Informed Speculation

Michael Irvin, on why there was a crack pipe in his car:

Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin was charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia after Plano police officers searched his vehicle during a traffic stop.

Irvin, an ESPN analyst and semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, told The Associated Press late Sunday that the drug pipe found in his car belonged to a friend of 17 years who left a Houston rehab center and came to Irvin’s house in Carrollton for Thanksgiving. Irvin wouldn’t reveal his friend’s name.

Irvin said he put the pipe in his car because he didn’t want it in his house where his children might find it. He said he planned to drive somewhere the next day, like a grocery trash bin, and throw the pipe away but forgot.

Sure, the ol’ it’s not mine, but a friend’s who left rehab to visit me for Thanksgiving story…yes, happens to me all the time, too…

UPDATE 10:34 a.m.: In other Dallas Cowboys news, team owner Jerry Jones is apparently making overtures to – yuck! – Terrell Owens. Thanks, Jerry, for ruining a halfway decent season…