Ugueth Urbina -
The former major league pitcher received a 14-year sentence in March 2007 after his conviction on attempted murder charges in Venezuela. A jury found the then-31-year-old Urbina had tried to murder five workers on his family's ranch on Oct. 16, 2005.
Darryl Henley -
The former L.A. Rams cornerback was originally convicted of drug trafficking charges in 1995. Then, in 1996, he pled guilty to conspiracy to murder a federal judge and a prosecution witness, and a federal judge sentenced him to 41 years in prison.
Mike Danton -
The former St. Louis Blues player received a 7½-year sentence in November 2004 after pleading guilty in a murder-for-hire plot. Prosecutors alleged that the target of the conspiracy was his agent, David Frost. Scott Boras ought to look out if this trend is to continue. (None of the Degens would blame Gary Sheffield if this were to happen.)
Rae Carruth -
The former Carolina Panthers wide receiver received a sentence of 18-24 years in 2001for a conviction of conspiracy to murder Cherica Adams, his pregnant girlfriend. Adams was driving home behind Carruth's car on Nov. 16, 1999, when an assailant pulled alongside her car and shot her four times. Adams told police that Carruth had stopped his car before the shooting.
Tony Ayala -
The boxer was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 1983 at the age of 20 for the Jan. 1, 1983, rape of a 30-year-old West Paterson, N.J., woman. Ayala had been 22-0 with 19 knockouts when he went to jail. Ayala served 16 years in jail before his 1999 release. In 2004, he was sentenced 10 years in prison in Texas for violating terms of his probation from a 2001 burglary conviction.
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