His reasoning? Well, the man who has been arrested six times since 2005 said the following about his old nickname: “There's really just a lot of negativity behind it.”
When I hear the word “Pacman,” I think about all the quarters I wasted playing that primitive video game during the days of my youth. So Adam, are you sure it’s the name you need to change?
Does the negative connotation accompanying the mention of your name have anything to do with the fact that you have been involved in 12 separate incidents that required police attention since the Tennessee Titans drafted you in April 2005?
It seems to me that the problem is with the person and not the name, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell must agree considering he suspended Jones for the entire 2007 season in response to the cornerback’s connection to a shooting outside a Las Vegas night club that left a man paralyzed.
Goodell recently granted Jones permission to begin football-related activities with the Dallas Cowboys, but did has not yet fully reinstated the beleaguered star for 2008 regular season play.
After a year to think about his mistakes, Jones has supposedly realized that he must change his ways.
If this is Adam’s best attempt at remaking his way of life, then I’m afraid he is no different than the man whose entourage was responsible for a triple shooting. Just last month news reports alerted he was being investigated for failure in paying $20,000 in gambling debts. New name, same old “Pacman” Jones.
Flagged: Buffalo Bills' running Marshawn Lynch probably won't find a second career in teaching Driver's Education courses, especially after his hit-and-run accident that left a Canadian woman wounded in Ontario on May 31. Lynch is expected to reach a plea bargain, and this off-season incident should not deter you from taking him in your fantasy football drafts. Although I wouldn't choose him as my designated driver, I would certainly take him in the top ten of this year's draft. A hard-running, pass-catching back, Lynch ran for more than 1100 yards as a rookie and could be a driving force on one of the NFL's possible surprise teams. ... Carolina Panthers' receiver Dwayne Jarrett enters his second professional season with six catches for 73 yards and a DWI. He pleaded guilty to driving while impaired Monday after being arrested back in March. ... Neither Lynch nor Jarrett were arrested by reserve Miami police officer Shaquille O'Neal. The 7'2" O'Neal was asked to forfeit his special county deputy badge as a result of his recent freestyle rage against former teammate Kobe Bryant.
Regardless, David Wright answered the bell last night and let his bat do the talking.
I must admit, just the other night, I began to doubt Wright for the first time since he took New York by storm three years ago.
Two innings after I saw him butcher a routine grounder that set the stage for pitcher Felix Hernandez’s grand slam, David Wright carried a .273 average to the plate and stepped in for his second at-bat of Monday night’s 5-2 setback to Seattle. Previously lost in the commotion of Billy Goat meltdowns, the Willie saga, and the team’s overall uninspiring performance, it finally struck me.
David Wright is quietly enjoying a very sub-par season to date.
The third baseman compounded that thought by grounding into a 6-4-3 double play. After an 0-for-3 night, Wright left the ball park with a .272 average and a bruise on his ego courtesy of Johan Santana.
Suffering the loss and seeing his record fall to 7-6, the Mets’ $137 million dollar pitching ace shifted attention to Wright’s costly miscue. “We didn’t make the routine plays,” said Santana at the post-game presser.
Wright responded by homering in each of his first two at-bats during his return to the lineup on Wednesday.
When the Mets were in danger of being swept at home by baseball’s worst team, Wright saved his team from the embarrassment that Santana couldn’t save himself from two nights earlier when he permitted Hernandez to become the first AL pitcher in 37 years to hit a grand slam.
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MAN Adam Jones is a fine fellow and i cant wait to see him go wild on plaxico.
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