Plax is not alone , is he ?

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Do any of you guys remember any other stupid blunders like the Plaxico self shooting.
I know about Michael Vick and how his career went to the dogs, and how Ricky Williams went organic and choose pot over football until he went broke. How about some other blunders that took a chunk out of your favorite team.
The news here is every day, all day long, about this Giants media event.
I hear about it in the dentist office, the bank, the food store, and it is like the story gets deeper and deeper. I hope they just don't make a movie about it.
Heck, the knucklehead shot himself ( or did he ) and now faces charges for carrying the illegal gun that he shot himself with. I wonder , knowing this guy is out of his mind, that they don't charge him with attempted murder. ( yea, on himself )
I am a Giants fan, but come on, there are over 60 other guys on the team busting their buts and all the focus is on a millionaire gone wild.
Mark Ingram, remember that catch in the super bowl?

Just wondering if any of you remember any crazy stuff on other teams.

RS

After football Billy Cannon was caught counterfeiting(?).
In the late 70's the Cowboys had some drug scandal, I think Harvey Martin and some other high profile players on defense were named. There was a running back in the 60's, a great athlete but his head was screwed on a little too tight, he was a journeyman named Joe Don Looney. His antics were confined to the teams he played for. As an example, during practice with the Bears he was told to punt the ball. He did, after he turned around facing his own goal line, and nailed it for about 70 yards. During a game with the Bears Coach Halas tried to send him in with a play, to which Looney responed "I'm not your messenger boy." John Gilliam had a drug problem with the Steelers in the 70's. Chuck Muncie in New Orleans had a drug and women problems in the 70's.

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The sporting world is just a slice/reflection of society. The same ills that plague society plague sports as well. Athletes have the same frailties as the rest of us. It's the 24/7 media that make these situations, regardless of how dumb they are, bigger and more important than they should be.

By the way, I think it was Joe Gilliam of the Steelers that had the drug problem. From what I remember John Gilliam of the Vikings was a pretty clean guy.

[5-13 Studios]

art schlister. a great qb for ohio state, all the potential in the world as a pro, but let gambling get the best of him. ended up being sent to prison multiple times.

Nate Newton who was caught drug trafficking. Or Maurice Clarrett who let his gift over shadow his judgement ( i beleive he is still in jail). I think the commentary Stephen A. Smith (on espn) said on sportscenter hit the nail on head. I can't remember exactly what he said but it was not only true about our athletes and he specifically singled out black atheletes and the problems they bring upon themselves. There are many influences for those with money and without money but you have to make the right decision or live with the consequences. And those employing those who make the bad decisions should take a stand like the giants a say this is enough and take his means of making a living away. Why should a player like "PacMan" keep getting chance after chance and he isn't even the best corner on his team. Well let me stop I am starting to ramble but the topic struck a nerve. By the way as a cowboys fan they need to take notes from their division rival the giants.

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Paul Hornung was suspended for gambling. Our society today is not morally good so the athletes are more prone to illegal activity. Why? They have money and power of invincibility. Bad cobination. Money and the thought of being above the law!

[Joe Greco]

Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry each had all the talent in the world but let drugs derail their careers. They each could have been hall of famers.

I heard a good line on ESPN. Sal Palantonio is the guy who always covers the bad stories for ESPN (Plaxico Burress, Michael Vick etc.). One day Steve Phillips who was the GM at the time for the New York Mets was sitting in his office when a problem involving one of his players arose. His boss came in to see him and said "I have bad news and I have worse news for you. The bad news is that Sal Palantonio is here, the worse news is that he brought luggage."

Joe G

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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/fo...ling_blue.html

[MplsTom]

My Favorite Golf One (as told by David Feherty):
Sam Torrance, veteran Ryder Cupper and my dear old roommate in Europe, was, and probably still is, the world sleepwalking champion and captain of the Scottish synchronized sleepwalking team. During the 1993 Ryder Cup at The Belfry, Sam was snoozing peacefully in his hotel room beside his lovely wife Suzanne.

Suddenly, he sat bolt upright in bed and stared around the room. He was fast asleep with his eyes wide open and in full ninja mode (try to picture Chris Farley here). He mistook a medium-sized potted Yucca tree for a masked intruder, tackled it, broke his toe, and his heart, for alas, it caused him to miss the final-day singles matches.

Others from Yahoo Sports:
That mishap, though, was perhaps less embarrassing than Marty Cordova’s injury. The Baltimore Orioles outfielder burned himself so badly at a tanning salon that he had to sit out three games.

Other silly self-inflicted injuries have resulted from more day-to-day tasks. Sammy Sosa strained his back sneezing, while Brandon Inge strained a stomach muscle after trying to complete the seemingly simple act of propping a pillow behind his son’s head.

And still other athletes were injured while doing what they supposedly do best – exercising. Moises Alou once fell off a treadmill and tore his ACL. The Astros’ Hunter Pence was running when his route took him straight into a glass door.

When these players get injured they probably have a lot of time on their hands while recovering. What should they do to amuse themselves? Pitcher Adam Eaton might tell them to avoid watching movies. Eaton accidentally stabbed himself in the stomach while trying to open the packaging of a DVD.

Still, many of the dumbest self-inflicted injuries are nothing short of bizarre. For instance, who would guess that you can injure yourself just by yelling? Former Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney learned the hard way that it’s definitely possible. And sure, shredding on Guitar Hero for Playstation 2 is addictive, but most athletes wouldn’t worry that the video game could lead to missing the MLB playoffs. The Detroit Tigers’ Joel Zumaya proved that video games can truly be harmful, though, when he had to sit out during the 2006 ALCS due to a Guitar Hero-inflicted sore wrist.

Even the most revered Hall of Famers aren’t immune to the occasional bout with stupidity. As a junior at UCLA, Lew Alcindor missed two games because of a scratched cornea suffered in a game, an injury that ended the Bruins’ then-record 47-game winning streak in a loss to Houston at the Astrodome. So he was especially annoyed when, in a preseason exhibition game in his sixth pro season, he went up for a rebound and wound up with Don Nelson’s finger in his eye. Furious and frustrated, Kareem slammed his fist into the basket support. The eye healed quickly, but the broken hand kept him out of the first 16 games of the regular season.

At times, these injuries are infamous enough to inspire a nickname, such as in the case of Glenallen “Spiderman” Hill. The outfielder – who has coincidentally played for eight different teams – got his nickname from an incident spurred on by his apparently severe arachnophobia. Early in his career, while with the Blue Jays, Hill was having a violent nightmare about spiders. While still asleep, he tried to escape from the phantom spiders and fell into a glass table. This nightmare gave Hill cuts on his toes and elbows, carpet burns on his knees, landed him on the 15-day DL and bestowed upon him his nickname.

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O.J.