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Usually, when an NFL player gets busted, it makes the Papers. In fact, you can actually HEAR the Producers at ESPN salivating when one of these "Sports Celebs Go Bad" stories hits the Newswire. The Duke LaCrosse Story got its own Network, for crissakes.
So why is the Dominique Byrd DUI Story being buried? Why is Scott Wolf the only guy in all of cyberspace to have a mention of this transgression? Go ahead and Google it -- You won't find sh*t. But Scott Wolf's "Inside SC" column says that the ex-trojan and current St. Louis Ram Tight End Dominique Byrd was apparently arrested on Sunday, allegedly for driving under the influence (of who-knows-what -- could it be "X?").
So, did the trojan (or Ram) Spin Machine get ahold of this story and O.J. it, or what? Is Wolf full of it? Did it never even happen? When a Bruin got a DUI last year, the National Media was on it, and it's all that the local Media could talk about. So could Wolf be full of it?
History seems to be on Wolf's side. Byrd's history, that is. Byrd has been in trouble in the past, and is actually in trouble right now, even without the DUI.
A couple of years ago, he allegedly tried to weasel out of paying a lost wager to teammate Steve Smith, who slugged Byrd and broke his jaw. The bet was over a Video Football game that they were playing against each other.
Byrd avoided discipline on that one, when Pom Pom said "Boys will be boys." But Byrd apparently decided to turn from VICTIM of violence to perpetrator of violence. He has a July court date to contest charges that he assaulted a guy in a bar, and broke a drinking glass in the guy's face.
So would a DUI really be a shock? Would it really seem out of character?
So, of course, for legal reasons, we are re-iterating: IT MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED -- Scott Wolf could be disseminating a false rumor. Then again, isn't that exactly what WE are doing? Hell no -- We are saying exactly where we got our info, whereas Wolf declines to divulge his source. That's a BIG difference.
If it DID happen, as soon as his name hit the AP Wire, the NFL lawyers and the ESPN reporters would have been all over it. Therefore, we wouldn't be surprised if the actual drunk driver was some OTHER GUY who just happens to be named Dominique Byrd, but not the trojan Byrd. Or maybe both Byrds were out driving, and flew into each other. Wow. If that were the case, Fate might have KILLED TWO BYRDS WITH ONE STONEr.
Try the Veal. We'll be here all week.
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