| 14 July 2009
Leo Lyons checked back into his familiar room at the Mizzou Tiger Fans' Doghouse this past week after he was pulled over and failed to provide proof of insurance. Police quickly discovered Lyons had also failed to pay a previous traffic fine.
If I knew then what I know now I would strangle myself with my Jason Conley jersey as fast as I could get it wrapped around me neck.
While surfing the Web yesterday afternoon I was surprised to learn that this isn't the first time in the last five years a Tiger b-baller has been arrested after driving without insurance. In Sept. 2004, Jimmy McKinney—one of the few character guys of the Quin Snyder era—was admitted to the Boone County Jailhouse after a series of events transpired that actually seem much more severe than the ones surround Leo's saga. Take a look at this excerpt from a story out of the Tribune's archives:
I don't believe McKinney missed any games because of his infractions, granted his occurred before the season had started. However, it puts Lyons infractions into perspective. It's frustrating because Leo has had discipline issues ever since he's been a Tiger. But this is probably not something we should be crucifying him over.Missouri basketball player Jimmy McKinney was ticketed Friday afternoon (Sept. 24, 2004) by University of Missouri police for driving without insurance and failure to register his vehicle and was arrested on two counts of failure to appear in court.**************The Missouri Highway Patrol stopped McKinney in May and issued him tickets for driving without insurance and for not having a title for his vehicle.According to online court records, McKinney failed to pay fines for both charges. A warrant for the charge of driving without insurance was issued on July 28, and a second warrant for the charge of not having a title was issued on Aug. 30.
McKinney received speeding tickets on two other occasions in the past year. With the first one in November, McKinney also received a ticket for driving with someone else’s license plates on his vehicle. He received a speeding ticket in January, at which time he was issued another ticket for failing to register his vehicle.
On a completely unrelated note, I also ran across this Tribune story. The lede says it all:
Only time will tell if either Jason Horton or Spencer Laurie is the floor leader the Missouri men’s basketball team has been missing.
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