Carrie Whitaker of the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER has an account of Tuesday’s Chris Henry incident in Charlotte from a man who claims he’s Loleini Tonga’s neighbor. Lee Hardy told Whitaker that he witnessed - from only a few feet away - a heated exchange between Tonga and Henry as they sped past him in a pickup […]
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Phoenix TV news outlets (Fox 10, NBC 12, ABC 15 and Independent 3) have gone wild the past 24 hours reporting that Tiger Woods may be hitting the Arizona city soon. All have reported on newscasts there’s a possibility Woods could be soon heading to The Meadows rehab center outside Phoenix for treatment of an […]
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CBS-TV Charlotte affiliate WBTV has another eyewitnesses account of theĀ fatal incident involving Chris Henry and Loleini Tonga yesterday.
WBTV spoke with a neighbor who claims he witnessed an argument between Henry and Tonga on Wednesday outside her parents’ Peachtree Road home in northwest Charlotte. The neighbor said Tonga left the house driving a yellow Ford F150 […]
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Prodigious Twitter.com account holder Jay Feely Tweeted this after Chris Henry’s death was announced today:
(Jay: How’s the air up that high (and mighty)?)
Probably not the best way to express himself at that moment. But don’t take my word for it.
Feely then followed with the obligatory backpedal. Sorta.
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Myron P. Medcalf of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE introduces us to the newest generation of basketball stars, University of Minnesota basketball player Royce White.
White, who is currently under investigation for stealing a laptop, said on his own Youtube video today that he is quitting the Gophers basketball team because the police inquiry is taking too long. […]
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Charlotte flagship NPR station WFAE-FM reporter Greg Collard reports an eyewitness account of yesterday’s Chris Henry incident in progress:
Jed Beck passed the truck on a lunch break. He says the driver appeared under control, but he saw Henry atop a large tool box in the truck bed.
“And his head was poking inside the cabin window, […]
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The CINCINNATI ENQUIRER has a 911 call about the Chris Henry incident (audio): “I need an ambulance now there’s someone laying in the road. There’s a man in the road, he looks dead. There’s no movement. He’s unconscious, he’s not awake.”
TMZ.com has a second 911 call from the Chris Henry fatal truck incident (audio).
(Bengals helmet […]
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Monday Brett McMurphy of AOL FANHOUSE published an extensively-sourced story that alleged USF Football Coach Jim Leavitt punched Bulls player Joel Miller in the face twice after grabbing him by the throat. Miller’s father Paul told McMurphy, “You do something like that [on the street], you put them in jail. Somewhere [Leavitt] crossed the line.”
(Anybody […]
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UPDATE (11:17a ET): Bob Glauber of NEWSDAY has same thought I process I do on the Redskins’ abrupt announcement - via Snyder-owned ESPN 980 - of Bruce Allen’s hire:
(In zeal to control message, did scooped Snyder break hiring rule?)
“The announcement that the Redskins had replaced vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato with former Buccaneers […]
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Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police have confirmed Chris Henry died this morning from injuries suffered in a pickup truck accident yesterday. The Bengals have yet to provide confirmation.
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