- SPORTSbyBROOKS has photos of a pregnant Royals fan drinking a little brew at the game. So sad. The site also finds it funny that Jay Mariotti lectured LeBron on good sportsmanship.
The 4-year-old daughter of former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson was critically injured on Monday in what police said was a tragic accident at home. According to Fox News, Exodus Tyson was found by her 7-year-old brother hanging from the cord of a treadmill. At press time was reported to be in “extremely” critical condition and on life support at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
The toddler was reportedly playing near the exercise equipment in the family’s Phoenix home while her mother was elsewhere in the house cleaning on Monday morning. When her mother sent the boy to look for Exodus, he found her tangled in the cord. He alerted the mother, who immediately called 911 and began performing CPR.
“Somehow the little girl got something caught across her throat, she became unresponsive, the boy went and got the mother, and the mother came out and found the child,” Phoenix Police Sgt. Andy Hill told the Phoenix Fox affiliate.
Tyson, who has been promoting a documentary about his life for the past month, “Tyson,” was in Las Vegas at the time of the accident and reportedly flew home immediately upon receiving word of it.
Police are calling the mishap a “tragic accident.” A police spokesperson told Fox News that there was “nothing in the investigation that revealed anything suspicious.”
I’m not a parent, so I can only imagine how kids can get into things when you think you’ve placed them in a safe environment. (Or disappear when you turn your back to do something else.)
I’m sure it was an accident and this is an incredibly sad situation. Hopefully young Exodus can recover.
-Sportsbybrooks.com shows an impressive pictorial of the newest addition to the Los Angeles Lakers management team.
-Deadspin.com tells of the unique relationship between San Diego Padres 2B David Eckstein and his actress wife Ashley, who provides a voice in the “Clone Wars” animated series.
-theloveofsports.com offers the tape of the tape between ESPN draftniks Mel Kiper and Todd McShay in honor of this weekend’s NFL Draft.
-aol.fanhouse.com shares an interview with ESPN’S Erin Andrews on her dreams of becoming a star in the virtual games world.
-youtube.com offers the top ten interview moments of Mike Tyson’s illustrious career.
With tax day quickly approaching, Real Clear Sports.com complied a list of the top 10 worst athletes to ask for financial advice.
Here is the top 3:
3. Michael Vick
So, how did Vick go from one of the highest paid athletes to owing millions? To start, there’s the entourage. Vick was spending about $300,000 a month to support friends and family. But the biggest factor was who was in control of his money. Vick entrusted his money to a woman who is banned from working with any firm that trades on the NYSE because she bilked two old women out of $150K and a man who’s been accused of defrauding church members. His finances were such a mess that the bankruptcy judge appointed a trustee to help him out.
Vick owes over a million dollars in back taxes and it was recently discovered that he took funds from the pension plans of some of his employees. But if you are beginning to feel sorry for Vick, (”Then you’re not a dog lover”!) don’t. To pay off some of the debt, Vick will be selling three of his SIX homes. That’s less than one home per season. Do you really expect Vick to summer in Virginia? Do you?
2. Latrell Sprewell
In August of 2007, a federal marshal seized his $1.5 million yacht after Sprewell had failed to pay his mortgage on the boat. The yacht, with the classy name, Milwaukee’s Best, was auctioned in early 2008.
Oh well, at least Sprewell would still have his home in River Hills, Wisconsin. That is, until it was foreclosed on in May of last year. So, let’s see, he lost his yacht and his house. It can’t get much worse. Oh, and now Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit for unpaid taxes. Hopefull Sprewell isn’t expecting a big refund this year.
1. Mike Tyson
In 2003, he filed for bankruptcy. His debt reached over $27 million, about half of which was to the IRS. Maybe he shouldn’t have bought the two Bengal tigers for $140,000, for which he also had to pay a trainer $125,000 a year. Although, that’s just a small drop in the bucket. He could’ve cut back on his motor vehicles, on which he spent about $4.5 million. But perhaps the most inane purchase? How about a bathtub for his first wife, Robin Givens, that cost $2 million dollars.
Tyson could’ve gotten his finances in order had he won the $100 million lawsuit against Don King (he was suing his former boxing promoter for cheating him out of millions in promotions), but the parties reached a settlement of $14 million, of which Tyson saw none. All of the money went to paying down his debt.
When you figure that most of these athletes never seek out sound legal and financial advice, it’s easy to see how they blow through wads of money in a very short period of time. They just think that money will always come in and they don’t have to worry about anything long-term. How Vick blew through all his money is still beyond me.
- SPORTSbyBROOKS.com introduces us to Kimberli Smith, who is the 13-year old girl and MMAer that could absolutely kick your ass.
- Deadspin.com gets you up to speed on the latest on Pacman Jones, who threw punches on Pros vs. Joes because one of the Joes took him to school on the gridiron.
Former boxer MIKE TYSON is to publish a tell-all book about his eventful life.
The ex-heavyweight champ has written an autobiography detailing his time in the ring and the years following his departure from the sport.
The tome is also said to include controversial moments from his private life including his three year jail sentence for rape in the 1990s.
Tyson reportedly began writing the manuscript while he was in prison, asking his fellow inmates for advice, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six.
The publication quotes Tyson as saying, “Me and my cellmate would read to each other at night. One night I would read out loud to him, the next night he would read out loud to me. And we would do that back and forth until the book was completed.”
I wish I could take credit for this, but I can’t. Here’s a headline on Fark.com about this story:
A must read: Tyson pens a tell-all. Book starts out powerful and amazing, gets unfocused and boring about halfway through, then scary and weird, ultimately fading into Bolivian
- You’ll never believe what former heavyweight boxing is just, well, just plain heavy. Mike Tyson is looking more like “King Hippo” these days than king of the ring. (SPORTSbyBROOKS.com)
- The Love of Sports comprised its “All NFL Surprise Team” with a few surprises…ha! Get it? Surprises? Yeah, yeah you get it. (The Love of Sports)
- Poor Braylon Edwards – he’s not feeling any love from the Cleveland Browns or their fans. Who knew the Browns’ fan base didn’t appreciate receivers who can’t hang onto the football? (Deadspin.com)
- Here’s a look at the most important players this college football bowl season. (AOL Sports)
- Apparently Mark Teixeira is holding up the free agency party. (The Bleacher Report)
- Who has been the Carolina Panthers’ MVP this season? DeAngelo Williams? Steve Smith? Julius Peppers? All fine choices, but they pale in comparison to the one, the only Vinny Testaverde. (Shutdown Corner)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ defensive lineman Greg White is just the latest athlete to change his name. And what name will he be signing checks with? Well none other than Stylez G. White, of course, after Michael J. Fox’s best friend in the movie Teen Wolf. Hey, I like it better than Ocho Cinco Johnson…I think. (Smarter Sports Blog)
Too bad Tyson was completely whacked because the guy could box. Of course, it always helps to be a little out of your mind when you step inside a ring trying to knock another guy out before he does it to you.
Michael Jordan and Jack Tatum were Bad Ass Mofos, guys with big mouths who backed it up. Guys you hated when they were playing your team, but you would’ve killed to have on your team. Bullz-Eye.com is running their list of sports history’s Top 10 Bad Ass Mofos. Who’s #1? Where does Lawrence Taylor fall on the list? What about Mike Tyson?
Check out the feature and then post your thoughts, gripes and suggestions here.
- You’ll never believe what former heavyweight boxing is just, well, just plain heavy. Mike Tyson is looking more like “King Hippo” these days than king of the ring. (
