You remember Todd Marinovich, even if you never saw him play. His father, Marv, was one of the first Crazy Sports Dads, who attempted through rigorous training and sheer will to create an NFL quart… ...

The main lesson I take from Todd Marinovich is that people need balance and options. Todd had no choice in life but to be a professional football player — whether he wanted it or not — and he ...

Former USC quarterback Todd Marinovich, 48, says he was in a drug- and alcohol-induced blackout when police found him nude in a stranger’s backyard in Irvine last August, holding a brown bag ...

Marinovich has been in and out of trouble with drugs since 1991, when he was arrested while still at USC, where he was a star quarterback. He went on to play briefly in the NFL.

Read the essential Todd Marinovich bio — "The Man Who Never Was," by Mike Sager, the 2010 National Magazine Awards winner for profile writing — a haunting tale of athletic promise and the pull ...

Two years ago in 2007, we wrote about Todd Marinovich because he was picked up for skateboarding where he shouldn’t have and then got busted for felony drug charges. If my count is accurate, the ...

Todd Marinovich, who had come to the desert in 2016 for a rehab attempt from drug addiction, was arrested March 23 in Orange County.

In essence, Todd Marinovich experienced a Spartan upbringing. Before he was even born, Todd's father, Marv, had plans for him. Marv meant to build the perfect football player, and he knew how he ...

Todd Marinovich”s fall from grace due to drugs is well-documented. The former Capistrano Valley High and USC quarterback and was arrested for cocaine possession a month after the 1990 Sun Bowl.

Todd Marinovich has reportedly been charged with five misdemeanors for his naked foray into someone else’s backyard. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office filed misdemeanor drug, nudity ...

Todd Marinovich, 43, of Newport Beach, plays with his 15-month-old daughter Coski at Peninsula Park off Balboa Pier. Raised from birth for the NFL, Marinovich was known as robo quarterback in his ...

Irvine, California, police arrested former Los Angeles Raiders quarterback Todd Marinovich on charges of trespassing and marijuana possession Friday, per the Orange County Register's Joshua Sudock.