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You generally have a better chance to "catch a break" if you don't have drug paraphenalia in your ride. Michael has, yet again, made his bed, and must lie in it.
http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/DAL/9065640
Poor guy can't catch a break.
You generally have a better chance to "catch a break" if you don't have drug paraphenalia in your ride. Michael has, yet again, made his bed, and must lie in it.
probably busted with weed or something. You would think he'd learned his lesson. By the way he speaks sometimes about the past I assumed he did. How disappointing. Wonder if we'll see him on Monday Night Countdown.
WTF? First, being an NFL player couldn't keep him clean. Now, as a NFL host, he falls down? Screw that. Bust his ass. If it were you or I, we'd get popped hard.
He was on this morning and was picked up on the 25th.
Berman just said that ESPN is reviewing the situation and that Irvin will release a statement tonight.
Man, I love Michael Irvin...both his play on the field and his commentary, but this was his mistake and there is no getting around that.
I hope he stays on ESPN in his current capacity.
Berman just read the statement on ESPN.
Michael....I know people rag on the guy and on him, some people hate him..I don't, I love the guy when he was a player at Miami and then loved the passion he brought to those Cowboys teams... man..what a bummer and on 2nd round of the Hall Of Fame voting too... he's screwed himself out of it for a long while now again.
Too bad Mike, you're in it all up again bro.
I hope so too, but I doubt it... i like the guy too
Apparently he didn't try the ol' "Do you know who I am" line again.
Good. He almost pushed off all the way into the hall.
Irvin says drug paraphernalia wasn't his
By PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press Writer
November 27, 2005
DALLAS (AP) -- Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin was charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia after Plano police officers searched his vehicle during a traffic stop.
Irvin, an ESPN analyst and semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, told The Associated Press late Sunday that the drug pipe found in his car belonged to a friend of 17 years who left a Houston rehab center and came to Irvin's house in Carrollton for Thanksgiving. Irvin wouldn't reveal his friend's name.
Irvin said he put the pipe in his car because he didn't want it in his house where his children might find it. He said he planned to drive somewhere the next day, like a grocery trash bin, and throw the pipe away but forgot.
"It's a situation that is not as it seemed," said Irvin, whose voice was choked with emotion during the telephone conversation.
"I know the type of demons they have to fight and I am going to help them, because it's the only way I can keep them from getting to my family. I have to clean up my friends because they are around my boys. It's upsetting."
Irvin was arrested on an outstanding warrant for speeding in Irving after being pulled over Friday afternoon for speeding in Plano. Irvin said he thought he had paid the outstanding ticket.
Irvin paid a fine on the speeding ticket and posted bond on the drug paraphernalia possession charge. He was released about an hour after he was pulled over.
Irvin was a member of three Super Bowl championship teams with the Cowboys. Asked how this kind of publicity might affect his chances of induction into the hall of fame, Irvin said his helping his friends are more important.
"The whole thing means such a great deal for me, and hopefully one day it will be there," Irvin said. "But my friends and my family mean a little more. I would rather be helping them, even if it hurts that."
In 1996, Irvin pleaded no contest to felony cocaine possession in exchange for four years of deferred probation, a $10,000 fine and dismissal of misdemeanor marijuana possession charges. Irvin said Sunday he's always been transparent and open about his issues in the past, and now wants to help others through those same problems.
Irvin holds Cowboys records for catches (750), receiving yards (11,904) and 100-yard games (47), including a team-record seven in a row in 1991.
ESPN said it has spoken to Irvin, who will still appear on the network Monday as an analyst.
"We've talked to Michael, who explained the situation to us the way he did to the AP, and we will continue to talk with Michael," ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said. "But you can expect to see him on `Monday Night Countdown' on Monday evening."
i am just going to believe him.... but I guess it was not actually drugs they caught him with, that is a step in the right direction for michael.
guilty
When did drug paraphernalia become illegal anyway?
WGAF?
Once a Cowboy, always a Cowboy.
Kinda makes you wonder if he was really serving time when he was in "The Longest Yard"
The absence of drugs from the car is enough reason for me to believe Michael for now.
Really? I think you're the kind of person I've been looking for. Here's the deal. Don't ask how, but I was able to get my hands on some magic beans...
I just don't like the guy. I could care less if he does drugs or not.
Then if the paraphernalia does not belong to him, he should have no problem taking a drug test to clear his name and the doubters.
That's what I was thinking. He'd still be in violation of the law (hey, if it's in your possesion it's in your possesion) but testing and being found free of drugs would lend a lot of weight to his story. I'd believe him.
Heh, I loaned a jacket to a friend of mine once...a friend who was into the hippie lettuce. When I got it back there was a pipe in the pocket (with lots of residue) that he had forgotten about. Those things DO happen. And as for the warrant...meh, lots of people have forgotten about tickets, and you generally don't KNOW you have a warrant out until you get stopped or they do one of their "round-ups".
I really hope he's telling the truth. I find him to be VERY annoying (get off TO's jock already Mike!) but I did admire him for cleaning up his act. And if he really was just trying to help an addict clean up then he deserves major kudos. But if he tests positive...throw the book at him.
Not if they do a hair test. I'm not an expert, but I dont think there's any way to beat one of those...short of shaving your whole body.
Who doesn't do that anyway?
You must have seen the same episode of 21 Jumpstreet as I did.
learned what lesson???
So he smokes marajuana...bfd.
This is bull .
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