Athletes Behaving Badly

A look at professional sports stars who have served time.

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Former NFL Star Sam Hurd Talks Drugs in the NFL - What’s a $5 million NFL contract and a starting spot on the Chicago Bears worth? Clearly not enough for Sam Hurd. The former Bears wide receiver was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Nov. 13 for his role in starting a drug-distribution scheme. He was originally arrested in 2011 in Chicago after he tried to purchase a kilo of cocaine in a police operated sting(Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for GREY GOOSE)
Mike Tyson's Message to Chris Brown - Singer Chris Brown spent a night in jail and quickly entered anger management rehab but not without Mike Tyson giving him a piece of his mind. During a radio interview with 95.5 PLJ Morning Show Tuesday, Tyson said he was worried about Brown and warned the young star to remain humble. The troubled artist was arrested for assault again last weekend. He allegedly punched a man on Sunday outside Washington, D.C., nightclub.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)Marion Jones - Jones was the star of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, becoming the first woman to claim five medals (three of them gold). However, her world quickly fell apart after it was revealed that Jones and her husband, shot-putter CJ Hunter, were part of a doping ring. After years of denying the allegations, she finally copped to steroid abuse and lying to investigators in 2007. Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison and was stripped of her five medals.  (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images) 

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Its All Good Until They Are Behind Bars - Despite swimming in money and celebrity status, when athletes break the law, they have to pay.  Former Chicago Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd is the latest athlete to be sentenced for breaking the law.  BET.com takes a look at athletes who did the crime and had to do the time. — Dominique Zonyéé(Photo: Ethan Miller/AP Photo, Pool)

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