The stereotype of the dumb athlete is as cliche today as “blacks love taffy” and “Eskimos own all Locksmith shops” were 20 years ago. And while we don’t know much about taffy (accept that it tastes awesome), we are reminded daily that extraordinary athletic ability is not often accompanied by an extraordinary mind. Yes, there are always exceptions to every rule, but these 12 pro athletes have gone out of their way to keep this stereotype alive. Here are the 12 Dumbest Convicted Pro Athletes.

Celebrities have been busted for a number of things over the years, embezzlement, shoplifting, cheating, and a host of other things. However, nothing tops some of the most ridiculously drug bust over the last five years.

Everyone with a webcam or a knack for having sex with married celebrities can get their fifteen minutes of fame. But only the truly talented can extend those 15 minutes into an interview on 20/20, a Playboy contract, and a television series. We’ve put together a handy guide on turning your 15 minutes of fame into a a lifelong career of book signings, national news mugshot cameos, and late-career sex tape success.

There is no place better to live in the world than the good ole United States of America. And there is no one more determined to make it here than illegal aliens. They’re attempting to cross the border by stuffing their bodies in places that dead bodies don’t even belong. So Arizona might as well shove their new controversial law, because these photos of failed border crossings prove just how badly these people want to pick our fruits and vegetables.

With Plaxico Burress having just been sentenced to two years in jail for possessing and discharging a firearm in a public space, we are reminded that these masters of the field and the court are just people, too. They make mistakes, and have to pay for them. However, sometimes the mistakes they make are so hilariously idiotic, we can’t help but make fun of them. Here are the 12 Dumbest Convicted Athletes.

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• April Fool’s Day Montage

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• Marisa Miller On a Hog

Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco agents arrested 46 underage drinkers at new Years Weekend football games in South Florida.
ABT agents arrested 26 people for possession of alcoholic beverages by an underage person and one for a fugitive warrant at the Orange Bowl Classic on New Year’s Day. [CBS4]

Yale Hires First Black Football Coach
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Last night golf’s bad boy John Daly was found outside a North Carolina Hooters drunk and unconscious.
Winston-Salem police and paramedics tended to Daly but he but was considered uncooperative to their assistance. The drunk and disorderly d-bag was hauled off to the clink to sober up and was released without an arrest record or any pending charges. … Click to read more

After wrecking some sh*t in his giant truck, getting arrested, then bailed out (by Dana White), claiming that he was God and being admitted to a hospital for observation, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson is apparently back to what equates to normal.
He was seen walking around Minneapolis during the pre-fight prep… Click to read more

In the early nineties, Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page promised (in song no less) that he’d buy me and every other lady ever lots of frivolous and unnecessary items like a llama, Art Garfunkel and a monkey.
Looks like he forgot all about the little ditty that made his band famous and spent the money buying a ton of cocaine and marijuana. Page was arrested i… Click to read more

I’d like to say ‘this seems fake,’ but these days even the most ridiculous bullshit is turning out to be real. In Fort Bend, Texas, a Chinese student was arrested and expelled from school for designing a Counter-Strike map based on his school’s layout. Designing the map (check it out here) was seen as a ‘terrorist threatR… Click to read more

In today’s “this is some serious bullsh*t” category, seven audience members were arrested this week, at two separate high school graduations in South Carolina, for cheering. No, they weren’t drunk or crazy, and calling out expletives during the valedictorian speech–one dude was just calling out his cousin’s na… Click to read more

Kumari Fulbright, a UA law student and former beauty queen, kidnapped her ex-boyfriend and held him captive for 10 hours, tied and bound.
If this all sounds a bit kinky now, it won’t when you hear about the three dudes who assisted Fulbright in the kidnapping, robbing and torturing of her ex.
Fulbright and the three men held her ex hostage at two differen… Click to read more

As if the media hasn’t spent enough time ravaging the metaphorical colon of people across the internet and TV, we arrive at the next stage in celebrity gossip evolution (or Creative Design if you are from Kansas)…the legal battle.
So here it is: Casey Aldridge, a.k.a. Little Spears’ Babby-daddy, is either 17, 18 or 19. Unfortunately, wh… Click to read more