a good followup to this story, where are they now so to speak..This is truely amazing, every issue online in their entirety for FREE!
I was trying to think where to start, so i went to the 1990 issues, and came across a great piece on Todd Marinovich when he was at USC
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136510/1/index.htm
All this stuff about him being bred to be a QB, no big macs...fascinating stuff, especially when we all know how it worked out!
the articles and stories on here are endless, you can spend months reading it all
In August 2007, Marinovich was arrested and charged with felony drug possession and resisting a police order after being stopped for skateboarding near the Newport Beach, California Pier boardwalk, where skateboarding is forbidden by local ordinance. Marinovich ran away when officers tried to stop him. He was found hiding in a carport about six blocks away. He had a guitar case, and inside officers found about a gram of powdered methamphetamine, a metal spoon and a hypodermic needle, Sgt. Evan Sailor said. Marinovich was arrested and pleaded not guilty to felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor counts of unauthorized possession of a hypodermic and resisting a police officer.
In April 2008, Todd Marinovich joins the drug rehab center, Kramer Center at Newport Beach, located on Balboa Island in Newport Beach, California. He hopes that by telling his story about his constant battle with drug abuse and addiction will keep someone from going down the same path as him
Marinovich has a younger brother named Mikhail Marinovich who plays as tight end collegiately at Syracuse University. On March 8, 2008, he was arrested with another student for burglary