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Floyd Mayweather Went To Jail Today. Here Are 10 Other High-Profile Sports Incarcerations.

by Evan Sporer | 3:45 pm, June 1st, 2012

June is finally upon us. The sun is out. The Stanley Cup and NBA Champion will soon be decided. Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s jail sentence has begun.

Money May began serving an 87-day jail sentence today for the domestic battery of Josie Harris, the mother of Mayweather’s two children.

He’s not the first (and will probably not be the last) high-profile sports figure to land himself in jail. Here are 10 others who served (or almost served) time.

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1.Michael Vick

In 2007, Vick pleaded guilty to "Conspiracy to Travel in Interstate Commerce in Aid of Unlawful Activities and to Sponsor a Dog in an Animal Fighting Venture," which is a longwinded way of saying "dogfighting. The Pro Bowl quarterback was cut by the Atlanta Falcons, and signed with the Philadelphia Eagles when his jail sentence of 21 months ended. While many PETA supporters have protested Vick's current involvement with the NFL, the quarterback has enjoyed a professional (and personal) rebirth with the Eagles.

2.Nenad Kristic

A journeyman NBA post player, Kristic served a night in an Athens jail after an ugly brawl in which Kristic chucked chairs at his opponents. He was playing for Serbia in a FIBA game, when a fight broke out against the Greek team. We'd like to remind Nenad chairs are for sitting in, not for throwing.

3.Rae Carruth

In one of the higher-profile and darker athlete cases ever, Carruth was jailed for conspiracy to murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and using an instrument to destroy an unborn child after an incident with a woman he had been dating. He is currently serving an 18-year prison sentence.

4.Mike Danton

Danton, an NHLer who played for the New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues, was convicted for conspiracy to murder after admitting to hiring a hitman to take out his agent in 2004. Only problem was, that hitman was actually a police dispatcher. Danton served 62 months out of a 90-month jail sentence.

5.Lenny Dykstra

The former Met and Phillies outfielder was convicted of grand theft auto and filing false financial statements back in March, and is currently serving a three-year prison sentence. He currently enjoys games of "ghost penis" in the slammer.

6.Ricky Williams

Williams' marijuana abuse is well chronicled, and at one time it resulted in a four-game suspension after failing a league drug test. Ricky has never served significant jail time, but has been previously arrested for drug possession.

7.George Steinbrenner

The "Boss," who was notorious for shelling out whatever funds necessary to field a winning team once found himself in trouble for his spending. In 1974, Steinbrenner pleaded guilty to making illegal contributions to President Nixon's re-election campaign, and also to a felony charge of obstruction of justice. Steinbrenner received a 22-month ban from baseball, although he only served 15 of those months. In one of his final acts as President, Nixon pardoned Steinbrenner of the charges.

8.Plaxico Burress

Back in 2009, Burress made headlines when he shot himself in the leg inside a New York nightclub. A resulting investigation found Burress to have illegally been carrying a firearm, and Burress was sentenced to two years in prison for two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Last year, he had a sub-par season with the Jets, and he is currently a free agent.

9.Art Schlichter

Schlichter, the number four overall pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, has served the equivalent of 10 years in 44 various prisons stemming from charges related to his gambling addiction; those charges include fraud and forgery. While it appeared Schlichter was cleaning up his act, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2011 for his part in a million-dollar ticket scam.

10.Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The aforementioned "Money Mayweather" was tried earlier this year and found guilty of domestic battery. Floyd served three of the 90 day sentence, and then got the rest postponed so he could fight Miguel Cotto on May 5th. After a relatively easy bout, the real test will come for Floyd as he spends 87 days behind bars.

11.Pete Rose

Best known for his lifetime ban from baseball for betting on games, Rose was found guilty for two charges of filing false income tax returns in 1990. Rose was sentenced to five months in a medium security prison camp, and was required to perform 1,000 hours of community service. Still, the charge that haunts Rose the most is his lifetime ban from baseball, as the all-time MLB hit leader is ineligible to be voted into baseball's Hall of Fame.