NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
• Entertainer And Fighter Is Clemens's Lead Lawyer
• Congressman Balks At Having Players Testify In MLB Doping Hearings
• Roof-Bound Ravens Fan a Deadbeat, Ex-Wife Says
• Chicago Bulls Fire Coach Scott Skiles After Sluggish 9-16 Start
• Red Wings, Lidstrom Agree To Terms On New 2-Year Contract
• German Heavyweight Hoffmann Tests Positive For Doping After Dimitrenko Fight
COLLEGE ATHLETICS: THE TARNISHED TWENTY
• Iowa Football: Bowman Pleads Guilty To Credit Card Fraud
• West Virginia Sues Former Football Coach Rodriguez Over Buyout
• Another Hawkeye Football Player Arrested
• Aggie Yell Leader: Paterno On His Deathbed
ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS
• Former Coach Faces Charges
• Police: Coach Loaded Laptop With Child Porn
• Former N.Y. Yankee Arrested In Ft. Lauderdale
• Baker County Football Star Arrested
• Joey Barton Charged With Assault And Affray; Remanded in Custody Until Jan. 3
• Former Jamaica Forward Onandi Lowe Arrested For Alleged Marijuana Possession
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ENTERTAINER AND FIGHTER IS CLEMENS'S LEAD LAWYER
(The New York Times) - Rusty Hardin, the Houston lawyer hired by Roger Clemens to defend him from claims he used performance-enhancing drugs, is a star of the Texas bar, a charmer of juries and journalists and a lawyer whose preparation and aggressive tactics draw in celebrity clients and often send them home with their names cleared. Read more...
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CONGRESSMAN BALKS AT HAVING PLAYERS TESTIFY IN MLB DOPING HEARINGS
(Associated Press) - A member of a U.S. congressional panel investigating doping in Major League Baseball believes there's little to be gained by having players testify at next month's hearings. Read more...
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ROOF-BOUND RAVENS FAN A DEADBEAT, EX-WIFE SAYS
(The Baltimore Sun) - With each interview that her former husband gave to television and newspapers about his obsession with the Baltimore Ravens, Kelly Stach's frustration grew. For more than two weeks, the Dundalk woman stood on the sidelines as Ronald Stach - dubbed the "Goof on the Roof" - became a celebrity for camping out atop a Southeast Baltimore bar until the hometown football team snapped its losing streak. Kelly Stach was determined to expose her former husband, a part-time construction worker, whom she calls a deadbeat dad. Read more...
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CHICAGO BULLS FIRE COACH SCOTT SKILES AFTER SLUGGISH 9-16 START
(Associated Press) - Scott Skiles was fired Monday as coach of the Chicago Bulls, who have one of the worst records in the Eastern Conference. Read more...
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RED WINGS, LIDSTROM AGREE TO TERMS ON NEW 2-YEAR CONTRACT
(Associated Press) - Nicklas Lidstrom and the Red Wings have agreed to terms on a new two-year contract that will keep the defenseman in Detroit through the 2009-10 season. Read more...
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GERMAN HEAVYWEIGHT HOFFMANN TESTS POSITIVE FOR DOPING AFTER DIMITRENKO FIGHT
(Associated Press) - German heavyweight Timo Hoffmann faces a one-year suspension after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. Read more...
COLLEGE ATHLETICS: THE TARNISHED TWENTY:
IOWA FOOTBALL: BOWMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CREDIT CARD FRAUD
(Des Moines Register) - The second of two Iowa football players accused of felony credit card fraud pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge, a Johnson County prosecutor said. Read more...
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WEST VIRGINIA SUES FORMER FOOTBALL COACH RODRIGUEZ OVER BUYOUT
(Bloomberg) - West Virginia University sued former football coach Rich Rodriguez to make sure he pays a $4 million buyout of his four-month-old contract. Rodriguez, the Mountaineers' coach for seven seasons, was hired Dec. 16 to replace the retiring Lloyd Carr at Michigan. Read more...
ANOTHER HAWKEYE FOOTBALL PLAYER ARRESTED
(Associated Press) - Another Iowa football player faces legal problems. Brandon Myers was arrested early Sunday in Coralville on a charge of public intoxication and interference with official acts. Read more...
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AGGIE YELL LEADER: PATERNO ON HIS DEATHBED
(KSAT-TV, San Antonio, TX) - The Alamo Bowl rivalry between the Texas A&M Aggies and Penn State Nittany Lions got a little more heated Thursday night. At the annual pep rally for both teams, an Aggie Yell Leader took to the stage and – in an effort to fire up the crowd – said something about 81-year-old Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno. "Fightin’ Texas Aggie… Joe Paterno's on his deathbed and someone needs to find him a casket," said the unidentified Yell Leader. Read more...
ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS:
FORMER COACH FACES CHARGES
(Las Vegas Review Journal) - A former Las Vegas High School track coach impregnated one of his team members and then helped her get an abortion, Las Vegas police allege...Police have recovered hundreds of pages of electronic correspondence between Craig and the then-17-year-old senior from a computer that the girl used. They subpoenaed Craig's MSN hotmail subscriber information. Some of the messages indicated that Craig feared discovery and knew that the relationship could have criminal consequences, police said. Read more...
POLICE: COACH LOADED LAPTOP WITH CHILD PORN
(Concord Monitor) - A Concord police detective testified in court yesterday that the laptop and computer hard drive used by accused soccer coach Jacob Silva is "heavily loaded" with child pornography. And there are still 8,000 videos on Silva's laptop the police have not yet reviewed, according to Detective Mark Dumas. Read more...
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FORMER N.Y. YANKEE ARRESTED IN FT. LAUDERDALE
(CBS4-TV, Fla.) - Former NY Yankee baseball player Jim Lyritz, 44, was in custody in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, according to police, on suspicion for driving under the influence, and being part of a traffic accident that resulted in one person dying. Read more...
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BAKER COUNTY FOOTBALL STAR ARRESTED
(Florida Times-Union) - A Baker County High School football star is behind bars after a Christmas Eve arrest for his alleged role in a Sanderson[, Florida] home invasion. Read more...
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JOEY BARTON CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND AFFRAY; REMANDED IN CUSTODY UNTIL JAN. 3
(Associated Press) - Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton was charged Friday with common assault and affray by Merseyside Police and will spend New Year's Eve in jail. Read more...
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FORMER JAMAICA FORWARD ONANDI LOWE ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED MARIJUANA POSSESSION
(Associated Press) - Former Jamaica forward Onandi Lowe has been arrested for marijuana possession, police said Monday. Read more...
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