NFL analyst Mark Sanchez arrested while he was hospitalized with stab wounds

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former NFL quarterback and current Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez was arrested Saturday after he was apparently stabbed in an overnight altercation in downtown Indianapolis.

Sanchez, who was in Indianapolis to call Sunday’s Raiders-Colts game, was charged with battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication — all misdemeanors.

Indianapolis police said Sanchez was in a hospital and had not been booked into a detention center. He was in stable condition, according to Fox Sports.

Police said the Marion County prosecutor’s office would make the final charging decision. That office didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry from The Associated Press.

Indianapolis police said earlier in the day that they were investigating a confrontation that occurred around 12:30 a.m. Saturday between two men, one of whom was hospitalized with stab wounds. The other man received treatment for lacerations, police said.

Detectives had reviewed video footage of the confrontation, which police said occurred in the popular downtown nightlife Wholesale District next to the Indiana statehouse.

Police said neither man was a local resident and called it an “isolated incident between the two men and not a random act of violence.”

Few other details were available.

“We are deeply grateful to the medical team for their exceptional care and support. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mark, and we ask that everyone please respect his and his family’s privacy during this time,” Fox Sports said.

Sanchez, 38, had a 10-year NFL career before retiring in 2019. He appeared on ABC and ESPN for two years before joining Fox Sports as a game analyst in 2021.

The Long Beach, California, native starred at Southern California before he was selected by the New York Jets with the fifth pick in the 2009 NFL draft.

He passed for 3,207 yards and 34 touchdowns while leading the Trojans to a 12-1 record during his junior year, which included a victory over Penn State in the 2009 Rose Bowl.

He spent four seasons with the Jets, starting each of his 62 games while throwing for 12,092 yards and 68 touchdowns with 69 interceptions. The Jets lost in the AFC championship in each of Sanchez’s first two years in the league.

Sanchez also appeared in games with Philadelphia, Dallas and Washington. He finished his playing career with 15,357 yards passing, 86 TD passes and 89 interceptions.

The Jets and several of Sanchez's former teammates posted message of support on social media on Saturday.

“Sending our thoughts and love to Mark Sanchez and his family. Hoping for a speedy recovery, 6,” the Jets said, using Sanchez's former jersey number.

“Send prayers up for my former teammate mark.. sucks so much to see this,” Kerry Rhodes wrote.

“So sad. Pray for his recovery,” Nick Mangold wrote.

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FILE - Mark Sanchez walks on the field before an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)

FILE - Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) watches from the bench with passing game coordinator Kevin O'Connell, center, and quarterback Josh Johnson (8) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

FILE - New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez warms up before an NFL football game between the Jets and the Tennessee Titans on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2009, file photo, Southern California quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) holds up the trophy as he celebrates with teammates Kaluka Maiava, left, and Damian Williams (18) after USC beat Penn State 38-24 in the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

FILE - New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, right, talks with quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) before an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the New York Jets on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir, leaving at least eight people dead and 27 others injured, police said on Saturday.

The blast occurred in the Nowgam area of Srinagar, the region’s main city, late Friday when a team of forensic experts and police were examining the explosive material, police said.

The huge blast ripped through the police station and set the compound and multiple vehicles on fire. According to news agency Press Trust of India, small successive explosions prevented immediate rescue operations by the bomb disposal squad.

Most of the dead were police and forensic officials. Some of the injured were in critical condition, police said.

The blast came days after Monday’s deadly car explosion in New Delhi, which killed at least eight people near the city’s historic Red Fort. Indian officials called it a terror attack carried out by “anti-national forces.”

The explosion in Indian capital occurred hours after after police in Kashmir said they had dismantled a suspected militant cell operating from the disputed region to the outskirts of New Delhi. At least seven people, including two doctors, were arrested, and police seized weapons and a large quantity of bomb-making material in Faridabad, a city in Haryana state, which is near New Delhi.

Indian security agencies have carried out a series of raids in Kashmir since then as part of their investigation into the car blast. Police said one of the suspects, also a Kashmiri doctor working in Faridabad, was driving the car that exploded.

Police had brought the explosive material seized in Faridabad to Kashmir as part of their investigation and part of it was stored at the police station, which was investigating the primary case, officials said.

India and Pakistan each administer a part of Kashmir but both claim the territory in its entirety.

Militants in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir have been fighting New Delhi’s rule since 1989. India insists the Kashmir militancy is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. Pakistan denies the charge, and many Kashmiris consider it a legitimate freedom struggle.

Indian police officers patrol near the site of an explosion inside a police station in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yasin Dar)

Ambulances leave the site of an explosion inside a police station in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yasin Dar)

Indian security forces stand near the site of an explosion inside a police station in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yasin Dar)

A police officer, standing center and wearing black, talks to relatives of injured colleagues near the site of an explosion inside a police station in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yasin Dar)