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Athletes should pay for stupidity

By Bomani Jones
Special to Page 2

Thursday, June 15, 2006

This has been the week of the stupid athlete. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was injured while riding a motorcycle with neither a helmet nor a license to operate a bike. J.J. Redick was arrested and charged with driving while impaired after making an illegal U-turn to avoid a license checkpoint. Page 2 wishes Roethlisberger a speedy recovery, and we don't think DWI is a laughing matter. However, both guys were colossally stupid. Roethlisberger exhibited countless lapses of judgmen ...

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