Anybody else think Michael Irvin comes across as pure dumb nigger?
Danny Romo
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> This guy is nothing but loud ignorant mouth. Nigger mouth.
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l...@roflmao.com
<cho...@cowboys.com> wrote:
>This guy is nothing but loud ignorant mouth. Nigger mouth.
There are great players who love the game.
There are great sportsmen.
There are those who motivate and inspire.
Michael Irvin is NONE of these. He IS a jackass.
Career-ending injury in Philadelphia
Recovered from his collar bone injury, Irvin returned to have very
solid years in 1997 and 1998. During the fifth game of the 1999
season, Irvin, playing wide receiver, was tackled hard at Veterans
Stadium in Philadelphia by Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Tim
Hauck and went head-first into the turf.
Irvin was carted off the Philadelphia field on a stretcher as the
Philadelphia fans cheered,[4] and the play in Philadelphia proved to
be his last. He sustained a non-life-threatening cervical spinal cord
injury and was subsequently diagnosed with a narrow spinal column
(cervical spinal stenosis), which forced him into early
retirement.[citation needed]
Legal troubles
[edit] 1996 arrest
In March 1996, Irvin was arrested on charges of cocaine possession at
a hotel party celebrating his 30th birthday. After numerous court
appearances amid a national media circus, which featured Irvin showing
up to court in a full-length mink coat, he pled no contest to the
charges and was sentenced to community service, ordered to pay a
$10,000 fine, and put on 4-years probation. When tested for illicit
drugs, he tested negative. But the NFL suspended Irvin for the first
five games of the 1996 season.
In Irvin's 1996 absence, the Cowboys struggled out of the gate and
never recovered. Upon his return from suspension, Irvin tallied 962
receiving yards in only 11 games.
[edit] False sexual assault allegation
Irvin's reputation was further damaged in 1996 as the Cowboys prepared
to play the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Divisional Playoff game.
Media reports stated that Irvin and teammate Erik Williams had
sexually assaulted a Dallas woman, Nina Shahravan, and, with a gun to
her head, videotaped the interaction.
Despite Williams' and Irvin's denials of the allegations, the story
overshadowed the game, which the Cowboys lost. The accuser was later
proven to have fabricated the entire incident. She recanted her story,
pleaded guilty to perjury and filing a false police report and was
sentenced to 90 days in prison and a fine.
In the first quarter of the playoff game with Carolina, with
Shahravan's allegations under active investigation by Dallas police,
Irvin suffered a broken collarbone, ending his 1996 season.
[edit] 1998 alleged assault
In 1998 Irvin was alleged to be involved in a bizarre incident during
training camp when he allegedly inflicted a two-inch cut in the neck
of Dallas guard Everett McIver while some team members were getting
haircuts.[9] Whether it was battery or accidental McIver did not press
charges, and rumors swirled that Irvin brokered a six-figure
settlement with McIver to drop the matter. Accounts of this incident
after the alleged settlement became difficult to find or research in
the local Dallas press.[10]
[edit] Arrests since retirement
A year following his retirement from the NFL, Irvin again was arrested
on drug possession charges.[11] In this case, Irvin was in a Dallas
apartment with an unrelated woman. Neither answered the door when
police drug task force agents arrived with a search warrant. Police
entered the apartment forcibly, finding drugs. Irvin and the female
were placed under arrest, though charges against Irvin were later
dropped.
The promises of a new lifestyle in broadcasting appeared to be
short-lived, with Irvin again arrested. In this instance Irvin was
pulled over in Plano, Texas, for speeding on November 25, 2005. Irvin
was arrested on an outstanding warrant on an unpaid speeding ticket in
Irving, Texas, but was also cited for misdemeanor possession of drug
paraphernalia after police searched his car and found a pipe, and
plastic bags with marijuana residue.[12] Irvin was arrested for a
Class C misdemeanor. He was later released on bond.
Two days after his arrest, Irvin appeared on ESPN's "Sunday NFL
Countdown", as scheduled, on November 27, 2005. In his on-the-air
comments that evening, he stated that he had taken the drug
paraphernalia away from a longtime friend who was battling a drug
addiction. Irvin told the Associated Press he was trying to help
someone close to him get off drugs and cares more about that than his
chances of being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The next
day Irvin said the pipe was in fact his brother's and he (Irvin) was
going to throw it out but had forgotten to do so.
On December 1, 2005, however, ESPN suspended Irvin for the Sunday and
Monday night Countdown shows on December 4 and December 5, 2005.[13]
He returned to both shows with no mention or consequence of the past
incident.
[edit] Another sexual assault allegation
On July 4, 2007 Irvin was accused of sexual assault while he was at
the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Charges were
never filed, but a civil suit was filed against him in 2010.[14]
[edit] Victim of alleged carjacking attempt
Irvin claims that he was a victim of a possible carjacking attempt
while stopped at a light in Dallas on January 12, 2009. He filed a
police report claiming that two men flashed a gun at him, but
eventually drove away after commenting that they were Cowboys
fans.[15] Dallas police suspended their investigation two weeks later,
stating that Irvin had not cooperated in the investigation and that
without more information from him, they could not proceed.[16]
[edit] Controversial statements
Controversy continued to follow Irvin when during a November 2006
radio interview on the Dan Patrick show, Irvin joked that Dallas
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo's athletic ability may have been due to
African-American heritage, and made references to Romo's maternal
relatives being involved with "slave brothers".[17] Irvin later
apologized. He explained himself saying, "this is how I joke around
with Romo when we're playing basketball. There's a difference from me
the player and me the broadcaster".[18]
On February 17, 2007, during its late edition of SportsCenter, ESPN
announced that Irvin was no longer with the network. ESPN
Communications Vice President Josh Krulewitz said of Irvin, "We thank
Michael for his contributions to ESPN and wish him well." However,
eleven months later, in January 2008, Irvin rejoined ESPN as a host on
ESPN Radio O&O KESN (103.3 FM) in Dallas, hosting The Michael Irvin
Show. This locally-aired program ended on February 5, 2010, and Irvin
was let go after his contract expired.[19] An ESPN spokesman cited
declining ratings and that news of a lawsuit filed against Irvin for a
2007 incident "simply expedited the situation".[20]