only three times so far out of the eight months that [Brittney’s] been sentenced,” Griner said. She went on to tell co-host Whoopi Goldberg that she’s been in contact with the U.S. State Department since Brittney was first detained, but much of what goes on behind the scenes is considered classified information. “For the most part they try kind of keep updated as possible on what’s happening with the negotiations”
For those feeling helpless thinking of the situation Brittney is in, Griner said, “words make a big difference,” so she’s set up a letter writing campaign through “We Are BG” to remind her that she’s “important” and “impossible to forget.”
“Be her strength for her right now, because she doesn’t have it,” Griner said of her wife.
(NEW YORK) — Several fans clad in “Fight Antisemitism” shirts were seen sitting courtside at Monday night’s basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Indiana Pacers in New York City.
Last Thursday, Nets guard Kyrie Irving took to Twitter to post a link to the 2018 film Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America on Amazon Prime Video. The synopsis states that the movie, which is based on a 2015 book of the same name, “uncovers the true identity of the Children of Israel.”
Irving initially defended his right to share the link before deleting his tweet, amid a wave of backlash.
“I’m not going to stand down on anything I believe in,” Irving said during Saturday’s postgame press conference “I’m only going to get stronger because I’m not alone. I have a whole army around me.”
He noted that he is “not a divisive person when it comes to religion” and embraces “all walks of life.”
“Did I do anything illegal? Did I hurt anybody?” he added. “Did I harm anybody? Am I going out and saying that I hate one specific group of people?”
However, Nets owner Joe Tsai said he was “disappointed” by Kyrie’s tweet and that it “is hurtful to all of us.”
“I’m disappointed that Kyrie appears to support a film based on a book full of anti-semitic disinformation. I want to sit down and make sure he understands this is hurtful to all of us, and as a man of faith, it is wrong to promote hate based on race, ethnicity or religion,” Tsai tweeted on Saturday. “This is bigger than basketball.”
The NBA also criticized Kyrie’s tweet in a statement on Saturday.
“Hate speech of any kind is unacceptable and runs counter to the NBA’s values of equality, inclusion and respect,” the professional basketball league said. “We believe we all have a role to play in ensuring such words or ideas, including antisemitic ones, are challenged and refuted and we will continue working with all members of the NBA community to ensure that everyone understands the impact of their words and actions.”
The Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based Jewish civil rights organization, subsequently applauded the NBA and the Nets via Twitter “for responding quickly to condemn the promotion of #antisemitic hate speech.”
It’s not the first time Irving has stirred controversy for his beliefs. In recent years, he has publicly stated that the Earth is flat, promoted ideas from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and refused New York City’s mandate to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the latter of which cost him a four-year contract extension with the Nets.
