Naughty Cheerleader Alert! Members of Florida HS Squad Arrested for Beating Girl in Ambush, Videotaping It So They Could Post It on MySpace - That damn MySpace! Getting more innocent teens in trouble. This time, down in Florida where six young ladies--ranging in age from 14 to 17--are in jail after cops say they lured a female classmate a house and then kicked and punched her for 30 minutes while the camera rolled. The reason? According to police, the girls (many of whom are on the same cheerleading squad at Mulberry High School) didn't like what the girl wrote about them on her MySpace page, so they were going to beat her up, tape it, and post THAT on MySpace . . . apparently as a warning to anyone who messes with HS cheerleaders. Two boys, who allegedly waited outside and acted as lookouts were also charged. Below: the "Mulberry Eight." (Story continues below)
Said Polk County Sheriff Grady "No Relation to Ashley" Judd, "I've never seen anything like it. They seem to have absolutely no remorse at all. I don't understand the sheer violence. That is animalistic behavior and it is pack mentality. They lured her there to beat her and beat her. They left her with a concussion. We have photographs of her with two black eyes; her nose is swollen." Afterwards, according to police, several of the attackers drove the victim around and threatened to "beat her again" if she went to police. According to one news report, while in the holding cell, one of the girls asked if she would be released in time to make it to cheerleading practice, while others laughed and joked about not being able to go down to the beach for a while. All but one of the Mulberry Eight were in a juvenile facility, but local prosecutor would like to charge the girls as adults and after watching this brutal video, you'll likely agree. (The Ledger) Thanks to reader Scott S. for the tip on the story!
WARNING: Video is very graphic, although the language is bleeped. 

Brawl in the Family? HS Baseball Player and Parents Arrested for Beating Coach After Game - Once again, the out-dated "post game handshake" has resulted in violence, only this time it appears to be a HS baseball player (and his parents) attacking his own coach. Details are still sketchy, but according to police reports, White County High School (Sparta, TN) coach Brian Everett was gather his players and their families around for a post game meeting this week when senior Tyler E. Mills, 18, and his parents Sharon R. Mills, 44, and David Cletus Mills, 40 decided it would be a good time to get physical. All three were charged with assault and are scheduled to make their initial appearances in court March 28. (Sparta Expositor)

#83! Former HS Wrestling Coach Accused of Sex With Two Girls in 90's - No, the victims were not IN their 90s, but the alleged illegal activity too place back more than 10 years ago in the mid 1990's.
#82! Assistant HS Track Coach Accused of sex With Girl, 17
#81! Volunteer HS Band Coach, 22, Arrested on Charges of Having Inappropriate Sexual Contact With Two 15-Year-Old Girls, Both Band Geeks at Palm Harbor University High School (Thanks to Mike P. for the link!)

U of Georgia Ice Hockey "Head Shavin' Hazin'" Update: Team Punished for Hazing, But Not for Head Shaving - Why? Because it Was Voluntary! - Say what? After several months of behind-the-scenes deal making--I mean careful review and analysis--the University of Georgia found a unique way to punish their club hockey team (known as the Ice Dogs) for hazing, without being forced to deal with the "tradition" of shaving the heads of freshman football players: just ignored the facts of the case and put the head shearing part down as being "voluntarily in a show of team unity." As predicted here, the school which spent so much time and effort on a new anti-hazing just two years ago, folded like a cheap lawn chair on a trailer park porch when it came up against the reality of big time college sports: hazing traditions always win. Let's read (once again) from UGA's own hazing policy which clearly: "Hazing is defined as any intentional, negligent or reckless action, activity, or situation which causes another [person] pain, embarrassment, ridicule or harassment, regardless of the individual’s willingness to participate." REGARDLESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE. That seems pretty clear to me, but apparently the school's entire Office of Judicial Programs can't read. As you will clearly note in the image below, taken within the past few years according to a local paper, it's not like they shave the heads of these guys completely. They partially shear them like poodles and then parade them around campus that way for only one purpose: to embarrass them, right? Everyone understands that . . . except for UGA's administration. But you don't mess with football at UGA, so you can't punish the hockey team for doing the same thing, can you? So take the easy way out, ignore that part of the incident and focus on how they made the freshmen do chores, such as taking care of the team's stinky practice jerseys. (Online Athens)

To University President, Dr. Michael Adams (whom we called out about this issue in an open letter), Vice President for Student Affairs Rodney Bennett, and the rest of the administration at UGA: you are cowards and one of these days a student athlete will be injured in a hazing incident and you and the school will be sued for for millions for your failure to enforce your own polices. Either get rid of the policy (and stop punishing frats and sororities for doing the same things to their pledges) or enforce it fairly.
 

JV HS Basketball Coach Speeds Past Cop in Car, Flips Him Off, Leads Police on High Speed Chase - Police are still trying to figure out why Travis D. Smith, a junior varsity boys basketball coach at Flint Southwestern Academy got in trouble over the weekend. According to officers, they first spotted Smith driving when he blew past one officer and allegedly flipped him off. Several officers gave chase and Smith managed to wreck on of their cars before officers could pull him over. Not surprisingly, Smith reportedly resisted arrest, but so far cops don't know what made him act that way. (MLive)

#80! Janitor/Junior Varsity Boys' Basketball Coach Arrested for Alleged Rape of 12-Year-Old Boy

Ow, My Balls! Soccer Player Banned Four Games for Grabbing Opposing Player's Junk, Not Buying Him Dinner First - David Jarolim plays football (soccer) for the Hamburg team and claims he was being verbally abused by two players on the Bielefeld team who had accused him of--surprise!--taking a dive to win a free kick! In soccer, really? Anyway, Jarolim's response was a little unusual: he firmly grabbed the genitals of one of the accusers, the unlucky Markus Schuler, dropping that guy to the ground as seen in the picture below. That sorta stuff is frowned upon, even in European soccer circles, and Jarolim was handed a four game ban for his "illegal use of hands." (The Local)

Mother of Indiana University Cheerleader, Whose Topless Pictures Are Splashed All Over the Internet, Claims Images Were Stolen, Files Police Report! - Another website (not this one thankfully) published the pictures a few weeks ago but apparently they were stolen and posted without the girl's knowledge or permission.  Bloomington, Indiana cops are hot on the trail right now after the girl's mom called them after the harsh spotlight forced the as-yet-unnamed young woman to flee to California . . . where they don't cotton to that kinda thing. Details (and a link to the NSFW pictures) here.

Breaking BadJocks News: Bengals Chris Henry Arrested Again! - Just when you thought it was safe to root for the Bengals again, comes word that troubled wide receiver Chris Henry has been arrested. No, not for that one incident or that other one a while back. No, this one is new, and allegedly happened just Monday, March 31, when the 24-year-old Bengal is accused of punching a man in the head and throwing a beer bottle at the guy's car in Clifton Heights. As you may recall, Henry was suspended by the NFL for eight games last because of repeated legal woes that include possession of marijuana and providing alcohol to minors and was looking forward to returning to the starting lineup this season . . . if he stayed out of trouble. Oops. So far, neither the team or the league has made a comment and are probably hoping that this is all just a misunderstanding. (Cincinnati Enquirer) Thanks to Gary S. for the link!

Can You Beat That? Penn State Boasts: "Basketball Player NOT Part of Any Incidents of Serial Masturbation" - How would you like to be the sports information director for the Nittany Lions and have to stand behind that statement . . . so to speak? It all stems from an incident at the PSU library, where a young male approached young woman in the stacks and tried to strike up a conversation with her. When that failed, he allegedly did what ever a college man would do . . . he started to masturbate behind her. Somehow, that young lady was able to give a description of the perp to the cops, who turns out to be Penn State basketball player Stanley Pringle, who now faces charges open lewdness and disorderly conduct. So far, the school is standing behind him, and SID Brian Siegrist claims that Pringle's "status with the team has not changed" and that he is still participating in regular team workouts, adding proudly that Pringle is not part of any incidents of "serial masturbation." Is Serial Masturbation that big a problem at Penn State? Even if you could find out, would you really want to know? (Daily Collegian) Thanks to Spike for the link!

#79! Principal--Who Used to Be a Softball Coach--Pleads Guilty to Sending Sexually Explicit Messages to Girl, 15, Asking Her to Stand Naked in Her Bedroom Window - Somehow, this 30-year-old went from softball coach to principal, and then they found out that back in 2004-2006 he communicated by phone, computer and cell phone text message with the girl. At one point he asked her to pose naked in front of her bedroom window while he drove past her house. No word in the story if she actually did or not. (Post Gazette) Thanks to Rugger for the link!