Plax, the source

Yesterday ESPN.com ran an excerpt of an interview with one Plaxico Burress, the NFL wide receiver who's now about to do time for accidentally shooting himself in the leg, in a Manhattan nightclub, with an unregistered firearm. It's approximately the stupidest thing you can imagine, and plenty of ESPN employees have taken the chance to say so over the past few months.

But the beauty of ESPN is that it can chastise jocks and leagues while it nuzzles every closer to them. Which is how we wind up with the nauseatingly cozy teaser on this story. Are you tired of listening to critics/reporters who described Burress' monumental idiocy for accidentally blowing a hole in his thigh with a handgun? Get the real scoop here! If this is the tone of the web site, imagine the Valentine that the producers sent to Burress' camp in order to land the interview.