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Tyler Hamilton's Gold Medal
Now it makes perfect sense why Tyler Hamilton is insisting on keeping
his stolen Olympic Gold Medal. critter poop -------------------- Gold-Medal Skier Bill Johnson Arrested -------------------- By Associated Press February 13, 2005, 8:44 AM CST PORTLAND, Ore. -- Olympic ski champion Bill Johnson was charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest after punching a sheriff's deputy in the face during a traffic stop, police said. Johnson was stopped in his pickup truck Friday by a Multnomah County sheriff's deputy and a suburban Troutdale police officer. When the officers approached, Johnson pulled out his 1984 gold medal and taunted them by saying, "You don't have one of these," police said. Authorities said Johnson threw his keys at Deputy Jeff Cordes, reached out his window, grabbed the deputy's shirt and punched him in the face. Johnson then refused to obey orders to exit the vehicle and lie on the ground. Johnson was charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and driving while intoxicated. He remained jailed Saturday night, and was being held until arraignment Monday. Bail was set at $17,500. When an officer tried to interview the 44-year-old Johnson in jail Friday, he lunged at the officer, grabbed him by the vest and tried to hit him, said Lt. Bruce McCain of the sheriff's office. McCain said he did not know whether Johnson would be charged for that altercation. The 1984 Olympic downhill champion, Johnson attempted a comeback to compete in the Salt Lake City Games. But he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a training run in March 2001 and was in a coma for three weeks. Copyright (c) 2005, The Associated Press |
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That's also the same pickup truck he won in 1984 from some kind of
endorsement related to his gold medal. But all the endorsements dried up quick and never offered much money. The main difference between Bill Johnson and Tyler Hamilton is Tyler was making $800k/year. Johnson won his gold and then never really capitalized on it. Bode Miller is America's best skiier now, and all Johnson got is a rust bucket pick-up and some medal that he should probably return to Kay Jewelers. A good attorney should be able to attribute all of Johnson's felony misconduct into a brain-injury induced act of misdemeanor simple assault. Throw in the death of his child in a hot tub accident about 10 years ago. $1,500 fine, and 150 hours community service. Record expunged in 2 years if he stops punching cops in the face. Next case please, Magilla crit PRO wrote: Now it makes perfect sense why Tyler Hamilton is insisting on keeping his stolen Olympic Gold Medal. critter poop -------------------- Gold-Medal Skier Bill Johnson Arrested -------------------- By Associated Press February 13, 2005, 8:44 AM CST PORTLAND, Ore. -- Olympic ski champion Bill Johnson was charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest after punching a sheriff's deputy in the face during a traffic stop, police said. Johnson was stopped in his pickup truck Friday by a Multnomah County sheriff's deputy and a suburban Troutdale police officer. When the officers approached, Johnson pulled out his 1984 gold medal and taunted them by saying, "You don't have one of these," police said. Authorities said Johnson threw his keys at Deputy Jeff Cordes, reached out his window, grabbed the deputy's shirt and punched him in the face. Johnson then refused to obey orders to exit the vehicle and lie on the ground. Johnson was charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and driving while intoxicated. He remained jailed Saturday night, and was being held until arraignment Monday. Bail was set at $17,500. When an officer tried to interview the 44-year-old Johnson in jail Friday, he lunged at the officer, grabbed him by the vest and tried to hit him, said Lt. Bruce McCain of the sheriff's office. McCain said he did not know whether Johnson would be charged for that altercation. The 1984 Olympic downhill champion, Johnson attempted a comeback to compete in the Salt Lake City Games. But he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a training run in March 2001 and was in a coma for three weeks. Copyright (c) 2005, The Associated Press |
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MagillaGorilla wrote: That's also the same pickup truck he won in 1984 from some kind of endorsement related to his gold medal. But all the endorsements dried up quick and never offered much money. The main difference between Bill Johnson and Tyler Hamilton is Tyler was making $800k/year. Johnson won his gold and then never really capitalized on it. Bode Miller is America's best skiier now, and all Johnson got is a rust bucket pick-up and some medal that he should probably return to Kay Jewelers. A good attorney should be able to attribute all of Johnson's felony misconduct into a brain-injury induced act of misdemeanor simple assault. Throw in the death of his child in a hot tub accident about 10 years ago. $1,500 fine, and 150 hours community service. Record expunged in 2 years if he stops punching cops in the face. Next case please, Magilla crit PRO wrote: Now it makes perfect sense why Tyler Hamilton is insisting on keeping his stolen Olympic Gold Medal. critter poop -------------------- Gold-Medal Skier Bill Johnson Arrested -------------------- By Associated Press February 13, 2005, 8:44 AM CST PORTLAND, Ore. -- Olympic ski champion Bill Johnson was charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest after punching a sheriff's deputy in the face during a traffic stop, police said. Johnson was stopped in his pickup truck Friday by a Multnomah County sheriff's deputy and a suburban Troutdale police officer. When the officers approached, Johnson pulled out his 1984 gold medal and taunted them by saying, "You don't have one of these," police said. Authorities said Johnson threw his keys at Deputy Jeff Cordes, reached out his window, grabbed the deputy's shirt and punched him in the face. Johnson then refused to obey orders to exit the vehicle and lie on the ground. Johnson was charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and driving while intoxicated. He remained jailed Saturday night, and was being held until arraignment Monday. Bail was set at $17,500. When an officer tried to interview the 44-year-old Johnson in jail Friday, he lunged at the officer, grabbed him by the vest and tried to hit him, said Lt. Bruce McCain of the sheriff's office. McCain said he did not know whether Johnson would be charged for that altercation. The 1984 Olympic downhill champion, Johnson attempted a comeback to compete in the Salt Lake City Games. But he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a training run in March 2001 and was in a coma for three weeks. Copyright (c) 2005, The Associated Press At LEAST Bill earned his Gold Medal..... Top Ten Good Things about Winning a Gold Medal All 2 messages in topic - view as tree Niall22 Feb 18 1998, 12:00 am show options Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics From: (Niall22) - Find messages by this author Date: 1998/02/18 Subject: Top Ten Good Things about Winning a Gold Medal Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse from the David Letterman Show last night As presented by the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic women's hockey team... 10. Fun to set off airport metal detector, then say, "I'm sorry--that must be my Olympic gold medal." (Colleen Coyne) 9. Get to be President Clinton's intern. (Sara Decosta) 8. It makes a really nice "ding" when you whack it against Verne Lundquist's head. (A.J. Mleczko) 7. On the flight home, free headsets and tequila. (Tara Mounsey) 6. Now that you've proved you're the best, you can sit on your ass and watch TV. (Vicky Movsession) 5. Comes with a big sloppy kiss from Gordie Howe. (Alana Blahoski) 4. When you get pulled over for speeding, you can say, "It's okay, officer, I'm going for the gold." (Sarah Tueting) 3. Get to take slap shots at the Spice Girls. (Angela Ruggiero) 2. The Canadian snowboarding team sends over some delicious homemade brownies. (Jenny Schmidgall) 1. Get to do Jell-o shots with Dave's mom. (Karyn Bye) no name Feb 19 1998, 12:00 am show options Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics From: (no name) - Find messages by this author Date: 1998/02/19 Subject: Top Ten Good Things about Winning a Gold Medal Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse In article , says... from the David Letterman Show last night 6. Now that you've proved you're the best, you can sit on your ass and watch TV. (Vicky Movsession) Anyone remember Bill Johnson in the 1984 olympics? When asked what winning a gold medal meant to him he said: "Millions." As I recall after he said that he got *no* endorsements from anyone. ^_^ End of messages |
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At LEAST Bill earned his Gold Medal..... that's a foreign concept in rbr. |
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