This story about the Mexican newspaper director -- former director, at this point -- who allegedly stole Tom Brady's Super Bowl jersey is fascinating. It's fascinating to watch the video, and even more insane to read the AP story about this guy and his apparent history of doing such a thing. There are so many layers to this (including how easy it is to get a media credential at the Super Bowl when you aren't even doing anything), but it was interesting to see how Brady apparently wasn't even the only Super Bowl quarterback to have his jersey lifted. Kurt Warner apparently did too.
From the Associated Press story:
"Velazquez and Palafox both said Ortega was carrying a bag containing a past Super Bowl jersey worn by Warner and an Emmitt Smith book. Warner was named MVP at the 2000 Super Bowl.
"He showed me Warner's jersey with his signature and told me a story about how Warner was surprised that he was in possession of the item," Palafox said. "He said he planned to gather interest from Warner to sell him the jersey for $8,000."
The story doesn't necessarily specify which Warner jersey was taken (it mentions he was the 2000 SB MVP -- the 1999 season -- but doesn't clarify that was the year it was taken). Warner was in two other Super Bowls, after the 2001 season and, of course, for the Cardinals after the 2008 season. I don't ever remember hearing about Warner losing his Cardinals jersey, and I'd guess it probably was the 1999 jersey since that was one Warner won. Regardless, it's a crazy story about a brazen guy. Here's hoping Kurt gets his jersey back.
("Kurt, do you know where your jersey is?")