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Goon to Carolina

By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 9, 2009

It's becoming a boutique crime among pro jocks, replacing perhaps the "passing bad checks to buy diamond necklaces" crime that was more popular in the Terry Glenn/Andre "Bad Moon" Rison days. Aside from Walker, Verba, and Charles Barkley, former Patriots running back LaMont Jordan was also in hot water this year for his $20,000 debt. And former Yankees pitcher Shawn Chacon was picked up on his own unpaid-gambling-debt charges; he apparently wrote three bad checks of $50,000 apiece to Caesar's Palace.

Sad stuff. Give Verba four points — it's hard to blame a fat, retired lineman for chasing a little excitement.

Matt Taibbi can be reached atm_taibbi@yahoo.com.

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