SI.Com:A passing motorist pointed a handgun at former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin as he drove in Far North Dallas on Monday night, according to a police report. The Pro Football Hall of Fame member was not injured. He told police he stopped at a red light in the 18200 block of Marsh Lane, near Bush Turnpike, about 9:30 p.m., when the driver of the vehicle next to him rolled down his window, the police report said. Irvin put down his window because he thought someone wanted to talk to him and saw the passenger in the other vehicle raise a gun, the report said. Irvin said in an interview Tuesday night that he feared the men had planned to rob him and changed their minds when they saw who he was. "The passenger pulled out a semiautomatic and I knew what time it was," Irvin said. "But he said 'Oh, that's Michael Irvin, with the Dallas Cowboys.'." Despite being scared, Irvin said he tried to keep the conversation going. "So we started talking about the Cowboys and everything," he said. "Then they got back on the highway." "I tell you what, I'm glad he was a Cowboy fan," Irvin said.
Well, I guess there is honor among thieves. I had mixed feelings about this. I love the loyalty people show their team colors and going as far to not rob someone you know for a fact is rich. Then I started to get angry. People have been seriously injured and some extreme cases died in the whole Yankee Red Sox rivalry. Now, a lot of that has to do with crazy women running people over, but men are to blame too. This isn't one of those America things either. This whole world takes sports far too seriously. Something this trivial should not make people go to fistacuffs to prove a point. On the other hand, if I was an athlete I would love people not to rob me if they were a fan of my team. I guess on the third hand, if these robbers were Giant or Redskin fans Irvin would have been robbed. If they were Eagles fans, forget it. Irvin wouldn't have made it out alive.
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