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Monday’s Morning Mashup: Broncos CB Aqib Talib says eye-gouging ‘an honest mistake’

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MONDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
NFL: Bears at Chargers, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN; WEEI-FM)
NBA: Bulls at 76ers, 7 p.m. (NBATV)

AROUND THE WEB:

— Sunday was a rough day for two former Patriots cornerbacks. In Indianapolis, Denver’s Aqib Talib committed a costly and odd penalty — stepping up to an opponent and jabbing him in the eye — that helped the Colts hand the Broncos their first loss.

And in New Orleans, Brandon Browner became irate at a reporter in the locker room after the Saints’ overtime loss to the Titans — to the point where he had to be restrained by his teammates.

Talib’s offense occurred in the closing minutes of the game, with the Colts protecting a three-point lead. Teammate Von Miller and Indianapolis’ Dwayne Allen were arguing face to face when Talib stepped in and poked two fingers through Allen’s facemask into Allen’s right eye. He immediately was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.

“I don’t even remember, man,” Talib said when asked about the incident. “Just mad. I can’t even remember, man. I don’t know.”

Taleb denied the eye-gouging was intentional, despite how it appeared on video.

“It was an honest mistake,” he said. “I tried to poke his head, then he kind of went back or something. [Expletive] happens fast. I don’t know.”

Talib received a second penalty a short time later after he did something to draw the ire of the official.

“I was just clapping my hands,” Talib claimed. “Everybody in the stadium was clapping their hands, so I was just clapping my hands. I was 10 yards away from the guy. I was clapping my hands. He ain’t like it. He threw a flag.”

Meanwhile, Browner became upset in the locker room after he heard a reporter ask a teammate about a play on which the Saints tipped the ball into the hands of Tennessee’s Delanie Walker, who ran it in for a touchdown.

Tweeted Katherine Terrell: Browner just went nuts on a reporter in the locker room, screaming about how the game went to OT and they wanted to ask about one play.

According to Terrell, Browner “screamed expletives at the reporter, called him a punk, among other things.”

Added Terrell: At least three teammates told him to stop and one pushed him into the shower area, told him to chill out before he calmed down.

As he did in New England last season, Browner has frequently run afoul of the officials, amassing 16 penalties in just nine games. The Saints fell to 4-5 with Sunday’s loss.

The Packers‘ frustration boiled over during Sunday’s loss to the Panthers, as linebacker Julius Peppers and safeties Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Morgan Burnett exchanged harsh words on the sideline. Nose tackle B.J. Raji separated the players, pushing Clinton-Dix after apparently becoming upset at a comment.

“Sometimes it’s an emotional game, sometimes things are said, things are done. But ultimately we’re a family, and we stick together,” Raji said. “We’ll discuss it and move forward. It’s an in-house thing, it’s a family issue and we’ll take care of it.”

At the time of the incident, Green Bay was trailing 37-14, having surrendered 414 yards to the Panthers.

“You want emotional guys on the team. That’s what we have. Sometimes, emotions flare. It happens,” Peppers said. “We were down 20 points, obviously. If you’re not frustrated and you’re not upset, then something’s wrong.”

Clinton-Dix said he was just trying to motivate his teammate.

“Just really emotional. I was talking to him and telling him to keep us going, keep us pumped up. That was it. Just a lot of emotions and a lot of things going on,” Clinton-Dix replied when asked what he was saying to Peppers.

Clinton-Dix later offered a public apology on Twitter.

— University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe agreed with striking football players that “change is needed” on campus, but he refused their calls for him to step down.

Black student groups, upset about what they say are racial slurs and other slights on campus, ignited the protests, and they were joined by the football players, who said they will not participate in team activities until Wolfe is gone.

“The athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team truly believe ‘€˜Injustice Anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere,’ ” the players said in a statement. “We will no longer participate in any football related activities until President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed due to his negligence toward marginalized students’ experience. WE ARE UNITED!!!!!”

Coach Gary Pinkel showed support for the protest, tweeting a picture of the coaches locking arms with the players and writing: The Mizzou Family stands as one. We are united. We are behind our players.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On Nov. 9, 1972, in an 8-3 victory over the Red Wings at Boston Garden, which Bruin became the seventh player in NHL history to record 1,000 career points?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It’s awful. I mean, he’s one of your brothers. All you can do is send good vibes his way, and hope everything will be all right.” — Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, on Dion Lewis’ knee injury

STAT OF THE DAY: 15 — Total yards for Washington in the first quarter of the Patriots’ 27-10 victory

‘NET RESULTS (mobile users, check the website to see the videos): LeBron James makes an in-air adjustment on an alley-oop, catching it with his right hand and switching it to his left before laying it in.

Penguins star Sidney Crosby deftly use his stick to flip a dropped stick to a teammate during Sunday’s game against the Flames.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Johnny Bucyk

SOOTHING SOUNDS: The late Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary, was born on this date in 1936.


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