Man who tried to extort RG3 gets 18 months

The former basketball player who tried to extort $1 million from Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III will spend the next year and a half behind bars. Per the Associated Press, 26-year-old Richard Hurd was sentenced to 18 months in federal custody.  He also was fined $1,000. “I messed up, and I’d like to apologize to…