Radio host Mike Francesca questions character of Giants pick who was shot

• Corey Ballentine’s teammate was killed in Topeka shooting
• Francesca appears more concerned about Giants’ reputation

Prominent sports radio host Mike Francesca appears to have blamed New York Giants draft pick Corey Ballentine for a shooting in which he was injured and his college teammate Dwane Simmons was killed over the weekend.

Simmons’s family say police told them the two players were about to leave a party early on Sunday near their college, Washburn University, when a vehicle pulled up to them. They talked to people in the car before shots were fired and Simmons was killed. He was 23. Police in Topeka, Kansas, have not suggested Simmons or Ballentine were culpable for the incident.

Continue reading...

from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2ZGx7Nm