Yardbarker: Plaxico Burress

Week Nine Morning Aftermath: Chargers 21, Giants 20

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:26:22 -0500

The Giants rebounded from a devastating playoff home loss and the departure of receiver Plaxico Burress with five straight wins to begin the 2009 season.In comparison to the manner in which the AFC's top seed from 2008 started the season...

Cheddar Plax Jokes Get NYPD In Hot Water

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:00:00 -0500

You shoot yourself in the leg, people are going to say you pulled a Plaxico. Sorry, that's how it is. But one teen is suing the cops for making just that obvious joke. New York police say Christian Dudley shot himself in the knee. (He says he was robbed and shot in the back and the bullet lodged in his knee, but there's no other entry wounds.) And while they're not pressing charges, he's suing for $1 million for emotional distressed because they compared him to Burress. As...

New York Cops Call Gunshot Victim Plaxico

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:33:47 -0500

An 18-year-old New Yorker is suing the city for $1 million because police called him “Plaxico Burress” after he had been shot. Christian Dudley claims he was shot during a robbery attempt, but police charged him with criminal possession of a weapon after deeming his wound self-inflicted. The charges against Dudley were dropped last month and [...] Related posts:Video: Stephen Colbert And A Man Named Plaxico It’s the holiday season and the Plaxico Burress shoots self......

Harry Carson and Retired Players Standing by Plaxico Burress

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:41:58 -0500

Plaxico Burress is serving a two-year prison sentence because of the bad decision to bring a handgun to a nightclub. The only route he’s running now is the daily routine of life behind bars. Being limited to visits from family and friends is gonna be tough on Burress, but he has the support of Harry Carson [...] Related posts:Video: Stephen Colbert And A Man Named Plaxico It’s the holiday season and the Plaxico Burress shoots self...Travis Henry Held On $400K Bail Former NFL runni...

Deadspin I-Team: The Case Of Plaxico Burress' Sweat Pants

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:55:58 -0500

Plaxico Burress's saga has now reached its sad dénouement, with the former Giant matriculating into the New York penal system. One loose end remains, however: the matter of the sweat pants he wasn't wearing. Who's responsible for the sweat-pants misinformation? We refer, of course, to the sweat pants in which Plaxico had supposedly secreted his Glock the night he capped himself in the thigh. Everyone had a chuckle over the sweat pants. This site did. Jon Stewart did. Patton Oswalt...

Plaxico Burress' new roommates aren't being very welcoming

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:14:08 -0500

As Plaxico Burress(notes) checked into his new residence at Riker's Island yesterday, fellow inmates showered him with chants of "a--hole" and "Giants suck," according to the New York Post. The "a--hole" chant seems like a pretty brave card for the residents of Riker's Island to be playing. I'm not arguing that Plaxico should be up for any Nobel peace prizes or anything, but on the list of crimes that land people in Riker's, shooting yourse...

Plaxico Burress's new roommates aren't being very welcoming

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:14:08 -0500

The First Night In Jail For Plaxico Burress Was A Rough One

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:09:00 -0500

Plaxico Burress began his two year prison sentence for weapons possession on yesterday. His first stop was Rikers Island, where his reception was a little less than warm. Plaxico Burress got a zero's welcome behind bars at Rikers Island, including taunts of "a - - hole!" and "The Giants suck!" according to jail guards. "He was depressed," said one guard from Rikers, where the former Giants superstar spent his first-ever night behind bars. "He was tr...

Plax Goes to Prison

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:06:00 -0500

We roasted Plaxico a few weeks ago. While we think he’s getting what he deserves for not knowing the laws in the state he lives in, it is rather sad that the guy is going to prison for almost two years just for being… well, stupid. Guy shoots himself in the leg and now he’s [...]

After Guilty Plea, NFL Suspends Burress Until Jail Sentence Complete.

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:43:18 -0500

The NFL released the following statement regarding Plaxico Burress following his guilty plea to weapon charges after accidentally shooting himself in the leg last last year at a New York nightclub. Burress has been sentenced to two years in prison: Plaxico Burress is not under contract to an NFL team. In light of his plea today, Commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended Burress and informed him that he is ineligible to sign with any team until he completes his jail term. Commissioner Goodell said Burress will be reinstated and eligible to sign with an NFL team upon the completion of his sentence. Burress was notified on June 26 that Commissioner Goodell had initiated a review of the matter for potential discipline under the NFL’s Personal Conduct and Weapons policies. Commissioner Goodell and members of his staff conducted a hearing with Burress and his representatives last Wednesday (August 12) in New York. Source: National Football League MORE FROM THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS NETWORK (THE BIZ OF BASEBALL) Inside the Numbers: Why MLB’s Recommended Slotting System Is Failing Who Came Out Ahead on the Strasburg Deal? LWIB: Recruiting Baseball Talent Globally, an Update on Minor League Attendance What Was Boras' Commission For First Round Signings? First-Year Draft Signing Deadline - Tracking 1st Round With Strasburg, It May Be the Years, More Than Money, That is the Focus Coveroo Partnership with MLB Means Cellphones Have You Covered Two Cubs Minor Leaguers Suspended for PEDs, Total Minor League Suspensions Now Stands At 50 2009 MLB Season Will End with Cubs Sale Still Not Completed NatMobile Comes to the DC Area as Part of Marketing Effort Baseball Denied Reinstatement for 2016 Olympics As Playoff Chances Dwindle, Mets Cut Ticket Prices Maury Brown is the Founder and President of the Business of Sports Network, which includes The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Football, The Biz of Basketball and The Biz of Hockey. He is available as a freelance writer. Brown's full bio is here. He looks forward to your comments via email and can be contacted through the Business of Sports Network (select his name in the dropdown provided). Follow Maury Brown on Twitter Follow The Biz of Football on Twitter

Plaxico Burress aka Cheddar Bob gets 2 years

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:12:00 -0500

I get that if you commit a crime, however stupid, you have to be punished, but this punishment just doesn't match the crime. There are pedophiles, drug dealers, and drunk drivers that get less time than Cheddar Bob (if u haven't seen 8 mile, please do so). Plax didn't have any intentions of committing a crime and probably didn't even realize he was committing a felony just by carrying, whether the gun was ever fired or not. I know ignorance is no excuse, but don't you think the humiliation he suffered was enough! I mean, he shot himself in the leg and is now going to jail because of it. There has to be another punishment we can give stupidity w/o intent. The justice system is too busy trying to make an example out of people and it's ridiculous. We have more black men in prison then we have in college, and now Plax becomes just another statistic.

Logic does say, if he was dumb enough to shoot himself he was dumb enough to shoot someone else or get himself killed, and I agree, but thankfully he didn't shoot anyone else. Plaxico is now going to have 2 years, 730 days, 17,520 hours, to sit and think about the fact he is in a cell because he wasn't smart enough to not only know the laws of weapons carrying in NY, but also for not being capable of working a safety. I guess that plea deal he was offered in the beginning is not looking so bad.

My final thoughts are this, yes as athletes, sometimes we wanna go out and have a good time. Alot of us like to be the life of the party, pop bottles in VIP and party the night away, but going to a place where I feel I have to carry a gun to be safe, is not fun for me, and probably a place I don't need to be. If it's my life vs some hot chicks and bottle poppin', I'm gonna take my life everytime!! I'm with my man Esteban Ocho Cinco, from now on, the only partying I'm doing is at Club G3, aka, my house!!!

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Plaxico Burress Takes His Plea Deal

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:36:19 -0500

Plaxico Burress pleaded to charges of one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, and accepted the possibility of a two-year prison sentence for shooting himself in the leg in a Manhattan nightclub in 2008. This not only marks yet another curious legal instance of someone being sent to jail for shooting themselves, but also ensures the continuing boom in fashionable holster sales in thee urban fashion market. Burress was set up for a potential three-year prison sentence. The plea...

Plaxico Burress Pleads Guilty, Will Serve 2 Years

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:32:00 -0500

It's being reported that Plaxico Burress plead guilty today in his weapons case and will serve two years in prison. The details: Plaxico Burress, the former Giants receiver, pleaded guilty on Thursday morning in his weapons-possession case in a deal with Manhattan prosecutors that will send him to prison for two years. Justice Michael H. Melkonian of State Supreme Court accepted the guilty plea. Along with the two-year prison sentence, Mr. Burress, 31, will be sentenced to two years o...

Report: Plaxico Burress Facing Minimum 8-Game Suspension

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:56:52 -0500

by Chris BurkeFiled under: Giants, NFL Police BlotterThe odds of Plaxico Burress signing with an NFL team for the 2009 season seem to be getting longer by the day. Beyond the legal issues, potential chemistry disruption and questions about what playing shape Plax is in, the threat of a lengthy NFL suspension looms for any franchise even considering Burress as an option.Roger Goodell's season-long ban of Donte' Stallworth has set the bar for any future suspension -- Burress injured him...