Giants Tremendous Bowl hero extensive receiver Plaxico Burress is doing a down-and-out.
The scandal-scarred star has apparently given up his sole Tremendous Bowl ring after greater than a decade of monetary and authorized troubles.
Forward of Sunday’s Large Recreation, Heritage Auctions placed on the block the previous G-Man’s icy Tremendous Bowl XLII memento, that includes a trio of white and gold diamond-encrusted Vince Lombardi trophies and Burress’ surname.
The 6-foot-5 receiver caught the game-winning go with simply 35 seconds left because the underdog Giants defeated Tom Brady’s New England Patriots on Feb. 3, 2008, in what is taken into account one of many biggest upsets in Tremendous Bowl historical past. Up till that sport, the Patriots had been undefeated.
The ring, which celebrates the 2007 season NFL champion, is being bought on behalf of an nameless new proprietor.
It was authenticated in a Nov. 16 letter from Burress, which suggests he could have hocked the ring simply months in the past, in response to HA’s Sports activities Director Chris Ivy.
“I would assume it’s in 2024 — that’s the assumption we have to take,” Ivy instructed The Publish.
Burress instructed Giants.com in 2014 he had worn the ring simply “five or six times.”
The 12-year NFL veteran couldn’t be reached for remark and it stays unclear why he parted with the beloved bling.
The jewellery at present has a bid for $33,000, though the Dallas-based public sale home believes it might fetch a staggering last bid of at the very least $100,000 by the public sale’s finish on Feb. 22
Burress at present co-hosts FOX Sports activities Radio’s “Upon on Game” weekend present and owns a juice bar in Wayne, NJ.
Burress has fumbled earlier than.
In November 2008 — simply 9 months after his historic catch — Burress unintentionally blasted himself within the leg with an unlicensed firearm whereas making an attempt to get into the Latin Quarter nightclub in Midtown Manhattan.
The explosive embroglio, which made nationwide headlines, upended the Giants 2008 season — alongside together with his profession with the Blue Males.
In 2009, Burress pleaded responsible to tried weapon possession and spent 20 months behind bars. After getting out, he performed a single season with the Jets in 2011, and simply 4 video games with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2012.
Authorized and monetary troubles continued to canine him.
In 2010, Burress was slapped with a foreclosures discover on a luxe Lighthouse Level, Fla., manse he and his spouse, Tiffany, bought for practically $4 million in 2005. The house was reportedly bought off for simply $2 million in a brief sale in 2014.
In 2013, Burress unloaded his luxe Virginia Seaside house for $480,000 simply earlier than it was slated to go to public sale beneath courtroom order. The sale settled liens positioned on the property stemming from a $159,000 debt Burress owed a girl, who claimed she suffered neck and again accidents after he rear-ended her automotive in Florida in 2008.
Two years later, Burress was charged with reducing a foul examine or digital funds switch to stiff the Backyard State out of $46,000 in taxes on his $1 million revenue in 2013. He scored a plea deal for a mere tax evasion cost, and was sentenced to 5 years’ probation and $56,000 restitution.
In 2017, the Burresses allegedly stopped paying their mortgage on their 5,500-square-foot pad in Totowa, NJ, which they bought for $1.5 million again in 2005, main the banks to concern a foreclosures on the property in 2018, in response to courtroom information and a TMZ report. The dispute was settled as of February 2021.
The Forest Hill Discipline Membership in Bloomfield, NJ, secured a judgment in 2019 for Burress’ failure to pony up his $3,100 tab on the nation membership, in response to New Jersey Superior Courtroom information confirmed.
Together with Burress’ ring, Heritage is auctioning off a signed Tom Brady Patriots jersey, which the legendary quarterback wore duringin 2017. It’s anticipated to fetch $250,000.
