Deadspin: Maurice Clarett

Maurice Clarett Is College Football's Jose Canseco

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:50:00 EDT

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Clarett has been right all along, but we haven't been listening. More »

Soccer Mistress Is Not Gonna Be Ignored

Brian Hickey — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Jeff Garcia and Maurice Clarett Make America A Sadder Place

Brian Hickey — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:30:00 EDT

Until its inevitable death next month, the United Football League will serve as an outlet for almost-rans to continue playing despite not getting tapped into the NFL steel-cage match. That's a good thing. I guess. More »

Sonia Sotomayor: Not A Squishy, Wild-Eyed Commie, After All

Tommy Craggs — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:00:05 EDT

"Some say," Barack Obama offered this morning, by way of introducing his Supreme Court nominee, "Judge Sotomayor saved baseball." True, at least to the extent that Sonia Sotomayor saved baseball from itself. What Obama didn't say: Sotomayor totally screwed over Maurice Clarett. More »

Maurice Clarett Creates Controversy, Even From The Slammer

Rick Chandler — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:15:23 EST

So there seems to be some question on whether imprisoned former Bronco Maurice Clarett is actually writing his own blog. Is he using a ghost writer? What's the WiFi access situation in cell block D? More »

It's 3 1/2 In The Pokey For Clarett

Leitch — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:30:39 EDT

Word just came in about an hour ago: Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett has pled guilty to two felonies and will spend at least the next 3 1/2 years in prison. Jury selection was about to begin in the case, but lawyers accepted the plea of 7 1/2 years, with the first parole opportunity popping up in 3 1/2. More »

Wheels Of Justice Grind Slowly For Clarett

Leitch — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:45:20 EDT

The Maurice Clarett story, with its deep debts and Israel mobs and Grey Goose, has almost become too sad for us to take much joy in goofing on it anymore, though we're still always going to be a little tickled by the fact that he had a hatchet. More »

Clarett Story Continues To Take Scary Turns

Leitch — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:30:42 EDT

Say what you will about the kids at Bristol, but they continue to move the needle on all matters Maurice Clarett, at least. The network learned yesterday that Clarett, who has had a rough couple of weeks, was in deep to the Israeli mob, and that might have been the reason he was, you know, carrying a hatchet when he was arrested earlier this month. More »

Somebody Please Stop Jim Terry. Soon.

Leitch — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:45:44 EDT

You might think this (CURRENTLY ON SALE!) T-shirt would be the work of a prankster on CafePress, the type of guy who does stupid knockoff T-shirts any one's whim. More »

Judge Makes The Bold Move Of Questioning Maurice Clarett's Mental Health

mjdeadspin — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:56:08 EDT

The latest news in the Maurice Clarett situation isn't that he's being required to undergo a mental health evaluation. The news is that he doesn't think he needs one. When the judge ordered the evaluation, Clarett scoffed at him. He was later quoted as saying, "I clearly understand everything, and I don't know why we have to drag this thing out." More »

Fictional League Somehow More Fictional Now

Leitch — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:45:23 EDT

Now that the whole Maurice Clarett business has veered into Greek tragedy story with Tom Friend's breathtaking ESPN story, we turn our focus to the part of his story it's easy to make fun of: His "upcoming" stint with the Mahoning Valley Hitmen of the Eastern Indoor Football League, a league that has as much chance of playing actual games next year as our fantasy league does. More »

The Last Clarett Update

Leitch — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:45:00 EDT

Probably time for one final update on our man Maurice Clarett, who has gotten himself in so much trouble that we're actually worried about him. And not just because we're afraid he'd shoot us. More »

This Could End Up Affecting The Eastern Indoor Football League Opener

Leitch — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:00:44 EDT

It's almost no fun to point out Maurice Clarett's foibles anymore. But when cops pull him over with a bunch of loaded guns and a hatchet in the car, it's probably worth mentioning. More »

Maurice Clarett, Handling Himself Just Fine, Yep

Leitch — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:15:21 EDT

We thought we might check in and see how our old friend Maurice Clarett is doing, now that he has fired his lawyers just two weeks before his trial. Well, he has some new lawyers, and they have exactly a fortnight to, you know, find out what the hell the case is about. More »

Someone Could Really Use Matlock Around Right Now

Leitch — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:45:53 EDT

We don't mean to imply that matters have gotten as bad as they possibly could get for Maurice Clarett just two weeks before his robbery trial ... but they're as bad as they could possibly get. More »

Maurice Clarett's Imaginary League

Leitch — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:00:50 EDT

So we've been mulling over this Maurice Clarett playing indoor football story, and we're really kind of amazed. First off, it's important to point out that this is not the Arena Football League; that league has been around for 20 years and even though it just lost its NBC contract, it seems likely to continue to thrive. More »

Poll Results: Super-Size New Mexico!

Leitch — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:00:37 EST

You have spoken, dear readers, and it's perhaps little surprise that you'd be most afraid to run into Marcus "New Mexico" Vick at your local McDonald's. You know what's cool, though? He has a THUG LIFE tattoo across his McRib. More »

Poll: Whom Do You Least Want To Run Into At McDonald's?

Leitch — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:30:34 EST

We still haven't quite come to terms with the bat-shit crazy weirdness of Marcus "New Mexico" Vick whipping out a gun at McDonald's the day after he declared for the NFL Draft, but it did get us to thinking: We haven't been to McDonald's for a long, long time. At first, we thought it was because we're older now and have more refined taste in cuisine (like, say, Wendy's). But we realize now that's not it; we're actually scared. You never know whose path you'll cross at a McDonald's. More »

Maurice Clarett's Experienced Defense Team

Leitch — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:30:36 EST

Today's Maurice Clarett update: The "troubled" — that is to say, "known for pretty much everything other than being a football player — posted a $50,000 bond to be released after his charges of aggravated robbery. We'll put aside for a moment how a guy with little discernible income over the last three years came up with 50 grand on the spot — maybe he was robbing people! — and instead look at Clarett's lawyer, William Settina. More »

The Weird Turns Of Maurice Clarett

Leitch — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:09:30 EST

We've been trying to get our minds around this whole Maurice Clarett story since we heard about it, but it's almost too confusing for us to keep up with. To recap: More »