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Bernie. What the hell happened this weekend?
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar was arrested for drunk driving. None of this – the news that broke that morning and the forthcoming details – is too surprising. But the police report detailing his arrest has some infotaining illustrations.
Kosar’s black Cadillac was tagged at 74 mph as he cruised through a 50-mph construction zone along Route 422. Here are the high points from there:
– When asked for his driver’s license, Kosar handed Officer Scott McElroy two credit cards. When prompted again, he pointed at the cards as though they were his driver’s license.
– When asked if he had had anything to drink that night, Kosar said he was “helping a friend out tonight.”
– When asked to recite the alphabet from E to W, Kosar responded: “E, F, G, P, L, M, N, O, Q,” which was so close, but then he dovetailed into a series of other incorrect letters and ended on “X.”
– When asked if he had any injuries that would prevent him from performing the one-leg stand, Kosar said that he had undergone a lot of surgeries on his knees and ankles because his line couldn’t block.
– Kosar refused the Breathalyzer, saying that he had always been told never to take those.
In the past, Kosar has blamed his sometimes-slurred speech on past head injuries and pain medication. Regarding the case at hand, a not-guilty plea was entered Monday. Kosar is slated for a Dec. 9 pretrial hearing.
The official Bernie Kosar archives here at Scene offer more of the same, to one degree or another.
Here’s a good’un: “Trying to Cut Bread With a Saw: Bernie Kosar’s Life Now“
This article appears in Sep 25 – Oct 1, 2013.
I blame Sam McNulty for exploiting Bernie’s alcoholism and making the “Bernie beer”. Bernie was totally drunk off a beer that scumbag named after him. Thanks for ruining Bernie’s life, Sam.
Bernie is an adult. He’s responsible for his own actions. He chooses to drink and make bad decisions. This is not the first time.
Bernie needs help. Now I am afraid I know why the Browns have never officially hired him in any capacity. Shame too, he has a brilliant football mind.
I was drinking with Bernie that night. Boilermakers for me and club soda with a slice for BK. Trust me, he really talks like that.
I’m surprised he wasn’t pulled over after the pre-season games after listening to his commentary.
Why hasn’t he bought a house in the PLX. We will totally look out for him here. We are the inland Put-in-Bay. OPEN ARMS BERNIE!!!!!!Come Home
When I was a kid (pre-teens), my father had an old Army buddy who contacted some kind of long-term illness (can’t remember what it was…we’re talking 1960 here) that made him sound just like Bernie. He just got worse and worse…until he finally died…couldn’t have been older than in his early forties.
Because of the memories of this guy, I have never been able to listen to Bernie on the radio or on TV…it’s just too painful and hard to deal with. So…I don’t. And I never will.
The powers-that-be are doing neither the fans nor Bernie any favors by keeping him as an on-air talent, despite his encyclopedic football smarts. He sounds awful, and it’s not getting better. Time to pull the plug, no matter how great Cleveland’s misplaced love for the guy, and time for him to get some help from those same powers-that-be. Whether it’s too much booze or too many hits to the head is not the issue here…the end result is the same…and it’s not pretty.
Chuckles the Clown
We will never support you and your drinking and driving. You are so sad!
The sad part is, with how many shots to the head he took, I could see the whole ABCs mixup and slurred speech as being stone cold sober behavior for Bernie. However, if you haven’t had anything to drink that night, then there is never a reason to decline a breathalyzer test.