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With all the good the many pro athletes do today, I felt it was time for their own thread of shame.

And just in time, a new arrest...

"The NFL's fastest man could not outrun the NYPD.

The New York Jets' fleet-footed cornerback and kick returner Justin Miller was arrested early yesterday after he tried to dash away from a fight outside a Manhattan nightspot, police said.

Miller was named the league's fastest man at February's Pro Bowl in Hawaii, where he was Gang Green's only representative on the All-Star squad.

But his quick feet were no match for cops in a patrol car.

Miller, 23, was grabbed just a block from Chelsea's trendy Maritime Hotel, where a woman says she was punched by the pro ballplayer.

He was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on third-degree assault charges.

"I want to apologize to everyone for this situation, including my family, my teammates, the Jets organization, our fans and the entire NFL," Miller said in a statement released after his court appearance.

"I understand that serving in the NFL is an honor and that I have an obligation to behave in a manner that reflects that privilege I have been given."

The fracas erupted about 4:40a.m. after Miller and two friends left a Chelsea nightclub and got into a shoving match with a group of men outside the Maritime at W. 16th St. and Ninth Ave., police said.

Two witnesses told investigators that during the pushing and shoving, the 5-foot-10, 196-pound Miller punched a 26-year-old woman in the face.

Miller's attorney disputed the claim, saying the woman hurled herself at the football player.

"He categorically denies the charges," said lawyer Aaron Wallenstein. "He was simply defending himself."

"He was attacked by a female outside the establishment," Wallenstein said.

The arrest, which comes in the midst of an NFL crackdown on bad-boy behavior, was not Miller's first brush with the law.

A week before the Jets used a second-round pick to draft him out of Clemson University in 2005, Miller was charged with disorderly conduct for cursing loudly and failing to obey police officers during a house party.

In 2002, he had pleaded guilty to a drunken-driving charge. The Jets said in a statement that the club is investigating the incident.

Miller, who lost his starting cornerback job last season, flourished as a return man, running back two kickoffs for touchdowns.

He is due back in court June 25."

although this guy seems like a real asshat, I was thinking the way Goodall is running the league right now it would kind of suck to play in the NFL... Think about it, if a player has a bad game and then goes out with friends or teammates afterwards and some smack bet and lost money on the game he could attempt to get back (at whoever)by picking a fight with him, in the attempt that the player might get in trouble with the league... not to mention the upset wives and or girlfriends that decide to make up a story about domestic abuse... I wonder how long until the players union decides to step up against Goodall...

"by picking a fight with him..."

Those are the key words, Tat.

"it would kind of suck to play in the NFL"

come on.....These guys are making Millions playing a game they love. All the commissioner is asking is for them to stay out of trouble and do the right thing. Fact is, Miller got in to trouble at 4:20AM, seriously, what good has ever come from hanging out at four in the morning. It's time for them to grow up, and a some won't be able to handle it. SO the NFL expects there players to make a lot of money, have some fame, and act like a civil person. THey should hold them to that.

what good has ever come from hanging out at four in the morning

Many have closed out a fun filled night chomping down a delicous cheese steak sometime in the wee hours of the morning.

Next time you and your wife have an argument, take a page from TB Devilray Elijah Dukes' book, he knows how to handle his estranged biatch:

""Hey, dawg. It's on, dawg. You dead, dawg. I ain't even bulls-------. Your kids too, dawg. It don't even matter to me who is in the car with you. N-----, all I know is, n-----, when I see your m-----f------- a-- riding, dawg, it's on. As a matter of fact, I'm coming to your m-----f------ house."


Full Story:

TAMPA - In late April, Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes barged into his wife's middle school classroom at lunchtime.

He was so irate that she ran to get the principal and a deputy, who banned Dukes from the property, records show.

His wife, who said she fears for her life, sought a restraining order and told the court it was the latest in a string of outbursts by the 22-year-old rookie player.

Dukes' wife, NiShea Gilbert, 26, a teacher at Beth Shields Middle School in Ruskin, told the court in another filing Thursday that her husband threatened to kill her and sent a photo of a handgun to her cell phone.

She played the St. Petersburg Times a voice mail message she said was from Dukes:

"You dead, dawg," says an angry voice. "I ain't even bulls-------. Your kids, too."

Dukes is in his first season with the Devil Rays, and his eight home runs - the most by any American League rookie - speak to his professional promise.

But Dukes' personal life is a mess. Twice in the last month, the wife of the Tampa native and former Hillsborough High standout has filed requests for protection against him. A court hearing on her latest request is May 30.

"I just don't think I should live in fear," said Gilbert. "When (the Rays) go out of town, I come home. When they're at home, I go stay with my mother. I shouldn't have to live like that because he's a baseball player."

Dukes, when approached after batting practice Tuesday evening, declined to discuss the allegations.

"I'm just going to play ball, that's it," he said. "I've got to go. I've got a video game to finish."

He referred to a statement provided by Rick Vaughn, team vice president.

"The end of our marriage is a personal matter for my wife and me," the statement reads. "Out of respect for my family, especially my children, I wish to keep our proceedings private."

Andrew Friedman, the team's executive vice president of baseball operations, said he was aware of the marital strife, but he knew nothing about allegations of threats.

"I think it's premature to comment on it," he said. "This is the first that we've heard of it. ... The only knowledge we had was that this was a messy divorce. But obviously not the extent that she's stating."

After the school incident, Gilbert filed a request for a restraining order. It was dropped when she missed a court hearing. She filed a second request Thursday.

In it, she said she missed the hearing because one of her children was in the hospital. She said she has received other death threats in recent weeks, including the message she says Dukes left May 2 on her phone.

Here's what the voice on the machine says:

"Hey, dawg. It's on, dawg. You dead, dawg. I ain't even bulls-------. Your kids too, dawg. It don't even matter to me who is in the car with you. N-----, all I know is, n-----, when I see your m-----f------- a-- riding, dawg, it's on. As a matter of fact, I'm coming to your m-----f------ house."

She also says Dukes called her and told her to check her cell phone.

He sent a text message with a photo of a handgun, she said.

"Elijah continues to call me telling me he is going to kill me and texting me pictures of a gun," she wrote in her request to the court. "I am scared for my life and my kids' life."

However, Gilbert did not call police about those threats, saying she saw the restraining order as an "alternative" way of protecting herself.

"People kept telling me it would mess up his career," said Gilbert, who said both family and friends told her not to press charges against Dukes.

But deputies have been called four times to deal with the couple's domestic issues, said Hillsborough sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter.

In 2003, Gilbert accused Dukes of throwing a remote control at her. In April 2004, she accused him of harassing phone calls. Later that year, she said he hit her with a soda can, threw a glass candy bowl and ripped a phone cord out of the wall when she tried to call 911. In August 2006, deputies arrested Gilbert, accusing her of scratching her husband's back during an argument. The charge was dropped in September.

Court records show that Dukes was sentenced to probation in February 2005 for a charge of domestic battery. They also show that Gilbert received a yearlong restraining order against Dukes in October 2004. But the incident involved in those cases was unclear Tuesday.

In October 2005, another Tampa woman, Carla Bryant, the mother of Dukes' oldest child, filed for a domestic violence restraining order against Dukes. A judge ordered that he stay away from her for a year. Bryant claimed Dukes threatened her over the phone.

Dukes was ordered to attend an anger management course.

Reached Tuesday, Bryant declined to say why she filed for protection. She said she was "going through complicated issues" at the time. Her grandfather was ailing. Dukes was trying to be more involved in their daughter's life.

"We've resolved an issue that we probably could have dealt with ourselves," Bryant said. "As far as anything domestic, I haven't had any altercations with him recently, and anything in the past, I'd like to leave it there."

The pair have a daughter. Bryant had no complaints about Dukes' treatment of the child.

Four women have gone to court seeking child support from Dukes. In all four cases, the court found Dukes was the father, meaning he has at least five children by four women. Two of those women were pregnant at the same time, giving birth in 2003 within eight days of each other.

Gilbert met Dukes when she was a student in 2003 at the University of South Florida. She filed for child support in March 2004 after the couple's first child was born. He was ordered to pay $222.26 a month.

During her second pregnancy, she sought and won a yearlong restraining order against him. A judge ordered him to attend a certified batterers' intervention program and substance abuse evaluation.

She noticed little improvement in his behavior, she said.

After the child was born, Dukes proposed. The couple married Feb. 27, 2006. They have a 3-year-old son and a daughter nearly 2.

Life only got more frustrating after the marriage, she said.

"We went to the courthouse in Brandon and got married and things have gone downhill ever since," she said. "My life has been turned upside down since I've been dealing with him."

Gilbert once filed for divorce but changed her mind. Now, she says she plans to file for divorce again.

On April 30, Gilbert was in her classroom at Shields Middle School when she heard a banging on the door. Her students were at lunch. Another teacher answered the door.

"It was Elijah (my husband) coming toward me at my desk stating he was going to beat my a-- and kill me," Gilbert wrote in her request for a restraining order.

Dukes later left the room and walked through the school's halls, she wrote. Gilbert and her co-worker ran to the school's front office.

"I told them to get the deputy because he was acting out of his mind," she said in an interview. "I told them, 'Just have him escorted off. I don't want him to go to jail. Just make him leave.'"

Deputy Theresa Montaldo tried to calm him down. When principal Tom Scott arrived, he admonished Dukes, Gilbert said.

Dukes was ordered to leave campus.

"Estranged wife is employee," the trespass warning reads. "He came to see her - very irate."

Dukes, who grew up in Sulphur Springs, saw his father convicted of second-degree murder when he was 11. Elijah Dukes Sr. received a 20-year prison sentence for shooting a man who sold his wife $100 worth of fake crack cocaine.

Dukes, who makes the major-league minimum $380,000, is considered one of the best all-around athletes on the Rays, with a mix of speed and power that some scouts predict could make him one of the game's top players. He made the jump to the majors this season and earned some playing time, then took over as the starting centerfielder when Rocco Baldelli was injured last week.

Before he moved up to the major leagues, Dukes had on-field confrontations last season with a coach and a teammate while with Devil Rays' Triple-A affiliate Durham. He was suspended for 30 games.

Dukes was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession during a traffic stop on Jan. 15. A hearing is scheduled for June 4.

"He's trying to act like he's made a change," Gilbert said. "He's made no changes. He's gotten worse. He says that since he plays baseball, 'No one can f--- with me.'"

Oh, and in the interest of FAIR AND BALANCED (cough, FB, cough)-

Some no name white guy WR who plays for the Broncos got himself arrested yesterday for felony assualt/punching someone at a party. He now has a restraining order that prohibits the cat from consuming or possessing booze. Typical white jock guy- too much booze, somebody gets punched.

Throw the book at him.


Of note is the fact that his brother is already in the hoose-gow for murdering his wife.

At least you're trying Seth, even if the 2nd story is the equivalent of a two line brief. (cough, cough)

But I loved the FULL PAGE AD ("the dawg") above it though!

Do you think I should try to trade Dukes in my keeper league?

Elijah Dukes was the most hated person in Durham when he was playing for the AAA Durham Bulls. Lots of stories of this guy being a world class asshole. He was banned from over a dozen bars and restaurants in old Bull city.

""Hey, dawg. It's on, dawg. You dead, dawg. I ain't even bulls-------. Your kids too, dawg. It don't even matter to me who is in the car with you. N-----, all I know is, n-----, when I see your m-----f------- a-- riding, dawg, it's on. As a matter of fact, I'm coming to your m-----f------ house."

Strangely, those were my wedding vows.

FB- the 2nd is brief cos that's all there was in the media- I summarized, like 2 or 3 stories and sheepishly admit to 1 of those sources being PFT.COM- hence no quoting.

The Dukes thing came right outta the paper- word for word, dawg.

Not to mention- we all know who E.Dukes is, can anyone say that a guy named Kirkus was on thier FF team last yr?

Thank Science Kirkus has character problems, because it would be difficult for Reid to pass on another white WR if he hit the bricks for other reasons.

WOW.

I just read that Dukes has 5 kids through 4 women at the age of 22. He's going for Shawn Kemp status.

Forget prison time. Neutering seems to be a better choice with this cat.

He's going for Shawn Kemp status.

Either that or he's studying to be a Mormon.

How many black Mormons do you know?

Does Michael Jackson count?

The Black Mormon Homepage...Enjoy

Ok...FB, I give you a NTFF on that one!

Kinda related and hilarious:

Lewis: My guys being profiled

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis said on a national radio interview Wednesday that he believes local law enforcement profiles his players.

Lewis, speaking on the Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio, used wide receiver Chris Henry's incident with Cincinnati police on March 25 as an example. Henry was stopped at 1100 Vine St. on March 25 for failing to use a turn signal. Henry was subsequently issued citations for driving without a license and failing to wear a seatbelt.

All of the citations were later dropped.

"I think there's profiling, no question," Lewis said. "We're (Cincinnati) a small place - our guys stand out, and they know that, and you've got to do things the right way. But when you are arrested for, or you are pulled over for, not putting on your turn signal, there's something wrong there.

"Many people make right turns without putting on their turn signals and it's unfortunate that we've had a guy that's pulled over for not putting on his turn signal."

Lewis did not return a phone message from The Post Wednesday evening seeking further comment.

Officers from the Cincinnati police public information office were not available for comment Wednesday evening.
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I'm sure those guys are really learning their lesson when their head coach excuses their behavior in a national setting.

Miller got in to trouble at 4:20AM, seriously, what good has ever come from hanging out at four in the morning.

Point of order.

Plenty of good things happen every day at 4:20 in the morning.

Not the 1st person to ever play the Profile Card

What do ya know? Ole Marv apologized in yet another example of pulling ones foot out of ones ass after making an asinine statement. Apparently he had 2nd thoughts about pulling the Profile Card after all and must have figured the Cincy cops aren’t all that bad after all since they were in fact - Only doing their job
"Yesterday, I gave a radio interview and made some comments that did not illustrate the high regard I have for the Cincinnati Police Department. I apologize that what I said did not reflect my true feelings," Lewis said.
The rumors out of the commissioner’s office are that even though Marv is a very intelligent individual, he was humble enough to admit he made a mistake. Good thing he didn’t claim to have discovered the theory of relativity, otherwise he would never have owned up to dishing the police and still be walking around with his foot up his ass

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