-
13 Pro Careers Interrupted By Incarceration
For most sports fans, living the life of a professional athlete is the ultimate fantasy. People chanting your name, exotic cars, fancy suits, gorgeous women—what’s not to fantasize about?* So to those of us sitting at home watching the game on the couch, it’s always mind-boggling when we see pro athletes misbehaving or getting involved [...]
-
Italian Prison Inmates Sure Do Love Mario Balotelli (Video)
Gianluigi Buffon has won eight Serie A goalkeeper of the year awards, three UEFA Team of the Year honors, one European Footballer of the Year award, a Yashin Award, and most importantly, he backstopped the Italian national team to the World Cup title in 2006. Mario Balotelli has won…well, nothing really. So why would Balotelli [...]
-
This Day In Sports History (August 8th) — Pete Rose
It was on this day in 1990 that Pete Rose began serving his five month prison sentence at Marion (Ill.) Federal prison camp. The MLB all-time hits leader pleaded guilty to two charges of tax evasion on April 20, 1990, after filing false income tax returns and not showing income he received from selling autographs [...]
-
Plaxico’s Prison Jersey May Quickly Become An NFL Top Seller
Total Pro Sports – Looking to get a great new gift for that Redskins, Cowboys or Eagles fan on your Christmas list? It may be a bit early, but now there is one jersey out there you can be sure they will love. It’s the “09-R-3260″ New York Giants jersey, or for those of you [...]
-
O.J. Simpson Jailed For 15 years
Total Pro Sports – A Las Vegas Judge has sentenced OJ Simpson to15 years in prison for the gunpoint robbery and kidnapping of 2 sports memorabilia dealers. Simpson who is 61 years old will not be eligible for parole till he is 66 years old. The Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass said this while [...]
