Jets Fans Continue to Suffer

The Jets are giving their fans a little bit of surprise and I am not talking about the return of Mark Gastineau -who I had no idea he was even out of jail. Fans attending Sunday’s match-up with the Bengals will not be allowed to purchase alcohol once they enter the facility. The decision was made after the team talked to the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority aka the No Fun Zone. But don’t worry; the Jets will open the parking lot five hours before the 8:20 PM start so you have plenty of time to pretend you are Mark Sanchez and get blitzed.

Along with the no alcohol decree, the Jets plan on celebrating the close of Giants Stadium with a halftime ceremony that will feature a player from every year the Jets have been in the Meadowlands. And of course Ochocinco will probably bring his own halftime performance, hopefully involving an orange jumpsuit and some soap to remind Mark of his time in the big house, but we’ll have to wait and see.
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Captain Idiot

The DC popo are investigating a claim that weapons were found inside a locker at the Verizon Center where the Washington Wizards play. The latest report should come as no surprise after it was revealed that Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was being investigated by the NBA for keeping unloaded firearms in containers inside his locker. Arenas acknowledged the investigation and has reportedly been very cooperative.

“They've been (investigating) for the last two weeks…They just want to know where I got them from," Arenas said. "They want to make sure they're not dirty guns."

I don’t think their major concern is if they are legal or not. They are probably more worried that you are storing firearms at the same place where 23,000+ people gather to watch an NBA event. There is no reason to keep firearms – loaded or not – legal or not - in an NBA arena. You want to have guns, fine leave them in your house or the very least in your car.

Watch out Gilbert, because the popo are on your tail!
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Something Randy Moss could get behind

A little late on this one, but I thought it deserved to be mentioned

A man who works as Pat Patriot, the mascot for the New England Patriots, was arrested in a prostitution sting in Rhode Island over the weekend after a new law went into effect that closed a loophole that had allowed indoor prostitution. Way to take all the fun out of Rhode Island. What are you going to do next? Close the casinos? Turn the smallest state in the country into one large dry county?

Robert Sormanti of Warwick was among the 14 people busted in an undercover sting held at a local hotel, hopefully somewhere classy like a Motel 6.

Not surprisingly, Sormanti has been suspended by the team. But don’t worry Pats fans, he is just one of the many people who play Pat Patriot from time to time. Oh, no did I just have a “no Santa Claus” type slip?

Watch out Robby, because the popo are on your tail!
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Drunken Birds

I think the Cardinals may need to change their logo to include bars after a third member of their organization was busted for DUI over the weekend. Rookie third baseman David Freese was stopped for a traffic offense in suburban St. Louis when the Maryland Heights popo decided to give him a sobriety test. Guess who failed?

Freese was booked and released. A date has not been set for his court appearance.

David’s agent released a statement along the lines of his client is very remorseful, but glad he wasn’t the only member of the team to throw caution to the wind and drive drunk. He also mentioned that at least he didn’t fall asleep at the wheel, something I am sure Tony LaRussa appreciated.

This was the fourth alcohol and driving related incident for the team since 2007. In that year Tony LaRussa was busted at a stop light and then a few months later reliever Josh Hannock was killed when his car plowed into a tow truck parked on Interstate 64 near St. Louis. It was later discovered that Hannock was speeding and talking on his cell phone when the incident happened. A year later, the always reliable Scott Spezio was arrested in California after a car accident.

Watch out Cardinals, because the popo are on your tail!
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Catch him if you Can

Running down a football field isn’t the only thing Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson does fast…he also likes to drive fast. The star running back was clocked going 109 mph in a 55 mph zone on a suburban Minneapolis highway over the weekend and was given a speeding ticket. Oh and cop in South Carolina, like I was driving too fast!

Peterson was pulled over by the popo around 8:30 PM on Saturday while cruising in his BMW on Highway 62 on his way to a downtown hotel where the team stays before game day. “[I] got a little speeding ticket. I need to be more aware of the speed I was going and not let it happen again."

The traffic stop caused Peterson to be late, but after his 85 yard performance during the Viking’s 36-10 victory over the Bears probably made up for it.

Watch out Adrian, because the popo are on your tail!
(Source; Photo: Reuters)