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Jun 07, 2005

When 26 Is Worth $40,000

Redskin running back Clinton Portis and former Washington defensive back Ifeanyi Ohalete, are embroiled in a strange dispute that is sure to one day become a Stare DCisis. The two athletes have ended up in civil court in Maryland over a bizarre contracted agreement over Portis’ jersey number. You see, when Portis came to the Redskins, his preferred jersey number—26—was held by Ohalete. Portis, figuring that it was his jersey’s occult numerological power and not…

 
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