Today's Topics: Player arrests, Theo stalker

Player arrests in full force

There's a popular saying that things run in 3s. But when it comes to athletes/celebs being arrested, it seems more like they run in three sets of 3 x 3.

Joining the recently charged DUI/DWI stars, Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence in Oakland. That, on the same weekend of Jason Kidd’s wild night in the Hamptons.

Lynch is a running back who apparently loves to reverse field

His DUI arrest came two days after he and 49ers QB Josh Johnson awarded a scholarship to an Oakland gunshot victim.

But back in 2011, Alameda County (Calif.) prosecutors declined to file charges against Lynch after his former girlfriend alleged he tried to kill her and forced her to touch him sexually.

Other stars arrested during the past weekend included Broncos DE Elvis Dumervil for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and Cowboys WR Dez Bryant on a misdemeanor domestic charge.

I'd just like to say, "Thanks, guys. You made this a good week in which to start a blog."

Theo stalker arrested

First Yankee General Manager Brian Cashman, now Cubs GM Theo Epstein. And we thought these guys wouldn't be tied together after Theo bolted the Red Sox.

A Massachusetts woman was arrested and charged with felony stalking of Epstein after telling police she was inviting the Cub stud to "go to church."

Theo, she sounds like a keeper.

Cashman, you might recall, apparently was a bit of a player himself. One of his former mistresses was arrested for extorting money from the Yanks GM. She was released from jail recently.

Today's topics: Kidd, Paterno

Jason Kidd arrested for DWI


Knicks guard Jason Kidd ended what reportedly was a wild evening by smashing his Escalade into a telephone pole early Sunday morning.


Since the pole had position, Kidd earned a charge: DWI.


Perhaps teams that sign players to lucrative contracts should request the player hand over his driver's license until the contract expires. (Not that that would stop all of them from driving, but it couldn't hurt.)


DUI/DWI obviously is not restricted to the rich and famous. But unlike the average person, paying a personal driver or getting a limo for the night is like you or me paying to ride the bus or subway.


Many athletes/celebrities constantly told how special they are start to believe it. Some even think they're invincible to the outside world.


Ask Jim Leyritz or Donte Stallworth if they were invincible.


Joe Paterno's family order own review of Freeh report


Note to the Paterno family: Let it go.


Anything associated with the family will be looked upon, at best, with skepticism. At worst, as a desperate attempt to restore JoePa's image.


Unfortunately for them, there's nothing to erase the coach's role in the Sandusky story.


Joe Paterno, like all of us, should not be defined by one moment/incident in his life. He was a great coach who did many great things throughout his life.


But good deeds don't earn us Mulligans -- especially in a storyline that ruined the lives of victims, scarred a great university and further proved that few things in life are what they seem to be.