Plaxico Burress

"Harris Smith"

Well-paid Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress made national headlines when he shot himself in the leg early on Nov. 29 at a Midtown Manhattan nightclub — an incident the sports blogosphere has aptly dubbed the $35 million "Plaxident." But his intention was apparently to avoid disclosing the injury at all. According to the New York Post, when Burress checked into the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, he identified himself as "Harris Smith" — a pseudonym less colorful than some other celebrity aliases, but no more authentic.

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