ATHLETES BEHAVING BADLY

The Associated Press has named Tiger Woods the "athlete of the decade."

With 17 mistresses and counting, I should think so.

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The OSU football coach Gundy suspended player Perrish Cox from the Cotton Bowl for breaking curfew.

Cox responded on his Facebook page: "I wz jus 30 mins late pass curfew, traffic wz bad 4 new years, 4get gundy, i put 2 much in 4 this school 4 him 2 do me like that, i mean its a bowl game that the players hard 4, we should b able 2 hav some kinda freedom, its all good, i had fun while it lasted, once a cowboy always a cowboy, regardless of gundy."

So now we know he's not only irresponsible, he's damn near illiterate. How did he get into college, anyway? Oh, yeah, he plays football.

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What's with athletes and firearms?

• The New York Post reports that Washington Wizards players Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton pulled guns on each other during an argument in the team locker room. Arenas denies this, but admits he kept handguns in his locker.
• Arenas also pleaded no contest in 2003 in California to driving with a handgun in his car.
• Cleveland Cavaliers player Delonte West was indicted for riding his motorcycle armed with two handguns, a shotgun and a knife.
• Giants player Plaxico Burress is serving a two year prison sentence for shooting himself in the leg in a Manhattan nightclub.
• Four Tennessee basketball players -- Tyler Smith, Melvin Goins, Brian Williams and Cameron Tatum -- were arrested when police found a handgun with an altered serial number in their car.

Is this why they call it a "run and gun" offense?

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