Jason Walker found unconscious on Las Vegas street

Any Vegas natives have the skinny on this? The article I read just said ';a street off the Vegas strip';...that could be alot of streets.

Just wondering if there are any other details.

Thanks.

Jason Walker found unconscious on Las Vegas street

Actually, I was curious about this too, but haven%26#39;t gone searching the news outlets yet to get more information.

Incidentally - it%26#39;s JAVON Walker.

Jason Walker found unconscious on Las Vegas street

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Raiders%26#39; Walker apparent victim of robbery, found unconscious

Associated Press

Updated: June 17, 2008, 8:35 AM ET

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LAS VEGAS -- Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was found unconscious on a Las Vegas street Monday after apparently being the victim of a robbery.

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Police spokesman Bill Cassell said in a statement that Walker was taken to a hospital with ';significant injuries'; after being found early Monday on a street off the Las Vegas Strip.

Cassell said Walker remained in fair condition at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.

A Raiders spokesman said the team was ';in the process of gathering information'; and had no further comment.

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Walker signed a six-year, $55 million deal with the Raiders after being released by the Denver Broncos in February.

Walker injured his right knee for the second time in his career last season and was limited to eight games and 26 catches in 2007.

Walker was a first-round draft pick by the Green Bay Packers in 2001 and had a breakout season in 2004 with 89 catches for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns.

He tore a ligament in his right knee the next season and played only one game.

He was traded to Denver in 2006 and bounced back with 69 catches for 1,084 yards and eight touchdowns.

Javon Walker plays for the Oakland Raiders football team. I saw the news scroll by on ESPN this morning.

In fact, here%26#39;s a link to an ESPN article:

sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3447765

Apparently got beat up after partying at the Wynn (Tryst)-great role models these NFL guys...

I have friends who were in there and said he was squirting champaign all over everyone and spending a LOT of money there............which isn%26#39;t uncommon but sounded like he was acting out a little!

I%26#39;ve seen sever articles referring to this article in the LVRJ: lvrj.com/columnists/鈥?/a>

Montrealtraveller, are you assuming that it was his team mates%26#39; or his fault that he was beaten and robbed?

I spent a week at the Wynn a year ago. While talking to a hostess at Terrace Pointe Cafe, she warned us not to walk off strip and to stay out of the parking garages. She went on to say that there are many gangs in Vegas and off strip areas are not safe.

So, don%26#39;t make generalizations that blame sports players or anyone else if you don%26#39;t know.

Ok well I%26#39;m going to make an assumption that this fella had to be looking for some shady activity to even find himself on the back streets of the casinos and get robbed and beaten. He could have simply partied at the Wynn and taken a taxi/towncar/limo anywhere else to resume partying or go back to his suite wherever he was staying. There%26#39;s no reason for a man with that kind of money to be alone in an area like that unless he was looking for something shady. It%26#39;s not like the robbers dragged him out of the casino and just dumped him there haphazardly.

Thanks for this thread. I%26#39;m sure it will be quite helpful to those traveling to Las Vegas.

FWIW, incidences like this happen all over the world in cities large and small.