Most Cringeworthy Athlete Arrests
A look at sports stars' inexplicable acts.
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No Fly Zone - Yelling out "bomb" in Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday got San Francisco 49ers linebacker/defensive end Aldon Smith arrested for false bomb threat charges to which he could potentially spend a year in prison for. Why anyone would scream "bomb" in an airport, especially during the post 9-11 era, is beyond us. But Smith isn't alone when it comes to athlete arrests that simply made us scratch our heads. Here, BET.com takes a look at the slips in judgement that made us cringe.(Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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Gunplay Goes Wrong - An instrumental part of the New York Giants winning Super Bowl XLII in 2008, star wide receiver Plaxico Burress made national headlines of a completely different kind later that same year. Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh at a New York City nightclub and subsequently served nearly two years in prison on a firearms charge. Damn.(Photo: Wylde / Splash News)
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DU-Why? - Miguel Cabrera's February 2011 arrest on drunken driving was cringeworthy on epic proportions. Not only did he reportedly take a swig of scotch right in front of a Florida deputy, but he asked him, "Do you know who I am? I'm Miguel Cabrera." Athletes, take note — the 'Do you know who I am' line can never end well when used on the police. (Photo: Leon Halip/Getty Images)
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Las Vegas Shakedown - More than a decade after being found not guilty on two charges of murder, O.J. Simpson led a group of men who robbed two sports memorabilia owners at gunpoint during a hotel room break-in in Las Vegas back in September 2007. Simpson was found guilty on felony charges, including criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, assault, robbery and using a deadly weapon, and is currently serving 33 years in prison. Damn, Juice...was it really worth it?(Photo: Julie Jacobson/AP Photo, Pool, File)
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Fully Loaded - What was former NBA player Darius Miles thinking when he tried to get a loaded gun past airport security at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in 2011? Well, he wasn't thinking, and was subsequently arrested. An X-ray screening revealed the weapon. Of course it did! (Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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