Post by scorpion42 on Mar 11, 2009 14:03:55 GMT -7
Pacman Jones in scuffle on 'Pros vs. Joes' set
Our favorite story of the day comes from Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times, who reports that NFL bad boy Pacman Jones got into a fight on the set of “Pros vs. Joes,” the Spike TV reality show that lets average guys test their mettle against retired football and basketball players.
pacmanblog.JPGFarmer writes that Dan Adams, a former Holy Cross linebacker who now works as a sales rep, nailed Jones at the goal line during a 3-on-3 drill, knocking the football out of his hands. Adams said Jones took a cheap shot at him a few minutes later.
“He hit me 10 yards out of bounds, kind of a cheap shot,” Adams said. “I couldn’t sit there and not retaliate. You've got to have some pride and dignity.”
“Pros vs. Joes” has featured guys who have had run-ins with the law in the past - Ricky Williams and Jose Canseco - and it is obvious the producers bring in controversial guys to build ratings and media interest.
But Jones is more than a little controversial.
Police in Las Vegas say Jones, in town for the 2007 NBA All-Star weekend, sparked a fight at Minxx Gentlemen’s Club that ended when one of the combatants who had been ejected returned with a gun and shot three people. One of those victims, Long Island native Tommy Urbanski, is paralyzed from the waist down because of his injuries.
A man accused of shooting Urbanski and two other people, Arvin Kenti Edwards, pleaded not guilty in August to charges that include attempted murder and battery. According to authorities, Edwards contacted Jones about a week after the triple shooting and demanded $15,000 for "services rendered," threatening to hurt Jones' family if he did not pay. Jones waited seven months before he told investigators about the extortion plot.
Jones was supposed to do a telephone interview with us from the “Pros vs. Joes” set last week, but he was apparently too busy getting into an altercation with a sales rep from Boston to make the call. We would have loved to ask him why he waited more than half a year to tell the cops what he knew about a triple shooting.
My thoughts: I'm glad the Cowboys released Pacman.
Our favorite story of the day comes from Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times, who reports that NFL bad boy Pacman Jones got into a fight on the set of “Pros vs. Joes,” the Spike TV reality show that lets average guys test their mettle against retired football and basketball players.
pacmanblog.JPGFarmer writes that Dan Adams, a former Holy Cross linebacker who now works as a sales rep, nailed Jones at the goal line during a 3-on-3 drill, knocking the football out of his hands. Adams said Jones took a cheap shot at him a few minutes later.
“He hit me 10 yards out of bounds, kind of a cheap shot,” Adams said. “I couldn’t sit there and not retaliate. You've got to have some pride and dignity.”
“Pros vs. Joes” has featured guys who have had run-ins with the law in the past - Ricky Williams and Jose Canseco - and it is obvious the producers bring in controversial guys to build ratings and media interest.
But Jones is more than a little controversial.
Police in Las Vegas say Jones, in town for the 2007 NBA All-Star weekend, sparked a fight at Minxx Gentlemen’s Club that ended when one of the combatants who had been ejected returned with a gun and shot three people. One of those victims, Long Island native Tommy Urbanski, is paralyzed from the waist down because of his injuries.
A man accused of shooting Urbanski and two other people, Arvin Kenti Edwards, pleaded not guilty in August to charges that include attempted murder and battery. According to authorities, Edwards contacted Jones about a week after the triple shooting and demanded $15,000 for "services rendered," threatening to hurt Jones' family if he did not pay. Jones waited seven months before he told investigators about the extortion plot.
Jones was supposed to do a telephone interview with us from the “Pros vs. Joes” set last week, but he was apparently too busy getting into an altercation with a sales rep from Boston to make the call. We would have loved to ask him why he waited more than half a year to tell the cops what he knew about a triple shooting.
My thoughts: I'm glad the Cowboys released Pacman.