Dad Attacks Ref at Girls HS Volleyball Game, Fuels Calls for New Anti-Violence Bill - Now you've gone and done it! A Michigan father at the Fowlerville and Okemos High junior varsity volleyball game last week thought the referee made a poor call that ended up costing his daughter's team the game and so he did what any concerned parent would do. He came out of the stands and attacked the official and pushed a female coach when she tried to stop him. As if that wasn't enough, he tried to punch one of two spectators who tried to calm him down. Police soon arrived and the guy faces up to 93 days in jail if convicted on four counts of misdemeanor assault. Apparently its not the first time this dad's been a problem for the school district: they have now banned him from any sporting events based on a pattern of bad behavior. There were two previous incidents -- one in the fall at his daughter's basketball game and one last school year during a volleyball tournament -- and both time he was warned about his behavior.  To make matters worse, this event has caught the attention of several Michigan legislators who have presented a bill to toughen the penalties for offenders like this guy.  (Detroit News)

Super Bowl Flashback: 21 Years Ago, Chicago Fan Rented Bear Costume, Put on Walter Payton Jersey and Got Into the Game Pretending to be Team's Official Mascot - Ah, 1986. It was a simpler time then, when a dedicated Chicago Bears fan could put on a bear costume and bluff his way into the Super Bowl. Story and a picture here.

Top Ten Super Bowl Controversies From Sports Illustrated

Headline of the Week? Cheerleaders. Soldiers. Booze. Sex. 
MSNBC Picks Up the SC HS Cheerleading Coach Scandal Story - Not a whole lot new in their report, other than that married, mother-of-two, cheerleading coach Jill Marie Moore used to take one of the hot girls on her squad with her to the National Guard Armory to distract the other soldiers while she allegedly had sex with a married recruiter. Smooth. Oh, and here's our favorite quote from a parent who has a kid at Ware Shoals HS and admitted that she had heard of Moore’s affair with a 17-year-old male student, but overlooked it because she "considered Moore a good coach and believed the boy to be at least 18." Oh yeah, good coaching makes all the underage sex so worth it. Imagine what a good football coach could get away with in that town? (MSNBC) More on this story below and in last week's archive.
BONUS: Guardsmen could be court-martialed in suspected sex encounters

Chargers' Terrence "Robitussin" Kiel Arrested for Public Urination - He's out on bail awaiting charges for shipping large amounts of cough syrup to some friends in Texas (apparently to be mixed with soft drinks to make a concoction known as "lean") but that doesn't mean that Terrence Kiel is just sitting around. Although public urination isn't a felony like the early charges, it does mean it's Kiel's second run-in with the law in less than three months and the eighth by a San Diego player since April. Making a run at the Bengals, are we? (Sports Illustrated)

Milwaukee HS Basketball Game Turns Into Brawl - Watch the video clip here.

Did You Hear BadJocks Publisher Bob Reno Today on Sports Bloggers Live? If you missed it, you can hear it now by clicking here.

BADJOCKS UPDATE: If the Super Bowl Beggar Gets His Free Ticket, BadJocks Promises to Throw in $100 for "Pop and Chips" at Game - It's the least we could do for a guy who's really putting himself out there. But just so you don't think we've gone soft: he needs to mention BadJocks.com to the media when he talks to them in order to earn the Benjamin. We have also been promised a video update from him Thursday. Stay tuned.
EARLIER: South Florida Man Uses YouTube to Beg for "Sugar Daddy or Sugar Mommy" to Give Him Free Ticket to Super Bowl - This guy is either a genius or one of the biggest dumbasses we've ever come across. Decide for yourself by watching this strange clip at YouGottaSeeThisVideo.com (If you're a broadcast professional and want to contact this guy, drop us an email at BadJocks at Yahoo.com)

Cops: Nude Bowlers Don't Appear to be Breaking Any Laws, But Even Their Badges Won't Protect Your Eyesight - If you live in Maine, stay away from the Old Town Bowling Center when they're having private parties. Why? Typically it's a bunch of middle-aged guys bowling . . . naked. Some had tried to get the bowling in the buff stopped, but local law  enforcement--after a thorough investigation--has concluded that no laws are being broken . . . only the rules of good taste. Apparently the fellas in the Bare Nekkid Mainers club have held three naked bowling events in the center since September, and each time the alley was closed, its windows and doors covered in paper, and signs prominently placed announcing that a private party was in progress. Things went well until Jan. 20, when a man apparently ignored the signs and entered the center . . . with his 8-year-old son in tow. The owner tried to stop him, but the guy kept walking through two doors covered in paper (wonder if the signs said "Warning: Ugly Naked Men Bowling"?) and apparently came upon a nude guy playing pool. He was so upset, he called police. Link includes a slightly not safe for work pic. (Bangor Daily News)

HS Basketball Coach Suspended After 15-7 "Slow Down" Win - In his 17 years as Veteran Eastwood High School girls basketball coach, Jim Gracyk 296-95 record, with his most recent victory coming on January 18 in a less-than-dramatic 15-7 (yes, that's final score) win in a Suburban Lakes League game against Genoa. Now Coach Gracyk has been suspended and will only say that this legendary coach violates some unspecified part of the school's conduct code for coaches. (Toledo Blade)

Funniest Video of a Kid Getting Hit by a Basketball This Year - Don't
worry: the humor outweighs the lifetime of embarrassment. Trust us, this is one clip you'll want to see over and over. Plus: Senator Clinton caught singing along to the National Anthem...and badly! Tell your friends - YouGottaSeeThisVideo!

Double Dip of the Day: Greased HS Streaker Tasered by Cops - Okay, so it's not exactly a bad jock story, but the kid was streaking and you know he must have been on some kind of school sport. Maybe the chess team? Anyway, this story takes place at Westerville North High School in Ohio where Taylor C. Killian, 18, had a great idea at lunch time: strip naked, rub grapeseed oil all over his body and run naked in the cafeteria. His actions caused on obvious commotion that caught the attention of school resource Officer Doug "Don't Call Me Barney Fife" Staysniak, who tried to grab the lad but could not hold on. So, as he ran away, Staysniak did what any officer of the law would do: he tasered the naked teen. Not once, but twice. Afterwards, Killian was quoted as saying, "It just seemed like a good idea at the time." He is charged with inducing panic, public indecency, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. When asked to comment, Westerville Police Department Lt. John Petrozzi said, "He's not offered any apology. He said he was looking to create some excitement and get an adrenaline rush. Hindsight being 20/20 Killian should have ate a burger instead. Put a jalapeno on it. I don't know." You tell 'em officer. (Columbus Dispatch)

South Carolina May Change Age of Consent Laws in Wake of HS Cheerleading Coach Scandal

More HS Sports Hazing: Anonymous Letter From Concerned Parent Says Freshman Players Beaten and Forced to Sleep on Hotel Room Floor as Part of "Initiation into the Brotherhood of Basketball Players

HS Jocks Suspended After Being Caught With Booze; Parents Complain, So School Board Decides to Take Its Sweet Time to "Review Alcohol Policy" Until Spring, After Basketball Season is Over (Thanks to Dee R. for the tip!)

Father Swears At Opposing Team During Game, Opposing Coach Teaches Him Some Manners and Gets Arrested - Parents: please go to your kids sporting events. Cheer them on. Tell them they played great afterwards, but please don't shout obscenities at the opposing team. It's just bad manners, oh, and the coach from the other team--like Frank Ruocco, 40, the head coach of the Connecticut Wolves peewee team--might kick your ass. (WHDH-TV)

HS Wrestling Coach Arrested for DUI While Chaperoning Team at Meet

It's Like Momma Always Said: Don't Mess With Them Quakers - Five members of the football team at Guilford College in North Carolina (founded by pacifist Quakers) have been arrested after allegedly beating up three Palestinian students. According to police reports, the five allegedly beat the students with their feet, fists, and--for good measure--brass knuckles, while calling them "terrorists" and shouting other racial epithets . . . in front of a number of witnesses. Of course, the father of one of the football players now claims it was more of an even two-way brawl and has shown reporters a picture of a small bruise on his son's back. On the other hand, the injuries to the three Palestinians include: concussions, contusions, one broken jaw, one broken nose and back injuries. Yeah, three little guys want to take on five college football players. (CS Monitor)

Hazing Bonanza! The month of January comes to a close with one of the greatest outbreaks of "sports initiations" we've ever reported on. Must be something in the air or in the booze.
Hockey Hazing Escalates Into Urinating on Skates - How do you get to this point? Well it sounds like the Canadian hockey players on the Kitchener Dutchmen team have a different idea of rookie hazing than American's do. According to reports, when Alex Sotnyk was sent over to the Dutchmen from another team, he found the words "F*cking Yankee" written on his hockey stick. So, while the other players were out of the locker room, Sotnyk then poured hair conditioner and tape remover in their gear. That didn't set well with the Dutchmen who tried to convince Sotnyk that this was how rookies got treated and that he should just accept it like everyone else. He didn't. Allegedly Sotnyk later told teammates he urinated in their skates of another player. (570 News)
It's All Fun & Games Until Someone Gets Punched in the Groin - It all seemed like fun to a freshman jock at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School in Massachusetts. Everyone's getting ready for after school practice when some of the upperclassmen grab one of your friends and start teasing him. It's funny, 'cause it's not you. But he manages to get away from them and they see you laughing. Not good. So they grab you and pull your sweatshirt over your head. Okay, not too bad so far. Then they start taping you to a bench with medical tape. Still not so bad. Then someone starts punching you in the groin as your hands are restrained above your head. Not so funny now is it smart guy? Five HS athletes have been suspended while the school investigates this alleged hazing incident. (Boston Globe)
Colorado Athletes Booted From Team for Pictures Posted on Facebook Showing Them in "Simulated Sex Positions" - Okay, so we can't prove this one was hazing, but given Colorado University's history in this area, it seems likely this was some kind of track team "initiation" that got out of hand. University officials responded quickly when photos were posted on a Facebook.com account showing six track and field athletes partying together and "toasting one another with what appears to be alcohol." Then it gets weird. According to the University, there were also pictures of various members of the team engaged in simulated sex positions. Read the official statement from the CU athletic department here. (Daily Camera)

South Carolina HS Cheerleader Scandal Update: We Told You There'd Be More - From our "Waiting For The Other Shoe to Drop" Dept: most of you have been following this story for the past two weeks, but for those that haven't here's a short recap:
- HS cheerleading coach arrested for allegedly giving booze to girls on squad
- HS principal arrested for allegedly trying to cover it up
- New allegations that coach had affair with National Guard recruiter
- New allegations that girls had sex with different National Guard recruiter at party hosted by coach
- Not surprisingly, National Guard recruiters suspended
And now the latest: now comes word that former coach Jill Marie Moore (married with two kids) not only had sex with the recruiter, she also allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old male HS student. Which brings us to the real question: when does anyone have time to study at Ware Shoals High School? (MSNBC)

It's Finally Here! The 2006 BadJocks Year in Review!
We know, it's hard to contain your enthusiasm. 2006 was a good year for bad jocks and a great year for BadJocks.com. First off, we have to thank the Northwestern women's soccer team and their outstanding photographic skills. And let's not forget former middle school gym teacher Pamela Rogers who made her dancing debut right here and now has a been awarded a 10-year engagement with the Tennessee Penal System.
But neither of those folks won our Bad Jock of the Year Award, given annually to the person who does the most to discredit his or her sport. This year it goes to a 46-year-old father in the Philadelphia area who wanted his son to get more playing time on the football field. So he brought a gun to the game and threatened the coach. Still not convinced he deserved the award? What if we tell you his son is only 6-freakin'-years-old?
That genius barely beat out a Connecticut state employee who spent the entire summer on disability after tangling with an unruly youth at a detention center where she worked. Oh, and also playing women's professional football where she made a record 10 tackles in one game and got her name in the paper. Oops. You can find details on both their stories, plus our other favorite categories, below.

Top Ten Bad Jock Stories of 2006 - Includes Bad Jock of the Year!
Top HS Coach Sex Scandals of 2006
Top Naughty Cheerleaders of 2006
Top Naked People in Sports of 2006
Strangest Stories from 2006
Top Sports Hazings of 2006

Bonus: Top Stories from Past Years
Top Ten Stories of 2005
Top HS Coach Sex Scandals
Top Naughty Cheerleaders
Top Naked People in Sports
Strangest Stories
Top Stories from 2004
Top Ten List from 2003