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Arrested Miami Heat point guard Carlos Arroyo has been charged with operating a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to block traffic, failure to obey a lawful order and resisting arrest without violence after being pulled over Friday morning.

•Former NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson faces sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking charges alleging he was among seven people who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution and made to dance at a strip club. The arrest comes as part of an investigation that began last April when a 14-year-old girl waved down a police cruiser in Corpus Christi, Texas, and told authorities she had been abducted from San Antonio.

Filed Court records show Barry Bonds’ wife of 12 years filed for divorce in Los Angeles. Liz Watson filed to end the couple’s marriage on Thursday. She cited irreconcilable differences, and documents state the couple have already reached a settlement agreement. Details of the agreement were not included in the initial filing.

Testified Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall testified in the trial of a man accused of killing teammate Darrent Williams and identified the suspect as the same man he saw outside a club in a confrontation before the shooting. Willie Clark, 26, is on trial for first-degree murder, 16 counts of attempted murder and other charges.

Injured Red Wings forward Kirk Maltby has been placed on long-term injured reserve and will have right shoulder surgery that will sideline him for four to six weeks. Detroit also activated defenseman Andreas Lilja from injured reserve. The nine-year NHL veteran is expected to make his season debut Monday against Colorado.

Fined The NBA fined Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum $25,000 for publicly criticizing game officials. Bynum made the critical comments following the Lakers’ 101-96 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.

Declined A person familiar with the decision says the San Diego Chargers have decided not to tender a contract to Darren Sproles, allowing the speedy running back to test the free-agent market. If the Chargers wanted to keep Sproles, they would have had to made him an offer of about $7.3 million.