The Oakland Raiders’ long streak of excellence in the personnel department continued apace yesterday, as offensive tackle Cornell Green was arrested in Florida on domestic abuse charges.  Huh.  I didn’t realize domestic abuse was illegal in Florida.

Tampa police say Green became violent Saturday during an argument at his home there with the mother of his two children. Police say Green slammed 30-year-old Teriyonal Ebony Flowers into a wall, then struck her right arm with an aluminum mop handle.

The former player at Central Florida then fled the house. He was arrested at Tampa International Airport before a flight he had planned to take to Oakland, Calif.

Cornell Green is listed at 6’6″ and 315 pounds.  You have to admire the chivalry of a man that size who still won’t hit a woman with a closed fist.  Why, if chivalry is dead, it’s only because its boyfriend loved it TOO much.