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Alabama Tight End Busted With A Quarter Pound Of Weed In His Dorm Room
Police seized 112 grams of weed and $4,661 in cash from University of Alabama tight end Kurt Freitag's dorm room, according to a complaint filed Monday. Last Tuesday, agents from the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force observed Freitag making a "drug transaction" outside of his dorm. They followed him...

<em>Times</em>: FSU And Tallahassee Police Have Protected Seminoles For Years
The Tallahassee and Florida State University police didn't obstruct only the Jameis Winston investigation, a New York Times investigation has found. In a meaty story published yesterday, the Times details a pattern of half-hearted investigations by police into incidents involving FSU football player...

Report: Jameis Winston To Face FSU Disciplinary Hearing On Rape Charge
ESPN is reporting Florida State officials have informed Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston that he is facing a disciplinary hearing in regard to charges he raped a fellow student in 2012. ...

MMA Fighter Live-Tweets Police Standoff While Holed Up In House
Jason "Mayhem" Miller, a professional MMA fighter who is best-known for hosting Bully Beatdown on MTV and starting a post-bout brawl at a match he wasn't involved in, is currently live-tweeting his standoff with police....

Victim In 49ers Bathroom Fight Left Partially Paralyzed
The two men, 27-year-old Amador Rebollero and 34-year-old Dario Rebollero, who were videotaped brutally beating two other men in the Levis Stadium bathroom during last week's 49ers game were arraigned yesterday afternoon, and a few more details about the attack and its aftermath were revealed....

Phil Spector's Mug Shot Is Scary As Hell
Phil Spector's still in prison, and convicted life has not been kind to him. The Smoking Gun got his latest mug shot, and it pretty much says it all. ...

What We Talk About When We Say No One's Talking About Hope Solo
This piece originally ran at The Sport Spectacle....


Cops Say Rex Chapman Ripped Off An Apple Store To The Tune Of $14,000
Police say former NBA player and executive Rex Chapman is responsible for a string of thefts from an Arizona Apple Store totaling more than $14,000....

Adrian Peterson Turns Himself In To Montgomery County Authorities
Peterson arrived at the jail and was let in through a side entrance. Authorities released his mug shot a short time later. His bond amount was set at $15,000, according to the sheriff's office....

Huge Red Wine Counterfeiting Scheme Busted In Italy
Italian cops have foiled what the Siena police chief calls "the biggest fraud ever carried out in the agricultural and food sector": a wine expert's attempt to pass off nearly a quarter-million bottles of fake Brunello di Montalcino wine....

California Golf Coach Attempted To Order Hits On Children He Molested
California junior golf coach Andrew Nisbet, who was charged with over 65 counts of child molestation last December, tried to have two of his victims killed by a hitman while he was in jail, according to investigators....

Documents Explain Why Prosecutors Dropped Charges Against Thiago Silva
On the Fourth of July, Thaysa Silva boarded a Miami plane bound for São Paulo and never came back, according to prosecutors. She took the domestic violence case against UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva with her. ...

UFC Welcomes Back Alleged Domestic Abuser Thiago Silva With Open Arms
After UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva was arrested and charged with attempted murder back in February following a string of incidents that began with him allegedly forcing a gun into his wife's mouth and ended in a confrontation between the fighter and a SWAT team, UFC president Dana White said f...

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Former AHL Coach Pleads No Contest To Sexting 13-Year-Old Girl
Former Portland Pirates assistant coach Michael Minard pleaded no contest to a charge of sexual misconduct Wednesday. Minard had started an online relationship with a 13-year-old girl he met through Twitter after a game last year....

NFL Considering Increased Penalties For Domestic Violence
Hearing the backlash to the Ray Rice suspension, the NFL has reportedly had internal discussions about increasing the penalties for future cases of domestic violence. According to the Washington Post, the league has discussed a suspension of four to six game for a first offense and a potential year-...

Ryan Malone Told Cop He Didn't Know Where All That Cocaine Came From
Free-agent forward Ryan Malone was arrested for DUI and cocaine possession back in April, and was bought out of his contract by the Tampa Bay Lightning in June. According to a police report obtained by the Tampa Bay Times, Malone told the arresting officer that he had no idea how a bag of cocaine go...

Michigan Wide Receiver Knocks Guy Out With Vicious Sucker Punch
Michigan wide receiver Csont'e York was suspended indefinitely after news broke that he was allegedly involved in an assault that took place on July 18. Now, the Ann Arbor police department has released video of York destroying a guy with a sucker punch outside of an Ann Arbor bar....

Tom Tom Employs Sexist Ad To Showcase Running Watch Feature
Tom Tom is one of many GPS companies that make a wrist-mounted system that tracks your mileage, time, and pace while running or walking. But in a field of competitors, how does one stand out? Tom Tom has decided to be defined by its sexism....