The case is confusing on a number of levels, but the odd part is that the authorities were very heavy-handed in their treatment of the NHL Hall of Famer, despite the fact that Guy's crime appears to be relatively minor. Headlines around the world described the former Montreal Canadien as a fugitive, for instance, even though he apparently was not even aware an arrest warrant had been issued against him. The younger Lafleur was actually acquitted of the sex assault last summer but convicted of 14 other charges, including making death threats and forcible confinement. The court is still considering Guy's motion to dismiss the arrest warrant against him, but if he's found guilty of obstructing justice, he could face up to 14 years in jail. Eight points for now, with possibly more to come.
When he's not googling "voted off the island" and "bad Habitant," Matt Taibbi writes for Rolling Stone. He can be reached atm_taibbi@yahoo.com.
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- Throwback shame
Well, another year in sports crime has come and gone.
- What's in a name?
Hey, look everybody: Dane Cook got arrested!
- Ballspuck: Where's the hate?
I think Portland sports fans should get their hate on. And who should we hate? The answer is easy and plausible: we should hate Manchester, New Hampshire.
- Cocaine blues
Wow. That's all I can say after seeing the mug shot of former Jacksonville Jaguars star wide receiver Jimmy Smith, busted last week on pot and crack charges.
- The dirty south
Normally, this is the time of year when a lot of pro football players get arrested — the weeks after the draft and before training camp, when new rookies get their first checks and end up blowing them at fancy nightclubs on eight-balls and escorts before driving home with bellies full of Courvoisier.
- Taser bait
The clock keeps ticking down toward the inevitable first Tasered-athlete fatality. The fact that it hasn't happened yet is just a statistical anomaly, because two things continue to occur with regularity: major-college and pro jocks keep getting Tasered in late-night incidents, while an unluckier group of ordinary non-jocks keep dying from police Taserings.
- Cry me an Old Man River
Readers of this column over the past two years (my mom and my Aunt Theresa, mostly) know that I rabidly support my alma mater's basketball team, the University of Memphis Tigers. This past April, our head coach John Calipari relinquished the Tiger reins to take over at Kentucky.
- 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!
- My first, um, cornhole
Last month, while at my friends Bill and Sarah Paradis’s Walton Street home for some backyard grillin’ and chillin’, Bill asked if I wanted to play cornhole. I was taken aback. Cornhole? Where I grew up, “cornhole” was a rough synonym for “anus.” I wasn’t sure how to take Bill’s offer. What was he actually asking? Imagine my relief when he explained that cornhole is a beanbag-tossing game, a derivative of horseshoes that has become pretty popular. Pheeew!
- Lights out
Not sure this has a whole lot to do with sports crime, but . . . it does involve Tila Tequila naked, so that's a start for an interesting exploration of something .
- Goal rush!
Get two journalists in a room these days, and before the conversation is five minutes old they'll probably be kvetching about the grim state of the news business. Unless, that is, they happen to be sports journalists, in which case the conversation will likely focus on how absurdly bright the future looks. Especially here in Boston.
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