A University of Georgia backup cornerback named Vance Cuff was arrested in Athens for “improperly emerging from an alley.” He was riding a scooter at the time.
Turns out the road was closed and he had a suspended license. This sounds like a low-point-total crime if ever there was one. Can a man get five-eighths of a point?
Matt Taibbi can be reached at m_taibbi@yahoo.com.
Related:
Scammer solstice, Magic man, Smear tactics, More 
- Scammer solstice
It's summertime, and the scammin' is easy. What else can explain the recent appearance of a former NFL player in court to face 22 counts of . . . wait for it . . . mortgage fraud!
- Magic man
Magic mushrooms may make for amusing Eminem lyrics, but are not and never have been a strong theme in the ongoing sports-crime story.
- Smear tactics
In the world of sports crime, there are two kinds of arrests. In the first, an athlete causes a public scene in some way, the police come, and the athlete is eventually squeezed into the back of a cruiser and taken away. The other kind of crime happens outside of public view.
- Fall guys
No shortage of sports-crime activity this week — in fact, it's been an extremely busy time, so much so that it's worth a bullet-point to get to some of the developments in brief.
- America's scam
What a year for former New England Patriots and the criminal-justice system!
- Lightning dolt
Outstanding story out of San Diego last week, where terrifyingly stone-headed Chargers linebacker Shawne "Lights Out" Merriman was detained by police after similarly dumb-as-crap semi-famous bisexual reality-show skank Tila Tequila accused him of choking and restraining her in his apartment after an argument.
- Catch a falling star
There was a time, not long ago, when two things were true. The first was that the University of Miami was a perennial college-football powerhouse. The second was that Willie Williams was going to be the next big thing among college-football linebackers.
- Wild, Wild West
Former Celtic Delonte West has long been known as a clutch shooter, but he's apparently taking that reputation a little too literally.
- Throwing strikes
For us New Englanders, Chuck Knoblauch was always kind of tough to take.
- Punch drunk
Charges have finally come in on Aqib Talib, the frequently high (if you believe his pre-draft drug tests) and drafted-up-high (20th overall in 2008) Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback who reportedly decked a cabbie because . . . well, it’s still not exactly clear why.
- Golden goofballs
Yet another major-program football player walked the Taser plank this past week, though this one was called back from the edge just in time.
- Less
Topics:
Sports
, Louisville, Georgia, Crime, More
, Louisville, Georgia, Crime, Big East Conference, Rick Pitino, University of Georgia, Louisville Cardinals, University of Louisville, sports blotter, Tasers, Less
