GPS Tracking

A young professional football player this week was given a big dose of public respect after doing something few people his age would do: owning up to his mistakes and apologizing.

Carl Nicks, 27, a left guard on the starting line for the New Orleans Saints, announced something that was not too surprising. When he was a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhusker he had a bad attitude and acted like a jerk.

Who among us hasn’t done something totally stupid when we were in our teens and 20s? Unless we were arrested, caught or forced to face the reality, we’d never want to revisit the incident.

Perhaps the admitting part would have been enough to convince most people that Nicks was adequately embarrassed. But the athlete went a step further, (unsure if he was influenced by Mom, God or conscience), made an unannounced visit to his alma mater and formally apologized to a stranger.

Nicks said his “sorrys” to current head coach Bo Pelini and athletic director Tom Osborne. Pelini wasn’t even the coach when Nicks played at the school. For those taking notes, it does not appear to be a publicity event. (more…)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The GPS tracking feature of a victim’s cell phone helped police in Sioux Falls foil a robbery and kidnapping in progress. A former professional football player is behind bars, accused of the crimes.

A spokesperson for the Sioux Falls Police reported that the accused is Alvin Richard Robinson, 26, who calls that city his home. His charges include aggravated assault, second degree robbery and first degree kidnapping.

According to accounts pieced together from the victim and police, the incident spanned an overnight, Feb. 10-11, 2010, and was essentially a night of drinking that drew progressively more violent. (more…)

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