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Sporting jailbirds
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is serving time on dog fighting charges ahead of his July 2009 release date [GALLO/GETTY]
Published On 2 Dec 2008
2 Dec 2008
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Ugueth Urbina won the 2003 World Series with Florida Marlins but in 2007 was sentenced to 14 years for attempted murder in Venezuela [GALLO/GETTY]
Boxer Mike Tyson served three years for rape between 1992 and 1995 [GALLO/GETTY]
British-Yemeni boxer 'Prince' Naseem Hamed did jailtime in 2006 for dangerous driving in his hometown of Sheffield, England [GALLO/GETTY]
Duncan Ferguson of Glasgow Rangers went to prison after headbutting Raith Rovers' John McStay during a match in 1994 [GALLO/GETTY]
On December 2 2008 Mao Jianqing of Shanghai Shenhua was reported to be serving seven days in jail for assaulting a man in a restaurant [GALLO/GETTY]
New York Yankees legend Daryl Strawberry served time in 2000 and 2002 for violating drug-related court orders [GALLO/GETTY]
USA sprinter Tim Montgomery has been in jail since May 2008 on heroin-dealing and money-laundering charges [GALLO/GETTY]
Ex-EPL striker Lee Hughes - seen being sent off for Oldham in November 2008 - was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving in 2004 [GALLO/GETTY]
And finally...poor Dick Axelsson of the Sweden ice hockey team did a night in the cells after drunkenly rowing with cops in Stockholm in 2008 [EPA]