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The problems for Scott Hall continue. Hall reportedly was arrested Friday for allegedly attacking his girlfriend in a drunken rage.

TMZ obtained the police report and says cops were called to Hall’s Florida home. Hall’s girlfriend, Lisa Howell, apparently claimed Hall was drinking for days and the two got into an argument. Howell got into her car and was pulled out by Hall who grabbed her by her neck.

Police noticed red marks around Howell’s neck so they arrested Hall for domestic violence. He denied ever getting violent, but he was so drunk, the jail refused to book him until he got medical clearance from a hospital.

TMZ also says Hall, who is listed at 6’7″ and 287 pounds, required two sets of handcuffs.

Hall, who became famous for his career as Razor Ramon, had his troubled post-career life chronicled by E:60. We’re equally surprised he’s still alive and that he actually has a girlfriend.

The Detroit Lions have impressively hit on almost all of their draft picks last year. The Lions only made five selections in the 2011 draft and, incredibly, three of the players have been arrested for marijuana possession since their rookie season ended.

First-round pick defensive tackle Nick Fairley (pictured at left) was spotted speeding in Mobile, Ala., Tuesday and was pulled over where marijuana was found in his possession. He was charged with a misdemeanor.

Second-round pick running back Mikel Leshoure missed his arraignment Monday for a marijuana possession charge. Leshoure was pulled over March 12 because the car he was riding in didn’t signal a lane change. The car apparently reeked of weed, and an officer saw Leshoure cramming the herb into his mouth. He was also arrested on Feb. 18 for marijuana possession.

Seventh-round pick offensive tackle Johnny Culbreath (pictured at right) was arrested at a hotel in South Carolina for marijuana possession on January 25. He paid a fine for the charge to close the case.

The Lions were already considered semi-dirty because of their lack of discipline for Ndamukong Suh, and because of the way coach Jim Schwartz got into it with Jim Harbaugh. Now they’re developing a reputation for being the jail blazers of the NFL. If they keep this up, they’ll replace the Bengals as the most undisciplined team in the NFL.

Let this story of a 24-year-old Louisiana man dying from his cousin’s choke hold serve as a reminder that when someone begins turning blue, it’s probably time to release.

Stephen A. Arceneaux III of Destrehan, La. died Sunday night at a WrestleMania28 viewing party after being choked out by his cousin. Police say Arcenaux was wrestling with his 14-year-old cousin on an inflatable mattress when he got caught in a rear naked choke. The juvenile, who is 5’6″ and 110 pounds — half the weight of the 220-pound Arceneaux — held the choke for 30 to 40 seconds because Arceneaux reportedly refused to tap out.

We’ll let the New Orleans Times-Picayune take it from here:

But at some point, someone noticed that Arceneaux was turning blue and told the youngster to release the hold. When he did, witnesses realized that Arceneaux had stopped breathing and dialed 911, shortly after 10 p.m.

Arceneaux’s girlfriend tried to revive him with CPR. He was transported to St. Charles Parish Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

You know what the sad thing is? Nobody can make fun of Arceneaux for losing to a 110-pound 14-year-old. Oh yeah, that, and the fact that he died.

via FOXSports.com

If there is anything positive to be taken from Erving Walker getting arrested, it’s that he at least waited until the season was over to do something completely idiotic. I’d never condone stealing, but if you’re going to steal something and risk going to the slammer, you might as well grab something better than a taco. Maybe a PlayStation 3? Some movies? Again, this is only if you must steal.

According to the Palm Beach Post, Walker was arrested early Friday morning in Gainesville after stealing a $3 taco from a street vendor. The police report says Walker took the food, ran off without paying, and kept going when an officer yelled for him to stop. Once multiple patrol cars caught up to him, Walker reportedly told police he was “just messing around” He also admitted he knew he took the food without paying. He was charged with petty theft and resisting an officer without violence and given a notice to appear.

Why steal a taco at 1 o’clock in the morning? Walker’s excuse that he was just playing around sounds like something a moron or a drunk dude would say, but I almost believe him. Either he was starving and realized he had no cash on him at the last second, or someone must have put him up to it. Otherwise, it’s hard to explain.

H/T The Big Lead
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Charles Rogers is in trouble again. The former Lions and Michigan State receiver was pulled over by Saginaw, Mich. police in December and there is an arrest warrant for him in connection with that stop.

Rogers faced five three charges from that stop, including one for marijuana possession, and he faces charges for allegedly threatening a family member this month during a cell phone conversation.

Rogers was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2003 draft and played just 15 games over a disappointing three-year career with the Lions. Rogers admitted to smoking weed every day during his brief Lions career.

H/T World of Isaac

We have our first not-father-of-the-year candidate, ladies and gentlemen. It’s hard to fathom what the skateboarder in this video is thinking. And yet, in an epic parenting fail, somehow this dope thought it would be a good idea to carry his young son as he dropped down a ramp at a skate park, neither wearing helmets. The outcome is absolutely jaw-dropping, let alone the premise. Of course they fall. Of course the kid hits his head. Of course the kid cries profusely. You could argue the kid could have died. As Rick Chandler at Off the Bench points out, it’s easy to target the dad for his blatant stupidity, but the people there at the skate park who let this happen deserve just as much flak.

Bobby Jenks was arrested early Friday morning and charged with a DUI among four other accounts — one of which includes leaving the scene of an accident. As expected, the details from the arrest report are fantastic. The 31-year-old Jenks was stopped while driving his Mercedes Benz SUV in Fort Myers, Fla. at 2:35 a.m. His alleged statements to the police — which were passed along by WEEI.com — did nothing to help his case.

When Deputy Marsha Sutphin stopped Jenks and asked him if he knew why he had been pulled over, his response was, “Probably because I was all over the road back there.” Sutphin then asked him why he was all over the road, to which he replied, “I took too many muscle relaxers.”

It gets better. Deputy Sutphin then asked Jenks if he had taken anything else besides the muscle relaxers. He reportedly had a difficult time speaking, but provided another classic response.

“(I am) going to be honest with you, I was just leaving Babe’s because I hit a car,” Jenks explained. “I just had to get out of there.”

Babe’s, as WEEI pointed out, is a nightclub in Fort Myers where a bouncer says a car that matched the description of Jenks’ vehicle struck a parked car at around 11:45 p.m. The bouncer said he tried to get Jenks out of the car and offered to call him a cab, but he proceeded to hit another car and drive off.

Finally, when Deputy Sutphin asked Jenks if he would submit to a field sobriety test, he said that he would but he would fail it. We’ll let you guess what happened after that. Bravo, Bobby. Bravo.

When you think about athletes pulling pranks, harmless stuff usually comes to mind. Whether it be changing someone’s at-bat music or lighting their shoe on fire, guys usually settle for a cheap laugh or two. Not Chelsea midfielder Jacob Mellis, who decided he wanted to either go big or go home. He ended up doing both. According to the Daily Mail, Mellis was dismissed from the team this week after admitting he was behind the smoke bomb incident at Chelsea’s practice facility a couple weeks ago.

On March 3, Chelsea launched an investigation a day after a smoke grenade went off at their training complex. A number of players and coaches from youth teams and academies were forced to flee the locker rooms after a thick cloud of smoke filled the facility. The investigation was described as an “internal matter” at the time.

Mellis is no longer welcome on the team and teammate Billy Clifford is facing a fine after admitting he brought the grenade into the facility. Not to sound like the principle or anything, but how two full-grown adults could think something like that is a good idea baffles me. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t know someone who threw a stink bomb or two down the hallway back in high school, but clearing out an arena with a smoke grenade seems like a bit much.

H/T Dirty Tackle

Some youth sports parents have a tendency to take the game a bit too seriously, but you didn’t need us to tell you that. On Friday night in Springfield, Mass., yet another angry parent lost his temper and attacked a coach. The alleged attacker, Timothy Lee Forbes, reportedly punched the winning coach and then bit off part of his ear after his son’s team lost their 6th-grade Catholic Youth Organization basketball game.

According to reports, the coach was rushed to a local hospital where the severed part of his ear was reattached.

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Mario Lemieux’s career accomplishments now officially consist of: 1033 assists, 690 goals, 10 All-Star Game appearances, 3 Hart Trophy honors, two Stanley Cups, and one horribly misspelled jersey.

How can you possibly call yourself a fan and not know how to spell the damn man’s name properly? Major effing fail. What an embarrassment. I don’t even know what a Lemiexu is. I’d much rather see another lewabosh before I see another disgrace like this.

H/T Sports Pickle via Sportress of Blogitude