Shelton Quarles spent his entire 10-year career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a linebacker. At 39-years old, he’s now a member of their scouting department. And for the last several hours or so, he’s been a member of a jail cell. Quarles was arrested around 2:30 AM Friday morning in Tampa on DUI charges. [...]
If you say that you are more familiar with Elijah Dukes because of his play on a baseball diamond and not because of his jagoff behavior, you are lying. The former Washington National and Tampa Bay Ray is a serial knucklehead, and the latest headlines didn’t disappoint. According to the St. Petersburg Times, Dukes was [...]
We were desperately looking for some news to post today, and then we saw this and it made our day. Last night in Indianapolis, an NFL scout was getting a little too excited about the prospects he was watching. Apparently all jazzed up after seeing big men in underwear run fast and jump high, St. [...]
We mentioned back in early January that Baltimore Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon got himself into a bit of trouble in the Dominican Republic. No, nothing petty like stealing a candy bar or jaywalking. Simon is accused of killing a dude. Simon and his lawyers have contended that he would be exonerated when all the facts [...]
You know how we hear these DUI stories about athletes and celebrities who get arrested when they weren’t really doing anything terribly wrong and they blew a 0.08 or something close to the legal limit? This isn’t one of those stories. Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera was arrested at 11 PM on Wednesday in Lakeland, [...]
Well at least he didn’t sexually assault someone. But, San Diego Chargers WR Legedu Naanee did break the law, according to police in Indianapolis. Naanee was arrested early this morning on charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest. Apparently, Naanee approached an active crime scene at 3:20 a.m. and was told by cops that he [...]
Either you really can’t go out to a club as an NFL player and not get messed with, or these dudes are hanging out at the wrong clubs, at the wrong times, with the wrong people. Washington Redskins return man Brandon Banks was involved in a double stabbing that left him with superficial knife wounds, [...]
The NFL season is over, and with many expecting a lockout come March 4th, there are some who are essentially saying “fuck it” ahead of time. Why stay at home on a Friday night and study your playbook or workout when we don’t know when football will be back? Just ask Oakland Raiders RB Michael [...]
Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth has had his share of incidents since entering the NFL in 2002. Chalk this one up to being the latest. According to the Washington Post, the 29-year old has been charged with simple assault regarding a road rage incident on the Fairfax County Parkway. A Redskins executive was surprised [...]
Well isn’t this cute? Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen apparently doesn’t know what to do when there aren’t offensive linemen to battle. Yesterday, he took the fight to the LAPD! Griffen was pulled over around 4 p.m. by the Los Angeles Police Department. It was a traffic stop at 30th and Hoover St., and [...]
During his career, former Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots WR Terry Glenn was no stranger to injuries. Now, after his career is over, he seems to be no stranger to getting arrested. Glenn was arrested recently for driving under the influence and was also hit with two counts of marijuana possession. [...]
Sometimes running OTR can be tough. Sometimes I don’t have time to post everything I want to in a given amount of time. Other times – like now – I’m sitting at the computer trying to find something good to post, but can’t really find anything I like. A big “thank you” to everyone’s favorite [...]
Nickey Maxwell Van Exel has been arrested and charged with the murder of his friend, Bradley Bassey Eyo, in Texas. Yes, he’s the son of former Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick Van Exel, who is now a player development instructor for the Atlanta Hawks. According to police, Eyo’s body was found in Lake Ray Hubbard [...]
Athletes celebrate victories in a variety of ways. Some like to go out drinking. Some like to stay in and share their fun with their families. Some like to go out to clubs and assault their wives. Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints apparently chose the last option, as he was arrested in Lafayette [...]
Things just couldn’t be better for the Denver Broncos. They have a great head coach that has led them to a hot 2-6 start. They traded up to draft a QB that excels at short yardage. And now, their star LB has been arrested for DUI…again. Denver police arrested D.J. Williams early this morning on [...]
It’s probably about time former NFL player Dave Meggett goes to jail. After numerous sexual assault cases in Toronto and North Carolina, Meggett was finally sentenced to 30 years behind bars on charges of criminal sexual conduct and burglary, stemming from an encounter with a college student in North Charleston, S. C. in January 2009. [...]
If this isn’t the last straw for Jerramy Stevens then we don’t know what is. The troubled tight end has had numerous run-ins with the law, but has been clean since joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2007. That is until he was arrested on Saturday night. Stevens was arrested in Hillsborough County on charges [...]
Wow! This story took a strange turn. We just mentioned that Junior Seau was arrested for domestic violence early this morning. It turns out that after being released he drove his SUV off a cliff in Carlsbad, CA. Seau survived the crash but did sustain injuries. Based on these pictures of the crash from TMZ [...]
Former NFL and USC football great Junior Seau was arrested early this morning in San Diego. The incident allegedly occurred against his live-in girlfriend, but there is no word on her condition. Seau was booked into the Vista Detention Facility and released around 3:20 AM. Photo Caption: The Junior Seau Foundation aims to “educate and [...]
This kind of stuff irritates us and we were just thinking about this the other day. First the news part; we’ll get to our rant in a minute. Former San Francisco 49ers RB Glen Coffee was busted earlier today for possession of a concealed firearm in Florida. The gun was reportedly “cocked.” Coffee was pulled [...]
We mentioned earlier that New York Jets WR Braylon Edwards had a little issue with the drinky drink early this morning when he was pulled over and cited for DWI in New York City. The Jets were obviously not pleased and supposedly, head coach Rex Ryan is uber pissed off. According to the New York [...]
If it’s 5:15 AM and it’s still Monday for you, while it’s Tuesday for everyone else, you are most likely up to no good. In the case of New York Jets WR Braylon Edwards, it meant that he was driving around while intoxicated. And, oh yeah, the police noticed. He was pulled over Tuesday morning [...]
Is it me or is this just the kind of thing that happens when you are on the New York Mets? This team has worse luck than Pacman Jones at a strip club. You probably heard about Francisco Rodriguez attacking his girlfriend’s father at Citi Field. Well, now it has gotten worse. Because he sent [...]
This isn’t technically sports, but we are so fascinated with arrests and the legal system in general, that we thought we’d post it. According to police, Paris Hilton was arrested in Las Vegas late Friday night on cocaine charges. This news hit us like a ton of bricks. We were all ready to have a [...]
It must be noted that we never truly know the people that we watch on television. Guys who come across as stand-up dudes are often exposed as awful frauds. And some times, there are people that seem like arrogant dicks, but it’s just their schtick and they actually aren’t bad guys. But, didn’t you always [...]
