LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Rams receiver Demarcus Robinson has been charged with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol stemming from his arrest in November.
The Rams didn't suspend Robinson after he was arrested in the early morning of Nov. 25, several hours after a Rams home game. Robinson is scheduled to be arraigned in February at a courthouse in Van Nuys, according to Los Angeles County Superior Court's online records.
Robinson was arrested after California Highway Patrol officers observed a white Dodge sedan driving over 100 mph on the 101 freeway in the western San Fernando Valley, a few miles from the Rams’ training complex in Woodland Hills. The driver, who identified himself as Robinson, had “objective signs and symptoms of alcohol impairment,” the CHP said in a statement at the time.
Robinson started all 17 games this season as the Rams' No. 3 receiver. He led the team with seven touchdown receptions while finishing the regular season with 31 catches for a career-high 505 yards.
Robinson was apologetic immediately after his arrest, saying it was “a bad look. I don’t want to bring that type of light, or any type of negative energy, toward the team. Things like that are not natural for me, in my nature, stuff I usually do.”
Robinson, who will be a free agent in the offseason, has never missed the playoffs in his nine-season NFL career with Kansas City, Baltimore and the Rams.
“I think it was a bad decision he made,” Rams coach Sean McVay said after Robinson’s arrest. “I don’t think that makes him a bad person.”
The Rams (10-7) will travel to Arizona after practice Friday to prepare for their wild-card playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings (14-3). The game has been moved to State Farm Stadium outside Phoenix in the wake of several days of raging wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
TMZ first reported the charge against Robinson.
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Demarcus Robinson (15) makes a catch past Seattle Seahawks cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett (28) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Captain Anders Lee, playing in his 800th career game, scored a goal and Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves as the New York Islanders beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 on Thursday night.
This was the Islanders' second shutout this season. The other occurred Nov. 30, same day as the Golden Knights were last blanked. This also was Sorokin's second shutout this season and 20th of his career.
Lee became the 10th player in franchise history to reach 800 games and the first to score a goal while hitting that milestone.
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist, and Bo Horvat and Casey Cizikas also scored for the Islanders. Alexander Romanov had two assists.
Adin Hill stopped 17 shots for the Golden Knights.
Vegas entered this game having won three games in a row, nine of 10 and 13 of 15.
The Islanders have won back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 7-8 when they defeated the Carolina Hurricanes and Ottawa Senators.
Islanders: New York was opportunistic, scoring its first two goals off Vegas turnovers.
Golden Knights: Defense had been the key to the Golden Knights' recent surge, but it let them down in this game. The first three Islanders goals came from the slot.
The Golden Knights appeared to get on the scoreboard first when Tomas Hertl scored from the slot with 6:10 left in the first period. But the Islanders successfully challenged for offside and Lee scored 3:14 later to take a lead they never gave back.
6 — The number of shots on goal the Islanders had in each of the first two periods, yet they scored three times.
Islanders play at Utah on Saturday and Golden Knights host the New York Rangers.
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Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) passes the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)
New York Islanders left wing Anders Lee, left, collides with Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, right, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)
New York Islanders left wing Anders Lee (27) checks Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb (3) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)
New York Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield (24) celebrates with left wing Anders Lee (27) after Lee's goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Vegas Golden Knights, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)
New York Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock (6) skates past Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl (48) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)
