A Commitment To Killing Siegried & Roy



Though the September drive-by at the home of Siegried & Roy was already noted in the papers, it wasn't until Sports Frog linked to the following story by the San Jose Mercury News' Darren Sabedra that I learned an exile from the Raider Nation was involved.

In all seriousness, when you saw the headlines this morning about an Oakland place-kicker involved in a psychotic episode, didn't you hope it was Sebastian Janikowski?

Former Raiders kicker Cole Ford is a wanted man.

Authorities in Las Vegas have issued a warrant for his arrest stemming from a drive-by shooting incident at the home of entertainers Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn on Sept. 21, police said Wednesday.

Police believe Ford, 31, is armed and dangerous and might be living in a low-budget hotel or camping in southern Nevada or nearby states.

The shotgun blasts left a hole in a wall and broke windows. No one was injured.




(who amongst us hasn't missed a chip shot field goal and then wanted to blow the above motherfuckers away?)

Ford kicked for the Raiders for three seasons beginning in 1995. He was released during training camp in August 1998 after making only 59 percent of his field-goal attempts the previous season, the worst in the NFL.

Center Adam Treu, who played with Ford in 1997, said he wasn't shocked upon hearing the news about his former teammate.

``I had heard some stories,'' he said. ``I'm shocked that there was a use of a weapon or something like that. I spent a year with a Cole, and something must have happened after he left here.''

Ford is the owner of the white minivan from which the shots were fired. Police initially suspected that the incident was a hate crime because a witness said someone shouted that the entertainers should get out of the country. But authorities no longer believe that to be the case."

Posted: Fri - October 8, 2004 at 02:20 PM      

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