{"id":6211,"date":"2026-04-02T13:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/grizzlies-brandon-clarke-arrested-in-arkansas-on-drug-and-speeding-charges-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:45:44","slug":"grizzlies-brandon-clarke-arrested-in-arkansas-on-drug-and-speeding-charges-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/grizzlies-brandon-clarke-arrested-in-arkansas-on-drug-and-speeding-charges-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies\u2019 Brandon Clarke arrested in Arkansas on drug and speeding charges &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>MEMPHIS, Tenn. \u2014 Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was arrested Wednesday in Arkansas on charges including speeding and possession of a controlled substance.<br \/>Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <br \/>Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<br \/>Injuries have limited Clarke to only two games this season, and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/memphis-grizzlies\">Memphis<\/a> has ruled him out for the rest of this season.<br \/>\u201cI\u2019m aware of the report, but don\u2019t have any comments,\u201d Grizzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo said before Memphis\u2019 game Wednesday night against New York.<br \/>The Cross County Sheriff\u2019s Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosscountysheriff.org\/roster_view.php?booking_num=26-0372\">logged Clarke as booked into jail<\/a> Wednesday afternoon for improper passing, possession of a controlled substance, fleeing and exceeding the speed limit and trafficking a controlled substance. The department\u2019s website also included a booking photo for Clarke.<br \/>The 6-foot-7 forward is in his seventh season out of Gonzaga. Clarke has missed 73 games after originally sitting out 26 games due to recovery from surgery on his right knee with the last 46 with a right calf strain.<br \/>The Grizzlies announced March 24 that Clarke was continuing his rehabilitation but recent tests showed he needed more healing before being cleared for \u201chigh-intensity court work.\u201d The team said Clarke is out for the remainder of this season and expected back for next season.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxPRHFuMHZpRXlOSmxqa3VFSVQ3aVpZdlBjZ3dOa1o2emRqOFh5Q0FxR1RJc2M3NU5QY1hkZDhOUG1QSWwxamN0TVZiQzZSSmxfRmpQNDJ0V3NETlVVSlc1S3lHV1JwTEZZUU4zWGVjemtwOEVwbTkzTldFVEFhUXFEdWJiOWNFZTVrUV92bmV3Z2ZSUF9ON3dPeE9QR3RlcWRZRlpNY2FKSUp1MndaUUww?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeMEMPHIS, Tenn. \u2014 Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was arrested Wednesday in Arkansas on charges including speeding and possession of a controlled substance.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Injuries have limited Clarke to only two games this season, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}