But Was He Dressed Like a Pirate at the Time? Latrell Sprewell Accused of Choking Encore, Investigated for Attacking Woman During Sex on Yacht - It must be hard to live down one of the most infamous incidents in NBA history: chocking coach P.J. Carlesimo during practice after he criticized your the way you were playing. For Latrell Sprewell, it's been nearly 10 years since that fateful incident and for the most part he's been able to let his on-court actions speak for themselves . . . until now. According to police a Milwaukee woman claims that she and Sprewell were having consensual sex on his yacht when he--for some unknown reason ("P.J! P.J!")--began to choke her. Somehow she was able to fight him off and, after returning to shore, the NBA star drove her back home. The victim did have red marks on her neck and was treated at the sexual assault treatment center of a local hospital. It's not the first time Sprewell has had trouble with his boat: earlier this summer it ran aground and had to be towed by a tug boat. (Mercury News)

#138! A BadJocks First: Cycling coach jailed over sex with teenage prodigy. (The Australian)

More Sports Initiation Pictures Exposed: Small College Baseball Team Boozes It Up, Plays Ball in Their Underwear, Has Fashion Show in Ladies Lingerie - The players on the North Central College (Naperville, IL) call it "voluntary and was a team bonding exercise" but the administration is investigating anyway after photos of baseball players drinking (one shot shows them pouring six different kinds of hard liquor down one freshman's throat at the same time) playing a game in their underwear and then parading around in women's lingerie. Nothing gay about that at all, is there? As usual, the pics were posted at WebShots.com by one of the senior players (we vaguely remember seeing them during our "Dirty Dozen investigation last spring) and have since been pulled down. (Naperville Sun)

Watch Out California Jocks: State Could Get Tough New Anti-Hazing Law - If it gets signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a new state anti-hazing law will redefine the term hazing, increases penalties to a felony in cases of serious injury or death, and give local prosecutors the authority to charge anyone who participates in hazing. The new legislation is known as Matt's Law, after 21-year-old Matthew Carrington, a Chico State University junior, who died from "water intoxication" while trying to join a fraternity at the school. Part of the pledge initiation included drinking massive quantities of water, which led to his death. (Chico Enterprise Record)
BONUS: Two Frat Brothers Face Criminal Charges for Beating, Branding Pledge

Doctor: Carolina Panthers Took Steroids, Got Shrunken Balls, Enlarged Nipples - Part two of today's extra special gender-bender issue is a story out of North Carolina where Dr. James Shortt is on trial for allegedly providing members of the Carolina Panthers football team with massive amounts of steroids and human growth hormone (HGH) . . . right around the time they made a surprising run at the Super Bowl. According to steroids expert Dr. Gary Wadler, who reviewed the medical records and prepared a report for the U.S. Attorney's Office, "Several of them were using disturbing, particularly alarmingly high amounts with high dosages for long durations -- some in combinations." Among some of the unwanted consequences of the alleged steroid abuse: shrunken testicles and enlarged breasts and nipples. And you thought Barry Bonds' enlarged head was embarrassing? (Charlotte Observer)

BadJocks Update: HS Coach Suspended for Hazing Incident Resigns - Shane Taylor has resigned as head football coach of the Warrensburg Tigers just a week after being suspended for his role in a team hazing incident. At the time of the suspension, the school said that it wasn't that Taylor was involved in the hazing, but what he said to the alleged attackers afterwards that go him in trouble. (Kansas City Channel)

Disturbing Sports Video of the Week? Philly Football Fans Destroy TO Bobblehead Dolls - Take a couple of bored young football fans, some $3 Terrell Owens bobblehead dolls and some fireworks, add a video camera and you have instant fun . . . or something a little strange. 

For Vikings, Timing is Everything - Just hours after Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf told a St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter, "If you want to look for stories, you better look for the good kind of things now, because you're not going to find too many of the bad things," one his new-and-improved players proved him wrong once again. Safety Dwight Smith, who just signed a new $6.5 million contract, and an unidentified woman were cited for 'indecent conduct' in a stairwell at the Escape Ultra Lounge. This comes just days after the team decided to cut receiver Koren Robinson for alleged drunk driving and trying to flee police. (WCCO) For those of you who may have missed it, Wilf has been trying to get the public to forget last year's "Love Boat" incident. His players, however, seem to want to keep reliving their glorious past.

#137! Teacher/boys soccer coach pleads not guilty to sex charge. (Lex 18) Thanks to Joshua for the link!
#136! Double Dumbass - Former HS basketball coach, convicted in 2003 of molesting a girl on his team, sentenced to another 6 months in jail for exposing himself to three women while he was on probation. (Seattle PI)
#135! Middle school teacher/soccer coach arrested on suspicion of molesting a male player several years ago. (Indy Channel)

Internet Used to Arrange Pre-Game Soccer Brawl in Bulgaria Where Homemade Hand Grenades are Used - Soccer hooligans in Bulgaria are no longer willing to just show up drunk to games and duke it out with rival fans. That's like SO 15 minutes ago! No, the latest trend among fans in the former communist country is to threaten your rivals via email, then set up a time and place BEFORE the game to fight. It also appears that bringing baseball bats is also out of vogue as at least one fan in the town of Plovdiv brought a homemade hand grenade to the festivities. According to police, 17 people were arrested and at least two people were injured, one a cop and the other a 54-year-old man who just happened to be driving by when the fight started. Check your email next time pops! (Malaysia Sun)
BONUS: Soccer Hooligans Beware! Cops to Start Wearing Head Cams - In recent years, British police have used video cameras while wading through crowds of soccer hooligans, hoping to ID perpetrators later while looking at the footage. The only problem? It's a little hard to pepper spray someone and pin him to the ground with your knee pressed painfully in his lower back while holding a camcorder. The solution? Mount cameras on police officers heads, so they can get the footage they need, while still busting heads! If the technology works, thousands of assistant principals at American high schools are said to be interested in the technology. (This is Lancashire)

Headline of the Week: Tiger Woods Says PGA Should Test Golfers For Steroids

That Takes a Lotta Balls! Thieves Steal 36,000 Golf Balls From Driving Range - If you live near Marshfield, Wisconsin and someone tries to make a you a good deal on a truckload of used golf balls, you may want to think twice. Sure, it would be tempting and you could finally prank that snooty neighbor by filling his pool up with them, but cops in the area are warning duffers that the market might be saturated with hot balls after a weekend robbery at the Legends range. According to the owner, Gregory Ehlert, that many balls would fill up the back of his Escalade and would be worth $12,000 to $15,000. The balls are described as small, white with dimples and answer to the name "Fore!" (Marshfield News Herald)

Oh No, TO! Owens Hasn't Played For Cowboys Yet, Already Fined - Who had three pre-season games in the over/under on when "eccentric" receiver Terrell "It's The Media's Fault" Owens would get fined by his latest team, the Dallas Cowboys? According to team owner Jerry Jones, the former Eagle was fined $9,500 for missing a team meeting, a rehabilitation session and being late to an offensive meeting. In other shocking news, the sky is blue and fire is hot. (Sportsline)

Alleged Hazing Video Posted on YouTube Gets Women's Soccer Team in Trouble . . . Sort Of - You'd think when confronted with a video clip of returning female soccer players encouraging freshman to continue drinking even after one of them says "My body can't handle it," that college administrators would take swift action. Not, apparently if you're Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina (We would have reported this story earlier but thought we were looking for LeAnn Rimes College. Our mistake.) Earlier this week the school was tipped off to a lengthy video posted on YouTube that purports to show members of the women's soccer team engaged in freshman initiation drinking game called "Find the Water." When one frosh starts to choke on the last of several drinks, an older player can be heard shouting "Finish!" A local TV station in NC did a great story on this, including talking to the coach who would only sheepishly say that the girl's punishments for this incident were an "internal matter" while new footage shows the alleged ringleaders still at practice this week. This, despite a strong "no alcohol" and anti-hazing policy at the school and what could be a violation of North Carolina state law. The team starts its season this Saturday against powerhouse UNC Pembroke. Oh, and according to the team website, the coach will be starting his own blog this season to talk about the team's progress. This should be interesting, don't you think? Click here for video clip from WCNC (Editorial at Charlotte Observer)

#134! Teacher/wrestling coach accused of sex on school grounds with 16-year-old girl. (WFTV)

"Semen Tossing" Now Part of HS Football Hazing Rituals - For those of you out there who think sports initiation practices are nothing more than a "right of passage" that everyone goes through and that hazing has really changed in the years since you were in school, listen up: football players from Fairhaven High School (MA) may be in trouble for allegedly duct-taping a young player to a bed at a private sports camp, physically assaulting him and subjecting him to "gross and lewd acts including--wait for it--tossing semen in a cup on him. Allegedly the incident started with them putting Icy Hot in the player's jock strap and then went "downhill from there." That's one steep hill. According to the school, students who violate the code of ethics can be subject to penalties that range from a warning to banishment from Fairhaven athletics, but there is some question about jurisdiction in this case as the camp is a private event. Also: for some reason the Blue Devil's head football coach resigned a few days ago, after the investigation started and less than a week before the team's first game. (South Coast Today)
BONUS: Surfing instructors were told to stop hazing young students, including giving children "pink bellies" and putting them in trash cans after pictures appear on school's website. (10 News)