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I suppose my David Boston Where is He Now thread idea is worthless...
Former Dolphins WR David Boston Accused of Assault in Boca Raton
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A night of pizza and alcohol turned into a violent beating of a woman by former Miami Dolphins wide receiver David Boston, according to a Boca Raton police report.The report said Boston, who played for the Dolphins in 2004-05, punched a woman twice in the head, leaving a gash big enough to require 10 stitches after the Tuesday night incident in the 21000 block of Cromwell Circle.
The woman who lived in the home where the alleged beating took place told police she got nervous after watching Boston, 33, down a bottle of vodka and a bottle of wine, adding that she also watched him take some sort of pills. At some point, that woman told her friend, who was the one who was later beaten that it would be OK for her to come over to hang out with her and Boston, the report said.
More: http://www.wpbf.com/sports/29897446/detail.html
Time to reminisce:
When the Cardinals saw him at training camp in 2001 -- his body fat down from 11% to 6%, his weight up from 209 to 238 -- they were thrilled. He was still fast enough to outrun Oakland's Charles Woodson on a 50-yard score that season, and no one dared jam him at the line. "DBs got scared of me," Boston says.
After the 2001 season Boston tested positive for cocaine and marijuana after a DUI arrest.
Boston never finished the 2002 season. His right patella tendon, already slightly torn coming into the year, snapped when a 49ers defensive back nailed him directly on the knee last October. He hobbled through the next game, then had season-ending surgery.
In 2003 Boston signed a seven-year, $47 million contract ($12 million guaranteed) with the Chargers. That season he caught 70 passes for 880 yards and 7 touchdowns, however he fit in poorly with the rest of a struggling team. Coach Marty Schottenheimer suspended him for a game because of bad behavior.
Before the 2004 season, Boston tested positive for steroids and was ordered by the NFL to serve a four-game suspension. The suspension became academic after he tore ligaments in his knee and was unable to play for the entire season. The Dolphins cut him at the end of the year, then proceeded to re-sign him for the veterans' minimum for 2005. He played in five games that year before tearing knee ligaments again.
Boston's career with the Dolphins lasted all of five games in the 2005 season, with four receptions and no touchdowns. After that, he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but was released after he was found by police passed out behind the wheel in Pinellas Park, under the influence of GHB.
And for those who remember here is the text of the infamous Boston ESPN the Magazine article back in 2003
