Throwing Crackpipes Is Bad For Your Nervous System

If I asked you to name which former Buccaneer linebacker was arrested and tasered yesterday for throwing a crackpipe at a police officer, how many guesses would you need? Here's a hint: He was arrested last month on other drug-related charges, leading several Buccaneer fans to exclaim, "I thought he was dead already."

Of course it's Keith McCants.

According to police, McCants was loitering in a business parking lot on Highway 45 Friday night, along with two women who were attempting to flag down motorists.

When officers confronted McCants, he became hostile and refused to drop a screwdriver, a pair of pliers and a crack pipe. Police say he threw the items, almost hitting an officer in the head. McCants was tasered, arrested and booked into Prichard City Jail and charged with loitering, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.

I really, really want to know what the pliers were for.

Anyway, McCants's former coach is doing something a little more constructive with his time.

Former NFL football coach Sam Wyche has joined the race for the District 3 seat on the Pickens County Council against Council Vice Chairman Ben Trotter.

I really respect people who run in local elections because they generally have a genuine desire to make life better in their communities. It's only later on when they go crooked and start stealing cash from the public coffers that I lose that respect. But for that first month or two, they've got my full support.