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Michigan State Agrees To Pay $4.5 Million Fine For Failing To Stop Larry Nassar
Michigan State has agreed to pay a $4.5 million fine for its failure to protect students from Larry Nassar, a former school employee and former doctor to the USA Gymnastics national team, who is now serving more than 100 years in prison for sexually abusing young girls under the guise of medical tre...

The NBA Tries To Make Its Luke Walton Problem Go Away
It’s Friday afternoon, that time when every American sports league dumps the news it would rather you not see. Today, that meant the NBA announced the results of the league’s investigation into sexual assault allegations against Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton. ...

Former Ohio State Coach Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Underage Diver
Former Ohio State diving coach William Bohonyi was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday on two counts of sexually abusing Estee Pryor, a diver who trained with the Ohio State University Diving Club when she was underage....

Report: Some Guy Broke A Teen's Head For Not Properly Respecting The National Anthem
From the moment “respecting the flag” became a piece of gristle floating in the soupy brains of people who watch a lot of Fox News and burn their Nikes, we began heading towards this moment. At long last, someone has allegedly assaulted a teenager over perceived disrespect for the flag and national ...

Congress Responds To The Larry Nassar Scandal With A Half-Measure And Handshakes All Around
It’s been about three years since Rachael Denhollander called the Indianapolis Star and said she was sexually abused by the longtime doctor for the women’s national gymnastics team, Larry Nassar. Since then more than 300 women have said that they were abused by Nassar; the disgraced doctor has been ...

Pro Golfer Arrested For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Sleeping Woman, Pissing In Aisle Of Plane
According to a pair of reports from the Independent and the Sun, Danish PGA Tour pro Thobjorn Olesen was arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday for a series of incidents on a flight that left from Nashville. ...

Olympic Figure Skater Ashley Wagner Says John Coughlin Sexually Assaulted Her When She Was 17
Three-time U.S. national champion figure skater and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Ashley Wagner wrote in USA Today on Thursday that she was sexually assaulted by the late former pairs skater John Coughlin when she was 17 and he was 22....

Brazilian Police Recommend Against Charging Neymar With Rape
Police in Brazil have closed their investigation into the rape allegation against Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar, and recommend that prosecutors not bring charges against him due to a lack of evidence. The prosecutor’s office will have 15 days to “evaluate the case,” according to the AFP....

Report: Michigan State Paid $1.2 Million To Settle Lawsuits Related To Keith Mumphery's Sexual Misconduct Case (Update)
Michigan State University paid a combined $1.2 million to former Spartan and Houston Texans football player Keith Mumphery and a woman he allegedly sexually assaulted, known as Jane Doe, according to settlement documents from May reported on by ESPN on Wednesday. The payouts—$725,000 for Mumphery, ...

A Scout's Honor
You don’t get to choose which parts of your past are remembered. ...

Report: Kellen Winslow II Couldn't Stop Masturbating In Front Of His Teammates
Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II was convicted of rape, indecent exposure, and lewd conduct on Monday—charges that stem from separate incidents involving Winslow sexually assaulting a woman, exposing himself to another woman, and touching himself in front of a third woman. A mistrial was decl...

UW Found A Volleyball Star's Sexual Assault Allegation "Extremely Credible" But Let The Accused Official Leave Without Consequence
According to a report from the Seattle Times, former University of Washington volleyball star Cassandra Strickland filed a sexual assault claim against former senior associate athletic director Roy Shick in late 2017. Shick left UW before the investigation into said claim concluded, and though the p...

The Neymar Rape Case Has Turned Into A Huge Mess
Last Saturday, news broke that a Brazilian woman had filed a police report in which she said soccer superstar Neymar raped her in a Paris hotel last month. Today, Neymar testified in court about a different but related criminal charge he faces because of the intimate photos of the alleged victim he ...

Adrien Broner Sued Over 2018 Sexual Assault Incident, No, Not That One, Another One
Welterweight boxer and all-around shitheel Adrien Broner is being sued in Ohio by a woman he sexually assaulted in a club in Cleveland in June 2018. For those keeping score at home, this is at least the second incident from the first half of 2018 where Broner was arrested for allegedly attacking and...

Neymar Denies Rape Accusation, Releases Texts And Nude Photos Sent Between Him And Alleged Victim
Hours after allegations that Neymar raped a Brazilian woman in Paris came to light, the soccer superstar posted a video on social media in which he denied the accusations and claimed that the woman had tried to extort him....

Neymar Accused Of Raping A Woman In Paris
A Brazilian police document obtained by the Associated Press says Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar has been accused of raping a woman in Paris last month....

Kelli Tennant Says Luke Walton Laughed At Her Pleas During Alleged Hotel Assault
Reporter Kelli Tennant held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to address her lawsuit against Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton, who she says sexually assaulted her in a hotel room in late 2014. Tennant’s account included few new details beyond what was reported Monday night—Walton allegedly...

Reports: Luke Walton Sued By Reporter Kelli Tennant For Sexual Assault
Brand new Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton is being sued by sports reporter Kelli Tennant, who alleges that Walton sexually assaulted her in his hotel room at the Casa Del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica. The initial report by TMZ doesn’t say when the alleged assault occurred, but subsequent report...

The Conor-Khabib Beef Has Gotten Out Of Hand, And The UFC Has Only Itself To Blame
As usual, former UFC champion Conor McGregor and current UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov are talking wild shit about each other. Both fighters are currently serving suspensions stemming from a violent brawl that popped off in the crowd the last time they fought, while McGregor is also under investi...

Report: NYPD Investigating Kristaps Porzingis After Rape Accusation
Citing a “high-ranking” source in the New York City Police Department, the New York Post reports today that former Knicks and current Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis has been accused of rape by a woman who spoke to police on Thursday. The NYPD’s Special Victims Division is investigating. ...