<![CDATA[Deadspin: Pac Man Jones]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Pac Man Jones]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/pac man jones http://deadspin.com/tag/pac man jones <![CDATA[ Take A Tour Of Pacman's Crib ]]>
Now that he's headed for the bright, shining silver star of Dallas, Adam "Pacman" Jones no longer needs his digs in Tennesse. For just $1.8 million, you can move into 4282 N Chapel Rd in Franklin, and call this spacious, stripper-friendly abode your own.

The 3,000 square foot home has two guest quarters, game rooms , a garage, and sits on 30 acres of land, making it ideal if you like to spend your weekends sitting on a riding lawnmower for 18 hours.

Be forewarned: You will need a pre-qualification letter just to tour Pacman's castle, because you know, the realtor wants to ensure that only serious potential buyers inquire. Those of you looking to spend an afternoon wandering through Pacman's house sniffing the couches or looking for stray dollar bills should not bother.

Pacman Jone's Tennessee home on the market [You Been Blinded]
Pacman's home on the market [WZTV]

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Deadspin-386544 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:35:48 EDT DAULERIO http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=386544&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Welcome Back, Pacman; We Await The Rain You Shall Make ]]> pacmanrassling.jpgSo, now that Pacman Jones has joined the Dallas Cowboys, we ask: How will he deal with the changing rules for Dallas-area strip clubs?

We kid Pacman, because we love Pacman. As talented as the former Titan is, you almost have to root for him to get his life in order — remember, it was once so bad that even his family was calling him "out of control" — except ... dammit, now he plays for the Cowboys! If he straightens up and flies right, it's the Cowboys who reap the benefits. Ain't that how it always works?

Now that he's back, though, we can at least rejoice in the obvious-but-still-fun video game jokes.

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Deadspin-383600 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:35:07 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383600&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pac Man Jones Played By Bad Party Planners ]]> pacmanpartynope.jpgWe reported earlier that the attached poster involved a party that Pac Man Jones was hosting. This was not, in fact, true. The club itself has even apologized, in an email to Pro Football Talk:

"This is KAY-P contacting you on behalf of Club Nite concerning an event that was suppose to feat. Pacman Jones. We are apologizing to him and his family for the misunderstanding. We were informed by a false represenatives who lied to us saying that they could book Pacman Jones. After getting in contact with the real represenatives we discovered that Pacman Jones was not aware his name was advertised for an event and we also found out that he was not even accepting offers to host events. Again we would like to apologize to Pacman Jones, his fan and family.")

It can't be easy being Pac Man Jones. Even when you don't do anything wrong, people try to make other people think you did.

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Deadspin-371970 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:10:00 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=371970&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Prepare Thyself For ... Pac Man Jones Strip Club News ]]> pacmanslap.jpgOK, now we hope you are sitting down. Take a drink of water. Relax. Deep breaths. OK. Are you ready? Are you really ready? Because you're gonna need some time to digest this one: Pac Man Jones is in trouble with the law again.

Pac Man is accused of slapping a woman outside a north Atlanta strip club back on January 3 on 3 a.m.. The woman wasn't a dancer, though, apparently; she's a defense attorney.

She filed an arrest warrant against him in Fulton County Magistrate Court; the name of the strip club is the Body Tap Strip Club.

If anything, one would think Pac Man would have learned to keep his distance from both strips clubs, and lawyers. Alas, a combustible combination.

Pacman Allegedly Strikes Woman In Strip Club [Nashville City Paper]

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Deadspin-345057 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:34:31 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=345057&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ SHOTY Final Four: Kige Ramsey Vs. Pac Man Jones ]]>
This is it, folks: We're at the Final Four. Look out: There's Billy Packer! Bah! Grrr!

Again, a matchup of polar opposite human beings. But, in that Tennessee Titans way, they are teammates. Voting is open for about a week, and we'll occasionally remind.

No. 2 Seed Kige Ramsey
Carried around every book he ever owned in a belt.
Visited Wal-Mart.
Actively did some campaigning.
Expanded his commercial techniques.
Enjoyed Halloween.

No. 3 Seed Pac Man Jones
Introduced the phrase "Make It Rain" to a nation of grateful white people.
Scared his family.
Missed out on watching Vince Young play quarterback this season.
Didn't rassle, darnit.

Get on there and vote, folks.

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Deadspin-337202 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:20:35 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=337202&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ SHOTY Elite Eight: Pac Man Jones Vs. Sean Salisbury ]]>
As we eye that looming upset, we look at our final Elite Eight matchup.

By the way, the first final four matchup with be posted Wednesday, the day after Christmas — yes, we're working — and the second final four matchup will be posted on New Years Eve. We're working then too.

No. 3 Seed Pac Man Jones
Introduced the phrase "Make It Rain" to a nation of grateful white people.
Scared his family.
Missed out on watching Vince Young play quarterback this season.
Didn't rassle, darnit.

No. 6 Seed Sean Salisbury
Displayed his photographic skills.
Accidentally said "Jew."
Met The Balls.
Established a Web presence.

So, who makes the Final Four?

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Deadspin-336049 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:10:41 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=336049&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ SHOTY First Round: Pac Man Jones Vs. Norby! ]]>
Every single SHOTY first-round matchup has been a blowout. We are not sure this will be any different; the Deadspin Planet is of one mind these days.

Anyway, here are two people who have probably never sat down together for tea, which is a shame; they might learn they have more in common than they think. Or maybe not.

No. 3 Seed Pac Man Jones
Introduced the phrase "Make It Rain" to a nation of grateful white people.
Scared his family.
Missed out on watching Vince Young play quarterback this season.
Didn't rassle, darnit.

No. 14 Seed Norby!
Co-authored a rather awesome memo
Has funny name.
"Hey, how are ya? Couple of things ..."

So, who's making it to the next round?

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Deadspin-327790 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:10:03 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=327790&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pac Man Jones, pleading out. [ESPN] ... ]]> Pac Man Jones, pleading out. [ESPN]

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Deadspin-323234 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:25:38 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=323234&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Deadspin HOF Nominee: Pac Man Jones ]]> pacmanhof.jpgIt is easy to forget, in this new day of Ron Mexico and dogfighting, that Pac Man Jones was once the poster boy for All That Is Wrong With Humanity. It seems so silly now, doesn't it? Man, the guy just wants to rassle professionally. Is that so wrong?

It all started with that whole strip club shooting thing — which, we remind you, did leave a man paralyzed — and was gussied up by the whole Making It Rain business, a phrase for which a grateful nation of white people thanks Pac Man. And then was kicked out of the league for a year and plans on spending that time rappin' and rasslin'. It has been a busy year.

But is he a Hall of Famer? Seventy five percent is the threshold for induction. Vote below: Polls will be open until next Monday morning.

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Deadspin-292314 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:35:20 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=292314&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pac Man Jones, Making It Pain ]]> pacmanrasslin.jpgFar be it from us to impugn the trustworthiness of professional wrestling, but when a court order comes down saying that the headliner of your pay-per-view event "could not touch or be touched, grapple, shove, throw or have anything thrown at him by anyone working for or watching the show," well, we're probably not gonna order your pay-per-view. No offense.

Anyway, Pac Man Jones made his "wrestling" "debut" last night, and it was ... well, it happened.

"Your contract won't allow you to touch or be touched. Ain't that a (expletive),'' Ron "The Truth" Killings yelled to Jones. "We don't have to worry about you whipping no one's (butt) around here. You better watch your back, Pacman.''

Amusingly, Jones left the event in a neck brace because of a backstage, off-camera "fight." At least nobody blew up his car.

Pacman Jones Gets 'Injured' Without Wrestling [The Tennesseean]

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Deadspin-288749 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:40:36 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=288749&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Will They Make It Rain On Pac Man's Face? ]]>
Pac Man Jones made his professional wrestling promotional debut last night, and, well, he's doing a pretty good job, because here we are, writing about him.

Weirdest thing, though, is that the promotional angle has pushed over into the real world; the man who was paralyzed in the famous Make It Rain strip club shooting is a former professional wrestler, and some guys are threatening to really hurt Pac Man.

When Pacman Jones makes his first television appearance in professional wrestling, George Petraski wonders if the tables will be turned on the Titans cornerback. Petraski and his friend Tom Urbanski have been pro wrestlers. They were also co-workers at a Las Vegas strip club on Feb. 19 when a melee was followed by gunfire that hit Urbanski and paralyzed him from the waist down.

Petraski said he wonders if TNA co-founder Jeff Jarrett "has something up his sleeve" for Jones. Petraski said he and Urbanski have worked with Jarrett in the past. "Maybe the joke might be on Pacman,'' Petraski said. "Because Jeff knew us and he knew Tom and maybe he is saying, 'Hey, this guy is a clown, let's get him in here and hurt him.' In the wrestling business it's called a 'shoot,' and that is when it is real, when they try and take you out. A lot of guys know Tom, and us guys in wrestling are like a clique. They might beat Pacman into submission."

This was an angle we had not considered; we are intrigued. We're still not buying the dumb pay-per-view, though.

Pac Man Jones' Wrestling Debut [The Tennessean]
Pac Man Thinks He's A Team Player [NYJerPlease]

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Deadspin-288147 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:40:54 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=288147&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pac Man Jones Was Expecting To Have A Better Year ]]>
Pacman Jones might be wrestling now, but that wasn't in his initial plans. In an interview at the Southern Entertainment Awards in Tunica, Miss., back in January, Pac Man spoke of being in Arizona in a year for the Super Bowl. Maybe Total Nonstop Action Wrestling will have some sort of event there; he can invite Matt Leinart, who apparently also won't be busy.

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Deadspin-286796 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:40:33 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=286796&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pac Man Jones' first wrestling match is Thursday ... ]]> Pac Man Jones' first wrestling match is Thursday night on SPIKE. Oh, goodie. [The Tennessean]

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Deadspin-286349 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:55:07 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=286349&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pac Man Jones Finds A League That Wants Him ]]> pacmanwrestler.jpgIt is a relief to know that, while he's serving his full-season suspension from the NFL this season — for, we repeat, charges he's yet to actually be arrested for — Pac Man Jones will be keeping himself busy.

The only place that has had more participant behavioral problems in the last few years than the NFL happens to be the only place that will take him: The World Of Professional Wrestling.

TNA Wrestling signed suspended Tennessee Titan cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones to a contract that will see the NFL star perform as a wrestler. Jones is currently suspended for the entire 2007 NFL season, without pay, for personal conduct problems off of the field. Reportedly the Titans have no issue with Jones getting involved in professional wrestling.

We think there's some mad logic in this whole matter; we have a pretty good idea how he could enter the ring. Our favorite part about this is that the Titans "have no issue" with Jones wrestling professionally. No, seriously, Pac Man, go ahead. In fact, climb up to that top rope right now. OK, see that table over there? Jump through it! Go ahead! We don't mind.

TNA Signs Adam "Pacman" Jones [411mania]

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Deadspin-283793 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:00:54 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=283793&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Police Make It Rain On Pac Man ]]>

So much for Pac Man Jones just being an innocent bystander in that strip club shooting ... he's been formally charged with two counts of felony coercion.

Charges were also filed against two other people involved in the incident. Sadia Morrison was charged with one count of felony assault with a deadly weapon, one count of felony battery wtih a deadly weapon, one count of felony coercion, one count of felony coercion with use of a deadly weapon and one count of burglary.

This isn't going to turn out well, we don't think.

Pacman Charged Las Vegas Shooting [NewsChannel5]
You Know, You Think You Know A Guy [Deadspin]

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Deadspin-270673 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:30:50 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=270673&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ You Know, You Think You Know A Guy ]]> pacmanagain.jpgOne would think that, after all that's gone down with him over the past year or so, Pac Man Jones would steer clear of the following things:

• Strip clubs.
• Entourages.
• Guns.
• Rain.

One would think wrong.

Troubled NFL star Adam "Pacman" Jones is wanted for questioning in a shooting early Monday at a DeKalb County strip club that left one man with minor injuries. DeKalb police confirmed they want to talk to the College Park native, whose entourage got into an argument with three other men about 4:16 a.m. at Club Blaze, a Moreland Avenue strip club, according to Officer Ariel Toledo

When the men with whom they argued left the club, Jones's entourage followed them in two vehicles police identified as a green Dodge Charger and a black Pontiac Grand Prix. Someone from Jones' entourage allegedly shot into the vehicle they were following, Toledo said. Someone in the victim's car returned fire. One person in the victim's car suffered minor injuries from shrapnel, but refused treatment, Toledo said. The gunfire exchange happened near I-285. "We're still investigating," Toledo said. "We want to speak to Adam 'Pacman' Jones because we believe the people he was with were involved."

We love that the officer felt obliged to say "Pacman." At this rate, by the way, Roger Goodell is going to have to start suspending everyone named "Adam." Sorry, Vinatieri!

'Pacman' Jones May Be Involved In Shooting Incident [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

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Deadspin-269755 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:30:00 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=269755&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Roger Goodell Is Judge, Jury And Executioner ]]> rogerrogerroger.jpgSure, we all laughed when Pac Man Jones was suspended by the NFL for a year, because it's Pac Man Jones, and everything Pac Man Jones does is funny. But CBS Sportsline's Clay Travis points out that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was positively Orwellian in his sentence. After all, Pac Man is essentially being disciplined solely for how he lives his life.

Prof. Covington says that Goodell's actions are most striking because they expand the traditional parameters of discipline exercised by a commissioner or league. "Usually these league suspensions for off-the-field conduct boil down to two main areas. First, drugs or second, gambling. Domestic violence would be the third most common area of discipline, but generally that is handled by the teams themselves. What's important is that this is opening a door to examine areas of conduct that haven't been examined by the league before. Where could that go from here?"

Aside from explaining just how sweeping this detour into the private lives of the league's players is relative to prior actions, Covington also made it clear why commissioner Goodell's rulings are likely to be upheld — "He hears the appeals of his own rulings." Orwellian indeed. Ergo it seems very unlikely that having handed down a punishment on one day, Goodell is going to change that ruling on the next day.

In other words: Goodell can say "I don't like how you act," regardless of specific charges, using a "It is not enough to simply avoid being found guilty of a crime" defense, and no one, even the union, seems to mind. Someday, the NFL will literally get away with murder, and absolutely no one will mind.

NFL's Punishment Policy Straight Out Of Orwell [ClayNation]

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Deadspin-254838 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:45:11 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=254838&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pac Man Jones Will Take A Year Off ]]> pacmanpacman2.jpgThis might ultimately be for the betterment of the league, but man, it's gonna make 2007 considerably less fun around here.

The NFL has officially suspended Titans cornerback Pac Man Jones for entire season. Not just that, either: Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry is suspended for the first eight games of year.

Commish Roger Goodell gave them the proverbial press release bitchslap:

"Your conduct has brought embarrassment and ridicule upon yourself, your club, and the NFL, and has damaged the reputation of players throughout the league. You have put in jeopardy an otherwise promising NFL career, and have risked both your own safety and the safety of others through your off-field actions. In each of these respects, you have engaged in conduct detrimental to the NFL and failed to live up to the standards expected of NFL players. Taken as a whole, this conduct warrants significant sanction."

So, Pac Man is out a year's worth of rain, and Henry will miss a game for each arrest (or close to it). We ask them both, even though they're going to miss a significant period of time, to not change, you beautiful bastards. Don't ever change.

NFL Suspends Pacman Jones, Bengals' Henry [NFL.com]

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Deadspin-251118 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:30:14 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=251118&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ The Real, True Story Of Pac Man ]]>

We're mostly wary of little sketch comedy gimmicks online, but we have to say, we did enjoy this video reimagining of the circumstances of Pac Man Jones' life and times. They go for the obvious joke, from the beginning ... but that doesn't change the fact that the image of a big puffy yellow Pac Man doing cocaine off the edge of a bar is pretty funny.

Pacman Jones [SuperDeluxe]

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Deadspin-247727 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:00:51 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=247727&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pacman Can't Even Remember All His Arrests ]]> pacmancheck.jpgSome more fun with Pacman Jones: It appears he is facing charges for obstructing police in Georgia, charges that his Titans bosses didn't even know about.

"One of our officers was involved in a traffic stop with him, and after Pacman and others ran into a home, there was a physical altercation between him and the officer, and he was involved in that. He was arrested for that," [an officer] said. "I think any time we have somebody who fights with an officer, it is a pretty serious matter."

The Tennessean does the math and figures out that this makes 10 off-field incidents with police since Jones was drafted, which we suppose is better than on-field incidents with police. Sportsline's Clay Travis tries to figure out how Pacman could change his image, but we think the picture above should help a lot: There's nothing wrong with making it rain with an oversized check.

Pacman Faces Felony Charge In Georgia [The Tennessean]
ClayNation: Forrest Gump? Pac Is More Like Make it Rain Man [CBS Sportsline]

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Deadspin-240675 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:15:32 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=240675&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ A Strip Club Incident That Might NOT Have Featured Pac Man Jones ]]> pacmanlasvegas.jpgYou know, it almost seems natural: When there's a triple shooting in Las Vegas at a strip joint called Minxx Gentleman's Club, you tend to just assume Pac Man Jones was involved. (Or Stephen Jackson. Maybe Olin Kruetz.) Jones says, though, that rumors saying that he had something to do with it are false and that the police just wanted to talk to him as a witness.

Jones' lawyer Worrick Robinson spoke to the NFL player Monday about his alleged role in the altercation: "I asked him: 'Was anybody in your group involved in the shooting?' And he said, 'No.'"I said, Then why did you leave? He said, 'When there's guns there's always someone else coming with a gun. That's what you do. You get out of there.'" "He told me, 'Man, I am not a suspect and didn't have anything to do with this.'"

Police are still wanting to question Jones, but that might just be police procedure: Whenever there's strip club shooting, anywhere, Pac Man Jones and Stephen Jackson are rounded up, just to cover all one's bases.

Pac Man Jones Denies Involvement In Las Vegas Strip Club Shooting [Sports By Brooks]

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Deadspin-238027 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:15:20 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=238027&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pac Man Gets His Ride Back ]]> pacmancar2.jpgYou might remember, about a month ago, when the car belong to Titans defensive back Pac Man Jones went up for a police auction. We wondered then who, in fact, might want a car with the official Pac Man logo stitched into the headrest.

Well, we needn't have wondered, and America can sleep soundly again: Pac Man has his car back. Because of the automobile's seizure — after the cocaine-related arrest of rapper Darryl Moore — Pac Man had to bid again. The story of his attempts to grab the car back is almost touching, thanks to Pac Man's dogged persistence.

It was no walk in the park for Jones. First of all, he had to contend with the fact that the bidding ended at 1 p.m. Thursday — right in the middle of Titans practice. So Jones registered for the auction — using the online handle "Standupguy" — and had an associate up the ante as necessary down the stretch, according to auction manager Kenneth Eads. Then, of course, Jones had to outlast 26 other bidders, many who made the first three weeks of the auction feel much like the first three quarters of last weekend's game against the Giants.

The bidding started at $1 on Nov. 9. But even before the first day was done the price had soared to $23,100. Jones didn't even get his name into the mix until the last day of the auction, when he opened Thursday's bidding with a promise of $43,000 — besting the previous bid by $100. For seven straight hours Jones had it out with three other bidders.

Let this be an investment lesson for all of you: Having your $77,000 car impounded in a cocaine bust will decrease its value by at least $34 grand ... and that's even with your name in the headrest.

It's A Steal! [Nashville City Paper]
Own Pac Man's Car [Deadspin]

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Deadspin-218601 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:45:23 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=218601&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Own Pac-Man's Car! ]]> pacmancar.jpgAs anyone who has dealt with the difficult nature of car salesmen, you sometimes just don't know whom to trust. Fortunately, there's one place you know you can find a good deal on all your automobile needs: Buying cars that were once owned by troubled NFL players and have now been repossessed and auctioned by the police!

The Caddy comes with matching spinners, though there might be quite a process to get it licensed and insured as the auction site states: "No Title will be given to the winning bidder by the Metropolitan Government/Nashville. An affidavit, court order, or sales under special conditions will be issued to title this vehicle."

Best part: "Pac-Man" is embroidered in the headrests. This might not be a big deal, though, if your car already has that.

100 Loogies! Do I Hear 125? [The Sports Oasis]

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Deadspin-213926 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:00:08 EST Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213926&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ NFL Week Five, Update #1 ]]> pacmanjones.jpg• The Tennessee Titans, eighteen-and-a-half point underdogs, could be in the process of pulling off the upset of the freakin' decade. They lead the Colts 10-0 at the half, behind a beautiful Vince Young touchdown run and a secondary that's held Peyton Manning to 56 yards, and Marvin Harrison without a catch. I am at a complete loss to explain this. If the Titans end up winning this thing, the party that Pac Man Jones throws in celebration might ensure that they don't win another game for three years.

• It was Joey Harrington who got the start for the Dolphins this morning, as the Fish elect to rest Daunte Culpepper with a "shoulder bruise." And Harrington's responded... he's completed 12-of-15 for 136 yards. He does have an interception, though, because he wouldn't be Joey Harrington without one. Patriots lead, 13-10.

• Bruce Gradkowski, whose qualifications for starting this week include a healthy spleen and little else, already has a touchdown pass. Gradkowski is 5-of-8 for 72 yards and a 19-yard touchdown pass to Joey Galloway. He's also rushed five times for 20 yards. The Bucs defense isn't really holding up their end of the bargain, though, allowing Deuce McAllister to put up 117 yards in the first half, including a 57-yarder. Saints lead, 10-7.

• The Bills had one of the league's best pass defenses heading into this week, and Rex Grossman is making them look like a girl scout troop. He's got 137 yards and 2 touchdowns, one of which came to Bernard Berrian, who is evidently good. J.P. Losman's thrown 2 interceptions. 27-0 Bears.

NFL Scoreboard

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Deadspin-206049 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:29:49 EDT mjdeadspin http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=206049&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ We Knew We Were Lame For Letting People With Tees Into Our Birthday Parties ]]> pacmanparty.jpg

All told, we realize now that our Sunday evening was rather sedate. (Chocolate milk, Fig Newtons and Diner Dash, now that you asked.)

We really should have been at the surely understated "Birthday Ballout" for troubled Tennessee Titans cornerback Pac Man Jones. We missed Cristal flowing, money snowing, Libra girls until 11:32 p.m. and the enticing possibility of our girl getting a girlfriend. We wonder if T.O. showed up, postgame.

Pro Football Talk

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Deadspin-205180 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:15:53 EDT Leitch http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=205180&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Pac Man Jones Does Not Seem Happy ]]> PacMan.jpgNashville police seized about 1,600 pounds of marijuana (damn) and 128 pounds of cocaine in their investigation of a drug trafficking ring. They also seized a bunch of cars, and one of them, a red Caddy with Nevada plates, quite curiously had the Pac-Man logo stitched into the headrests.

The car is registered to someone in Nevada, but it does appear to have some kind of connection to Pac Man Jones. Pac Man says he lent it to a friend who was making a rap video, and after that, he didn't know what happened to it. And police have confirmed that one of the main targets of the investigation, a guy named Darryl Jerome Moore, is an acquaintance of Pac Man's.

Now, none of this means that Pac Man did anything wrong. But you might enjoy, however, the video of Pac Man Jones threatening to "slap the shit out of" a reporter, and threatening to "bust [his] fuckin' head" if he were to come back on his property. Again, to reiterate, Pac Man has not been accused of or charged with any crime. But I think you will enjoy the video.

And a huge thanks to Jerloma of the Sports Frog's always reliable Swamp.

Titans' Pacman Talks Back [WKRN.com]
The Swamp [The Sports Frog]
Police Take Down Major Drug Ring [NewsChannel5 Network]

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Deadspin-167521 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:12:30 EDT mjdeadspin http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=167521&view=rss&microfeed=true