|
||||||
|
|
Top Ten Bad Jock Stories of 2006 But First, Our Fan Email of the Year: This sweet little note came in
last summer from a new fan of the site, John String. John:
Sportswoman of the Year: Female Soccer Player Sucker Punches Opposing Player in Mouth During Post-Game Handshake - The girls might be finally catching up to the boys when it comes to high school soccer violence . . . and this one happened after the game. We're all for sportsmanship here at BadJocks, but the post-game handshake seems to becoming more of a opportunity for revenge than a show of respect. Is it time to mothball this old tradition? Case in point: a girls HS soccer game in upstate New York between Wallkill and Cornwall. Cornwall won 2-0 in what's being described as a typical playoff game until the girls started walking towards each other for the post-game handshake. At some point, Wallkill's Jasmine Crespi, 16, sucker punched Cornwall junior defender Ashley Thorpe in the face, knocking out three teeth and fracturing her jaw. A bloody Thorpe collapsed to the ground and as teammates rushed to her aid, Crespi and the rest of the Wallkill's team calmly got on the bus and drove away! Police were called and Crespi was identified as the perpetrator and authorities called her parents to ask them to bring her in. According to cops they refused! When officers said a warrant for her arrest would be issued if her parents didn't produce her by the next night, Crespi finally appeared in court accompanied her lawyer where she was charged with assault. As a result of the cheap shot, Thorpe underwent two hours of oral surgery and will have to have her jaw wired shut, likely meaning she will miss the rest of the season. (Record Online) Most Creative Use of a Car by a Pro Coach Award: Detroit Lions Coach Arrested After Ordering Combo Meal at Wendy's Drive Thru Window Naked - This is Joe Cullen's first year as an assistant coach with the Detroit Lions and it may well be his last. According to police, Cullen pulled up to a Wendy's drive-thru back on August 24 and calmly ordered a burger, fries and a drink. When he pulled up to the window in his SUV, the fast food employee said he acted perfectly normal . . . except of the fact that he was naked. The employee got the license plate number and eventually called police who, by September 1, already had him in custody, allegedly for a second drunk driving offense. Police reports from that arrest say that his blood alcohol content in that second arrest on Sept. 1 was 0.12. Of course, now that he's been caught, Cullen has apologized to long-suffering Lions fans and is "seeking treatment." (Free Press) College Athlete of the Year: Back-Up College Punter for Northern Colorado U Arrested for Knifing Starter - There's a disturbing trend in the world of sports: stabbing your own teammates. And we don't me the figurative "stabbing someone in the back" which, of course, goes on every day in the sports world. No, this is actual stabbing. With a knife. For real. Earlier this week we had the story of a wacky soccer player is South Africa who stabbed a teammate sent in to replace him during a game. (See story below.) Now comes word that the back-up punter for football powerhouse Northern Colorado tried to win the starting job by allegedly stabbing his first-string rival in the leg! And no, he didn't do it on the field in a manly fashion. According to police, starter Rafael Mendoza was walking to his car when a man in a hooded jacket came up from behind him and stabbed him in the leg outside his apartment about 9:30 pm Monday. The assailant drove off in what was described as a black Charger. Shortly after that, the clerk at a liquor-store told police that a car matching that description stopped outside his store, and that two men got out and pulled duct tape off the license plate and drove off. They probably should have waited a little longer because the clerk got the newly visible plate number and called the cops who traced it to--wait for it--Mitch Cozad, the second string punter for UNC. Cozad has been not only suspended by the school, the team and booted from his dorm room, but now faces a charge of second-degree assault. Mendoza will miss at least this weekend's game and his loss has sent the team scrambling to find a starter for Saturday's game. (Seattle Times) For those of you to young to remember the Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan saga, you can get caught up here. Jerk Youth Sports Parent of the Year Individual Award: Father/League Owner Tells Coach His Son Will Play Every Defensive Play - It's not unusual for parents of young athletes to insist their demon spawn get more playing time than they deserve. But how often does one of the parents OWN the league and then can dictate to coaches how often his boy can play--like every defensive down--in a league of 12 - 14-year olds? According to the recently fired coaches of the South County Raptors of Fairfax County, VA, league owner and commissioner Dan "My Way or the Highway" Hinkle sent a pre-season email to them stating that, "Scott does not sit out on defense -- ever. He goes in and stays in. That includes all practices, scrimmages and games. This entire league exists so he can play defense on the best team in his weight class. . . . He is my son, I own the league, and he plays every snap on defense." As you might have guessed, the coaches tried to please their boss and did as Hinkle asked up until a playoff game that went into overtime. During that game they made the mistake of playing Scott Hinkle--I'm not making this up!--on offense and not all the time on defense. So, despite the fact the team won and was playing in the championship game, Mr. Hinkle fired the coach and his assistant anyway because they disobeyed his orders. In retaliation, the other boys on the team refused to play without their coaches and the team missed the final game. Since then, Hinkle has tried to make things right by un-firing the head coach (but not the assistant) but that didn't make anyone happy. The boys and the coach say they might play in a special bowl game using equipment borrowed from other teams and the league is looking into possibly replacing Hinkle next season. (Washington Post)
Youth Coach Motivator of the Year: Gymnastics Coaches Accused of Jabbing Young Boys in Buttocks With Drywall Screws to Improve Performance - Ah, nothing like a bleeding, punctured glute to get you to remember to stick the landing on your dismount next time, right? According to police, two coaches at Ace Gymnastics in Longwood, Florida could face criminal charges after after one of them admitted to stabbing training gymnasts (ages 8 & 10) with drywall screws . . . for years! According to the coach, it was done to him and that's just how he was taught to do it. Cops say that the mother of one of the young boys disciplined noticed the scars on the lad's hinder while giving him a bath and told the owner. The owner responded by hiring a new head coach and said they would make sure the practice stopped, but never reported it to law enforcement and actually kept the offending coaches on staff. When asked to explain the need for such a technique, the coach who admitted to doing it tried to claim that "a gymnast's mistake could cause a much more serious injury than a stab wound from a little screw." And for some reason, cops didn't buy that. Go figure. (WFTV) Thanks to Tony Lyons for the link!
BAD JOCK OF THE YEAR FOR 2006 Also,
Father of the Year & Mug Shot of the Year Awards: Football Dad Whips Out a Gun, Threatens
Coach During Game When Son Doesn't Get Enough Playing Time - You know how the parents of college football players can get: they
want junior to get in the game often so pro scouts can see the boy perform and
maybe reward them--I mean him--with a big fat NFL contract. High school parents
want college recruiters to offer their kids an athletic scholarship. So, at that
level, we could kinda understand if some father got upset with the coach that
his child wasn't getting enough PT. But a game of 5- and 6-year-olds? Yes,
sadly, Wayne Derkotch, 46, is accused of pulling the gun last weekend during a
game between the Oxford Circle Raiders and the Burholme Outlaws in Northeast
Philadelphia. Cops say Derkotch pulled out a .357 during the game because his
son wasn't playing enough. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but somehow the referee
was also arrested after another altercation on the field that may have been
related. Derkotch's been charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and
reckless endangerment. (WNBC) |
|
||||
|
Copyright 2003 - 2010 - BadJocks.com
|
||||||
Youth
Sports Coach of the Year: Man Attacks Opposing Player During Game, Faces Child Abuse Charges
(w. Video Clip!) - We saw this story earlier, but it wasn't nearly as
interesting when you watch the home video clip. According to police, 36-year-old
Cory Petero, an assistant coach for the Riverbank Redskins, became upset late in
the game when a player for the Stockton Bears knocked his son over with a late
hit. Petero is seen on the video running onto the field and leveling the Bears 
player.
As you might guess, at that point all hell broke lose and players, coaches and
fans became involved in a full out brawl that--at least according to one
report--lasted 20 minutes before police arrived. By that time Coach Petero had
jumped a fence and ran off, but later turned himself in. According to Stockton
police, he was booked into the San Joaquin County jail on one count of child
abuse. (
Jerk
Youth Sports Parents Ensemble Award: Group of Parents Demand Girls HS Basketball Team Be Selected
by Panel Instead of Coach The Dislike: Panel Makes Picks and Guess Whose Kids
Still Don't Make the Team? - As
Nelson Muntz from "The Simpsons" would say, "Ha, ha!" This
one's from our "There Must Be a God" Files: Nancy Nibarger is the
beleaguered girls varsity basketball coach at Castro Valley High School near San
Francisco. Over the past year she has put up with numerous complaints from
parents about her coaching style to the point that they
demanded--DEMANDED!--that tryouts for this year's team be taken out of her hands
and conducted by an "impartial" panel. So, the school caved, named the
panel and held tryouts. And guess what? The children of the complaining parents
STILL didn't make the team! You might think the story ended there . . . that is,
if you've lived in a cave the past 10 years and never come across one of today's
modern "helicopter parents" who hover over and control every move
their kids make. Nope, the parents are still angry and are using Internet
message boards (damned Internet!) to make claims that the panel was stocked with
Nibarger sympathizers and that she really controlled the selection process . . .
for her own team. Nope this isn't over folks. No lawsuits are currently planned,
but don't be surprised if we report one in the near future. At right, a
picture of coach Nancy Nibarger. (
Sports
Lawsuit of the Year: Man Sues T-Wolves Eddie Griffin Claiming He Was Drunk,
Masturbating When SUV Accident Occurred - Looks like Eddie picked the wrong
place to rub one out back in March. At the time, it looked like a simple car
accident, with the Minnesota Timberwolves forward hitting another vehicle with
his SUV. Griffin wasn't sited for DUI at the time and was actually given a ride
by Minneapolis police back to his home in St. Paul. Unfortunately for Eddie, the
accident occurred out front of a 24-hour convenience store that had not only surveillance
cameras, but audio as well, so the whole evening--cops included--was caught on
tape by the owner of the store . . . who just happens to be the brother of
the guy who's car Eddie hit. That guy claims that after the accident happened
(you can see part of it on the tape) he ran out to see if everyone was okay and
found an intoxicated Griffin--several hours after a game--who told him that he
was actually watching a porn film while driving and--we're not making this
up!--masturbating at the time. Several other witnesses heard the same story
and called 911 to report a drunk driver. What did Minneapolis police do? Not
only was Griffin not charged with DUI, he was given a ride home by the cops,
something a department spokesman said was unusual . . . especially since they
had to drive to another town. As an added bonus, the surveillance video also
caught Griffin pleading with the car's owner not to report the incident and that
he could get him "any car in life you want" the next day. The
suit seeks $50,000 in compensatory damages and could be amended to include
punitive damages. (
Adult
Athlete of the Year: State Worker Charged With
Fraud for Collecting Worker's Comp While Playing Women's Professional Football
- Corynthia D. Simpson, 34, a youth services officer, was unable to work this
summer at the Juvenile Training School after a job-related injury she suffered
while trying to restrain an unruly youth. According to her medical report, on
June , she injured her right arm, left knee and left ankle and was fitted with
air cast and crutches and off work from June 1-5. But somehow, Simpson managed
to miraculously recover enough to participate in her part time job as an offensive
and defensive lineman for a professional women's football team known as the
Connecticut Crush. And not only did she play in their June 3 game with all those
injuries, she also managed to make 10 solo tackles. Not bad for a crippled
woman! Simpson remained off work and continued to play football most of the
summer until she was to return to work on August 10. She allegedly showed up
with a new injury worksheet on Aug. 17 saying she was scheduled to return on
Aug. 18 and received her state compensation benefits for yet another week.
That's when state investigators took a closer look at her form and found out
that the 10 had been turned into an 18, and the whole scam started to unravel at
that point. Simpson has since been arrested on fraud and forgery charges. (