Former Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Javin Hunter was sentenced to six months in jail Monday for a fatal hit-and-run accident where Hunter struck and killed a 53 year old man on a scooter.

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Former Ohio State offensive lineman T.J. Downing has been charged with drug trafficking, felony drug abuse and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle after being arrested in the Columbus suburb of Grandview Height on Sunday.  Downing lettered for three years for the Buckyes between 2004 and 2006.  He was drafted but signed as free agent with the Arizona Cardinals in April 2007 but released before the season began.

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UCLA junior forward Nikola Dragovic was released on bail Saturday, a day after being arrested on suspicion of pushing his former live-girlfriend to the ground.  The dispute between Dragovic and his now ex-girlfriend ensued after Dragovic returned to the apartment they shared to find his belongings dumped in front of the building.

The 20-year-old Serbian, who was taken into custody and booked on suspicion of misdemeanor battery, was released after posting $20,000 bail.

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Georgia Tech head basketball coach Paul Hewitt announced on Friday that senior guard Lewis Clinch will miss at least the first seven games of the season after being declared academically ineligible.

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Former NFL offensive lineman Ben Coleman, who spent nine seasons in the NFL from 1993 to 2001, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion, filing false loan applications and identify theft.  The judge also ordered Coleman to repay $240,000.

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Tennessee Volunteers head basketball coach Bruce Pearl announced Monday that freshman point guard Daniel West has been determined academically ineligible for the season.

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Texas offensive lineman Buck Burnette has been dismissed from the Texas Longhorns’ team after posting a Facebook status update following Barack Obama’s presidential win that read “all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse,” which is apparently a violation of team rules.

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NFL bust Ryan Leaf has been placed on leave from his job as an assistant football coach at West Texas A&M as police investigate a drug allegation that Leaf obtained a controlled substance by fraudulent means.

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Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Mike Peterson was sent home from practice on Thursday and likely faces benching or suspension.  Coach Jack Del Rio is still deciding how to punish the Jaguars’ captain, who was asked to leave on Wednesday after a confrontation with the coach during a Wednesday team meeting.

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Ohio State wide receiver and punt returner Ray Small has been suspended for at least one game after “repeated violations of team rules.”  Small’s father, Ken Small, responded to news of his son’s latest suspension by lashing out at the Ohio State coaching staff and accusing them of “intentionally trying to blow [his son's] career.”

According to the elder Small, the suspension came as a result of being late for classes and meetings and getting multiple parking tickets which he considered inequitable given the punishment handed out to other players for what he considered more egregious behavior.

“He had a couple of incidents, but he never got caught smoking marijuana before the national championship game. Or he never got a DUI, or picked up a prostitute. He was just late,” Ken Small said. “And the punishment is you can’t even go into the (practice) facility? They act like he’s dangerous. These other kids … didn’t get banned from the facility. All they got was being sat down for the first few plays of a game.”

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