Casting a light where the sun don’t shine
Former state Representative John Widowfield (R) was fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to two first degree misdemeanor charges - filing a false financial disclosure statement and converting campaign funds into personal use. The charges stemmed from Widowfield’s use of campaign money to purchase Ohio State football tickets which he later sold for a personal profit. [...]
Fifteen North Texas football players have failed drug testing conducted at the request of head football coach Todd Dodge. Eighty-six players were tested between September 24 and October 15. The players were chosen by the coaching staff and were considered to be regular contributors to the team. While Dodge refused to specify the particular drugs [...]
The University of the District of Columbia has been placed on five-years of probation, received a one-year ban on all postseason play, will have the seasons for multiple sports canceled, will forfeit numerous wins and will see a reduction in scholarships and recruiting activity after what the NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions cited what [...]
Golfer John Daly was taken in custody by Winston-Salem police on Sunday morning after he was found drunk outside an area Hooters restaurant. The officers were called to the restaurant on a medical call and arrived to find Daly receiving treatment by emergency workers after having lost consciousness.
For more: ESPN
Virginia Cavaliers starting fullback RaShawn Jackson has been arrested and faces felony charges in connection with a 2007 campus burglary. University police reported on Wednesday that Jackson faces one count of breaking and entering and one count of grand larceny in connection with a dormitory break in last November.
For more: Sports Illustrated
Julio Castillo, the 21-year-old Peoria Chiefs pitcher that hurled a ball at a Dayton Dragons player during the team’s massive bench-clearing brawl in Dayton, has been charged with two counts of felonious assault. The misguided attempt to bean a Dragon sailed into the stands and instead struck a fan who was later treated for a [...]
Colorado Rockies pitcher Luis Vizcaino was arrested on Monday and charged with suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after being pulled over for going 71 mph in a 45 mph zone early Monday morning. The 34-year-old reliever was bailed out of jail later in the day.
For more: Sports Illustrated
Kansas City Chiefs runny back Larry Johnson, who already faces a possible suspension by the NFL, was charged Monday with simple assault for spitting his drink in a woman’s face in October. Hours later, the Chiefs indicated that Johnson would not be playing for the foreseeable future. The incident marks the fourth time in five [...]
The NFL has fined New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress $45,000 for verbally abusing an official and tossing a ball into the stands during last weekend’s game against the San Francisco 49ers.
Burress was fined $20,000 for comments made to head linesman Phil McKinnely after the official called an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Burress in the [...]
According to the Harrison Police Department, Former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas was taken to the hospital and treated for an accidental overdose of prescription sleeping pills early Friday morning.
Thomas later told the New York Post that it was his 17-year-old daughter Lauren, not Isiah, who needed medical treatment saying, “My daughter is very [...]