Best Sports Wife/Stripper Ever? Anna Benson Appears Naked on Cover of Sporting News "Best" Issue - According to the Sporting News press release, the cover of August 11 "Best Issue" features the wife of Orioles pitcher Kris Benson wearing only "a few well-placed baseballs." Why is the former stripper turned poker champ so prominently featured? She's there because the issue also lists sports' best "hell-raisers," and she somehow made the list (and we didn't), along with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Johnson, among others. Fans of BadJocks will remember that at one time, when Kris was pitching for the Mets, Anna told Howard Stern that she would sleep with the entire team--batboys and managers included--if she ever caught her husband cheating on her. Click here for larger view of cover . . . or just buy a copy for yourself, ya perv!

Banned! Gatlin's Coach Who Touted "Disgruntled Masseuse" Theory for Sprinters Positive Drug Test Denied Use of U.S. Olympic Facilities - The U.S. Olympic Committee has decided to permanently ban Trevor Graham "based on the unusual number of athletes he has coached who have been convicted of doping offenses." His athletes will also be banned from a track meet in Germany next month. At one time Graham was hailed as an anti-doping advocated for sending authorities a used syringe that contained the infamous "Clear" designer steroid created by the folks at the BALCO Labs. (NY Daily News)

HS Football Hazing Update: Coach Put on Administrative Leave During Investigation - Carl Scudder, the football coach at Gustine High School, has been put on administrative leave while his players are investigated for an alleged hazing incident at a camp in July which could result in sexual assault charges against the boys. See earlier story below. (KESQ)

Sooners Boot Two From Football Team--Including Starting QB--For Getting Paid for Work They Didn't Do - Oklahoma University today that it had dismissed two players from its football program, starting quarterback Rhett Bomar and offensive lineman J.D. Quinn who just happen to have been roommates. According to sources, both players reportedly worked for Big Red Sports/Imports in Norman and Bomar apparently filed for 40-hour work weeks and reported to the IRS he was making up to $18,000, when he only worked 5 hours a week. Who involved thought they would get away with this? By now we had thought that boosters had moved on to more elaborate scams to pass money to jocks (like leaving bags of money in the back of SUV's sold to their parents for only a $1) than the old "paid for doing nothing" scam. Does anyone remember the school were football players were paid to water the Astroturf? One thing is certain: Bomar's dismissal will change the Big 12 race and possibly the national championship. We wouldn't be surprised if Vegas bookies were already thinking of creative ways to thank the Sooner booster and Bomar for their efforts. (ESPN)

HS Coach Sex Scandal #119 Update: Football Player at Center of Alleged Incident Dismissed From U of Tennessee After DUI Arrest - Two weeks ago, Joseph Lee Smith was just another high school football player trying to make the squad at the University of Tennessee. Then, the school where he played high school ball, Powell High, released his name as part of an investigation into allegations that assistant principal Kim Kallenberg had a relationship with him and also altered some of his grades to allow him to graduate. Now, Smith has been stopped for drunk driving and Vols coach Phillip Fulmer dismissed the freshman tight end from the team. (A campus cop caught Smith driving on the sidewalk at Johnny Majors and Pat Head Summit Drive around 4:30 Wednesday morning.) The question now is how will this affect the Powell High investigation? Smith had previously signed an affidavit saying he hadn't had an affair with Kallenberg . . . but that was when he had a promising college football career ahead of him. Now that that ship has sailed, will he change his tune? And what about reports BadJocks has received that several other football players may have had grades changed as well? Or rumors that another coach at Powell was accused of a relationship with a female student and that the administration covered it up? Regardless of what the outside temperature might be, we think things are just starting to heat up in Tennessee. (WATE)

Headline of the Year? Coach Accused of Being a Pimp - We're sure coaches get called lots of colorful names . . . especially this time of year when football two-a-day practices are in full swing. But pimp? That's the word  police in Maryland are using after they found a 15-year-old girl and an adult male engaged in a sex act at 3 o'clock in the morning in a parked car. (No, that guy wasn't a coach, keep reading.)  During the investigation the girl told them that she was actually a prostitute, and that her pimp was Arron J. Burroughs, a junior varsity assistant football coach (and part time bus driver) at Bowie High School. They set up a mini-sting and had the girl call the coach to come pick her up after she was done turning her trick. Of course, he showed up and cops also found two pounds of pot in his car, at which point Burroughs admitted that he "supplemented his income by selling the drug." A judge ordered Burroughs held without bail on a charge of first-degree child sexual abuse. (And yes, he counts as HS Coach Sex Scandal #122 for the year.) Washington Post

Sports Fans: Time to Take ESPN 2's "Steroid Excuse Quiz" - Has any athlete EVER actually failed a drug test for the obvious reason that they took performance enhancing substances? We scanned our archives and couldn't find one. Read this great piece by ESPN 2 and you can learn which bad jock claimed his positive test for blood doping was caused by "A mysterious unborn twin." (ESPN2)
BONUS: Days before it was announced that American sprinter Justin Gatlin tested positive for testosterone, the NY Times reported that his coach, Trevor Graham, would get sucked into the same BALCO grand jury investigation that is going after slugger Barry Bonds. Among Graham's other pupils include C. J. Hunter, Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones all of whom have reportedly failed drug tests in the past (The photo that goes with the story looks like a wanted poster for Olympic drug cheats). Graham is also in the news for suggesting that Gatlin's positive test was the result of a disgruntled masseuse rubbing the sprinter's legs with a testosterone cream. No, really. (NY Times)
DOUBLE BONUS: From 2004 this story from USA Today - Graham Runners Leave Athens With Gold, Controversy

Miami Suspends Four for Opener Against FSU - The Hurricanes have jumped off to a quick start in this year's BadJocks Fantasy Sports Crime League after suspending four football players (including running back Tyrone Moss and receiver Ryan Moore) for the Sept. 4 season opener against Florida State. The reason given was that they "violated team policy" but it should be noted that the violations were not part of the same incident. (Philly.com)

BadJocks Update: Coach Acquitted of Sex Charges

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Demolition Derby Streaker Video Shows Cops Repeatedly Punching Naked Man While He Was Pinned to the Ground - We admit it: we watch a lot of the TV show COPs and can't remember ever seeing officers of the law beat on a naked man like the cops do in video clip taken last weekend in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. As you may have read Monday (see story below), for the second year in a row there was a streaker at the Teton County Fair's demolition derby (the "climax of the fair" according to reports). And for the second year in a row, police officers are accused of overreacting to the incident. Last year they tazered the guy; this year after Seamus McKinney allegedly ran naked across the arena he ended his jog by trying to run over cops guarding the only exit. In the video hosted by our new friends at Planet Jackson Hole (which we watched like a bad train wreck several times) you see Seamus running across the dirt track toward the camera which just happens to be next to the only exit in the arena. He stumbles and falls face first into the dirt once (that's gotta hurt!), then gets up looking dazed and heads right toward the cops, putting his head down and bowling several of them over before they wrestle him to the ground. They appear to have him subdued, but the "cop in the white hat" delivers a couple of punches to the guy's ribs, just to be sure. You can hear the person shooting the video remark about their good fortune at being in the perfect location to film this. (At right are still images from the tape.) Was it police brutality or is the naked guy resisting arrest? You be the judge! WARNING: The site has the video in raw, unedited form and it contains nudity, profanity and violence . . . so enjoy! Oh, and it's probably Not Safe For Work in case you hadn't already figured that out. 
UPDATE: Sheriff Reviews Video, Likes What He Sees - From this mornings Planet Jackson Hole: After reviewing a video of the alleged streaking and subsequent arrest of McKinney, Teton County Sheriff Bob Zimmer approved of the way Deputy Todd Stanyon handled the situation, including the four very visible punches delivered to the ribs from behind after McKinney had been forced to lie face down in the dirt. "I think his behavior in apprehension was very appropriate," Zimmer said.

HS Football Hazing Season Begins! Three Players at California School Being Investigated for Alleged Sexual Assault Using a "Foreign Object" - August is finally here, which means reports of HS football hazing incidents will start rolling in. Our first for the 2006 Hazing Season comes to us from Gustine High School where players which was attending a football camp last week at Liberty High School in Madera Ranchos. According to police, three older players "exceeded the bounds of routine hazing" (?) and allegedly sexually assaulted two younger players with some kind of foreign object. Details are sketchy at this point, but criminal charges are possible. (KFSN-TV)

Tour de France Doping Update: Source Claims Testosterone Found in Landis' Body Was Not Naturally Occurring

Hazing Update: Florida A&M Marching 100 Faces Potential "Death Penalty" After Schools Warns Members "If This Band Hazes, It Will Disband" - One of the great traditions of college football, the Florida A&M Marching Band, could be sitting on the sidelines this fall if one more hazing incident occurs. The band has be the source of at least two recent hazing lawsuits against the school, one resulting in a judgment of $1.6 million. (Tallahassee Democrat)

BadJocks Effect Continues: Football Coach Finds Player's Naughty Pictures on Internet, Makes Them Run Sprints "Until They Puked" - More and more college coaches are becoming aware of what their athletes are posting online (especially pictures on the student social network Facebook.com) and taking action, like Bowling Green University football coach Gregg Brandon. According to an article in Cleveland Plain Dealer, when Brandon found photos of his scantily clad players having a little too much fun in a hot tub he knew exactly what he wanted to do for a punishment: wind sprints. Lots of them. Brandon proudly told the paper, "I made them run until they puked." Of course, later he decided to fight fire was with fire and created his own Facebook profile where he encourages students to become his Internet friends which also allows him to monitor his players' sites. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Urine Big Trouble Now Young Man! Another American Jock Caught With Tainted Sample - Continuing a trend that started earlier this summer, it was announced over the weekend that American sprinter--and World's Fastest Man--Justin Gatlin tested positive for testosterone or other steroids after a relay race in Kansas in April. Gatlin's coach immediately came to his defense, blaming the positive test on a disgruntled employee who had been fired earlier in the season. Said Trevor Graham, "We are 100 percent sure who it is. The individual that did it, it's an individual that we fired and we went back and hired ... he came to the Kansas relay and was (upset) with Justin." Like Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, Gatlin cannot explain why the test  showed elevated levels of testosterone and claimed to be clean. If the test results stand, Gatlin could be banned for life from track and field. (Forbes)

Streakers Return to Jackson Hole Demolition Derby - Cops warned them to stay away. Extra security was hired and officers were on the look-out for troublemakers . . . but that didn't keep streakers from returning to the Jackson Hole, Wyoming Teton County Fair's demolition derby. BadJocks readers will remember that last year town officials were criticized for tazering a streaker who ran onto the track. This year, a war of words erupted as authorities warned of a crack down and advocates posted flyers asking for more streakers at this year's event.  No tasering this year, but one of two men who ran naked onto the track this year is accusing cops of police brutality as fans claimed he was punched "six or seven times" while being arrested. Our favorite part of the article? A quote at the very end from Tammy Hofland, visiting from nearby Montana, who yelled at the second streaker after his arrest because she had brought her children to the event, adding, “This would never happen in Montana.” (Jackson Hole News) Click on image for larger view.

Dude! Former College Football Player Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Trying to Selling 700 lbs of Weed - Lennox Gordon, 27, was once a promising football player at the University of New Mexico. In 2002 he was stopped by police at a checkpoint where they found he had a little more pot on him than most people would consider "personal use." Say, 700 lbs worth.  (KRQE) And you should have seen the size of their rolling papers!

Bengals President Warns Media, "Until You're Convicted of Something, You're Not Assumed to Be Guilty of It" - And five of Mike Brown's players would have been there to support him for making the ultimate cliché statement if they weren't already in court defending themselves from a litany of legal charges over the past two months including theft, obstruction of police business and spousal abuse. Oh, and one player suspended for four games by the NFL for his second violation of the league's substance abuse policy, after only his first season! Does that mean we can dump on you and your team when they are convicted, Mike? (Cincinnati Enquirer)