Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was hospitalized Monday morning in Las Vegas, the victim of an apparent robbery.
Police responded to a report of a man down near the intersection of Winnick Avenue and Koval Lane at approximately 7:19 a.m. Walker was found unconscious and taken to Sunrise Medical Center with "significant injuries" including an orbital fracture, according to a Las Vegas television station.
A Raiders spokesman said the team was "in the process of gathering information" Monday.
Walker, 29, signed a six-year, $55 million deal with the Raiders in March. It included $16 million guaranteed, $11 million to be paid this season. Published reports had Walker partying in Vegas by spraying partygoers at night clubs with expensive champagne over the weekend.
One report had Walker spending $15,000 on one round at a Las Vegas nightclub where he was until 6:30 a.m. Monday, less than hour before he was found by police.
Walker had been taking part in organized team activities at team headquarters in Alameda. Players work out Tuesday through Thursday.
– Jason Jones
Tennis
It was a short stay at Wimbledon this year for Sam Warburg.
One year after winning three qualifying matches in the venerable tournament to appear in his first Grand Slam singles main draw, the 25-year-old Sacramentan lost in the first round of singles and doubles qualifying.
Warburg fell to veteran Alexander Peya of Austria 6-2, 6-4 and teamed with Alun Jones of Australia in a 7-6 (8), 6-3 loss to fifth-seeded Russians Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev.
– Paul Bauman
Soccer
The De Anza Strkyers scored two late first-half goals to defeat the Placer United Prestige Gold 2-0 in the first round of the United States Youth Soccer U-19 girls Far West Regional in Honolulu.
– Bill Paterson
