The
crime rate is down in San Diego, but as long as the Chargers are still calling
America's Finest City home, local police can count on never being too bored.
Cornerback
Antonio Cromartie is under investigation by San Diego police on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly hitting someone in the head with a champagne bottle at a Pacific Beach bar early Monday morning.
Cromartie denied any wrongdoing, although he apologized in a grammatically nightmarish
tweet: "I want to apologize to charger nation and my fans. There's sum stuff out abt me that's not true. It will come out. God Bless."
While it's tempting to characterize this episode as the latest installment of "
Thugtown, USA," instead we're intrigued by the beverage of choice for this little postgame soiree.
What in the name of karma are the Chargers doing partying it up with
champagne in November?
Seriously, a champagne celebration in
November? What, did they think this was baseball?
Apparently, a few Charger players were under the impression they had just won
Super Bowl XLIV after Sunday's 32-3 victory at Denver. In between sips of champagne, were they also getting fitted for Super Bowl rings?
The Chargers, winners of five straight to improve to 7-3, have had a
tendency in recent years to become a little too enamored with themselves when things are going well. These guys love to point out how great they are, even if there are seven other NFL teams who currently have as many or more wins than the Bolts.
If Cromartie's tweets are any indication, we're not sure many of these guys could spell
humility, let alone display any.
The Monday morning champagne bottle brouhaha was first reported by
TMZ.com, a point that wasn't lost on Chargers left tackle Marcus McNeill, who said: "We're the
hottest thing going on right now in Southern Cal. TMZ is waiting for you. They'll probably pull me over at the light for speeding or something."
And every Laker fan in Southern California wonders: "Who's Marcus McNeill?"
Labels: America's Finest City, Antonio Cromartie, champagne bottle brouhaha, Chargers, Denver Broncos, falling in love with themselves, humility, karma, Marcus McNeill, Super Bowl, Thugtown USA, TMZ
