Kareem Mckenzie Charged With Drunken Driving

Talk about bad timing. His team the New York Giants are in the middle of what looks to be another super bowl run. And he goes and does something stupid that is going to be a distraction in the locker room. More importantly he could of killed someone, but I will stick the sports talk for this article. Anyways I think that the team can look past this and keep moving foreward, but it all could start to down word spiral kinda like the Dallas Cowboys.

By Curtis Eichelberger

Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- New York Giants starting offensive tackle Kareem McKenzie was arrested last night and charged with drunken driving after authorities saw him cut through a gas station to avoid a traffic light, said Lieutenant Salvatore Calafiore of the Little Falls, New Jersey, police department.

McKenzie, 29, was pulled over and given a field sobriety test at the scene, about 20 miles west of Manhattan, Calafiore said. The player was arrested and given a breath test at police headquarters. His blood alcohol content exceeded the legal limit of 0.08 percent, Calafiore said.

In addition to driving under the influence of alcohol, McKenzie was charged with reckless driving, driving with an expired registration and driving on private land to avoid a traffic signal.

Giants coach Tom Coughlin told WFAN radio in New York, the team's flagship station, that McKenzie has apologized and will play Nov. 16 against the Baltimore Ravens.

The 6-foot-6, 325-pound McKenzie was a third-round selection of the New York Jets in the 2001 National Football League draft after playing at Penn State. He signed with the Giants in 2005. He started all of the team's games last season, including the Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots, and the team's nine games this season.

To contact the reporter on this story: Curtis Eichelberger in Washington at ceichelberge@bloomberg.net