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Corie Blount sentenced to year in prison on marijuana charges
Former NBA player and University of Cincinnati star Corie Blount was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday in a plea arrangement resulting from drug charges.
Sportscenter’s Chris McKendry Can’t Stop Laughing While Talking About Corie Blount: Video
Sportscenter’s Chris McKendry Can’t Stop Laughing While Talking About Corie Blount: Video
sportsrubbish.com — Corie Blount was sentenced to a year in jail after 11 pounds of weed was intercepted on... the way to his grandmother’s house, which he owns, with another 18 pounds nearby. During this morning’s Sportscenter, Chris McKendry struggled to make her way through the story, stopping ... (more) Sportscenter’s Chris McKendry Can’t Stop Laughing While ...
Chris McKendry Catches Reefer Madness [Media Meltdowns]
deadspin.com — I'm not sure what exactly about Corie Blount 's legal troubles gave SportsCenter's Chris McKendry a case... of the giggles today, but maybe she just needs to mellow out and have some Doritios or something. Blount, as you may have heard, was given a ... (more) Chris McKendry Catches Reefer Madness [Media Meltdowns]
Marijuana Really Makes Chris McKendry Giggle
Marijuana Really Makes Chris McKendry Giggle
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com — Deadspin mentioned earlier that Chris McKendry couldn't stop laughing during a segment on Corie Blount, and thanks... to Keith's Sports Journal, we have the clip! I can't tell if it was the upcoming quote, or the word marijuana, but that thing was ... (more) Marijuana Really Makes Chris McKendry Giggle
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"It's me, Dave. Open up, man, I got the stuff."
Hugging Harold Reynolds — ... Great pull quote from ESPN in the Blount AP article (Judge rejects Blount's claim): Follow us on Twitter @HHReynolds or Click Here to get HHR in your inbox. Have You Gotten Your BlogsWithBalls Tickets Yet? ...

Corie Blount -- 29 Pounds of Marijuana Was "For Personal Use"
Hoops and Other Pop Culturehttp://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4163416 I don't know how much is in a bale of marijuana, but I seem to recall that both Bam Morris and Nate Newton had 2+ bales in their possession and both claimed "personal use." Sadly, no judge has yet to accept the idea that one man can smoke that much. ...

Worst of the Night: May 12, 2009
Basketbawful — ... Corie Blount: Bad news for the former NBA baller: He's been sentenced to one year in prison for possession of nearly 30 pounds of marijuana. ...

Judge Compares Corie Blount To "Cheech And Chong"
NBC Washington - Sports — ... of marijuana sent to him at a relative's house. They also found an additional 18 pounds in Blount's home. We're not marijuana experts, but that's a ton of weed, more than you could ever reasonably smoke without the help of a large, deep-lunged army. But then you'd have to buy snacks and Planet Earth DVDs for your army, and that would just be a hassle. Anyway. The point is that Blount tried to say he purchased the drugs for his personal use and to give away to friends and family. The judge assigned to Blount's case, Craig Hedric, didn't believe him : ...

Chris McKendry Catches Reefer Madness [Media Meltdowns]
Deadspin — ... pounds of hashish that was mailed to him was probably more than enough for just one person's recreational use, saying at the sentencing "Cheech and Chong would have had a hard time smoking that much." Ok, that's sort of funny; as is the apropos pronunciation of the former Cincy Bearcat's name, but Chris is supposed to be a professional. She needs to keeps it together for at least a little while longer ... I believe her shift ends around 20 minutes after four o'clock? Corie Blount sentenced to year in prison on marijuana charges [ESPN] ...

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Sports Crackle Pop — ... Former Cincinnati Bearcat star Corey Blount will be going to jail for the next year, after reaching a plea deal on marijuana charges. And this was a lot of marijuana: ...

Corie Blount’s Sentencing Bringing Out The Jokes In Everyone
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — ... Anyway, because having that amount of weed is illegal, (or so I’ve heard) Blount went to trial. Today, he was sentenced to two years in prison. But not before the judge made a joke that was relevant 30 years ago: ...

One Toke Over The Line, Sweet Jesus
SonicsCentral.com - Massive Monkeys RepresentingCorie Blount trial ends with the most hilarious judge’s remark I’ve heard in years. Blount was arrested Dec. 4 after sheriff’s deputies intercepted 11 pounds of marijuana sent to him at a relative’s house. Investigators said they found another 18 pounds in a subsequent search of his home. Although Judge Craig Hedric did not sentence Blount to the maximum 10 years in prison, he rejected Blount’s claim that the marijuana was intended for personal use and to share with friends. “Cheech and Chong would have had ...

Friday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... County judge to former NBA player Corie Blount, regarding the 28 pounds of marijuana Blount was charged with having: "Cheech and Chong would have had a hard time smoking that much."  ...

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Former NBA player and University of Cincinnati star Corie Blount was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday in a plea arrangement resulting from drug charges.
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Former NBA player and University of Cincinnati star Corie Blount was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday in a plea arrangement resulting from drug charges. Blount, 40, had pleaded guilty in Butler County Common Pleas Court last month to two ...
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