Each summer, the NFL holds a meeting with each team during minicamp on personal security. A film is shown. Situations are discussed. As the DALLAS MORNING NEWS’s DALLAS COWBOYS BLOG puts it, “Know your surroundings. Watch those around you. Don’t hang out in bad places. And, as my father always said, nothin’ good happens after midnight.”
Some athletes hear those words loud and clear. Others hear the same words but have a slightly different interpretation. For example, Cowboys wide receiver Sam Hurd spends his nights with his lovely wife in his gated community. Also, he owns an M-16 (among other weapons) and “… if someone comes in my house to rob me, you’ve got World War III going on.”
Are we sure Charles Bronson isn’t running NFL Security from the grave? Read more…
The town of Jena, Louisiana, had made national headlines for all the wrong reasons with the whole “Jena Six” controversy. And the negative publicity became so bad for local football product Jason Hatcher that the Dallas Cowboys lineman decided to stop holding a youth football camp in his hometown.
But Hatcher had a change of heart when he heard the story of a former camp attendee who wanted to become a football star, but had his dreams dashed when he lost his leg in a shooting accident. Read more…
Some links from all around as I sweat out the California heat wave without A/C:
• PRO FOOTBALL TALK divulges that Adam “Don’t Call Me Pacman” Jones is defaulting on the mortgage on his Tennessee home.
(This bedroom is part of the home that could be yours if you show up at the courtroom auction.)
• Mr. Jones is not alone on the real estate issues front, as THE BIG LEAD writes on the California real-estate company that’s on the down and out after getting investments from jocks like Matt Light, Roy Halladay, and Vladimir Guerrero.
• The IRISH BAND OF BROTHERS discovers Notre Dame is having some issues finding an alum willing to take on its vacant athletic director position. (Duties include keeping Charlie Weis’ chocolate fountain flowing at all times.)
Yep, basically people try to beat crap out of you with punches to the face & kicks to the groin - but you just stand there, stoic & strong.
Sounds suicidal? Well, former Cowboys great Randy White is convinced of the power of ki - since a punch he tried to throw only brought pain unto himself. Just listen to this testimonial: Read more…
Adam Jones is reportedly asking that he no longer be referred to by that name. So for that reason, I look forward to calling him Pacman for another 10 years. Read more…
