Published 01:09, September the 10th, 2009
The law of averages
You know how celebrity deaths are supposed to come in threes? The same could be true for athletes and celebrities.
Witness these three happenings leading up to the start of the NFL season:
Raiders mysteriously cut Jeff Garcia.
The former Eagle is not your ordinary 39-year-old journeyman quarterback. He’s married to super-hottie Carmella DeCesare, the 2004 Playmate of the Year who went to court for allegedly beating up Garcia’s ex-girlfriend (specifically, kicking her in the head at a bar). However, Garcia’s days in the NFL are numbered and once the money stops rolling in, and the lifestyle subsides, so do the wives. If the Raiders — one of the worst teams in the league — won’t keep him, who will?
Terrell Owens and his terrible reality.
The mercurial receiver was supposed to be dating SI swimsuit model Jessica White. The two were hanging out in the cultural Mecca known as Buffalo and she was on his reality show (the ratings were 789th one week, which placed it in a tie with a 5 a.m. rerun of “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”). Now, White is reportedly running around with Sean Penn.
The Tequila incident.
This is probably most damaging of the three because the Chargers are Super Bowl contenders.
Tequila, a reality show non-entity, accused Shawne Merriman of choking and restraining her at his residence. Merriman claims Tequila was trying to drive drunk.
So Tequila took to Twitter, claiming she’s allergic to alcohol while casually mentioning ’roid rage. (Merriman was once busted for steroid use.)
We’ve got the Chargers winning the Super Bowl, and this isn’t the kind of news that makes us feel good about our pick.