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According to authorities, Coban Porter, the brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was detained on Sunday in connection with a tragic automobile collision in Denver.
Porter is accused of vehicular murder and careless driving, according to Denver police spokesman Kurt Barnes, following an incident that killed one person early Sunday morning. According to a Nuggets statement, Michael Porter Jr. was not involved. Porter Jr. was excused from the Nuggets' game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday due to "personal circumstances," according to the team.
Porter, a guard for the University of Denver, is 21 years old. According to police, he was arrested after a two-car accident near the DU campus about 1:54 a.m. left one of the drivers dead on the scene. The crash's additional facts were initially unknown.
Porter averaged 11.4 points per game while playing 28 games, including eight starts, for DU last season. He's been out with an ACL injury this season. DU issued the following statement to the Post in response to the incident:
"This is a horrible and painful circumstance, and our hearts go out to everyone involved in the disaster, as well as their families and friends," the statement said. "Any DU community member in need of assistance has 24/7 access to all of our campus and larger community resources, including counseling services."
Porter Jr. is an important starter for the Nuggets, who ended with the best record in the Western Conference on Sunday. He has not officially addressed the matter.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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