Fun With Wikipedia: Part One, MLB and NFL

Once in a while you'll see something priceless scroll by on the ESPN bottom line, often related to Ryan Leaf or Jayson Williams. You'll laugh, then pretty much forget about it. Wikipedia doesn't forget. Here's some good, somewhat obscure off-the-field incidents by athletes who peaked in popularity/talent mostly in the late '90s. I included the athlete and a golden quote or two from their Wikipedia page, I encourage clicking on the names for the link to their pages...where there's smoke, there's fire. I'm just doing this during a class so let me know who I left out or have yet to stumble across.

Ugueth Urbina-

"The pitcher tried to injure them both with a machete and also attempted to pour gasoline on them."

Jose "Joe Table" Mesa-

"Jose Mesa was charged with one count of rape for allegedly penetrating one woman with his finger..."

"Even my little boy told me to get him. If I face him 10 more times, I'll hit him 10 times. I want to kill him." (See: Feud with Jose Mesa on Vizquel's page)

Antonio Alfonseca-

"His nicknames are El Pulpo ("The Octopus"), The Dragonslayer, and Six-Fingers."

Marge Schott-

"She was banned from managing the team by the MLB from due to a series of statements sympathizing with Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler."

John Rocker-

"Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark looking like you're riding through Beruit next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS."

Milton Bradley-

"Bradley is named after his father, Milton Bradley, Sr., who filled out the birth certificate form without his wife's permission."

Mark Chmura-

"Mark Chmura acknowledged that his behavior at a post-prom party 'wasn't something a married man should do'"

Maurice Clarett-

"According to Columbus Police Sgt. Mike Woods, the officers discovered a katana (samurai sword), a loaded AK-47 and two other loaded handguns in his vehicle along with an open bottle of Grey Goose vodka."

Onterrio Smith-

"Smith attended Grant Union High School where he was teammates with wide receiver Donte Stallworth"

...of course he was...

Donte Stallworth-

You know the story, thought I'd include it nonetheless.

Also check out his Twitter page. He is super intelligent.

Ryan Leaf-

"I kept a distance from the Cougar Nation because I felt I let them down in my professional career. I couldn’t have been more wrong."

Charles Rogers-

"He also said he was just 'really smokin' and that was what led to his downfall in the NFL."

Todd Jones-

"Jones also appears every Tuesday on the nationally syndicated talk show 'Live with Regis and Kelly'"

Jose "Izz Lima Tiiiime!" Lima-

My all-time favorite page.

"He has also made statements in his native Dominican Republic that after his baseball career is over, he would possibly like to pursue a career as a singer; specifically in the genre of bachata."