Flagrant Foul, Part Two: The Terror That Is Tibbetts

Speaking of wanting to appear on Matt Taibbi's Sports Blotter, no local sports figure has craved it more than Billy Tibbetts. Tibbetts, a burly and surly hockey right wing who briefly played for a host of teams - including some in the NHL - and who was on the reality show "Be a Bruin," led police on a high-speed chase in Abington. He eventually crashed into a telephone pole and tried to hide from the cops in a stranger's back yard early Monday morning. Can you imagine looking out the window and wondering, "What the hell is Billy Tibbetts doing in my back yard?"

Tibbetts, who played only 82 NHL games, has quite a record and should probably be taking some of his anger out on the ice instead. But he appears to be the kind of guy who is hellbent on self-destruction. He was convicted for raping a 15-year-old girl in 1992, and he shot someone with a BB gun. Hockeyjournal.com notes that Tibbetts played only 82 NHL games, but he's spent four years in jail.

Tibbetts image from the Billy Tibbetts fan site. The fan probably didn't intend it, but the use of the negative makes Tibbetts seem scarier.