Mark McGwire admits to using steroids…DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 11th, 2010 by DAMN Moments

mcgwire

  • Mark McGwire
  • Major League baseball player
  • playing career (1981-2001)

DAMN

  • In a statement released by The AP monday afternoon, McGwire admitted that he took steroids on and off for almost a decade and was a PED user when he hit 70 home runs during the famous 1998 home run chase
  • The AP also reports that McGwire used human growth hormone



PA. teacher’s aide asked to resign over NUDE photos found by a student.. DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 9th, 2010 by DAMN Moments

teacher

  • Unidentified teachers aide
  • Bangor area school district in Pennsylvania
  • Aide left her phone unattended at a social function outside of school when a student discovered the phone and nude photos they then sent the photo out to friends

DAMN

  • Aide was asked to resign by the superintendent (John Reinhart) of the school district



Minneapolis Swat Cop turns out to be a Bank Robber.. DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 8th, 2010 by DAMN Moments

carson

  • Timothy Carson, 28
  • Minneapolis police officer
  • Allegedly robbed a bank in Apple Valley on Wednesday (and is linked to 4 additional robberies over the past month)

DAMN

  • Pulled over and arrested on charges of Aggravated Robbery (cops pulled him over when they noticed him missing his front license plate)



Coach Jim Leavitt has been fired by South Florida.. DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 8th, 2010 by DAMN Moments

jimm

  • Jim Leavitt
  • Head coach of University South Florida
  • Leavitt has been under investigation by the university for allegedly grabbing and striking special teams player Joel Miller at halftime of a November game against Louisville

DAMN

  • Jim Leavitt and the entire coaching staff  has been fired allegedly for trying to “cover up” what really occurred



Cleveland Browns may lose Josh Cribbs.. DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 7th, 2010 by DAMN Moments

DAMN Moments Watch List

cleveland

  • Josh Cribbs
  • KR/WR/RB for the Clevleand Browns (probably the most popular guy on the team)
  • Cribb’s has three years remaining on a six-year $6.77 million deal. Cribbs made a base salary of $900,000 this past season. Cleveland offered to raise his annual salary to $1.4 million over the final three years of his contract
  • Felt insulted by the offer and refused

DAMN

  • Cribbs cleaned out his locker and said, “I ain’t doing nothing, I’m not showing my face until it’s right.”



Bus driver sentenced for driving drunk with children on board.. DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 6th, 2010 by DAMN Moments

busdriver

  • Martha Thompson, 55-years-old
  • Drove a school bus with a .15 blood alcohol content last May while 37 children were on board the bus
  • Children reported that she was going 70 mph at one point ( ran over a mailbox and rolled backwards down a hill)
  • Eventually the children went out the emergency exit and refused to get back on the bus

DAMN

  • Surveillance video on the bus captured the children trying to get her to stop
  • Charged with 37 counts of endangering the welfare of a child and felony driving while intoxicated
  • She will spend the next 12 weekends in jail, six months home electric monitoring, five years probation, and mandatory counseling.



Police chase and arrest man dragging a coke machine.. DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 5th, 2010 by DAMN Moments

cokethief

  • Nicholas Nunley, 29
  • Stole a Coke machine from in front of a Dollar General store in Riceville, Tenn

DAMN

  • Charged with vandalism, evading arrest, resisting arrest and theft of more than $1,000



Ex-firefighter accused of ARSON… DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 4th, 2010 by DAMN Moments

  • Glen Midbo, 51
  • Retired New York City Firefighter
  • Joined in 1985 and retired in 2005
  • He was busted in connection to a fire at 791 Annandale Road in Staten Island at 9:30 p.m. on Monday, officials said

DAMN

  • Arrested and charged with arson, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief
  • Posted $10,000 bail



Police chief SUSPENDED because of photos on facebook.. DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 4th, 2010 by DAMN Moments

police cheif

DAMN

  • Photos surfaced of young people drinking in his presence on a facebook page
  • Chief is Suspended
  • Homeowner at the house the chief was visiting has been charged with 4 misdemeanors (according to local newspaper in Lexington)



AT & T ends business relationship with Tiger Woods.. DAMN


Posted in DAMN Moments in the News on January 2nd, 2010 by DAMN Moments

at and t

  • AT & T ( U.S. mobile phone giant)
  • AT&T displayed its logo on Tiger Woods golf bag (deal was reached back in February)
  • Tiger also hosted the annual AT&T National golf tournament

DAMN

  • AT & T announced Thursday that they decided to end their business relationship with Tiger Woods

Companies who continue to endorse or have ended their relationship with Tiger Wood’s (companies in red with a line going through name indicates they have ended business relationship with Woods):

  • AT&T Inc.

  • Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer
  • Procter & Gamble Co.’s Gillette
  • Nike Inc.
  • PepsiCo Inc.
  • Gatorade
  • EA Sports
  • Accenture