Get Your Facts Straight - Henry Won't Go Out Smoking

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by The Angry T, anthony.guerreso@gmail.com

Should we all be disgusted that CnnSI feels the need to report when Chris Henry actually passes a drug test? Should we be shocked that this guy has managed to avoid putting drugs in his system for 30 days or so? I guess we should, even though he probably knew if he was caught with drugs he would be suspended for the remaining 8 games that he is even eligible to play in the upcoming season. Hell, if Roger Goodell wanted to make a statement, he probably would have kicked him out of the league.

So why is this a story? Simply because ESPN reported last week that Henry had failed a drug test. A story was actually posted on ESPN on May 21^st that stated that Chris Henry had indeed messed up once again, which is something we all wanted to believe even if the only backing of the story came from a statement by Gary Edmondson (a clown looking to get his name in the paper). Well Gary, you should probably be fired for saying that Henry had failed the test and would be forced to serve 88 days in jail, when you had no real information to support the statement.

You can’t do that sort of thing unless you write for a shitty blog. It’s probably just as bad that a “reputable” news organization like ESPN ran the story before getting any real confirmation of the facts. If you want to read a similarly hilarious story where claims are made by unnamed sources and conclusion are jumped to based on interviews with underground dogfighters, read this. Don’t get me wrong, Vick probably had a hand in this debacle but do you need unnamed, underground, and most likely under-toothed dogfighters to make your point?

We should probably be pretty excited that Henry is still around because I want to see him go out with a bang, not just a failed drug test. I kind of see him punching out the Queen of England in a bear-knuckle boxing match or one-up Michael Vick and start up a Bear-Baiting ring. Good luck Chris and Godspeed.