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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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12 July 2002 - 12:54 pm
Why are professional athletes, at least based on anecdotal evidence, among the stupidest people on earth? The big news in the sports world today, aside from the rumor (negotiation-fodder) that two MLB teams might file for bankruptcy before the end of the season, is that Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia Eagles is facing felony trespass and gun charges. He apparently kicked his naked wife out of his house after an argument and then, with his uncle, went looking for her at the home of his cousin, Shaun Bowman. Not finding Bowman or his wife, Tawanna Iverson, at the apartment, he proceeded to threaten the two occupants of the apartment, Charles Jones and Hakim Carey, with a gun while inquiring about his wife's and Bowman's whereabouts.
While this story is humorous enough on its face, the kicker is that Iverson has faced gun charges in the past when an unlicensed gun was found in one of his vehicles. He plead no contest and I think (although I'm not sure) he did some time for it. Either way, he should know better than to have an unlicensed gun.
The New York Times has a bunch of other amusing details in its story. My favorite is that the NBA's "collective bargaining agreement states that if a player is convicted of a violent felony, he will be suspended for a minimum of 10 games without pay." Ten games? For a violent felony? And people wonder why I don't like professional sport's unions.
Posted by on 12 July 2002 at 12:53 PM
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