Wide Out

Tiger Woods isn’t the only athlete having trouble commuting this month. Troubled Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry died at the age of 26 of head injuries sustained when he fell out of the back of the pick-up his fiancée was driving during the middle of a domestic dispute. Note to anyone else out there who can’t keep it in his cup – involving a vehicle doesn’t seem to be working. When you make a run for it, run. Unless you’re married to Christine Ohuruogu, you’ll probably put enough ground between you to live to fight another day. Prior to his early ejection, Henry was the Cincinnati wide receiver who made Chad Ochocinco look palatable: after a litany of problems at West Virginia, the Bengals drafted him anyway, apparently as a cost-cutting move, as his multiple arrests (for DUI, marijuana, assault and criminal damaging) and other antics earned him 5 unpaid suspensions before he was briefly released, only to return because he’d turned the corner in his life. And the rest of the receiver corps was injured.