Lovie Smith Is Disappointed With Cedric Benson - ESPN Video

OPTIMIST/PESSIMIST - THE NFC NORTH DRAFT CLASS
epiccarnival.com 4/30/2008 — by Zac , Throwing Into Traffic Chicago Bears: OPTIMIST: The best way to improve shaky quarterbacking quickly is by not paying immediate attention to the quarterback position in the draft (CUE ZEN GONG HERE). The fact of the matter is that Rex ...

BWI Isn't Just a Crappy Airport In Maryland [Ricky Never Got The Pepper Spray]
deadspin.com 5/4/2008 — Cedric Benson, the oft-dmaligned running back of the Chicago Bears, was arrested last night by the Lower Colorado River Authority (the LAPD of southwest waterways) after being stopped for suspicion of boating while intoxicated. The 25 year-old was ...

Cedric Benson Arrested, Release Coming Soon
blogdowncb.wordpress.com 5/4/2008 — Cedric Benson arrested and charged with boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest.

Ced Benson Got Drunk On A Boat, Pepper Sprayed
sportsbybrooks.com 5/5/2008 — Bears RB Cedric Benson ran for 674 yards last season. Last night, Benson tried to run from an arrest and was pepper sprayed for his trouble. Benson was boating “ with about 12 or 15 others” near Austin, Texas when he failed an ...

Cedric Benson Had A Tough Week
foulballs.net 5/5/2008 — What really happened to Cedric Benson on that boat.

Bears RB Benson Arrested
bizoffootball.com 5/5/2008 — Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson knew that he couldn’t drive a car while he was drunk, but apparently he thought it would be alright to pilot a boat. Benson was arrested on Saturday night and charged with boating while intoxicated, as reported by Yahoo! Sports : Benson failed a “float test” - an abbreviated version of a field sobriety test - and became combative with police ...

Cedric Benson Mug Shot
FanIQ.com 5/5/2008 — If you're like me, and have no life and spend your weekends blogging, then you know Bears uber-flameout Cedric Benson was arrested in Texas on Saturday night for boating while intoxicated . Even better is that he was pepper sprayed for being a jackass. So how is Benson going to save face? By claiming police brutality, of course. Oh, and he's also saying he wasn't drunk . "There ...

BENSON WAS PEPPER SPRAYED DURING ARREST
profootballtalk.com 5/5/2008 — Following up on the reports this morning that Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested in Texas, more details have now emerged. The Chicago Tribune reports that Benson failed a sobriety “float test,” which is similar to a field ...

THE AFTER PARTY
epiccarnival.com 5/6/2008 — Report: Eight Belles vacationed with Jessica Simpson before the Derby. ( flatusyahu ) Cedric Benson's weekend to the lyrics of Gilligan's Island . ( Chicago Bull ) What really happened to Cedric Benson on that boat. ( Foul Balls ) Randy Moss drafts ...

Cedric Benson can’t be in two places at once — MVN Outsider

Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson has a May 19 court date in Austin, Texas, to answer charges of boating under the influence and disorderly charges arising from an incident Saturday evening aboard Benson’s 30 ft. boat. May 19 is the start of the Bears Organized Team Activity [OTA]. Benson, who says he was neither drunk nor resisted arrest , intends to fight the charges. Sgt. ...

Cedric Benson Was Boating While Intoxicated. — ChicagoSportsBlogs : Non Compete : Bears

What kind of blogger would I be if I didn't end the night with a quick few words on our starting running back, Cedric Benson. You see, Ced was out getting his drink on this weekend in Austin, Texas. This dude is living large on a 37 foot yacht. That's not a boat mofo! That's a YACHT. You'd think that Cedric would be in the gym working on getting ready for the fight of his life after the ...

Benson Denies Drunk Boating, Wants His Mommy — SPORTSbyBROOKS

Cedric Benson created quite the boating brouhaha over the weekend. But the CHICAGO TRIBUNE reports that the Bears RB denies that he was, um, rocking the boat with local authorities . Benson disputes that he was drunk & that he was resisting officers, claiming that it was the cops who were the ones acting rough. It was so traumatic for poor Cedric that he had to call out for his ...

Police: Cedric Benson Was Combative, Insulting and Cocky — FanHouse

The official police report in the incident that led to Cedric Benson 's arrest on charges of boating under the influence and resisting arrest have been released. The report follows the timeline from Benson's boat being stopped for what's termed a routine safety inspection up to his trip to the Travis County Jail. Benson has already offered his opinion, saying he was unfairly targeted by ...

Cedric Benson Wasn’t Drunk, And He Didn’t Resist Arrest, And He Wasn’t Even On A Boat Or At A Lake — Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball

Cedric Benson is disputing the claim that he resisted arrest, or that he was drunk all together. You’ll remember, Benson was arrested by police when they say he wouldn’t cooperate and take a field sobriety test (which we all know are biased). According to Cedric, none of it went down like that . “I was not intoxicated,” Benson told the Chicago Sun-Times. ...

1 if by land; 2 if by sea; 3 if by Cedric Benson — Randball

Cedric Benson would not have fared very well when the British were coming . One if by land? Well, Cedric hasn’t exactly torn it up as the Bears’ running back. A No. 4 overall pick should probably average more than 3.8 yards per carry for his career and not make fans cringe every time he touches the ball. But now, two if by sea? Benson was charged with drunken boating over the ...

Bad weekend for Cedric Benson — Hail Mary Jane

Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested and charged with drunken boating and resisting arrest. He also got pepper sprayed by police. I’m sure thats not how planned on spending his weekend . Benson denies that he was drunk and he’s saying that the cops roughed him up for no reason and without explaination. Benson refused a breath test but failed a sobriety test ...

CEDRIC BENSON WAS DRUNK, BOATING, PEPPERY — With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop

Bears running back Cedric Benson, once a a top draft pick before blossoming into a runner who could get 2.5 yards a carry and 60 yards per game no matter what the stakes, was arrested over the weekend for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest , the latter of which got him a faceful of pepper spray. ( Mmmmm... incapacitating. ) Benson, however, denies the charges. ...

Cedric Benson Denies Wrongdoing and Accuses Police of Mistreating Him — FanHouse

According to the police officers who arrested him for boating while intoxicated , Cedric Benson was argumentative and threatening which led them to pepper spray him and add resisting arrest to his rap sheet. Benson is being disagreeable with the police, all right, and says that all the charges against him are completely bogus. He said that while there was alcohol on the boat, he wasn't ...

Cedric Benson arrested!!!!!!!!!!!!! — SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio

What in the blue blazes is going on??????????? Cedric Benson arrested for DUI on a boat? Yea you heard me a FRIGGIN BOAT!!!!!!!!! Can we please get some of the mothers of these guys to get a belt or something? What more does Roger Goodell have to do to get it those thick skulls of [...]

Bears’ Benson Vows To Fight Charges — Bears Gab

Cedric Benson will fight charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest stemming from a Saturday night incident in Texas. Officials near Austin arrested Benson on Lake Travis after a random safety inspection. Lower Colorado River Authority officials pepper-sprayed Benson after claiming he failed a sobriety test on a boat. But Benson told the “Chicago Tribune” he did ...

BENSON SOUNDS OFF — ProFootballTalk.com

Bears running back Cedric Benson isn’t taking his recent arrest for boating under the influence quietly. Benson has told multiple media outlets that he was fine, and that he generally didn’t do anything wrong. “I was not intoxicated,” Benson said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “There was alcohol on the boat, and others were enjoying themselves, but [...]

Cedric Benson Likes Boating….While Smashed — F Juice.com

Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson decided to take 15 of his closest friends aboard a 30-ft. boat. He was stopped by a Lower Colorado River Authority officer for a random safety inspection. Cedric failed a sobriety test. To prove his innocence, Ced reisted the officers and was pepper sprayed. Officials dragged him to shore and arrested him. Ced-B falls under our ...

Emmitt Smitth is easy to please — The FynalCut

Just to bring everyone up to speed, these are the headlines from the past week in the NFL: - Cedric Benson was pepper sprayed and arrested for operating a boat under the influence (you know you’re drunk when you’re resisting arrest in the middle of a lake… Where were going to go Cedric?) - Marvin Harrison is being “questioned” about a shooting where the ...

Cedric Benson tape released.....Jans Hammer involved. — The Sport Hump...dry and harmless

Footage of the Cedric Benson arrest has just arrived to the "Internets". Cedric Benson , the starting running back for the Chicago Bears, was arrested in Austin, Texas on Lake Travis. Benson was operating a 30-foot vessel with 15 passengers when he was stopped for a random inspection. During the inspection, Benson failed a sobriety test. Reports indicate that after Benson failed his sobriety ...

Bears’ Cedric Benson Arrested — Bear Goggles On | A Chicago Bears Blog

Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested yesterday for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest. Benson was operating a 30-foot boat with 15 people aboard in Austin, Texas when a random safety inspection found he was intoxicated. He failed a field sobriety test and was asked by the official to leave the boat and [...]

Bears RB Benson Arrested On Intoxicated Boating Charge; Pepper Sprayed — NFL Gridiron Gab

It has not been the best of years for Bears RB Cedric Benson, and now things appear to be getting worse. The former first-round draft pick was arrested in Austin, TX after failing a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat. He then decided to resist arrest and had to be peppered spray, and then was dragged ashore by officers. The back now faces charges of boating while intoxicated ...

Benson Arrested, Sprayed and Dragged After Failing Sobriety Test on a Boat — Bears Gab

Bye Bye Benson — Da' Bears Blog

Sometimes dudes just have a bad week. Cedric Benson just had a bad week. As a matter of fact, Cedric Benson hasn't had a good week since we traded Thomas Jones to the New York Jets for two seats on the State Island Ferry. There are two parts to the story. First Matt Forte became the darling of the Chicago Bears rookie camp by showcasing his tremendous speed and ball-catching ability, ...

Cedric Benson: Future Up in the Air? — FantasyFanatics.com Fantasy Sport Articles

According to a report published in the Chicago Tribune and Rotoworld, Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest. He's had marijuana charges in the last. To top that off, Benson was completely ineffective as a starting running back last season, averaging 3.4 yards per carry and scoring just four times. His job could be threatened ...

Don't give up on Benson, unless he pouts — FOXSports.com News for NFL
That's what Cedric Benson is doing about the cops, and what fans are doing about him. Our NFL Czar says he shouldn't be cut ... yet.

Police report: Benson 'cocky' and 'insulting' — Chicago Sun-Times Bears
Chicago Bear Cedric Benson appeared drunk when an officer stopped him while boating last weekend, with bloodshot eyes, a "strong" alcohol odor and slurred speech, a police report said. Sgt. Leonard Snyder, who pepper-sprayed and arrested Benson on ...

NFL | Chicago's Cedric Benson to fight charges — The Seattle Times: Sports
Running back Cedric Benson of the Chicago Bears said he believes officers used excessive force against him and plans to fight charges he...

Benson to fight charges of intoxication, resisting arrest — Boston.com -- Football news
Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson believes officers used excessive force against him and plans to fight charges he operated a boat while intoxicated and resisted arrest on a Texas lake over the weekend.

Bears' Benson plans to fight charges — Latest Sporting News Articles for NFL
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson believes officers used excessive force agai...

Benson: There was no resistance, I wasn't drunk — FOXSports.com News for NFL
Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson failed a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, then resisted arrest before being hit with pepper spray and dragged ashore by officers. Benson faces charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting ...

Benson on drunk boating charges: 'I wasn't drunk' — Chicago Sun-Times Bears
Bears running back Cedric Benson was pepper-sprayed and charged with drunken boating and resisting arrest in Texas -- but he denies the charges, saying police roughed him up for no reason. Benson was arrested Saturday after he turned "combative" and ...

The police report: Benson was 'cocky' and 'insulting' — Chicago Sun-Times Bears
Police documents say Bears running back Cedric Benson had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech when approached by an officer in Texas over the weekend in an incident resulting in him being charged with drunken boating and resisting arrest.

Lovie disappointed with Benson's arrest — Chicago Sun-Times Bears
When Cedric Benson spoke with Bears coach Lovie Smith on Sunday afternoon after rookie minicamp concluded, he denied the charges brought against him the night before that he was drunk while boating and resisted arrest.

Benson on shaky ground — Chicago Sun-Times Bears
If your cup is half full, you could look at Cedric Benson's arrest Saturday in Texas as a positive sign for the 2008 Bears. Benson is recovering from a fracture just above his left ankle that required a plate and screws to hold the bone together. As ...

Message clear: Enough Ced — Chicago Sun-Times Bears
Rick Telander: The big white bus with ''COACH USA'' sat in front of Halas Hall on Sunday afternoon, and I kept waiting for Cedric Benson to get on. That was silly. The bus was for rookies leaving Lake Forest after the just-completed minicamp, ...

NFL Wire Notes | Bears' Benson faces charges in Texas — The Seattle Times: Sports
Running back Cedric Benson of the Chicago Bears was charged with failing a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, and resisting arrest...

Bears should not be anxious to let Benson go — chicagotribune.com - Sports
Arrest appears to give Bears every reason to let troubled Benson go, but he still could be of value to team > It is understandable to think that whether it ...

Cedric Benson up creek without a paddle — NYDailyNews.com - Football
Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was charged with failing a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, then resisting arrest before being hit with pepper spray and dragged ashore by officers.

Chicago RB Benson arrested on intoxicated boating charge — Boston.com -- Football news
Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson faces criminal charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest.

Another red flag for Cedric Benson — Chicago Sun-Times Bears
If your cup is half full of it, you could look at Cedric Benson's Saturday arrest in Texas as a positive sign for the 2008 Bears. The player is recovering from a fracture just above his left ankle that required a plate and screws be inserted to hold ...

Benson arrested on boating while intoxicated charge — FOXSports.com News for NFL
Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson failed a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, then resisted arrest before being hit with pepper spray and dragged ashore by officers. Benson faces charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting ...

Bears' Benson arrested on boating charge (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NFL News
Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson failed a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, then resisted arrest before being hit with pepper spray and dragged ashore by officers. Benson faces charges of boating while intoxicated and ...

Bears RB Benson arrested, pepper sprayed — Latest Sporting News Articles for NFL
AUSTIN (AP) -- Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson faces criminal charges of boating while into...

Cedric Benson arrested in Texas on boating charges — Chicago Sun-Times Bears
Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest near Austin, Texas, according to KVUE television in Austin. The incident occurred Saturday night, according to the station, and Benson reportedly is out ...