04 Apr
In 2004 Clinton Portis had the world at his feet, the running back signed by the Washington Redskins on an 8-year, $50million contract a decade later he was retired from the game, mired in debt and passing bouncing checks in an attempt to pay off his gambling debts, this week agreeing to settle the $190,000 he owes to the Borgata Casino.
36-year old Portis saw his reputed $43million fortune dwindle through bad investments and being ripped off by his managers for $millions, admitting last year that he had contemplated murder.
Sports Illustrated last year published a story in which Portis recounted a night four years ago in which he sat in a car outside a building, holding a gun and awaiting one of the managers he felt had ruined…
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