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Warren Sapp bellyaches about food tampering in Philly
Centredaily ^ | 11-24-06 | wire

Posted on 11/24/2006 7:26:42 AM PST by Dysart

Warren Sapp says his food repeatedly was tampered with when he was on road trips with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - especially in Philadelphia.

Sapp, now an Oakland Raiders defensive tackle, now refuses to eat out on road trips.

"You get your food poisoned," said Sapp, a Buc from 1995 to 2003. "They don't want you out there on Sunday. You don't think about it. It just got crazy."

He pointed specifically to three incidents: Before the NFC Championship Game in Philadelphia at the end of the 2002 season, which the Bucs won on the way to the Super Bowl title; before a divisional playoff at Green Bay in January 1998; and at New Orleans, where the Bucs played a road game during the 1998 season.

"I know it's real, especially in Philly, come on," said Sapp, long an unpopular figure in the NFL for his play and his mouth.

During his time with Tampa Bay, Sapp even went so far as to book two hotel rooms - one under an alias - so he could order room service and not worry about his food.

Sapp, who turns 34 next month, said he requested bottles of water with the cap still on.

"You have to, though," Sapp said of being cautious. "It's either that or feel bad."

For example, Sapp said that about a month after the Bucs won the Super Bowl, he and a friend traveled from Philadelphia to New York to watch Michael Jordan in his retirement tour. First, they had dinner in Philadelphia, trading plates at the restaurant after their orders came. Then, Sapp said, his friend repeatedly threw up all the way to New York.

Sapp, who joined the Raiders before the '04 season, said he has not had food poisoning since leaving Tampa Bay.

"I've been good out here on the West Coast," Sapp said. "I guess they're more liberal out here."

"I know what Warren's talking about," said San Diego reciever Keenan McCardell, Sapp's teammate for his final two seasons in Tampa Bay. "If you were Warren, a lot of people may target you... When I was in Jacksonville, Tom [Coughlin] said, 'Don't eat anything outside of what we're served as a team.' "


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: conspiracytheory; food; football; paranoia; sapp; tampered

1 posted on 11/24/2006 7:26:43 AM PST by Dysart
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To: Dysart; mainepatsfan; scott says

Sapp's helmet is a little too tight.


2 posted on 11/24/2006 7:28:51 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

That's what he gets for talkin' smack about Putin.


3 posted on 11/24/2006 7:30:54 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Dysart
"I've been good out here on the West Coast," Sapp said. "I guess they're more liberal out here."

Yes, Warren, everybody knows it's those evil conservatives who are to blame for your paranoia...I mean food tampering.

His position makes no sense since he claims the 'tampering' occurred during road trips. Oakland plays all over the country-- even non liberal bastions.

4 posted on 11/24/2006 7:32:03 AM PST by Dysart
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To: martin_fierro

I think he's ready to be fitted for a straight jacket.

Besides, GO COWBOYS.


5 posted on 11/24/2006 7:33:53 AM PST by Dysart
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To: Dysart

so he could order room service and not worry about his food.

LOL!  Yeah, Warren?  I worked in a hotel for YEARS, and let me tell you something, the queers in room service, they don't know or care who you are or if you play.

Absolutely delusional.

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.


6 posted on 11/24/2006 7:38:40 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; martin_fierro

Large order of Polonium fries with Sarin sauce for Mr. Sapp's room.


7 posted on 11/24/2006 7:43:26 AM PST by Petronski (I just love that woman.)
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To: Petronski; martin_fierro

And a side of Red Beans and Ricin.


8 posted on 11/24/2006 7:44:47 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Dysart; Tijeras_Slim; Petronski; Owl_Eagle; mainepatsfan

BEAM HIM BACK TO THE RAIDER MOTHERSHIP!

9 posted on 11/24/2006 7:49:35 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

Heres's a thought. Maybe he could have Randy Moss be his food tester. If things go badly,well, what's the loss?


10 posted on 11/24/2006 7:55:06 AM PST by Dysart
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To: martin_fierro; 4everontheRight; ABG(anybody but Gore); Abbeville Conservative; admiralsn; ...

NFL PING



FReepmail scott says to be added to, or to be taken off the NFL Ping list...


This is a fairly high volume ping list

11 posted on 11/24/2006 8:01:07 AM PST by scott says
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To: Dysart

After watching Sapp's blindside cheap hit on Chad Clifton of the Packers, I'd be half-willing to tamper with his food myself.


12 posted on 11/24/2006 8:22:30 AM PST by MplsSteve
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To: Dysart
What a maroon!
13 posted on 11/24/2006 1:25:51 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: MplsSteve
.........blindside cheap hit on Chad Clifton of the Packers

He should have been thrown in jail for assault on that one.
He ran from the other side of the field to nail that guy.
That's when I went on a crusade to let everyone know what a jerk he is.

They had a autograph session in Tampa, when he was still here, and
he refused to sign a little guys jersey, #99, because it was 1 minute
after the time limit. The dad asked him if he could just sign the jersey
and Sapp said I don't stay for white kids....I swear to God, he's the
most racist piece of crap I've ever seen or heard.

14 posted on 11/24/2006 5:35:03 PM PST by ThreePuttinDude ()...On 9-11 & 7-7 Islamic missionaries came a callin'.....()
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To: Dysart

He may have a point.


15 posted on 11/24/2006 8:58:06 PM PST by Fintan (One of these days, Alice...)
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To: Dysart
"I've been good out here on the West Coast," Sapp said. "I guess they're more liberal out here."

Well fat-boy, if you're any kind of example of what a liberal is, then liberals all over the world should be ashamed of your fat mouth. Sapp-y's abhorent treatment of "regular" people is legendary in Florida. One incident that I recall is when he told some high school coach that was really old and had been invited by the Bucs to stand on the sideline for the game was humiliated by Sapp-y. He is an uneducated, boorish, rude punk with a nose for dope. And those are his good qualities. There is a reason the Bucs dumped him, even though he could still play a little.

16 posted on 11/28/2006 12:30:23 PM PST by subterfuge (Tolerance has become the greatest virtue, and hypocrisy the worst character defect.)
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To: subterfuge
He is an uneducated, boorish, rude punk with a nose for dope.

In other words, a typical Miami Hurricane.

17 posted on 11/28/2006 12:32:08 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
In other words, a typical Miami Hurricane.

Ha! If the shoe fits...

18 posted on 11/28/2006 12:35:52 PM PST by subterfuge (Tolerance has become the greatest virtue, and hypocrisy the worst character defect.)
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To: subterfuge
I think this whole episode is just a publicity stunt to garner attn. He knows his playing days are done and I know he fancies himself a future talking head, to be heard on Fox,NFL Channel,etc every Sunday.
19 posted on 11/28/2006 12:36:29 PM PST by Dysart
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To: Dysart
Could be. He'll likely get a shot, what with his huge gaping pie-hole mouth.

Maybe Sapp-y should consider that maybe he keeps getting poisoned because he's a ........!

20 posted on 11/28/2006 12:44:52 PM PST by subterfuge (Tolerance has become the greatest virtue, and hypocrisy the worst character defect.)
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