Casting a light where the sun don’t shine
According to two Fox Sports sources NFL wide receiver prospects Percy Harvin and Brandon Tate tested positive for marijuana at the February NFL combine in Indianapolis. All combine attendants are required to submit to drug testing. In the video below, ESPN’s Todd McShay breaks down why Harvin and Tate are either 1) stupid, or 2) [...]
A Columbus judge fined Ohio State offensive tackle Doug Worthington $350 and ordered him to attend an alcohol intervention class as a result of Worthington’s January guilty plea to drunken driving. Campus police stopped Worthington for speeding near Ohio Stadium on July 26 of last year. A breathalizer test revealed Worthington’s BAC to be over [...]
Penn State linebacker Navorro Bowman has been sentenced to one year of probation after admitting to smoking marijuana twice in the last four months. Bowman was already on probation for pleading guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct stemming from an on-campus fight in October 2007. The sentencing judge warned the 20-year-old Bowman that any violation of [...]
Michigan State running back Glenn Winston was sentenced to 180 days in jail Monday for his role in an off-campus fight that seriously injured a Michigan State hockey player. Winston pleaded guilty to aggravated assualt and battery and was suspended indefinitely from the Spartans football team in March.
For more: ESPN
Nebraska wide receiver Niles Paul has been suspended for the remainder of spring practice after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. Paul was stopped for speeding around 2 a.m. on Sunday in Lincoln. The 19-year-old Paul then failed a field sobriety test and was taken to a detoxification center. Paul was also cited for [...]
Tennessee Volunteers head coach Lane Kiffin announced the dismissal of senior free safety Demetrice Morley from the team following Tuesday’s spring practice in Knoxville. Kiffin offered no details other than to say that Demetrice could not live up to the standards that had been set on and off the field. Although not specific, Kiffin’s statement [...]
The number of Iowa football players arrested since April 2007 has now reached 24 by Dark Side’s count, thanks to the arrest of three football players for public intoxication early Monday morning. One of the three players arrested and charged was head football coach Kirk Ferentz’s son, James Ferentz. Ferentz and the other two players [...]
Florida State coach Bobby Bowden indefinitely suspended senior wide receiver Rod Owens on Monday following a weekend drunk driving arrest in Tallahassee where Owens blew almost doubled up the states .08 blood-alcohol limit.
For more: Sports Illustrated
Sophomore wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe and junior defensive tackle Jamal Greene have been indefinitely suspended from the Kansas program for undisclosed violations of team rules. According to head coach Mark Mangino, who is most likely inhaling a large meat-lovers pizza as you read this, neither player has practiced with the team since spring practice began [...]
Hawaii football player JoPierre Davis is facing a seven-count indictment on charges including first-degree burglary, second-degree sexual assault, two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault, two counts of third-degree assualt and, just for giggles, marijuana possession. According to the indictment, Davis followed up crashing a female UH student’s birthday party and groping her on September 27, [...]