A court date has been set for Green Bay Packers linebacker Erik Walden on a disorderly conduct-domestic abuse charge. He pled not guilty to the misdemeanor, which stems from a dispute with his girlfriend in November. A judge Tuesday set a trial date of Feb. 16, which is 11 days after the Super Bowl. Most attorneys familiar with… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Football RSS FeedPenn State Scandal Moves Forward
Posted in Football, NCAA, Sex CrimesA judge in Pennsylvania ruled Friday that two former Penn State officials will stand trial on charges of lying to a grand jury about what they knew and when regarding sexual abuse allegations against former coach Jerry Sandusky. District Judge William Wenner held there was enough evidence against both former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and… Continue Reading
Dr. Anthony Galea Sentenced in Federal Court for HGH related offense
Posted in Baseball, Football, Performance Enhancing DrugsOn the same day that Barry Bonds was sentenced to a month of house arrest and two years probation for his part in obstructing the investigation into BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative) and the Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED) it peddled, a well respected but largely unknown Canadian doctor was sentenced three-thousand miles away in Federal Court… Continue Reading
Concussions Lead to Lawsuits against NCAA for College Athletes
Posted in Football, NCAAAccording to a recent article in The New York Times, heavy hitting action in college sports has led to a class action lawsuit against the NCAA. In the suit, three former college football players and one soccer player allege the organization failed to do enough to raise awareness for or treat brain injuries in athletes…. Continue Reading
Lawyers come out of the woodwork in Pennsylvania
Posted in Football, NCAA, Sex CrimesAccording to The Boston Globe, one complicating factor in the sure-to-come civil lawsuits related to the Penn State sexual assault case is the statute of limitations. Until August of 2002, the statute of limitations ran out at age 20. Changes were made that year and the Legislature raised the limit to 30. Prosecutors have thus… Continue Reading
Attorney Hired in Penn State Sexual Assault
Posted in Football, Sex CrimesAs reported by ABC News, at least one of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky’s alleged victims has now hired an attorney to explore a civil lawsuit. The lawyer told ABC News he has been retained to explore a civil lawsuit against not only the former coach, but anyone who may have known… Continue Reading
Tim Curley is the source of misery for Penn State in the Sandusky Indictment
Posted in Football, Sex CrimesThe Sandusky Indictment reveals that Tim Curley, Penn State AD, was told of graphic incidents involving Jerry Sandusky and young boys being sexually assaulted and raped on the Penn State campus. If anything can be more disturbing than the facts themselves, Sandusky was arrested for 40 counts related to allegations of sexual abuse of young boys over a 15-year… Continue Reading
Shame in College Sports, an indictment of the NCAA
Posted in Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Track & FieldTaylor Branch, civil rights author and historian, has written a powerful indictment of the NCAA and collegiate sports. Reading this is an education on the exploitation of athletes in major college sports. Read the full article here in the Atlantic. Below is a section from the article that describes the myth of the student athlete. We… Continue Reading