W. Balboa Boulevard, 1300 block: arrest, Aug. 26. Todd Marvin Marinovich, 38, of Newport Beach, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance.
It wasn't that long ago when Todd Marinovich was an Orange County hero, first at Capo Valley High (I thought he went to Mater Dei too), then at USC, then for the Raiders. Through all that time, you cheered for him, because he was an Orange County product, who chose to live in Newport Beach. After all, he was the Freshman prodigy who won the Rose Bowl. Then he became, "Todd Marijuanavich" and he became another burnout who wasted his gift.
A Gift everyone of us wish we had for just one second.
He became one of ESPN's Biggest Flops and another Newport Beach afterthought on the police blotter.
It's ten after 9pm on the 27th of August and I cannot find this story anywhere else. Am I the first to notice or the only one who cares?
Maybe he'll get assigned to a Sober Living House in Newport, so he won't have to go too far from home...
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