Baby Mama Drama

In honor of our boy Matt Leinart and his little domestic squabble, we’re bringing up some of our favorite illegitimate children stories.

Randy Johnson

Last year, news broke that Randy Johnson had a secret daughter, Heather, who he had fathered in 1989. Johnson was giving Laurel Roszell, the girl’s mother, $5000 a month in child support and an additional $750 for child care. Johnson was seeking the return of all 95 monthly child care payments or roughly $71,250 plus interest rounding it to a cool $100,000. Of course, Randy was only making $16 million with the Yankees that year and probably needed the money to pay for his medical expenses or whatever.

Shawn Kemp

In 2002, Kemp was ordered to pay an Ohio woman an additional $20,000 a month in child support payments. He had previously been giving Nikki Giavasis, the child's mother, only $2,500. But what struck us was the last line that mentioned that Kemp the Pimp had an estimated 12 or 13 illegitimate children. $20,000 a month times 13, well that’s getting kind of expensive.

Greg Minor

Minor, who’s child was famously on a 1998 Sports Illustrated cover was playing for the Boston Celtics while his three chilren, whom he'd had with his then girlfriend were forced to leave their home according to a 1997 Boston Globe article because Minor had reneged on purchasing the home for them. Class act!

Brian Urlacher

In more recent news, Chicago Bears star, Brian Urlacher was ordered by a judge to attend parenting classes with his baby’s mama, Tyna Robertson. Urlacher’s two year old son, Kennedy, has been living with his mother in Joliet, IL, 62 miles away from Brian’s Lake Forest home. Robertson was supposed to drive Kennedy to a toll booth rest stop halfway between her and Urlacher’s home, but had failed to do so at least four times. This kind of reminds me of that movie Bye Bye Love with Paul Reiser and Eliza Dushku. In the beginning of the movie, I think it’s Mathew Modine’s character who’s explaining that you have to pick a neutral space like the parking lot at McDonald’s for the drop off location. I figure the Mickey D’s is better than a truck stop, but hey, that’s just me.

Chipper Jones

My love for Chipper Jones has never floundered, not even during his whole Hooter's waitress incident. In 1999, Jones filed for divorce from then wife, Karin Fulford, who he had been married to for 6 ½ years, after it was revealed that in 1998 he had had an affair with a Hooter’s waitress that produced a child, Matthew. Jones has since remarried and now had three additional sons, Trey, Shea (after Shea Stadium) and Tris. Jones went on to win the NL MVP and probably goes to Hooter’s on Tuesdays because kids eat free. I wonder what air carrier he uses since Hooter’s air folded?

It’s been fun blogging with you,

Kate