When athletes run amuck
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by user Shrubbery
I so love when the deities of sport get knocked down a peg due largely to their own hubris and stupidity. I also love it when the same are paraded before the local police camera to have their visage preserved for posterity. So, in a constant effort to disseminate copious amounts of fluff I bring you history's best athlete mug shots. Enjoy!
Number 1
Michael Irvin shows of his dazzling white teeth even after he got busted in November 2005 for possession of drug paraphernalia. Irvin is such a ham. You gotta love a guy who can look a police blotter dead in the eye and say, “Pfffffft, no biggie.”
Numba 2
I’ll give you three guesses what Ricky Williams got busted for, and the first two don’t count. Look at his mug shot, you could blindfold him with dental floss.
Numero 3
Yes, I know professional wrestlers aren’t true athletes by definition but Booker T, Booker Tio Hoffman, was arrested in 1987 for armed robbery of several Wendy’s restaurants, a chain he worked for at the time. Why does Booker warrant inclusion on this countdown? Simple, because he looks so goofy he resembles an African-American version of Barney Fife.
El numero 4
The Big Show, a.k.a. Paul Wight, the 500 pound behemoth that has terrorized the wrestling ring for a decade, commits a cardinal sin of mugging for the police camera…open your eyes. But I certainly won’t argue with him, would you. His offense...exposing himself to a female hotel worker in Memphis in December 1998.
Number 5
This little Russian treasure has been an offensive tour-de-force in the NHL since 1990. But even the venerable Sergei Federov has had his dalliances with the law. Federov’s offense? From the state of the eyes in this classic pose you can tell Federov is feeling no pain. Hence the September 2001 citation for misdemeanor driving while impaired. Misdemeanor?! Dude looks like he can barely stand up on his own.
Number 6
No mug shot countdown would be complete without a dose of Tanya Harding. This little white-trash debutant terrorized Nancy Kerrigan and has been on the wrong side of the police’s shutter bugs ever since. Harding is proof your own life and the idiosyncrasies therein are not so bad.
Number 7
In 2001 Jason Kidd was arrested for domestic abuse. He eventually had to attend anger management classes. But kudos to the photographer for making the otherwise handsome J Kidd look like Ed Gein, the notorious Wisconsin serial killer and cannibal.
Number 8
Steve McNair was stopped in May of 2003 for drunk driving. A subsequent search of his car revealed a 9mm pistol. But what’s unique about McNair’s mug shot is the disheveled state of his hair. Did he just crawl out of bed?
Number 9...finaly the end
Apparently Prime Time thinks every occasion is proper for a big, toothy grin. Deion Sanders was cited for misdemeanor trespassing in Florida in 1996. Seems Sanders had an affinity for fishing in a lake owned by Southwest Florida International Airport.
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