New York Giant great Michael Strahan was a monster on the gridiron, holding the NFL record for sacks in a single season with 22.5. The defensive end was such a dominating force in the league, he made the Pro Bowl seven times. He may have had complete control over his career on the field, but off is a different story.
The 37-year-old appears to have had little or no control over his love life.
First, he was married to Wanda Hutchins. The pair exchanged vows after having two children. They split soon after, a move that cost Strahan a $163,000 house in Houston and $2,500 a month in child support. In 1999, he married his second wife, Jean Muggli.
In 2007, things went south. Strahan got reamed for $15.3 million, plus hundreds of thousands of dollars in child support for their twin daughters as part of his divorce. It was an ugly battle that left the popular player's stellar reputation battered by numerous allegations of adultery, forgery, lying and perversion.
If that wasn't enough, Strahan is now accused of putting a tracking device in the car of ex-girlfriend Nicole Murphy. She is the ex-wife of comedian Eddie Murphy. Strahan was apparently suspicious of an ongoing relationship between Murphy and Universal Records A&R executive Demetrius Spencer. According to a source, Murphy had been hiding her affections for Spencer for a year.
The situation finally bubbled up when Murphy took her Range Rover in for servicing at a luxury dealer in California. The mechanics there reportedly found a tracking apparatus in the dashboard. Minutes after the discovery, Strahan allegedly barged into the garage yelling and screaming.
Following the incident, Murphy and Strahan called it quits.
Strahan is just the latest example of an athlete-celebrity gone awry. Behind the exterior of the happy gap-toothed guy in the Subway commercials is a man who has many of the same problems as the rest of us. He seems to be jealous and insecure when it comes to relationships.
Yes, he has money, and he clearly has had his share of female friends, but his own issues have reduced this once-shining athlete to a public joke. He still has the glitz and bling, including a Super Bowl ring, but the glamour is gone out of his life and a tarnished image is all that remains.
His opponents on the field were rarely able to stop him or take him down; it's a job he's done all on his own.
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