Larry Brown Sports

When the infamous photo of Michael Phelps with his mouth pressed against a bong hit the internet more than three years ago, former Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder was not surprised. Crowder, who is now a mid-day host at 560 WQAM in Miami, told “The Jorge Sedano Show” he saw Phelps smoking weed no more than three weeks prior to the picture coming out. And the 18-time gold medalist was supposedly in good company.

“I was on South Beach probably three weeks before (the infamous photo came out)” Crowder explained. “Everybody knows who Young Jeezy is — he was in (the club). It was crazy because it was Young Jeezy and Michael in the next section over from us at (a nightclub). I look and I see Young Jeezy’s hanging out with a big old white guy and it was Michael Phelps.

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Channing Crowder has given a number of reasons to support his decision to unexpectedly retire a year ago at the age of 28.  At the time he was cut by the Dolphins, Crowder’s wife was nine months pregnant and he said his heart was no longer in football.  Both seem like legitimate reasons, but his recent comments would seem to indicate there was also a problem between him and the Dolphins front office — particularly G.M. Jeff Ireland.  Crowder said in a recent interview that he is interested in returning to the NFL next season, but would never play for Miami.

“I wouldn’t go on a team with Jeff Ireland. I’m not very confident in him,” Crowder said Wednesday on Radio Row according to NFL.com. “He doesn’t know what he’s doing in my opinion. He’s real disrespectful, he doesn’t know how to deal with people and the whole Dez Bryant (situation) kind of showed to the world what he’s about, but guys in the building know what he’s really about.

“He’s not a good person. He has no class, and I wouldn’t choose to go back and play there. And I would have to say it’s the only team I don’t want to play for.”

In case you don’t remember, the Dez Bryant situation Crowder is referring to is the time Ireland asked Bryant if his mother was a prostitute when meeting with him before the draft.  As we saw this season, Dolphins fans aren’t exactly fond of their team’s G.M., either.  I’m not the biggest Crowder fan, but I can’t say I blame him. If what they say about Ireland is true, I doubt many players enjoy playing for him.

The idea that college football players spend money before they have it assuming they will soon be rich is extremely well known.  Said athletes actually admitting that they blow money before even getting it is a bit more rare.  Thankfully, we have idiots like Channing Crowder who flap their gums and tell us all about their complete lack of judgment displayed before reaching the NFL.

Pro Football Talk passed along a tremendous little blurb from Sports Radio Interviews on Tuesday, in which Crowder blasts Mel Kiper Jr. for misfiring with his prediction of where the linebacker would be drafted.

“Yeah I watch (the hype leading up to the draft) and all,” Crowder explained. “Mel Kiper and all, he messed me over, he lied to me said I was top-20 had me go out and spend X amount of dollars and then owe the bank stuff. So I don’t know the guys; they’re guessing just like we guess; I can guess who the Dolphins are going to take too. But I look at it a little bit and hear the experts I guess they call them to hear what they got to say.”

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I’m sure we’ve all heard about the incident from Sunday’s Ravens-Dolphins game during which Channing Crowder says Le’ron McClain spit in his face.  People usually don’t make stuff like that up, even if they have a history of being a loud mouth.  Still, when we heard about Crowder’s comments to The Miami Herald, we had to wait for the full story and wait to see the proof before jumping to conclusions.

Then we got proof.  If you haven’t seen the video, you can watch it here.  The evidence is out there for the NFL.  McClain makes a blatant spitting motion in the video following an argument with Crowder and then walks away.  Crowder immediately becomes furious and goes after McClain.  What else could have possibly happened?  Apparently the NFL has never heard of discretion.

According to Pro Football Talk, the league that fines players left and right for hitting receivers too hard chose not to punish McClain.  Director of Football Operations Merton Hanks reviewed all the relevant information — which included the video — and spoke with the official who was right next to the incident and determined there wasn’t enough evidence to warrant league discipline.

In other words, since we can’t actually see a loogie coming out of McClain’s mouth or see any spit hitting Crowder’s face, the NFL has to sit on its hands.  I’m not a Channing Crowder fan by any stretch, but that’s absolute b.s.  The league has fined players for way less.

When we first heard from Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder that Ravens fullback Le’Ron McClain spit in his face during their game Sunday, I was reluctant to believe the story. But guess what? As is the case with most things in the NFL, cameras caught the incident on tape and new angles show McClain did indeed spit on Crowder. Check out the video and watch McClain cock his head back and then forward as he releases the loogie:

Now that was one magic loogie! Guess Crowder was telling the truth the entire time, so I guess we can grant him a reprieve from his Anne Frank confusion. Video via Jeff Darlington

Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder was talking crap during the week leading up to Sunday’s game with the Ravens but Baltimore got the last word with a 26-10 win. Crowder not only lost the game, but he bitched afterwards that Ravens fullback Le’Ron McClain spit on him. Ravens wide receiver Derrick Mason, who was the target of Crowder’s words during the week, responded after the game.

“[When] he’s in the game, he’s getting knocked down, he’s getting pushed out of the way. The guy is horrible. Honestly, the guy is horrible. He’s probably a good guy. I’m not taking that away from him, but he’s horrible. He’s not a good football player.”

Mason also recommended that Crowder keeps his mouth shut in the future because his play doesn’t back up his words. “I don’t understand why this guy continues to talk,” Mason said. “This is not boxing. You can’t scare your opponent. You’ve got to go out there and play football.”

As for the spitting incident, it sure seems like it may have not only happened but it also could have been intentional. Mason says his teammates told him they had his back and that they were going to get Crowder back during the game. I don’t know if that means spitting on Crowder, but McClain denied the allegation. Regardless, what we have learned is that Channing will need to start playing better to earn the right to talk crap.

Channing Crowder has been all over the headlines this week.  Earlier in the week, he made some comments about Derrick Mason being an old man and Mason responded by saying he’s been catching passes since Crowder was still wetting himself.  According to the Dolphins linebacker, the war went beyond words during the Miami-Baltimore game on Sunday, which the Ravens won 26-10.

Crowder told The Miami Herald after the game that Ravens running back Le’Ron McClain spit in his face during the third quarter.  Crowder then proceeded to call McClain a “bitch-ass punk” and a “ho.”  Meanwhile, Mason was in the Ravens locker room telling reporters that Crowder is a “bad player” who will be out of the league before Mason — who’s 36 — retires.

Things kept getting uglier, at least from a verbal standpoint.  The most memorable quotes about the situation came from Dolphins linebacker Karlos Dansby.

Man, if I’d have seen that, there would have been a damn brawl out there, straight up,” Dansby said. “We don’t play that. We some tough guys. But if you take a cowardly way like that, you need to be straightened. Hopefully, Roger Goodell will look at the film and he’ll do something about it. If he don’t, we’ll see him in the street and we’ll have to handle it like men.”

Them there are fightin’ words — literally.  I’d be willing to wager nothing happens “in the street,” but it would probably be wise for Goodell to take a look at the situation and try to do something to diffuse it.  Otherwise the refs will need to be armed with stun guns and riot shields in the unlikely event that the two teams should meet in the playoffs.