Your Plaxico Burress Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Update [NFL]
Deadspin —
... So a few more details seem to be emerging about the bizarre "Plaxico shot himself at a club" story. The New York Post is now reporting that the incident took place just after midnight on Friday at a club called Latin Quarter in Manhattan, while Plax was out on the town with teammate Antonio Pierce. I suggest you read the rest of the story with the Benny Hill theme playing in the background: ...
Links of the Day 11/30/08
The Victoria Times —
Left handed relief is hard to find. Well done, Mr. Burris. You would think a wide receiver would have better hands. Samford scores 6 points in the first half against Ohio State. In basketball.
The New York tabloids weigh in on Plaxico Burress
Shutdown Corner —
... The New York Post has been all over the Plaxico Burress self-shooting story, so their Sunday story is a natural place to begin this morning: ...
Rough Week For Selfish, Big-Money NY Athletes
The Big Lead —
... in recent years by the Super Bowl champs accidentally shot himself in the thigh while fumbling a gun in a nightclub. ...
Plaxico Burress Packs The Heat
Sportsocracy.org —
Oh Plax! What are you doing? Every news agency on Earth is reporting that former Steelers WR and general lunatic about town Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg Friday night at a NYC nightclub. He was in the hospital overnight but was home by Saturday afternoon and is supposedly fine. He was already ruled out of this week’s Giants lineup with some mundane hamstring injury.
According to the NY Post:
After moving to a secluded area with a guard, he allegedly took the gun out and started to unload the bullets while ...
Just another scene from a club...
BOSTON IRISH —
Shortcuts from a nightclub in Manhattan.. Headline of the millennium? The British gutter press would be patting themselves smugly on the back if they had come up with this one: GIANT JERK SHOOTS HIMSELF - BURRESS FUMBLES GUN AND NAILS LEG From the classy NY Post Girl in nightclub: ''So is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?'' Plax: ''Funny you ask...'' Another headline from the NY Post: ''TOOMER EAGER TO GET BACK ON FIELD WITH BURRESS'' Subheadline might ...
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Ladies On The Field, Gangstas On The Bus —
... We are a blog dedicated to the NY Mets; that frustrating, occasionally exciting, often maddening and always interesting baseball team. The Ladies, while loving the hundreds of blogs dedicated to the Mets, were hungering for a place that would combine commentary on the game itself with the off-the-field gossip we love. We will occasionally veer off into other noteworthy sports stories (Plaxico, anyone?) but will always return to our orange and blue roots. So feel free to send us your stories, gossip and comments on the "other" NY baseball team. And while you're at it, ...
