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Bowler arrested mid-tournament facing child porn charges

Brandon Novak, the professional bowler who was reportedly arrested by U.S. Marshalls during the middle of a tournament, is facing child pornography charges....

Bo Jackson wins $21 million suit against niece, nephew who tried to extort him

Bo Jackson was awarded $21 million in a civil suit after his niece and nephew attempted to extort him....

Ex-Jags employee used stolen funds to bet on football [Update]

Update Dec. 8: The former employee’s attorney said his client has a “serious gambling addiction” and will plead guilty to wire fraud and an illegal monetary transaction...

James Pearce Jr. is 3rd Vols player hit with traffic violation

Tennessee’s sophomore defensive lineman James Pearce Jr. was arrested on the evening of Dec. 4 for a traffic violation. ...

Boston College hit with hazing scandal

Boston College has placed its men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on an indefinite suspension after the university’s leadership found there was rampant hazing in the program, the school announced Wednesday. ...

From Northwestern to San Diego, college football hazing isn’t going away

From the billion-dollar Big Ten to the “mighty” Pioneer Football League, hazing is allegedly alive and well in college football....

Playing football at Northwestern University haunts me to this day: Ex-Wildcat lineman

Ramon Diaz hasn’t watched a football game in more than 10 years, since he abruptly left Northwestern University’s football team in 2008. Wednesday morning, standing in a room of reporters, Diaz, a former offensive lineman, detailed why he didn’t return for his fifth season, why he snuck into the loc...

First former Northwestern football player files lawsuit in program’s hazing scandal

A little more than a week has passed since allegations of a toxic locker-room culture were unearthed about Northwestern’s football program, leading to the hasty dismissal of head coach Pat Fitzgerald. The first lawsuit in the scandal was filed Tuesday morning against the university, Fitzgerald, and ...

Should Northwestern have fired Pat Fitzgerald before the hazing scandal? | Agree to Disagree

Long live student journalism

I spent two college summers delivering Edy’s Ice Cream to Jewels, Moo & Oinks, and 7 Eleven’s throughout the Chicagoland area. The summer after my junior year I interned for NBA.com and thought I was hot stuff with a feature I wrote on Josh Smith’s basketball camp. Nicole Markus, Alyce Brown, Cole R...

Might be time for pro athletes to beef up that security — or flaunt less online

In a little less than three months, it will be the 15th anniversary of Sean Taylor’s death from a home invasion in South Florida. A physical specimen by any metric, the University of Miami and Washington NFL franchise star died from a gunshot wound at age 24. ...

In the Miles Bridges situation, the focus should be on the alleged victim — not the millions he may have just lost

Four days after Roe v. Wade was overturned, an unidentified woman was involved in a domestic situation that led to her requiring medical attention. The man involved was arrested for felony domestic violence. But instead of the attention being on the victim, most of the interest had to do with the ac...

Jerry Jeudy arrested for criminal tampering in possible domestic violence case

Denver Broncos’ receiver Jerry Jeudy was taken into custody today by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department between 11:30 and 12:30 local time today, according to public information officer Jon Bartman. Bartman told Deadspin that the former first-round draft pick is being charged with second-degre...

Best Buy employees break into stellar zone defense to stop shoplifters

There are few things out there that soften the edges of this cruel world quite like a funny sports video on Twitter and the even funnier armchair-expert responses that come along with it. The video making the rounds today depicts a group of Best Buy employees caught on the store’s security camera de...

Jonah Keri sentenced to 21 months in jail for domestic abuse

A Montreal judge today sentenced former baseball journalist Jonah Keri to a total of 21 months imprisonment on five separate counts related to domestic abuse of his ex-wife. Keri pled guilty to multiple counts of spousal and child abuse involving injury, following a sentencing hearing that took plac...

What the hell is MLB doing with Marcell Ozuna?

TW: domestic abuse ...

The NFL’s domestic violence program appears to be going just great

(TW: domestic violence, assault)...

Starlin Castro suspended 30 games for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy

Washington Nationals veteran infielder Starlin Castro has been suspended without pay for 30 days for violating the MLB’s joint domestic violence policy. He was originally placed on administrative leave on July 16 while the league investigated the allegations against him....

Seahawks' silence is deafening on Chad Wheeler’s horrific domestic violence arrest [Updated]

It’s been more than 24 hours since someone first alerted me about Chad Wheeler, and more than 12 since mainstream media started covering the story. And yet, as this story is published, this is the only official statement we have from the Seattle Seahawks about Wheeler’s arrest:...

Report: One Of Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine Cronies Was Once Sued By The Miami Heat

Now that Lev Parnas, one of Rudy Giuliani’s henchmen and a member of Trump’s inner circle, has been arrested and charged with manipulating the American electoral system and funneling Russian money into U.S. elections, all sorts of details are emerging and reemerging about his slimy little life....