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(AP) --  A senior writer for ESPN has been
arrested in Massachusetts on charges including domestic assault and
resisting arrest.

State police say 42-year-old Howard Bryant was arrested in front
of a pizza parlor Saturday in Buckland in western Massachusetts.
Witnesses told police they saw a man choking and pinning a woman
against a parked car.

 Police say Bryant struck a state trooper in the chest with his
elbow. He was freed on $5,000 bail and is being arraigned Monday in
Greenfield District Court. Bryant lives in nearby Ashfield.

Police did not disclose the woman's relationship to Bryant. The
writer did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment. 

Bryant is the author of books including "The Last Hero," about
Hank Aaron.

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