The Juice Expires (OJ Dead at 76)

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On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace. -The Simpson Family
10:28 AM · Apr 11, 2024


https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/11/oj-simpson-dead-dies-cancer/

 

[mauf]

I posted a separate thread in V&N, recognizing that the discussion is likely to range far beyond football, and perhaps veer into “political” topics.

Feel free to discuss here. I just wanted everyone to be aware of the other thread.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Too bad he never found the real killer.

 

[moondog80]

Great career but lost track of him after he retired, he must have just lived a quiet, uneventful life post-NFL.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Such a shame we'll never get another Naked Gun sequel.

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

I wonder how the Bills will honor him next year?

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

I wonder how the Bills will honor him next year?

Coach Hardo will give an inspirational speech to his team about OJ's unswerving dedication to avoiding justice.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Such a shame we'll never get another Naked Gun sequel.

But there's always the reboot!
https://apnews.com/article/naked-gun-reboot-remake-liam-neeson-28ee081390f0bb81e15cd1d5095f299b

 

[Ed Hillel]

I posted a separate thread in V&N, recognizing that the discussion is likely to range far beyond football, and perhaps veer into “political” topics.

Feel free to discuss here. I just wanted everyone to be aware of the other thread.

Just as a heads up - Is him being a murderer considered political?

 

[DJnVa]

I posted a separate thread in V&N, recognizing that the discussion is likely to range far beyond football, and perhaps veer into “political” topics.

Feel free to discuss here. I just wanted everyone to be aware of the other thread.

Well, I posted one in P&G, reflecting that this dude kinda fits everywhere.

 

[bankshot1]

This may not be politically correct, but in addition to being a psychotic murderer, he was a great running back, one of the best ever.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Well, I posted one in P&G, reflecting that this dude kinda fits everywhere.

Except maybe heaven

 

[Ed Hillel]

Well, I posted one in P&G, reflecting that this dude kinda fits everywhere.

Hey, if the glove fits...

This may not be politically correct, but in addition to being a psychotic murderer, he was a great running back, one of the best ever.

And he was really good in the Naked Gun movies.

 

[Remagellan]

I feel bad for his children. They must be dealing with some complicated feelings over this.

 

[moretsyndrome]

Too bad he never found the real killer.

I'm sure the real killer(s) must be breathing just a HUGE sigh of relief today now that the Juice is permanently off the case.

 

[kenneycb]

11 minutes of Norm Macdonald for your viewing pleasure:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSVIg4Noqc

 

[joe dokes]

Too bad he never found the real killer.

Perhaps the cancer tweet is a cover up, and the real killer found him?

 

[ifmanis5]

This may not be politically correct, but in addition to being a psychotic murderer, he was a great running back, one of the best ever.

Yup and also possibly the most generic TV commentator of all time.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Perhaps the cancer tweet is a cover up, and the real killer found him?

Good Guy OJ finally took out the real killer.

 

[Toe Nash]

If anyone missed it and can't really remember the 90s, I thought the OJ: Made In America ESPN documentary about his career / life / the case was pretty good.

 

[luckiestman]

I wonder how the Bills will honor him next year?

Posthumous trade to the Chiefs?

 

[The Napkin]

Perhaps the cancer tweet is a cover up, and the real killer found him?

I look forward to the new book If I Did It by C Ancer.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

I wonder how the Bills will honor him next year?

The players will wear special gloves.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

I wonder if Aaron Hernandez is there to give him the infernal playbook.

 

[Philip Jeff Frye]

Growing up as a Dolphins fan in upstate NY, I was constantly taunted by my elementary school classmates with "Miami's got the oranges but Buffalo's got the juice!" I remember the Dolphins generally winning those games though.

 

[Saints Rest]

You co

This may not be politically correct, but in addition to being a psychotic murderer, he was a great running back, one of the best ever.

One could put together a pretty impressive football team out of murderers and alleged murderers.

 

[mauf]

Just as a heads up - Is him being a murderer considered political?

Obviously not. In-depth discussion of the racial divisions that were laid bare by the trial probably fit better in V&N, though.

I didn’t realize he was a first-team All Pro five consecutive seasons (1972-76). That’s pretty rarefied air — Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Aaron Donald, Anthony Munoz, Lawrence Taylor, probably a couple others I’m missing. Really only Brown and Rice among marquee position players, I think.

 

[Kliq]

In 1973 the Bills as a team threw for only 1,236 yards and had a completion percentage of just 45%, and threw for 4 TDs vs 14 INTs. Yet they went 9-5, and Simpson ran for 6 yards a carry despite defenses absolutely dying to be passed on.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

I would love to know if he had CTE, but I’m guessing the family would never let that happen.

 

[DJnVa]

Growing up as a Dolphins fan in upstate NY, I was constantly taunted by my elementary school classmates with "Miami's got the oranges but Buffalo's got the juice!" I remember the Dolphins generally winning those games though.

It was more than "generally". In the seasons he was in Buffalo they went 1-17. And the 1 win was in his rookie season.

 

[Two Youks]

In 1973 the Bills as a team threw for only 1,236 yards and had a completion percentage of just 45%, and threw for 4 TDs vs 14 INTs. Yet they went 9-5, and Simpson ran for 6 yards a carry despite defenses absolutely dying to be passed on.

I sense a trend

 

[mauf]

I would love to know if he had CTE, but I’m guessing the family would never let that happen.

Is there any reason to think he did? Most murderers and domestic abusers don’t have neurological conditions. And I didn’t see any signs during his (admittedly limited) public appearances during his later years.

 

[soxhop411]

I would love to know if he had CTE, but I’m guessing the family would never let that happen.

oh, I feel like they would want that to happen, as it can explain some of his thinking... IMO It feels like the amount of former NFL players WITHOUT CTE could be counted on one hand

 

[joe dokes]

In an ironic bit of foreshadowing, OJ got to scream, "Goddammit man, call an ambulance" at Paul Newman in "The Towering Inferno."

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Too bad he never found the real killer.

That's mean. The poor man literally worked himself to death trying to find the real killer, and you're just here making jokes.

 

[BosoxFaninCincy]

Veering into thoughts that are less than well rehearsed, and probably non-PC. I wonder if our vitriol is more directed at the fact that OJ killed two people, or that he got away with killing two people. For the former, I am sure that the karmic Gods are administering swift justice. As to the latter, he had the resources to hire brilliant attorneys whose oath was to zealously represent their client. I personally find it reprehensible what he did to get all that blood on his hands. I don't fault him whatsoever for getting away with it. That is our system, and until we replace celebrity attorneys recouping multi-million dollar legal fees with barristers, we will see these results.

 

[Remagellan]

I would love to know if he had CTE, but I’m guessing the family would never let that happen.

I don't know if anything can alter his legacy at this point, but I wonder what effect something like that might have on it.

 

[joe dokes]

One could put together a pretty impressive football team out of murderers and alleged murderers.

The Longestest Yard

 

[Bread of Yaz]

God tackles OJ for a loss

 

[gammoseditor]

11 minutes of Norm Macdonald for your viewing pleasure:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSVIg4Noqc

It’s a shame Norm isn’t alive to see this.

 

[Remagellan]

Veering into thoughts that are less than well rehearsed, and probably non-PC. I wonder if our vitriol is more directed at the fact that OJ killed two people, or that he got away with killing two people. For the former, I am sure that the karmic Gods are administering swift justice. As to the latter, he had the resources to hire brilliant attorneys whose oath was to zealously represent their client. I personally find it reprehensible what he did to get all that blood on his hands. I don't fault him whatsoever for getting away with it. That is our system, and until we replace celebrity attorneys recouping multi-million dollar legal fees with barristers, we will see these results.

I think you also have to throw in as a cause for the vitriol that his case reminded us all of how racially divided our country still was at the time, and still is today.

But your point is correct--in the end, the color that mattered most in his trial was green.

 

[jezza1918]

But Tim Meadows is...

 

[DisgruntledSoxFan77]

It’s a shame Norm isn’t alive to see this.

Or Nicole

 

[joe dokes]

Veering into thoughts that are less than well rehearsed, and probably non-PC. I wonder if our vitriol is more directed at the fact that OJ killed two people, or that he got away with killing two people. For the former, I am sure that the karmic Gods are administering swift justice. As to the latter, he had the resources to hire brilliant attorneys whose oath was to zealously represent their client. I personally find it reprehensible what he did to get all that blood on his hands. I don't fault him whatsoever for getting away with it. That is our system, and until we replace celebrity attorneys recouping multi-million dollar legal fees with barristers, we will see these results.

At the time, Barry Scheck was not yet a celebrity. He was doing his DNA stuff mostly in NY. I suspect his new-found fame and attention helped him gather additional resources to launch the Innocence Project.

 

[radsoxfan]

One brief OJ story.

Shortly after the acquittal I was playing golf at a local public course in Los Angeles with friends in high school (he had of course been kicked out of the nice private course Riviera at that point) and saw OJ on a nearby tee box.

My friends made some stupid joke about seeing a golf glove on the ground and it being his missing glove, I don’t even remember the specifics. I do remember that somehow he heard us, walked up to us, and was very upset about the joke. Told us it was not funny at all.

Intense guy. Very good hearing.

 

[Van Everyman]

oh, I feel like they would want that to happen, as it can explain some of his thinking... IMO It feels like the amount of former NFL players WITHOUT CTE could be counted on one hand

Agreed I would imagine they would def. hope to explain away some of his behavior.

 

[joe dokes]

Agreed I would imagine they would def. hope to explain away some of his behavior.

What behavior? He didn't do it. (Or at least he didn't do *that*, they say).

 

[54thMA]

His Marcel Marceau impression trying to shoehorn the glove on his hand over the latex glove will go down in history as one of the greatest acting jobs ever, even better than his work in The Towering Inferno and The Naked Gun.

He really should have taken a bigger stab at acting, he was a natural.

 

[54thMA]

One brief OJ story.

Shortly after the acquittal I was playing golf at a local public course in Los Angeles with friends in high school (he had of course been kicked out of the nice private course Riviera at that point) and saw OJ on a nearby tee box.

My friends made some stupid joke about seeing a golf glove on the ground and it being his missing glove, I don’t even remember the specifics. I do remember that somehow he heard us, walked up to us, and was very upset about the joke. Told us it was not funny at all.

Intense guy. Very good hearing.

Did you get his autograph?

 

[Steve Dillard]

I wonder if his death means that all of his assets are now there for distribution to the Goldmans? His pension, for example, or the proceeds from selling his "homestead exempt" Florida house.