Ex-English soccer coach pleads guilty to child sex offenses

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A former English soccer coach has pleaded guilty to six child sex offenses at the start of his trial. Barry Bennell, a former coach at northern English club Crewe, is charged with a total of 55 offenses, including 42 counts of indecent assault. A jury is expected to be sworn in... Read More

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Barry Bennell

January 9, 2018

Ex-wife of slain NBA player agrees to face Tennessee charges

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright will not fight authorities’ attempt to send her from California to Tennessee, where she’s charged with killing him nearly eight years ago. Sherra Wright briefly appeared in Riverside County Superior Court on Monday and agreed to go back to Tennessee to face first-degree... Read More

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Lorenzen Wright, Sherra Wright

January 8, 2018

Ex-English soccer coach pleads guilty to child sex offenses

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Barry Bennell, Sexual Abuse

January 7, 2018

McNabb, Davis out at ESPN after sex misconduct investigation

NEW YORK (AP) — Donovan McNabb and Eric Davis have been dismissed from ESPN following an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct while employed at NFL Network. ESPN says in a statement Saturday “they are no longer working for us.” The pair worked for ESPN Radio and were taken off the air Dec. 12, pending... Read More

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Donovan McNabb, Eric Davis, ESPN

January 6, 2018

Pro racecar driver Scott Tucker gets over 16 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Pro racecar driver Scott Tucker was sentenced to over 16 years in prison Friday after his conviction for running a payday loan business that prosecutors say cheated millions of financially struggling Americans. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel said it was “staggering” how many people nationwide were affected by Tucker’s business.... Read More

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Fraud, Scott Tucker

January 5, 2018

State high court won’t hear Mateen Cleaves sex assault case

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to review a judge’s decision to reinstate sexual assault charges against former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves. The state’s high court on Wednesday joined three Michigan Court of Appeals judges, who in August denied Cleaves’ request. Earlier, Genesee County Judge Archie Hayman reinstated the... Read More

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Mateen Cleaves

January 4, 2018

Verona given suspended sentence for racist chants at Matuidi

MILAN (AP) — Racist chanting has resulted in Hellas Verona being given a suspended one-year sentence for a partial stadium closure. The league judge says that Verona supporters aimed the chants at Juventus midfielder Blaise Matuidi for 10 seconds early in Juve’s 3-1 Serie A win on Saturday — in which Matuidi scored the first... Read More

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Hellas Verona, Soccer

January 4, 2018

Ex-assistant to fired Arizona coach wants $7.5 million

A claim filed by the former assistant to fired Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez says he walked around the office in his underwear, fondled himself in front of her and forced her to cover up an extramarital affair he had with another woman. The claim seeking damages against Rodriguez was filed by an attorney for... Read More

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Rich Rodriguez

January 3, 2018

Arizona coach fired after sexual harassment allegations

Arizona fired Rich Rodriguez on Tuesday night, six days after the Wildcats finished the season with a loss in the Foster Farms Bowl. That Rodriguez was the subject of a workplace misconduct allegation became public knowledge shortly before the school announced it had “parted ways” with the coach, according to a USA Today report. “After... Read More

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Rich Rodriguez, University of Arizona

January 2, 2018

Lawsuit: Duke, UNC agreed to not hire each other’s doctors

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The basketball rivalry between Duke University and the University of North Carolina battle is legendary, but a federal lawsuit says the two elite institutions have agreed not to compete in another prestigious area: the market for highly skilled medical workers. The anti-trust complaint by a former Duke radiologist accuses the schools... Read More

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Duke University

January 2, 2018

High school soccer coach accused of pimping teen girls

A high school soccer coach who also worked as a rideshare driver was arrested for human trafficking after a 17-year-old girl called police and said she was being sold for sex, authorities in California said. Elan Daniel Seagraves, 34, of Sacramento, was arrested on Christmas Day after the teen contacted the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department... Read More

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Elan Daniel Seagraves

December 29, 2017

Suspended NC State guard Johnson faces felony assault charge

CLEVELAND (AP) — Suspended North Carolina State guard Markell Johnson is facing a felony assault charge in his home state of Ohio. According to a court document, Johnson was among four people indicted Dec. 5 in Cuyahoga County. The document states they “did knowingly cause serious physical harm” to a male victim on or about... Read More

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Basketball, Markell Johnson

December 27, 2017

US jury acquits Peruvian defendant in FIFA bribery case

NEW YORK (AP) — A former South American soccer official was acquitted in the FIFA bribery scandal on Tuesday and walked out of the courtroom saying he’s finished with the world’s most popular sport. The verdict clearing Manuel Burga, former president of Peru’s soccer federation, of a single racketeering conspiracy charge came days after prosecutors... Read More

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FIFA

December 26, 2017

Column: Infantino must prove FIFA commitment to cleaning up

When members of soccer’s hierarchy were plucked from their Zurich bedrooms at dawn by police in May 2015, any vestiges of trust remaining in FIFA vanished. As the first FIFA trial concludes in New York and a former vice president is sent to jail, the governing body still hasn’t shown the corrupt culture that infected... Read More

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FIFA

Ex-English soccer coach pleads guilty to child sex offenses

Ex-wife of slain NBA player agrees to face Tennessee charges

Ex-English soccer coach pleads guilty to child sex offenses

McNabb, Davis out at ESPN after sex misconduct investigation

Pro racecar driver Scott Tucker gets over 16 years in prison

State high court won’t hear Mateen Cleaves sex assault case

Verona given suspended sentence for racist chants at Matuidi

Ex-assistant to fired Arizona coach wants $7.5 million

Arizona coach fired after sexual harassment allegations

Lawsuit: Duke, UNC agreed to not hire each other’s doctors

High school soccer coach accused of pimping teen girls

Suspended NC State guard Johnson faces felony assault charge

US jury acquits Peruvian defendant in FIFA bribery case

Column: Infantino must prove FIFA commitment to cleaning up

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