Former Tampa Buc and current Minnesota Viking Dwight Smith is one of the few pros to have been arrested for a pellet-gun infraction (McDonald’s drive-thru, slow motorist), while former NHL goon Billy Tibbets is one of the few non-football players to have one such crime on his record.
NBA crime . . . in other cities!
Thank god we live in Boston, where none of our local basketball heroes are involved in scandalous police investigations! Our status as a shining example to the rest of the league allows us to judge from on high while transgressions such as new SacTo Kings coach Eric Musselman’s recent DUI hit the newsstands. We say: shame on you, Eric Musselman, for having a burrito, a few too many drinks, and the temerity to be arrested for drunken driving last week!
Fortunately, the players let us know where the league stands on such matters. “We don’t condone it,” said guard Mike Bibby, “but we’re going to back our coach up!” So drinking and driving, too, is something we definitely don’t condone.
Note to editors: can we make a new icon for that category of sports crime? [Matt, we’re way ahead of you — ed.]
When he’s not googling “defensive backs” and “you’ll shoot your eye out,” Matt Taibbi is writing for Rolling Stone. He can be reached atM_Taibbi@yahoo.com.
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