NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
• Sen. Specter Wants Independent Investigation Into Spygate
• Newspaper Says Spygate Story False, Apologizes
• Battle Over Swimsuits Moves to the Courtroom
• Autopsy: Filly Had No Bone Abnormalities
• Report: NFL Investigators Meet With Steroids Dealer
• Injured Indy 500 Crewman Released From Hospital
COLLEGE ATHLETICS: THE TARNISHED TWENTY
• Indiana Gives Dakich $185,000 Settlement
• IU Responds to Allegations of NCAA Recruiting Violations
• NCAA President Has 'New Information' on USC's Mayo
• Criminal Charges Against UTEP Basketball Star Stefon Jackson Dropped
ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS
• Dennis Rodman Charged With Domestic Violence in L.A.
• Suspect Pleads Guilty in Redskins Star's Slaying
• Ex-Olympian Montgomery Sentenced to 46 Months Over Bad Checks
• Charges Stun Soccer Coach's Circle
• Teacher Arrested On Molestation Charges
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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY:
SEN. SPECTER WANTS INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO SPYGATE
(Associated Press) - Hold on, NFL. Spygate isn't over. Not if an "incensed" senator from Pennsylvania has anything to do with it. Sen. Arlen Specter on Wednesday called for an independent investigation of the New England Patriots' taping of opposing coaches' signals, possibly similar to the high-profile Mitchell Report on performance enhancing drugs in baseball. Read more...
NEWSPAPER SAYS SPYGATE STORY FALSE, APOLOGIZES
(Associated Press) - The Boston Herald has apologized for reporting that the New England Patriots videotaped a walkthrough by the St. Louis Rams one day before the two teams played in the Super Bowl in 2002. Read more...
BATTLE OVER SWIMSUITS MOVES TO THE COURTROOM
(Associated Press) - Forget the pool. The bitter battle over Olympic swimsuits is now in the courts, less than three months before the Beijing Games. Read more...
AUTOPSY: FILLY HAD NO BONE ABNORMALITIES
(Associated Press) - An autopsy reveals that euthanized filly Eight Belles had no pre-existing bone abnormalities that caused her to break down after the Kentucky Derby. Read more...
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REPORT: NFL INVESTIGATORS MEET WITH STEROIDS DEALER
(Associated Press) - NFL investigators have met with a convicted steroids dealer, who has said he provided performance-enhancing drugs to professional football players, according to a newspaper report. Read more...
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INJURED INDY 500 CREWMAN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
(Associated Press) - Charles Buckman, a crewman for Dale Coyne Racing, has been released from Methodist Hospital four days after being struck by Danica Patrick's race car during practice for the Indianapolis 500. Read more...
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COLLEGE ATHLETICS: THE TARNISHED TWENTY:
INDIANA GIVES DAKICH $185,000 SETTLEMENT
(Associated Press) - Indiana University has reached a settlement with former interim coach Dan Dakich, paying him the $185,000 he was scheduled to earn next school year. Read more...
IU RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF NCAA RECRUITING VIOLATIONS
(Associated Press) - Indiana University told the NCAA on Monday that its own self-imposed penalties should be enough to keep the organization from having to punish the school for improper phone calls made by Kelvin Sampson before he resigned as basketball coach. Read more...
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• Indiana University Dept. of Criminal Justice
NCAA PRESIDENT HAS 'NEW INFORMATION' ON USC'S MAYO
(Associated Press) - Saying the NCAA has "new information," president Myles Brand promised to investigate former Southern California basketball star O.J. Mayo, who allegedly received thousands of dollars in gifts from money given to an event promoter by a sports agency. Read more...
CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST UTEP BASKETBALL STAR STEFON JACKSON DROPPED
(El Paso Times) - All criminal charges brought against UTEP basketball star Stefon Jackson have been dropped. Jackson, a 21-year-old junior from Philadelphia, was arrested at his apartment April 15 and charged with hindering apprehension in a case against his cousin Willie Harden Jr. Read more...
ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS:
DENNIS RODMAN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN L.A.
(Associated Press) - Prosecutors say they have charged former NBA star Dennis Rodman with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel last month. Read more...
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SUSPECT PLEADS GUILTY IN REDSKINS STAR'S SLAYING
(Associated Press) - One of five suspects charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor has pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder and burglary. Read more...
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• 5th Suspect Charged in Sean Taylor Slaying
EX-OLYMPIAN MONTGOMERY SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS OVER BAD CHECKS
(Bloomberg) - Tim Montgomery, an Olympic champion once proclaimed the world's fastest man, was sentenced to almost four years in prison for his role in what prosecutors said was a scheme to cash as much as $2.5 million in bad checks. Read more...
CHARGES STUN SOCCER COACH'S CIRCLE
(S.W. Iowa News) - As a college geology teacher, Sandy Kaplan was enthusiastic, inspirational and took a personal interest in his students. As a youth soccer coach, he was known for teaching life skills - not just corner kicks and dribbling - to his teenage players...Thursday, shocked and bewildered soccer parents and students tried to square those perceptions with the bizarre criminal allegations the 57-year-old divorced man now faces. Read more...
TEACHER ARRESTED ON MOLESTATION CHARGES
(CBS-12, Fla.) - A high school baseball coach is arrested after two teens claim he touched them inappropriately. Charles Johnson is being called an icon in the Fort Pierce community, but now he is arrested and charged with molesting 2 high school students. Read more...
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