The D-List: 2010 May Week 2

James Williams - for going on a destructive crime spree following a dispute over a Nintendo Wii game. The destructive spree included going after several people in his mobile home park with a bat, biting his mother on the ankle, intentionally ramming several cars, a pedestrian, and a tree. When the police arrived Williams ran at the police cruiser and jumped on the hood. Then dude got tased and arrested.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/23486636/detail.html

Alex Sink, Florida CFO and gubernatorial candidate - when speaking at the coronation for UCF, the University of Central Florida, she was booed multiple times for referring to UCF as USF, UCF’s state rival the University of Southern Florida, more than once. She did at least pause for a moment on stage to say she deserved to boo herself for that and "I think I better just get off the stage right now,” she did however remain on stage after admitting defeat.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-05-07/news/os-sink-gaffe-ucf-05-07-2010-20100507_1_usf-students-florida-cfo-ucf-arena

Lawrence Taylor - For breaking the law with an underage girl younger than his own daughter. I think further detail isn’t really appropriate in this case.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/2010/05/08/2010-05-08_lts_arrest_saddens_giants_family.html?page=2

Thomas Menino, Mayor of Boston - for being the most recent politician to flub a sports reference when at the unveiling of a statue of Boston Bruins’ hockey legend Bobby Orr. Menino referred to “ionic” moments in Boston sports history such as “Havlicek stole the ball; Fisk waving the ball fair; Flutie launching the Hail Mary pass; and Varitek splitting the uprights.’’ (as opposed to Adam Vinatieri formerly of the Patriots).
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2010/05/11/fans_get_no_kick_out_of_menino_flub/

Keith Hernandez - In spite of his brilliant Seinfeld performances in the past, I'm going to have to nominate Keith, who is an announcer for the Mets, for falling asleep and having to be re-awakened while broadcasting a game:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/ModernTube-Keith-Hernandez-falls-asleep-during-?urn=mlb,239932

Ken Griffey Jr. - Last week, when some members of the press corps asked manager Don Wakamatsu why he hadn’t used Griffey as a pinch hitter for Rob Johnson late in a game, Wakamatsu was vague. Two Mariners players, however, weren’t. Both are younger players, fond of Griffey. Neither had an ax to grind. So why didn’t Wakamatsu go to Junior off the bench? “He was asleep in the clubhouse,” one player said. “He’d gone back about the fifth inning to get a jacket and didn’t come back. I went back in about the seventh inning – and he was in his chair, sound asleep.” The other player, who knows Griffey a little better, tried to rationalize. “He doesn’t sleep well at night, he’s away from his family, he’s comfortable in the clubhouse,” he said. “They could have awakened him …”
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/10/1181188/commentary-for-griffey-and-mariners.html

Guerdwich Montimere - for posing as a 16 year old Haitian immigrant named Jerry Joseph so he could play high school basketball, when he's actually 22, not from Haiti, and not in high school. Guerdwich was outed when AAU coaches from Florida recognized him at a tournament being played in Arkansas, as he had already played high school ball years earlier in the state of Florida.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2010-05-12-montimere-permian-forfeit_N.htm

Mike Knowles, Monrovia H.S. track coach (California) - for pointing out a string friendship bracelet on the wrist of Robin Laird, a South Pasadena high school pole vaulter, following her team title clinching pole vault so that his Monrovia team would take the title. The friendship bracelet was apparently a violation of Section 3, Article 3 of the Nat'l Federation of State High Schools Association: "jewelry shall not be worn by contestants." As a result Laird was disqualified and the team title was taken away from South Pasadena and given to Monrovia. Knowles response to it all: "It's unfortunate, that's all I can say. It's unfortunate for the young lady. But you've got to teach the kids that rules are rules."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/highschool/05/11/track.controversy/index.html