{"id":519533,"date":"2026-03-07T03:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519533\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T03:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:30:09","slug":"wnba-star-arike-ogunbowale-arrested-in-miami-during-unrivaled-championship-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519533\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA star Arike Ogunbowale arrested in Miami during Unrivaled championship celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arike Ogunbowale, a four-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/wnba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wnba;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Wnba<\/a> All-Star and Unrivaled league standout, was taken into police custody early Thursday after an alleged altercation at a Miami nightclub, police records showed.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade officers arrested Ogunbowale around 4:30 am after an unnamed male was suspected of being punched at Club E11EVEN. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndySlater\/status\/2029950152115458371\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FOX Sports Radio;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">FOX Sports Radio<\/a> reported, citing police sources, a man was struck &#8220;in the face and he fell to the ground.&#8221; The incident was allegedly recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Ogunbowale was at the venue to celebrate winning the 2026 Unrivaled championship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click Here For More Sports Coverage On Foxnews.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Click Here For More Sports Coverage On Foxnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Arike Ogunbowale celebrates Unrivaled championship\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"699\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e33880eb99eaebf9cdcae8d2ac9aef33.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Arike Ogunbowale (24) of the Mist celebrates after defeating the Phantom during Unrivaled 2026 Championship game at Sephora Arena on March 4, 2026, in Medley, Florida.<\/p>\n<p> (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>According to police, surveillance footage from the nightclub supported the alleged victim\u2019s account. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/wnba\/dallas-wings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Wings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Dallas Wings<\/a> guard, 29, faces a misdemeanor battery charge and was released on $1,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/breanna-stewart-reflects-unrivaled-breaking-125310869.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Breanna Stewart Reflects On Unrivaled Breaking Women&#039;s Basketball Attendance Record: &#039;More Than Just Hype&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Breanna Stewart Reflects On Unrivaled Breaking Women&#8217;s Basketball Attendance Record: &#8216;More Than Just Hype&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unrivaled addressed the incident in a statement, saying, &#8220;The league is aware of an incident involving Arike Ogunbowale and we are in the process of gathering additional information,&#8221; a spokesperson told ESPN. &#8220;We\u2019re in contact with Arike and her representatives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Arike Ogunbowale looks on during a basketball game\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"699\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9440b3636eecc8646ba46c777f8f211e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Arike Ogunbowale (24) of the Mist looks on against the Hive during the second quarter of an Unrivaled 2026 game at Sephora Arena on Jan. 31, 2026, in Medley, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The Wings did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>Ogunbowale scored 19 points in Wednesday\u2019s Unrivaled title game, but the Mist\u2019s 80-74 win over the Phantom at Sephora Arena in Miami came with some controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Late in the game, with Ogunbowale and the Mist one point from victory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/breanna-stewart-reveals-wnba-players-184530393.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Breanna Stewart;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Breanna Stewart<\/a> was called for an offensive foul on a drive to the basket.<\/p>\n<p>Mist coach Zach O&#8217;Brien quickly challenged the referee&#8217;s call, which was eventually overturned. Stewart then went to free thrown line to clinch the upstart league&#8217;s title, marking the second consecutive year the Unrivaled championship has been clinched at the foul line.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sports coverage on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Original article source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/wnba-star-arike-ogunbowale-arrested-miami-during-unrivaled-championship-celebration\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WNBA star Arike Ogunbowale arrested in Miami during Unrivaled championship celebration;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">WNBA star Arike Ogunbowale arrested in Miami during Unrivaled championship celebration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arike Ogunbowale, a four-time Wnba All-Star and Unrivaled league standout, was taken into police custody early Thursday after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[12201,4657,49,48,3459,109735,11760,82,4646,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-519533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-arike-ogunbowale","9":"tag-breanna-stewart","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-dallas-wings","13":"tag-miami-dade","14":"tag-police-custody","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-unrivaled","17":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}