The belief is that a student, Ernest Johnson, scrawled the words “all (n-word) must die,” on the desk of Moss’ girlfriend, along with the name of one of Moss’ friends, Rayeshawn Smith. The two confronted Johnson. Smith knocked him out. Moss stomped on him.
Johnson spent a week in the hospital with injuries to his head, kidney and spleen. Moss pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery and was sentenced to 30 days in jail, losing his scholarship in the process.
“That kid (Johnson) had it coming,” noted one of Moss’ former teachers, who asked not to be identified because the case still resonates in the area. “Randy got kicked out of school for beating up an (expletive).”
Moss would never be the same. To this day, the newest member of the New England Patriots [team stats] remains leery and guarded. He assumes the worst about people he doesn’t know. While generally popular with teammates, he keeps the rest of the world at arm’s length.Randy Moss has issues, that's for certain. But a variety of sources say he's popular with teammates (unlike, say, T.O.), and that he is competitive irrespective of his reputation for slacking when the game and/or season isn't on the line.
Well now he's in a primo environment to get what he wants: respect and a ring. I don't want to not root for the Pats because I don't like what I thought Randy Moss represented. But after the last few days of suffering the likes of Dan Shaughnessy (whom Curt Schilling implied to be a tool) and John Dennis (whom Bill Walton rightfully wanted to punch out for questioning the former Celtic's character to his face on-camera), both tied as the shrillest and stinkingly sanctimonious bastards in Boston, I'm perfectly willing to give Moss some latitude.
Besides, the Pats are going to be a blast! to watch next fall.
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Years ago, in response to readers continually pointing out the obvious fact that the Globe's bias against UMass was, well, embarrasingly obvious, Toolness did an article in which he disputed any bias, and claimed "there is no conspiracy [against UMass] on Morrissey Boulevard."
To which I quote the Bard, "Methinks he doth protest too much." and most lawyers, "Nothing indicts like denial."
and to provide a fitting postscript, the verification for this post is in red and contains the letters "sox."
denial, is funny...
i read once when lbj was running for congress, he wanted to smear his opponent as "having carnal knowledge of his barnyard sows"... when told by an associate that "we can't call him a 'pig-fucker!", lbj said, "i just want to hear him DENY IT!"
texas politics in earlier dayz...
I remember that story, but I thought the bard and lawyer versions better for his Royal Toolness.
And speaking of Dennis, (and Channel 5, the Globe of television and known for its anti-UMass bias), I got an eyeroll from him once when, at a charity event in Boston years ago, he asked me and another then-Schering spouse where we went to college. At hearing "UMass", he rolled his eyes as if to say "here it comes." LaCamera did the same and then, without any prompting from us, went into a spirited defense of Channel 5's coverage of UMass.
Again, methinks he doth protest too much . . .
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