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OJ Simpson Beaten? Doubt Cast on National Enquirer Story
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsThe National Enquirer can't let go of the idea that O.J. Simpson is being assaulted and harassed in prison. The rumor made the rounds anew this week, with several media outlets picking up the tabloid's sensational story (headline: O.J. Beaten Unconscious in Brutal Prison Attack!). According to the Enquirer, Simpson was beaten "to a bloody pulp" by fellow inmates at Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center after a group of white supremacists overheard him bragging about his "sexual conquests of beautiful white women." In 2007, Simpson began serving a nine-year sentence for his alleged ...
OJ Simpson Trial, 15 Years Later: Forgetting the Unforgettable
By Kevin Blackistone - AOL NewsThis wasn't supposed to happen: I forgot about O.J. I hadn't thought about him since he was convicted two years ago of a comical Las Vegas robbery and kidnapping caper, something straight out of a Guy Ritchie movie, and hauled off to prison, where he is today. He got nine years. Before that, I hadn't thought of him in who knows how long since his acquittal 15 years ago on Sunday -- it's been that long -- on charges that he murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her acquaintance Ronald Goldman. I remember the entire hullabaloo. Who of at least an impressionable age in 1995 doesn't? Dave ...
O.J. Simpson as The Terminator?
By Michael David Smith - AOL NewsWhen director James Cameron made the first Terminator movie, he cast an ex-bodybuilder who would later go on to become the governor of California, a guy by the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger. But if the guy calling the shots at the studio had gotten his way, a very different ex-athlete who would later go on to a very different kind of fame in California would have been The Terminator: O.J. Simpson.Cameron revealed on Sunday's 60 Minutes that he had to persuade the studio boss not to cast the Juice in the role."The head of Orion, who were going to release the film, called me up and said, 'Are ...
In 1989, O.J. Simpson Could Laugh About Run-Ins With the Cops
By Michael David Smith - AOL NewsIt's hard to remember now, but 20 years ago -- before O.J. Simpson was an accused murderer, and long before he was Inmate 1027820 at Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center --The Juice was known as one of the most personable guys in the sports world. If you can't remember that, take a couple minutes to watch Simpson's 1989 appearance with David Letterman. On the Letterman show, Simpson talked about getting stopped for speeding by "California's finest," and he was charming and funny. And it's a little startling, given the way Simpson's life has turned out since then, to hear him joking about ...
O.J. Simpson a Role Model?
By Mo Rocca - Politics DailyHoward Bragman is one of Hollywood's smartest and most successful publicists and crisis counselors. (Among his clients, the Lewinsky family.) His new book Where's My Fifteen Minutes? is fast, fun and insightful. The book lays out simple and sensible rules for any person or company that wants to shape (or reshape) its public perception.He also explains how any celebrity can rejigger his image. Any celebrity? Watch the video below, then weigh in: ...
O.J. Simpson: Boosting Pre-Prison Goodwill Through Black Market Candy Trade Since '08
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsO.J. Simpson is pretty good at weaseling his way out of stuff. There were innumerable tackles in the NFL, and more recently, that whole double murder thing. But he couldn't get his way out of robbing/kidnapping in Las Vegas and now he's headed to prison.But he's still wily -- over the past two months, Juice has been buying his future cellmates sundry items from the commissary, likely attempting to make sure that they know he's a really swell guy before they decided to, um, do prison stuff to him.Simpson's lawyer, Gabriel Grasso, said the former football legend has become somewhat of a ...
Video Of O.J. Simpson's Apology
By Sportz Assassin - AOL NewsAs you probably know by now, O.J. Simpson was sentenced for what could be 33 years in prison today. Just before he heard the sentence from Judge Jackie Glass, Simpson made a plea for leniency that made no sense.He spent five minutes choking back tears as he begged for mercy. It sounded like a desperate man at the end of his rope. While he repeatedly said he was sorry for what happened in September 2007, he also tried to explain why he did it and that he didn't mean for it to go that far. Obviously the judge wasn't buying it. Not only did she throw the book at Simpson, she even said she found ...
Bob Costas, O.J. Simpson Analyze Debut of Brett Favre as Green Bay Packers Quarterback
By Michael David Smith - AOL NewsThis video from 1992 is just odd on so many levels:First, there's seeing O.J. Simpson as a studio analyst. Then there's Bob Costas telling the viewers at home that Brett Favre is a "second-year man from Southern Mississippi," and explaining the correct pronunciation of his last name, because viewers wouldn't have known who he was.There's also the fact that Jim Lampley is the play-by-play man during the game, the fact that Favre has a much thicker Southern accent than he does now, and the fact that the TV analysts are talking about the Packers losing Don Majkowski and having to replace him with ...
BALCO's Steroids Tests Were Kind of Sketch
By PostmanR - AOL NewsBy now, we all know the drill: Barry Bonds was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. One of the key provisions involved this little sliver of evidence: "During the criminal investigation, evidence was obtained including positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances for Bonds and other athletes."Seems pretty damning, no? Well, Bonds' lawyer seems hellbent on fighting this. And really, when you hear about how BALCO actually administered its steroids tests, you might likely agree. It was November ...
What To Do When Your School's Greatest Player Is Scum
By Chas Rich - AOL NewsFanHouse's own Scott Olin Schmitt made another disturbing foray into mainstream media with an op-ed in the LA Times. As a fan and alum he is bothered by USC continuing to honor O.J. Simpson's accomplishments as a Trojan, while treating the man as persona non grata. He has no problem with keeping the man of disturbing character away from the school, but is bothered that the school and program continues to honor the Juice.Some of my fellow USC boosters say Simpson is being recognized for accomplishments that are 40 years in the past, and that it is possible to disassociate his triumphs as a ...
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