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Marc RaimondiFeb 7, 2026, 09:36 PM ET<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Marc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book “Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling’s New World Order Changed America,” which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025. Raimondi also worked for the New York Post and Newsday, beginning in 2009, covering high school and college sports, plus the NFL, NFL, MLB and NHL.<\/p>\n Multiple Authors<\/p>\n Atlanta Falcons<\/a> rookie James Pearce Jr<\/a>. was arrested Saturday in Florida on domestic violence charges, according to online records.<\/p>\n Pearce was arrested in Miami-Dade County on two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and a count of aggravated stalking. He was also charged with fleeing and eluding police officers, aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer without violence to his person.<\/p>\n According to online records, Pearce was booked at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6:58 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n Doral police chief Edwin Lopez told Local 10 in Florida that Pearce was arrested after fleeing a domestic dispute and crashing his vehicle during a police chase.<\/p>\n “We are aware of an incident involving James Pearce Jr., in Miami,” the Falcons said in a prepared statement. “We are in the process of gathering more information and will not have any further comment on an open legal matter at this time.”<\/p>\n