2006 Unsportsman of the Year
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The top three -
3. The Benjails- If one more Cincinnati player gets arrested this year, the Bengals organization will get indicted under the RICO statute. At the draft, Marvin Lewis said he wanted players that would "raise the level of professionalism in the whole building." So they took solid character Frostee Rucker (domestic A&B, vandalism), moral compass AJ Nicholson (broke into college teammates house), salt-of-the-earth Reggie McNeal (disorderly conduct outside a nightclub) and upright citizen Ahmad Brooks (drugs). By the end of year, the total was eight arrests, which Lewis called "embarrassing to our organization, to our city, to our fans." This from a man who couldn't get along with Corey Dillon.
2. Michael Irvin- Not content to merely make ridiculous points in incomprehensible Ebonics on ESPN every week, in '06 Irvin did pioneering work in the field of genealogy. All it took was for Tony Romo to show decent movement in the pocket for Irvin to question the moral fiber of ancestors. "[there must be] some brothers in that line somewhere...[maybe] his great, great, great, great Grandma ran over in the hood or something went down...[maybe his] great, great, great, great Grandma pulled one of them studs up outta the barn [and said] 'come here for a second'... back in the day (hee hee)." So to recap, Irvin believes not only that white guys can't be athletic, but that poor Nana Romo was a slave owner and sexually harassed the employees.
And this nonsense from Irvin came at the end of a year that he spent acting as the personal ESPN interviewer/ PR guy for our No 1 pick. He worships of our 2006 Unsportsman of the Year so much, on the guy's birthday Irvin puts a pine tree up in his living room.
1. Terrell Owens- I admit this is a disappointing No. 1, but there really could be no other choice. Calling TO the biggest ballbag in sports is like giving Tiger Woods the PGA Player of the Year award; it's so obvious you probably should just name the trophy after him and award it to someone else. But make no mistake; TO won the UOTY because he wanted it the most. He was the hungriest, worked the hardest and flat out earned it this year. From shooting his way of Philly to spitting in DeAngelo Hall's face and everything in between, he pulled so many asinine stunts that he could've published a "TO D***head Move of the Day" Desk Calendar. And his overdose was a masterpiece of crying for attention. It was his "To Painkill a Mockingbird"; his Moaning Lisa. This year he introduced us to publicist Kim Etheridge, who found him, called 911, told the EMTs he was trying to kill himself, then kicked them in the nuts publicly by calling them liars after they saved her client's life. That's the kind of stuff that puts you at the top of this list.
The top three -
3. The Benjails- If one more Cincinnati player gets arrested this year, the Bengals organization will get indicted under the RICO statute. At the draft, Marvin Lewis said he wanted players that would "raise the level of professionalism in the whole building." So they took solid character Frostee Rucker (domestic A&B, vandalism), moral compass AJ Nicholson (broke into college teammates house), salt-of-the-earth Reggie McNeal (disorderly conduct outside a nightclub) and upright citizen Ahmad Brooks (drugs). By the end of year, the total was eight arrests, which Lewis called "embarrassing to our organization, to our city, to our fans." This from a man who couldn't get along with Corey Dillon.
2. Michael Irvin- Not content to merely make ridiculous points in incomprehensible Ebonics on ESPN every week, in '06 Irvin did pioneering work in the field of genealogy. All it took was for Tony Romo to show decent movement in the pocket for Irvin to question the moral fiber of ancestors. "[there must be] some brothers in that line somewhere...[maybe] his great, great, great, great Grandma ran over in the hood or something went down...[maybe his] great, great, great, great Grandma pulled one of them studs up outta the barn [and said] 'come here for a second'... back in the day (hee hee)." So to recap, Irvin believes not only that white guys can't be athletic, but that poor Nana Romo was a slave owner and sexually harassed the employees.
And this nonsense from Irvin came at the end of a year that he spent acting as the personal ESPN interviewer/ PR guy for our No 1 pick. He worships of our 2006 Unsportsman of the Year so much, on the guy's birthday Irvin puts a pine tree up in his living room.
1. Terrell Owens- I admit this is a disappointing No. 1, but there really could be no other choice. Calling TO the biggest ballbag in sports is like giving Tiger Woods the PGA Player of the Year award; it's so obvious you probably should just name the trophy after him and award it to someone else. But make no mistake; TO won the UOTY because he wanted it the most. He was the hungriest, worked the hardest and flat out earned it this year. From shooting his way of Philly to spitting in DeAngelo Hall's face and everything in between, he pulled so many asinine stunts that he could've published a "TO D***head Move of the Day" Desk Calendar. And his overdose was a masterpiece of crying for attention. It was his "To Painkill a Mockingbird"; his Moaning Lisa. This year he introduced us to publicist Kim Etheridge, who found him, called 911, told the EMTs he was trying to kill himself, then kicked them in the nuts publicly by calling them liars after they saved her client's life. That's the kind of stuff that puts you at the top of this list.
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who can top such a collection of bozos, jackazzes and miscreants?