Police in Marietta, Ga., say the 30-year-old boxer was driving at a high rate of speed and could not negotiate a curve on Sunday. Williams, who slammed into an embankment, has no movement from the waist down.
Boxer Paul Williams was driving his modified sport motorcycle too fast for conditions when he crashed into an embankment, police said Tuesday.
Williams was paralyzed and has no movement from the waist down after a crash Sunday in Marietta, Ga., northwest of Atlanta, his manager George Peterson said.
The 30-year-old athlete severed his spinal cord after falling on his back and head when he was thrown from his motorcycle, Peterson said.
Williams was driving at a high rate of speed which was too fast for conditions, Marietta police said in a statement Tuesday. Police say he could not negotiate a curve, and the bike slammed into the embankment.
Williams, a fighter known as "the Punisher," is from Aiken, S.C. He was in metro Atlanta to attend his brother's wedding.
He was scheduled to fight Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on Sept. 15 in Las Vegas but that event has been canceled, Peterson said.
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Galaxy upset by Railhawks in U.S. Open Cup
Brian Shriver scored in the 88th minute, giving the Carolina Railhawks a 2-1 upset win over the Galaxy in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup in Cary, N.C. Shriver's shot from 15 yards on the right side got through goalie Bill Gaudette.
Pat Noonan scored on an assist from Chad Barrett in the 38th minute for the Galaxy. Ty Shipalane tied it in the 75th minute from five yards on the right side, assisted by Zach Schilawski.
The Galaxy played without David Beckham, Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane.
The Railhawks are winless (0-5-4) in the North American Soccer League this season.
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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman was sentenced to 104 hours of community service and three years of informal probation in Orange County court Tuesday after being found guilty of contempt for failing to pay child support, a court official said.
"Rodman also must pay current child and spousal support, and he still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional back child support," the official said.
Rodman still has to settle any remaining disputes over child support and an additional contempt charge when he appears in court June 22, the official said.
Rodman, 51, spent 14 years in the NBA but is now broke, his attorney and financial advisor told The Times this year.
"In all honesty, Dennis, although a very sweet person, is an alcoholic," said Peggy Williams, his financial advisor. "His sickness impacts his ability to get work."
In March, an Orange County court commissioner told Rodman that he faced a possible 20-day jail stint or community service for contempt of court unless he came up with $860,376 in child and spousal support he owes his ex-wife by Tuesday.
Williams was paralyzed and has no movement from the waist down after a crash Sunday in Marietta, Ga., northwest of Atlanta, his manager George Peterson said.
The 30-year-old athlete severed his spinal cord after falling on his back and head when he was thrown from his motorcycle, Peterson said.
Williams was driving at a high rate of speed which was too fast for conditions, Marietta police said in a statement Tuesday. Police say he could not negotiate a curve, and the bike slammed into the embankment.
Williams, a fighter known as "the Punisher," is from Aiken, S.C. He was in metro Atlanta to attend his brother's wedding.
He was scheduled to fight Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on Sept. 15 in Las Vegas but that event has been canceled, Peterson said.
ETC.
Galaxy upset by Railhawks in U.S. Open Cup
Brian Shriver scored in the 88th minute, giving the Carolina Railhawks a 2-1 upset win over the Galaxy in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup in Cary, N.C. Shriver's shot from 15 yards on the right side got through goalie Bill Gaudette.
Pat Noonan scored on an assist from Chad Barrett in the 38th minute for the Galaxy. Ty Shipalane tied it in the 75th minute from five yards on the right side, assisted by Zach Schilawski.
The Galaxy played without David Beckham, Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane.
The Railhawks are winless (0-5-4) in the North American Soccer League this season.
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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman was sentenced to 104 hours of community service and three years of informal probation in Orange County court Tuesday after being found guilty of contempt for failing to pay child support, a court official said.
"Rodman also must pay current child and spousal support, and he still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional back child support," the official said.
Rodman still has to settle any remaining disputes over child support and an additional contempt charge when he appears in court June 22, the official said.
Rodman, 51, spent 14 years in the NBA but is now broke, his attorney and financial advisor told The Times this year.
"In all honesty, Dennis, although a very sweet person, is an alcoholic," said Peggy Williams, his financial advisor. "His sickness impacts his ability to get work."
In March, an Orange County court commissioner told Rodman that he faced a possible 20-day jail stint or community service for contempt of court unless he came up with $860,376 in child and spousal support he owes his ex-wife by Tuesday.
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