The D-List: 2010 August Week 4

LeGarrette Blount - for doing the same thing he did in college that got him into trouble, punch another football player. Blount was picked up as a free agent signee by the Tennessee Titans and the Titans front office believed Blount had learned his lesson from his trials and tribulations as collegiate athlete. An altercation during a goal line drill against defensive end Eric Bakhtiari might suggest otherwise. After getting his helmet knocked off for the second play in a row, Blount retaliated with a punch to the face of Bakhtiari. Perhaps proof of once a D-Case always a D-Case.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/439233-legarrette-blount-punches-again-has-he-learned-his-lesson

Antonio Cromartie - for stumbling through the rundown of all of the children he has fathered over the years during an interview as part of HBO’s series “Hard Knocks” which is following the pre-season camp of the New York Jets this year. According to the article: we discover that Cromartie has been making babies at the rate of the Cosby family. Faster, even. Cromartie has eight kids under the age of five….2007 was a busy year for Mr. Cromartie. He had 10 interceptions and four conceptions. The YouTube video is best for capturing the moment. Certainly don’t want to disparage Cromartie for being a father and provider to all those kids…but his lack of confidence in delivering the names of all his offspring is somewhat of a cause for concern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5qzQ2HBh0s&feature=related
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/-Hard-Knocks-recap-Antonio-Cromartie-is-still-?urn=nfl-263647

Dorothy “Dot” Davidson, mayoral candidate in Bessemer, Alabama - for running for mayor in the town of Bessemer, Alabama and falsely using an endorsement from University of Alabama’s head football coach Nick Saban. For those of you who might be unaware football in Alabama is sacred, which makes Nick Saban, head coach of the defending national champion Crimson Tide, their own personal Jesus. Davidson’s camp sent out flyers emblazoned with a photo of Saban and Davidson and the words: “Nick Saban fully supports Dorothy 'Dot' Davidson, and thinks she would be an excellent mayor for the City of Bessemer.” Well turns out the image was actually a photoshopped picture of Saban and his wife during a golf outing and Saban had never endorsed Davidson in any way. Photoshopping any image is a bold maneuver (see: BP, D-Case for the 3rd Week of July) all by itself, doctoring an image to put yourself in place of a local icon’s wife is something else entirely…its’ entirely D-Case.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8300-503544_162-503544.html?keyword=Photoshop

Sammy Sosa - for asking the Cubs to retire his #21 jersey and accusing the Cubs of making him out to be a monster. Typically retired jerseys are reserved for those who have made the hall of fame and aren’t surrounded in controversy…perhaps they’ll ask Sammy back to retire his jersey on corked bat night. The Cubs are clearly trying to distant themselves from Sosa after the fallout that included a corked bat, steroid allegations, and Sosa heading to the clubhouse before a game had ended…If Sosa can’t read the writing on the wall, perhaps they should try writing it in Spanish.
http://www.digitalsportsdaily.com/mlb/3024-sammy-sosa-wants-number-retired.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFpMUKPaHjsqP-YzNFRxCZ66DHowD9HPH8Q00

Tyler Thomas, (former) freshman football player for Oregon State - for getting inebriated to the point where he broke into a local residence completely in the buff, which resulted in charges of first degree criminal trespass, second degree criminal mischief, resisting arrest, and dismissal from the football team. According to police reports the woman who owned the residence called police to tell them someone had broken into her house. When the police arrived they ordered Thomas to get down on the ground, Thomas responded by getting down in a three point stance and then charging the cops who then tased him. While definitely d-case material…you have to at least admire Thomas’s dedication to the fundamentals of football while under duress.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/drunken-naked-oregon-state-player-tyler-thomas-gets-tased-arrested

Jeffrey Loria & Miami-Dade County Officials - For the absurd sleaziness of Loria and the pure idiocy of the Miami-Dad County officials displayed in the new stadium deal for the Florida Marlins. Loria is the owner of the Florida Marlins, and has been claiming for years that the Marlins lose money and can't pay for a new stadium and needed the taxpayers to foot the bill for him. Well, as detailed by the article linked below, some of the Marlins' financial documents were leaked and have been published by Deadspin. As the article says, "The team fought to conceal the $48.9 million in profits over the last two years because the revelation would have prompted county commissioners to insist the team provide more funding."" As for the D-case-ness of the Miami-Dade County officials, not only did they allow Loria to get away with footing the taxpayers with the bill while raking in large profits, but here's one of the loans they've agreed to as part of financing the new stadium: "According to the Miami Herald, J.P. Morgan gave a $91 million note – $80 million of which will go toward construction – that from 2041-47 will cost $118 million per year. In all, the county will spend $1.2 billion to pay off $91 million."
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Aoj0jfvDv2cQIVjfnh3sKGARvLYF?slug=jp-marlinsfinancials082410