Oklahoma head coach Jeff Capel has suspended forward Juan Pattillo for one game for violating an unspecified team rule. Pattillo will miss Saturday’s game at Texas Tech.
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Casting a light where the sun don’t shine
Oklahoma head coach Jeff Capel has suspended forward Juan Pattillo for one game for violating an unspecified team rule. Pattillo will miss Saturday’s game at Texas Tech.
For a touch more: Sports Illustrated
The Boston Celtics suspended guard Gabe Pruitt for two games following his drunken driving arrest in Hollywood, California hours after the Celtics Wednesday evening loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Pruitt was pulled over early Thursday morning after stopping at a green light and having dark tinted windows, which are illegal in California. Pruitt then [...]
On Wednesday, after learning of his five-day jail sentence for drunken driving set to begin on March 21, Charles Barkley reassured reporters that he’s not worried about his stretch on the inside, stating, “I always knew I’d have to do time. It’s not something I’m worried about.”
Dark Side, by contrast, is very afraid of prison. [...]
Connecticut governor M. Jodi Rell called UConn basketball coach Jim Calhoun’s tirade over a freelance journalist posing questions about the his $1.6 million salary following last Saturday’s game an “embarrassing display.” Rell said on Tuesday that, “I think if Coach Calhoun had the opportunity right now, he would welcome a do-over and not have that [...]
Washington State quarterback Marshall Lobbestael has been suspended from team activities after being arrested for underage possession of alcohol early Saturday morning in Pullman. The 19-year-old Lobbestael alleviated the need for any CSI-like detective work when he passed out at 1:30 am, apparently due to excessive alcohol consumption, in the passenger seat of a pickup [...]
Supporting the argument that crazy just runs in the Knight family, Texas Tech head coach Pat Knight, son of former Indiana and Texas Tech head coach Bob Knight, was handed a one-game suspension from the Big 12 after a post-game rant about the poor officiating in Tech’s weekend loss to in-state rival Texas A&M. Pat [...]
According to Scottsdale court records, Charles Barkley pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor drunken-driving charges and pleaded responsible to running a red light on Monday and will serve five days in jail as a result. The charges stemmed from Barkley’s New Year’s Eve arrest in Scottsdale, Arizona.
In addition to his five days in the slammer, Barkley [...]
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has admitted to using steroids while a body builder, said in an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday that drugs have no place in sports. The Governator added that not using drugs or alcohol should always be a part of the message aimed at children in sports. [...]
Sports Illustrated is reporting that the federal investigation into Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden’s alleged skimming of signing bonuses given to baseball prospects from the Dominican Republic is now looking as far back as 1994, when Bowden was GM of the Cincinnati Reds.
The investigation, which began at least as far back as July of [...]
Illinois head football coach Ron Zook indefinitely suspended defensive tackle Josh Brent from the team following his early Saturday morning arrest for driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license.
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