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Donte Stallworth
Two entirely dissimilar news items the last couple of days here in Cleveland paint distinct opposing views of life.
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth, driving on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami, Florida, struck and killed 59-year old Mario Reyes at approximately 7:17 a.m. Saturday.
Reyes, who worked as a crane operator at Bernuth Agencies, a shipping company, had just gotten off work and was walking over to the bus stop to head home.
Amazingly, Stallworth supposedly saw Reyes crossing "from a distance," and then honked his horn and flashed his high beams, but still was unable to avoid striking Reyes.
In an interview with the Miami Herald, co-worker Renier Calana and other employees did not see Reyes get struck by Stallworth's Bentley, but heard the impact and rushed out to their co-worker, who was lying in the street. Calana described what he saw.
We could hear the impact. We all ran out, and he was lying there unconscious in the middle. The police and ambulance came. He was alive when they took him, they tried to revive him but it didn't work.
Reyes died an hour later at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Stallworth, 28, had his blood drawn at the scene, which is a standard procedure when a fatality is involved, according to Miami Beach detective Juan Sanchez.
If the blood test shows any signs of impairment -- either drugs or alcohol -- we will take action at that point.
Even though many fans have a bad taste in their mouth from Stallworth's exceptionally poor season, when he was injured most of the time, and when he was on the field, didn't come close to earning his $4.75 million roster due him this past Friday or his 2008 salary, all of us should refrain from judging Stallworth too harshly until the facts about the accident have been revealed.
Writer Mike Florio of Profootballtalk.com has cited unnamed sources that Stallworth was drinking about seven hours prior to the crash. Drinking hasn't been ruled in or out as a cause for the accident, and we should wait until the Miami Beach police conclude their investigation.
However, if Stallworth's tests come back showing any drugs in his system or he was intoxicated at the time of the accident, the judge should give him the maximum sentence for taking the life of an innocent victim, which could be as much as 15 years.
Whether Stallworth is guiltiy or innocent, he is just another athlete who has entangled himself in the justice system. It just seems that these incidents are happening at a more frequent rate than in the past.
Enough is enough already, with any egocentric, socially clueless professional athlete, who believes he sits on a throne looking down at the lowly peasants, who not only help pay their exorbitant salaries, but also bust their humps five or more days a week, eight or more hours a day, 50 weeks a year, just to earn enough money to pay bills and take a two-week vacation every year; a feat which is something these players can't imagine in their wildest narcissistic dreams.
Reyes leaves behind his wife and his 14-year old daughter.
In trivial news, LeBron James and Nike unveiled his new shoes this past week that are a tribute to his hometown of Akron.
The Nike Zoom LeBron Soldier II University of Akron PE features the school mascot on the heel tab, while the Nike Zoom LeBron VI "Akron" features an urban mural of Akron, Ohio woven throughout the shoe.
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These shoes are perfect timing to go along with the excitement of the Akron Zips winning the MAC Tourney title against Buffalo and securing a trip to the Big Dance known as March Madness.
There are relatives and friends of Mario Reyes in Miami, Florida who couldn't care less about these new shoes.
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