Javon Walker returns to Vegas

Walker at the 08 RNC. (file photo)

Javon Walker returned to the scene of the attack. In 2008, fresh off of signing a contract with the Raiders, Javon Walker was found beaten in an alley in Las Vegas in an attack that was never solved.

TMZ.com is reporting that Javon Walker is back in Sin City partying it up. However, this time he left town without having to first visit the UMC Trauma Center. Instead, he was seen at the Vanity Club at the Hard Rock Hotel keeping a low profile.

The night club scene has not been kind to NFL players in recent years. Ray Lewis faced murder charges after a shooting outside of a club in 00. In 2007 Walker was present when his then teammate Darrent Williams was shot outside of a Denver club. In 2008 Walker was beaten and dumped in a Las Vegas alley after an incident in a night club. Later in '08 the New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress inadvertently shot himself leg in a club and was sentenced to prison on weapons charges for the incident.

Walker seems to have learned from these incidents as he kept a low profile and just drank with his friend Bow Wow. The genesis of his previous incident had him spraying the room with champagne, and some of his fellow patrons did not like that. Ultimately, it led to him being laid out in an alley.

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The CBA negotiations are shaping up to be quite contentious. Labor negotiations tend to get that way. There is far too much for both sides for it to devolve into a work stoppage, or it would be hoped that would be the case.

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