• Larry Johnson is being investigated following nightclub incident

Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson was suspended for Sunday’s 34-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans for breaking unspecified team rules. He could be looking at more time away from the game due to a nightclub incident with a woman during the Chiefs’ bye week.

From the Associated Press:

Kansas City police are investigating a report of non-aggravated assault against Johnson for an incident at Club Blonde on Oct. 10. Ashley Stewart, 28, said Johnson told her he was going to kill her boyfriend, then took a drink and spit it in her face, according to the police report.

Spitting in a woman’s face. Death threats. That’s how you spend a week off the job. When Larry Johnson hears bye week he goes spring break.

Chiefs president Carl Peterson said Sunday that the organization knew about Johnson being investigated and they were very disappointed in his involvement. That sounds like Peterson thinks LJ f’d up. Roger Goodell will probably drop a suspension on Johnson considering this is the fourth time in five years, and the second time in 2008, that Larry Johnson has been accused of some sort of assault involving a woman.

Just last week boxing champ Kelly Pavlik filed a police report in a suburb of Youngstown, Ohio claiming that somebody had made threats against him. Kelly claimed a former sponsor was upset over money and was going to do something about it.. Like shoot Kelly in the hands so he couldn’t box anymore.

The police don’t think there’s much to the story and have decided to close the case.

Police have closed an investigation without making an arrest into WBC and WBO middleweight boxing champion Kelly Pavlik’s complaint that a former sponsor threatened to shoot his hands so he couldn’t fight again.

Boardman detective Steve Riwniak said the case was considered closed but could be reopened if there are any additional leads.

I hate to tell the Boardman Township police how to do their job but apparently somebody has to. Youngstown, Ohio is no joke of a city. Crime, organized or otherwise, is a major problem for the area. If somebody is threatening one of the positive aspects of the town, err on the side of caution.. Get Kelly Pavlik some bulletproof gloves.

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Jose Canseco has grown accustom to watching his best laid plans go up in smoke. He took steroids to become a superhuman baseball player, but ended up a big joke. He wrote “Juiced” with hopes of hurting Major League Baseball, but has seen the sport thrive despite all of the steroid talk. This time around, Jose’s book “Vindicated” could lead to him being indicted.

Federal investigators met with Jose in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago to talk about current and former ballplayer’s use of performance enhancing drugs. While Canseco thought he would only be snitching on others, the investigators had a few questions for Jose about Jose.

They asked him about a number of current and former major leaguers, including Alex Rodriguez, and their possible connection to performance-enhancing drugs. They also asked Canseco whether he sought money from various players before the release of his latest book.

Jose Canseco’s lawyer, Greg S. Emerson, knew this was a bad sign for his client.

He said he became troubled when Novitzky said he had heard that Canseco had approached a number of major leaguers about investing in a movie project even as Canseco was working on his second book about baseball and performance-enhancing drugs, titled “Vindicated.”

Emerson went on to say he’s afraid that the investigators are shooting the messenger. I’d say they’re getting it right. Jose Canseco shed a lot of light on the steroid situation, but that doesn’t him the right to turn into a shakedown artist. And considering the amount of steroids Jose brought to the game, a federal charge of some sort seems fair.

Officials Sharpen Questions for Canseco. Courtesy of The New York Times

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