Stars behind bars!

MuckyMutt · January 9, 2006 9:17AM

I hope everyone is keeping up with the shenanigans by Marcus Vick. Today he was arrested for pulling a gun on some teenagers in a parking lot! Since I pulled a Maurice Clarett rookie card this weekend (2005 Topps Heritage), it gave me an idea for a new set - "Stars behind Bars". Just collect all the rookie cards of pro players with jail time/convictions.

You know, it really doesn't bother me at all to see some of these inflated-ego idiots self-destruct. But I bet some NFL team will still draft him and give a few million$ for a signing bonus. Kinda makes you wonder whose the bigger idiot...

Here's a start:

halosfan · January 9, 2006 9:25AM

Where's the Rae Carruth card?

MuckyMutt · January 9, 2006 9:26AM

Everyone is welcome to add their own favorites.

tennesseebanker · January 9, 2006 9:28AM

Where's OJ ??

Stingray · January 9, 2006 9:28AM

What is the story behind Lofton??

Stingray

MuckyMutt · January 9, 2006 9:31AM

Nothing serious - just RAPE!!! Green Bay had to send him out of town after that happened.

lawnmowerman · January 9, 2006 9:33AM

halosfan · January 9, 2006 9:36AM

You could also add Mark Chmura, Leonard Little, Lawrence Phillips .. wait -- there are toooooo many to list. This could turn into another monster set from Topps!

halosfan · January 9, 2006 9:37AM

Oh, and we cannot forget Dave Stewart. That was hilarious!

lawnmowerman · January 9, 2006 9:37AM

I love the Mets but you could also add the entire 1986 team! Most of them anyway

matt

SDSportsFan · January 9, 2006 10:20AM

Don't forget Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Denny McLain, Steve Howe and Lamarr Hoyt...

Steve

matrixbend247 · January 9, 2006 10:24AM

strawberry, gooden, michael irvin, mike tyson could be in the basic set.

we could get a master set going with stars not convicted but just looking pretty guilty and buying their way/using star power out; simpson, kobe ( read the smoking gun police report ), ray lewis etc....

rbdjr1 · January 9, 2006 10:24AM

shoeless joe?

rbd

Wondo · January 9, 2006 10:25AM

HOFs Orlando Cepeda and Fergie Jenkins.

How about Hollywood Henderson?

Ron LeFlore and Gates Brown.

julen23 · January 9, 2006 10:26AM

Football:
Cecil Collins: he had a tendancy to climb into women's bed's at night and "lay" w/ them.
Dexter Manley: what can you say? the man loved the pipe.
Brian Griese: drunky
Randy Moss: bumped a cop on the beat while partaking mother earth
Jim Brown: smacking up his wife (or at least that's what the police say?)
Jamal Lewis: trying to broker a crack transaction w/ an undercover cop (loooooser...)

Baseball:
Darryl Strawberry: see Dexter Manley

Basketball:
Quintel Woods: running illegal dog fighting in his basement
Chris Webber: he got high and refused to get out of his car for a cop on the beat (not even in a car!)
Jason Kidd: he hit his 3 year old son b/c he took 1 of his fries off his plate

Shooting fish in a barrel I tell you

Julen

MuckyMutt · January 9, 2006 10:32AM

<< HOFs Orlando Cepeda and Fergie Jenkins.

How about Hollywood Henderson?

Ron LeFlore and Gates Brown. >>

I thought Ron LeFlore did his time before making it to the big leagues. As I recall, his story was one of turning his life around for the good.

envoy98 · January 9, 2006 10:37AM

How about my local here Kirby "the booby grabber" Puckett.
Najeh "The Closet Pooper" Davenport
Lawrence "Crack Pipe" Taylor
Michael "That's my brothers" Irvin

Lawrence Phillips as someone else mentioned...he's just a nut job.

...and Marcus Vick deserves the "Mr. Insignificant" award, then he should be dropped. But based on his talent he'll get a shot just like Clarett did and my guess is, he'll screw that up too.

MuckyMutt · January 9, 2006 10:40AM

Hey Envoy - how come no mention of one of my favorites - Mr. Culpepper?

And who was that Viking with the Whizinator??? Man, I love to pick on Viking fans - that is allowed here, isn't it?

earlycalguy · January 9, 2006 10:50AM

isn't Mark Gastineau behind bars? saw him interviewed on court t.v. and he was in an orange jumper.

JrMacdaddy · January 9, 2006 10:54AM

How about some hockey heroes?

Craig MacTavish
Rob Ramage

My all-time favorite Green Bay Packer, Mossy Cade.

Wrestler, Ken Patera.

rbdjr1 · January 9, 2006 10:54AM

It's worth mentioning again - O.J. Simpson!

O.J., with those multiple stabbbings, brutally killing two! ...Chased all over Los Angeles in his Bronco, by the L.A. Cops on national TV! Wow!

Now playin' rounds of 18 holes of golf "at his country club" in Sunny Florida! Unreal!

...All the world watched, as our American justice system broke down,

...and let this S-C-U-M-B-A-G go free!

rbd

edit: P.S. Is there a worse major sports celeb criminal out there?

ArchStanton · January 9, 2006 11:15AM

I'm not sure if the Penguins resident sex offender Billy Tibbetts ever had a card.

RCGuy · January 9, 2006 12:47PM

Anyone see the license plates on OJ's 2006 Benz? It reads: NTGLTY

LOL

MurphDawg · January 9, 2006 12:54PM

Hey Steve, what's the story behind Denny McLain? Did he spend some time behind bars?

Boopotts · January 9, 2006 1:24PM

"Jason Kidd: he hit his 3 year old son b/c he took 1 of his fries off his plate"

WHAT? There has to be more to the story than this.

Carew29 · January 9, 2006 2:22PM

I guess it's early in the thread--------MIKE TYSON----------------

zef204 · January 9, 2006 2:25PM

<< It's worth mentioning again - O.J. Simpson!

O.J., with those multiple stabbbings, brutally killing two! ...Chased all over Los Angeles in his Bronco, by the L.A. Cops on national TV! Wow!

Now playin' rounds of 18 holes of golf "at his country club" in Sunny Florida! Unreal!

...All the world watched, as our American justice system broke down,

...and let this S-C-U-M-B-A-G go free!

rbd

edit: P.S. Is there a worse major sports celeb criminal out there? >>

If he was found not guilty I don't think that would qualify him as a criminal. He did spend time behind bars, so that fits in this thread, but "Is there a worse major sports celeb criminal out there?" I am not sure if OJ is actually a criminal in the eyes of the law.

mikeschmidt · January 9, 2006 2:28PM

<< 

edit: P.S. Is there a worse major sports celeb criminal out there? >>

If he was found not guilty I don't think that would qualify him as a criminal. He did spend time behind bars, so that fits in this thread, but "Is there a worse major sports celeb criminal out there?" I am not sure if OJ is actually a criminal in the eyes of the law. >>

Although OJ was found not guilty in the criminal court of law - he was found guilty in a civil case brought on by Nicole's parents - where the standard is only 'preponderance of the evidence' rather than 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. And it was that case that basically bankrupted OJ's lifestyle, etc. [although many of his assets/residuals are exempted from the monies he owes Nicole's parents. Thus, guilt is a relative term. Criminally guilty, no - but guilty under civil terms, yes.

Carew29 · January 9, 2006 2:30PM

What about the Basketball player that shot his limo driver a couple of years ago---forgot the name.

zef204 · January 9, 2006 2:37PM

Here are 3 major stars that somehow have slipped through the cracks. All three spent at least some time behind bars...

mikeschmidt · January 9, 2006 2:37PM

Can't forget to add Ugeth Urbina to this list....

Although one truly has to question the legitimacy of the Venezuelan government and if they have any motives on putting this MLB player behind bars.

zef204 · January 9, 2006 2:43PM

<< What about the Basketball player that shot his limo driver a couple of years ago---forgot the name. >>

Jayson Williams

Stingray · January 9, 2006 8:01PM

<< Hey Steve, what's the story behind Denny McLain? Did he spend some time behind bars? >>

McLain embezzeled about $2 mill. in pension money from a company that he was part owner of here in Michigan.

Stingray

julen23 · January 9, 2006 9:04PM

Police recently arrested Phoenix Suns' guard Jason Kidd on suspicion of domestic violence assault, a misdemeanor, at his Paradise Valley home after his wife, Joumana, called 911 to report her husband had struck her.

Kidd, 27, was released into his attorney's custody a few hours later.

Police Spokesman Lt. Ron Warner said the couple had been arguing throughout the day over the feeding of their 2-year-old son, Trey.

Warner said Kidd, who leads his team in assists, acknowledged that he struck ...

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Julen

softparade · January 9, 2006 10:13PM

Don't forget Rae Carruth of the Panthers who had his pregnant girlfriend murdered.

bigjed · January 9, 2006 10:27PM

Jose Canseco anyone? And more recently Jeff Reardon (although he may have been hopped up on perscription drugs.)

NathanSr · January 9, 2006 11:11PM

Ok guys, I blame Hollywood on all of this. If it wasn't for violent movies, when they were all kids, they would not be this way.

Nathan Sr.

julen23 · January 9, 2006 11:44PM

Steve Howe- Something about the "Hollywood Flu"?

Kobe Bryant- Something about a "White Girl" and the missionary position?

Dave Winfield- Did he go to jail for hitting a bird during a game in Canada? I remember the Canadian police questioned him about the incident.

Julen

zef204 · January 9, 2006 11:50PM

<< Dave Winfield- Did he go to jail for hitting a bird during a game in Canada? I remember the Canadian police questioned him about the incident.

Julen

>>

I think he did. It was a ball that he hit and it struck a bird mid flight.

envoy98 · January 10, 2006 3:56AM

<< Hey Envoy - how come no mention of one of my favorites - Mr. Culpepper?

And who was that Viking with the Whizinator??? Man, I love to pick on Viking fans - that is allowed here, isn't it?

>>

Now Mucky, that's not very nice.

Actually 'Pep is kind of an afterthought, I was never the biggest fan of his anyway, but your right, he's gotten himself in some trouble. Althugh Smoot is actually the big time offender in the "I got laid at Al & Alma's" scandal. Take a look at the actual sheriff's report sometime if you get a chance. It would make a hooker blush.

And our old pal Onterrio...yeah, he's none too bright either.

We have lots of real braintrust athletes here in MN. Tommy Kramer and his 418 DWI's. Numerious domestic assaults...we draft the "high character" players..in all sports.

As for picking on Vikings fans, yeah, that's allowed. I'll even help this year. Unless you're a Packers fan. I have to draw the line somewhere.

-Josh

LibNickelBuff · January 10, 2006 4:22AM

<< Where's OJ ?? >>

duh, hunting for the real killers on the golf course!

theczar · January 10, 2006 5:45AM

Reuben Patterson-whipping out the old johnson and stroking it until it throws up in from on the nanny.

Dallas Cowboy stars Lance Rentzel and Rafael Septian for a little indecent exposure (I believe at least one of them did it in front of children)

Skipper Dick Williams with some indecent exposure at a motel.

Danny Heatley of the Atlanta Thrashers. Killed his buddy while he was driving drunk.

Jayson Williams and the chauffer.

So many crimes, so little posting room....

doncherry · January 10, 2006 5:57AM

<< Danny Heatley of the Atlanta Thrashers. Killed his buddy while he was driving drunk >>

Killed a teamate driving fast but not drunk

kcballboy · January 10, 2006 7:01AM

What was the story last year behind the St. Louis Blues player and the hitman? Wasn't the hit on his parents?

SDSportsFan · January 10, 2006 7:51AM

<< Hey Steve, what's the story behind Denny McLain? Did he spend some time behind bars? >>

He spent several years in prison for embezzlement.

Steve

Carew29 · January 10, 2006 7:55AM

REX the wonder dog HUDLER

SDSportsFan · January 10, 2006 7:56AM

<< 

<< Dave Winfield- Did he go to jail for hitting a bird during a game in Canada? I remember the Canadian police questioned him about the incident.

Julen

>>

I think he did. It was a ball that he hit and it struck a bird mid flight. >>

Actually, it was a ball he was throwing during his between-innings warmup. The bird and the ball met each other in mid-flight. Here's an excerpt from espn.com:

"On Aug. 4, 1983, Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield killed a seagull in Toronto with a warmup throw. The Ontario police charged him with animal cruelty, although the charge was later dropped."

Also, Randy Johnson did the same thing once with a pitch:

"During the seventh inning of the Diamondbacks' split-squad 10-6 victory against the Giants on Saturday, the NL Cy Young winner hit and killed a dove flying in front of home plate.

Johnson's pitch to the Giants' Calvin Murray was about three-fourths of the way to home plate when it struck the bird.

The bird flew over catcher Rod Barajas' head and landed a few feet from the plate amid a sea of feathers.

"I'm sitting there waiting for it, and I'm expecting to catch the thing, and all you see is an explosion," Barajas said. "It's crazy. There's still feathers down there."

Giants second baseman Jeff Kent picked up the dead bird with his bare hands and jokingly pointed toward Johnson before taking it to the dugout.

Johnson was not amused by the incident.

"I didn't think it was all that funny," he said."

Steve

MurphDawg · January 10, 2006 8:38AM

Had no idea that Denny McLain spent some time in the slammer. I was interested to find this out because I just met his son a few weeks ago here in my home town of Augusta, GA. His son owns a flooring/carpet store and when I went in to talk to him about a business deal, I was sitting at his desk and he had a huge framed picture of this guy in a Detroit Tigers uniform pitching. The picture was signed and had a personalized message on it but I couldn't tell what it said. He also had some other pictures and things around his desk. I didn't recognize the picture at first but it looked like it was from the 60's or 70's. I percked up and asked the guy who the picture was of, and he said "Oh, that's my dad Denny McLain". I had heard the name but didn't really know much about him, sorry I'm only 26, wasn't alive when he was playing. We talked for a little while and he told me his dad pitched for the Tigers for years and he talked about how his pitching was at times amazing and at other times aweful and that he always caught alot of "crap" from the people in Detroit. Anyways, his son is a real nice guy and I could get the sense that he didn't really want to talk a whole lot about his dad, his playing days, or anything else about him. I am just really kinda suprised to find this out. Greed will always catch up to you.

yawie99 · January 10, 2006 8:47AM

<< What was the story last year behind the St. Louis Blues player and the hitman? Wasn't the hit on his parents? >>

Mike Danton. On his agent, David Frost.

Gotta contribute a couple more hockey guys: Bob Probert and John Kordic, who died during a coke-fueled scrape with law-enforcement.

duner · January 10, 2006 9:10AM

What about Ray Lewis....that sure blew over quick once the ravens won the superbowl.
let's not forget billy cannon.

eyebone · January 10, 2006 9:54AM

Ah....the memories, eh fellas.

I would like to turn this thread 180 degrees and acknowledge a few athletes that never broke the law, never flaunted their arrogance, never belittled others or never spent half their lives wasted.

Here's to the likes of Stan the man, Gordie Howe, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, Bobby Orr and Arnold Palmer.

Eyebone

Stars behind bars!

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