When Houston-area police pulled over Texan fullback Jameel Cook's Mercedes for a missing front plate and registration sticker, it turned out his license was expired and he didn't have proof of insurance either. On top of all that, a search found two grams of pot in a Baggie. Cook was charged with misdemeamor marijuana possession and released on $500 bond, He's the fourth NFL player busted for drugs since the Super Bowl.

UPDATE: Texans cut Cook, lawyer calls arrest racial profiling

Add Jaguars' wide receiver Matt Jones to the ever-growing list of NFL players arrested for drugs. Amazingly, this morning he was caught chopping cocaine with a credit card in his SUV in Fayetteville, Arkansas. A first-round draft pick in 2005, Jones was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and released on $25,000 bail. Mug shot enlarged • More Mug Shots

Four months after helping lead the New York Giants to the Super Bowl, running back Ahmad Bradshaw is currently locked up in a Virginia prison, charged with violating probation from an unnamed juvenile offense. Bradshaw ran for 45 yards in the Giants' improbable Super Bowl victory over the Patriots.
UPDATE: After a month, Bradshaw released from jail 

Last year's MVP of the Final Four NCAA basketball tourney and current Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah was arrested in Gainesville early Sunday morning for having an "open container" of alcohol. During a search, police found a joint inside a cigarette pack. Noah was charged with two misdemeanors and fined $200.

Season Summary & Playoff Matches

For the second season in a row, Business Week not only led the NYMSL but went undefeated. BW has won 18 consecutive regular-season games. The only NYMSL game BW lost was to High Times in last year's championship game. Second-place finisher Wall St. Journal duplicated its 6-4 record from 2007 and secured 2nd place again. HT (also 6-4 in '07) dropped back to 3rd place at 5-4. Last year's 4th-place team at 5-5, DC Comics fell to 6th place with a 1-9 record. Climbing out of the cellar, Trader Monthly improved from 1-9 to 5-4, earning 4th place and its first playoff birth. Last year's 5th-place team WNYC remained there, winning one more game than in '07 (from 2-8 to 3-7).

The NYMSL playoffs will take place on September 14 in Central Park's Heckscher Playground. The matchups are as follows:

Semifinal 1: Trader Monthly vs. Business Week, 10:15 am (Field 5)

Semifinal 2: High Times vs. Wall St. Journal, 10:15 am (Field 6)

Consolation Game: 11:45 am (Field 5)

Championship Game: 12:15 pm (Field 2)

It's common knowledge that college athletes with drug charges and positive piss tests on their records suffer for their sins on draft day. Out of the 252 players selected during the NFL Draft, just three were tainted. And one highly-touted player recently busted for pot fell off the board completely.

Michigan's Mario Manningham was selected by the New York Giants 

The sophomore season of the New York Media Softball League kicked off on May 5. High Times is looking to repeat as the league's first-ever champions. The five other teams are BusinessWeek, DC Comics, Trader Monthly, Wall Street Journal and WNYC. All games are umpired and played on fields in Central Park, Riverside Park and Baruch Playground. NYMSL 2008 Schedule  

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