Main Menu

Home	About
Features	Submit
Facebook	MySpace
Friends	NSR
Contact	Mad-Libs
Archives	Gallery
Sponsors	Advertise
Subscribe	Jobs
SCNN	Pryzms

Go to Vividseats.com to get all hard-to-find Sports Tickets, including all NCAA Football Tickets , Basketball Tickets , Baseball Tickets , College Basketball Tickets , Tennis Tickets , PGA Tickets, NASCAR Tickets, NFL Tickets , and Super Bowl Tickets.

Get free NFL picks from PicksNFL.com
Wunderdog Sports is your source for football picks Get free football picks at TopTenCappers.com

Check out EnglishHarbour Network, the best and trusted online casino providing the online slots, table games and other casino games. Visit us for the best online gambling experience and great casino bonuses.

Cheap Sports Tickets
14 major suppliers
mega major $$$ deals
... Sports Ticket Depot.

TOUTHOUSE.COM
NFL Betting Predictions, Free NFL Picks and Current Football Odds

Brett Favre |New Curse

Ticket Solutions
Sports Tickets
NFL
Baseball
Super Bowl
World Series
NCAA Tournament

See the DC United Playoffs with MLS tickets. All your other favorite sports events tickets are also at RazorGator.

Cheap Premium Tickets.com
Get tickets to your favorite sporting events including New York Giants tickets, Pittsburgh Steelers tickets, Detroit Red Wings tickets, Los Angeles Lakers tickets, San Francisco Giants tickets and more.

News Item

Noah too high to understand charges against son

PARIS, FRANCE — For all their strange behavior – and stranger hair – it seems that at least one age-old maxim applies to the Noah family: like father, like son.

Former tennis star and current French pop singer Yannick Noah made waves over Memorial Day weekend when he said he didn’t “understand all the fuss” over the open container of alcohol and marijuana cigarette that got his son – Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah – arrested in Gainesville, FL, where he recently helped the Florida Gators win two NCAA basketball championships.

SSNN sources have now confirmed that the reason for Yannick’s confusion had more to do with his own state of mind than with his skepticism towards the laws of Gainesville – “He was so high when he said that, man; I don’t think he even remembers it,” said a source with knowledge of the situation.

Friends of the 1983 French Open champ say that this sort of behavior has become commonplace since his transition into the music business. Then again, the elder Noah has admitted to smoking marijuana as early as 1981.

“Sure, Yannick’s always been a fan of the wacky tobaccy. I mean, it was the Seventies – we all got down, you know,” one member of Noah’s inner circle admitted to SSNN. “But since he became a big pop star, it’s just like he’s got a blunt in his mouth all the time. It’s like, ‘come on, Yani, you’re not Biggie Smalls.’”

According to a friend who was present when Yannick commented on his son’s legal troubles, he was caught unawares by the questioning. “When he said that thing about not understanding Joakim’s arrest, he had just woken up from a nap and he had a mouthful of Funyuns. When I told him what happened later, he totally figured it out. To tell you the truth, it’s all pretty straightforward; and Yannick’s not stupid, it’s just that he’s so high so often that sometimes things are a little confusing for him.”

As for Joakim Noah, he believes that his father’s behavior was a major contributing factor to his arrest, stopping just short of completely blaming Yannick for his problems.

“I’m gonna be honest, it can be confusing when your dad is just wandering around the neighborhood smoking spliffs and drinking cognac,” Joakim told SSNN. “You start to get so comfortable around the stuff, it just seems natural to relax outside in full view of police with a glass of booze. And I mean, if I don’t have some weed in my pocket, what am I going to do if I get stressed out?”

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our newsletter or RSS feed and get hilarious sports news every day. Thanks for visiting!

Labels: arrests, ATP, basketball, Chicago Bulls, drinking, Florida Gators, French Open, Gainesville, Joakim Noah, law, marijuana, NBA, NCAA basketball, NCAA Championship, Yannick Noah

Posted on May 27th, 2008

Got a headline idea? Click here to submit it... and be sure to visit our Facebook page!

Other Related News Items

• Confused Noah cuts down nets after Bulls win (April 4, 2008)
• Roddick finds way to avoid first-round upset (May 20, 2008)
• Federer fighting through allergies to clay, the French (May 28, 2008)
• Noah recovering from collapsed lung, plastic surgery (April 6, 2007)

Link To This Post

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.com/2008/05/noah-too-high-to-understand-charges-against-son.html" title="Noah too high to understand charges against son">Noah too high to understand charges against son</a>

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment on this story below...

Leave A Comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Search Our Site

  

Subscribe to SSNN's Newsletter

Enter your Email

Check Out These Classics

• Fantasy draft gone awry leaves one dead, two injured
• Jones upset that Texas ‘looks nothing’ like Hawaii
• Rosenhaus organizes charity event for Briggs
• NASCAR teams with Springer
• KC hopes to opt out of All-Star

Multimedia News

Vertical Soccer

It’s going to be tough for this sport to sweep any nations, but it’s still pretty frickin’ cool!

View Multimedia Archives...

Photo Gallery

Visit our Gallery for a full listing of images...

Featured News

• Shawne Merriman cleared to play after fifth opinion from Dr. Dre
• Sarah Palin eats Scott Boras’s soul, becomes nicer
• Lee Corso puts on Nick Saban’s head when making prediction
• St. Louis Cardinals bench Matt Leinart
• Man accidentally takes fiance to Nats/Phillies game on “Cole Hamels nails every chick in the place” night
• Older Featured News...

News In Brief

• Bengals hope to sign most of Georgia football team
• Beijing anti-smog plan calls for giant oil-burning torch
• Nation mourns life of Tim McCarver
• Dodgers to play two outfielders
• Pirates sign Lyndon Larouche in effort to have all Laroches and LaRouches on team
• Older News In Brief...

Get Free Sports Picks including March Madness Picks, Sports Betting Strategy and the 2008 March Madness Bracket From Doc's College Basketball handicappers

Want CHEAP sports tickets? From NASCAR tickets to WWE tickets, or Red Sox tickets, Final Four tickets to discount Super Bowl tickets, find great deals on all kinds of event tickets here.

Sports fans may not always be serious about their news, but they're serious about their tickets. For NBA Playoffs tickets or Raptors tickets in Toronto, or Cowboys tickets online, CTC has a serious selection of the best sports tickets on the web. Get NY Giants tickets and sold out Super Bowl tickets too!

Serious Online Sports Betting at BetUS - America's favorite Sportsbook. Bet on any sport - football, tennis, UFC, golf or basketball.

Pickspal.com
Football Picks
College Football Picks

MTC Tickets
Sold Out Events Tickets
Justin Timberlake Tour
American Idol Seats
Broadway Theater Tickets
Sold Out Sports Tickets
Hot Concert Tickets
March Madness Tickets

Golf is at its finest with Masters Tickets, while other historically important Sports Tickets like the Kentucky Derby Packages, and NFL Super Bowl Tickets are always hard to come by!