#85! Coach Allegedly Uses School Debit Card at Brothel - Well, sure, they are convenient and it does seem like EVERYONE takes them today, but it might have been a good idea to use cash instead of a debit card in this case. Records indicate that  former Fallbrook High School (California) football coach Dennis Hooligan used the card to rent a car for a November coaching clinic in Nevada. So far, so good. Once in Carson City however, the debit card was used again at 48 Kit Kat Drive . . . the address of the Kit Kat Guest Ranch, a perfectly legal Nevada brothel. Where did the money in the account come from? Apparently, the expenses were paid by a booster club account using money raised by players and students. No one is saying that coach Hooligan spent the money at the Kit Kat brothel, but he resigned after the school started an investigation into the use of the money for his trip. (10News.com) Thanks to Mike Vincent for the tip!

#84! Teacher/coach at Chicago area private school arrested on charges that he sexually assaulted a middle school student in 1990 at a private school in Wisconsin. (Sun Times)

#83! Girl Says She Played Strip Ouija Board With Cheerleading Coach Because "The Ghost Wanted Us to Get Naked" - A successful cheerleading coach is accused in two different states of having inappropriate relationships with underage girls. Although he denies the charges, the victims--one in Florida and one in Indiana--have raised strikingly similar complaints: the coach invited them over to this apartment for a party, but no one else showed up. In both cases, the victims allege, they then started playing games with the coach (truth or dare in one case, Ouija board in the other) that somehow ended with them both naked. (14 WFIE)

HS Football Stars Charged With Sexual Assault That Allegedly Occurred During Recruiting Trip to U of Oregon - Two star HS football players, one who eventually signed with the University of Oregon football were arrested and charged with first-degree burglary and first-degree sexual abuse in connection with an incident that allegedly occurred in January during a recruiting visit to the campus in Eugene. (KATU)

Bonding, Yes; But Hazing, No - There has been a lot written about hazing over the past week, but we think this column by Brian Ettkin at the Times Union is one of the best.

Principal Allows Men, 23 and 30, to Attend High School . . . to Play Soccer . . . on Team He Also Just Happened to Coach - Principal Manny Touron didn't see anything wrong in letting two adults who were WAY past their teens to attend classes at Immokalee High School. According to a superintendent in the district, “Other than their age, there is no information that the former students posed a threat. They caused no trouble in school and that Principal Manny Touron did not believe the men were threats to the students. They were just over age.” This would seem like just another "bend the rules for the right reason" story, except for the fact that both of these men are pretty good soccer players and played on the Immokalee team, despite the fact that Florida High School Athletic Association rules state that you can't play HS sports if you're older than 19 years and 9 months. The school district confirmed that the 30-year-old played football last fall and soccer for the past three seasons, while a second adult, 23, played soccer from 2002-04. Just an oversight on the principal's part? Maybe, but he also coached the soccer team. (NewsZap)

Columnist Challenges Pat Roberson to "Strongest Man in the History of Mankind" Contest - It all started with a press release from the Reverend Pat Robertson claiming that--among other things--he can leg press an amazing 2,000 pounds . . . despite the fact that the record in the weight room at Florida State University for the same is mere 665 pounds. So, what's a sports columnist to do? Challenge Robertson to a contest of strength, of course, including a leg press contest, bench press contest, Spelling Bee and . . . painting famous scenes from the Bible on canvas? Our money is on Clay Travis, but then we also bet that the Lions would win the Super Bowl last year. (CBS SportsLine)

The Gay Side of Hazing - From our friends over at OutSports.com, comes this column by Cyd Zeigler jr. that has an interesting perspective on certain trends in modern male sports "bonding." Here's an excerpt:
Make no mistake about it – hazing is largely about sexuality, from two different angles. First is the notion of making someone submissive to prove your own masculinity. Whether it's sodomizing them or making them wear women's panties, the notion of forcing younger players to submit to team veterans comes right out of the handbook of anti-gay stereotypes.

Gym Teacher With "Super Human Strength" Takes on Cops, Loses - Not since Pamela Rogers prison release has a gym teacher received so much unwanted male attention! According to Orlando police, David McCann, 30, was standing out front of a local bar at 2 am telling strangers he was "Luke Skywalker" and then got into an argument with two women. (Probably "Star Trek" fans.) Then the fun started! Five cops arrived and rather than running away--as Luke would have done--McCann started to resist arrest so officers sprayed him with mace. Nothing. Then they tried hitting him with their batons. Still nothing. Several of them tried to cuff him but he wouldn't be cuffed. Finally they zapped him with a Taser--THREE TIMES--and struck McCann another four times with a baton. Not surprisingly, he was arrested on charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and disorderly conduct. May the police force be with you! (WFTV - Link includes video clip.) Thanks to Shumpy for the link!

That's Not Going to Look Good on Your Permanent Record: Chicago Area School District Requires Students to Sign Pledge Promising Not to Post Compromising Photos on Internet - I'm sure the experts would rather see high schools actually clean up this type of inappropriate behavior, but I suppose keeping the kids from posting pictures of themselves drinking, having sex, and/or hazing each other is at least a step in the right direction: According to the Chicago Tribune, the board at the Community High School District 128 district unanimously voted this week to hold students accountable for what they post on blogs, picture sharing and social-networking sites. This means that students at Libertyville and Vernon Hills High Schools who participate in extracurricular activities--including athletic teams--will have to sign a pledge agreeing that evidence of "illegal or inappropriate behavior posted on the Internet could be grounds for disciplinary action." (Chicago Tribune) At right, a picture from a high school initiation we found recently.

And the Subject We Just Can't Seem to Get Away From: Iowa Cops Investigating Alleged HS Track Hazing Incident - For those of you who aren't regular readers of BadJocks, we should probably tell you that high school jocks aren't quite as sophisticated as their college counterparts when it comes to hazing. Occasionally there's physical violence, but by far the most common report--at least among the guys--is of attempting to stick fingers up one another guy's rear ends. "As a way of welcoming you to the team, my associates and I would like to give you your first proctology exam!" And that appears to be the case again at Eagle Grove High School where four young track stars could face criminal charges in connection with another one of those incidents. According to police, the track coach contacted them after a meet several weeks ago when rumors started flying that one boy was cornered in a tent and held against his will by three older teens, while a fourth teen "inappropriately touched the student from behind." Our favorite quote in the story comes from outraged student McKenzie Grandgeorge who said, "I, myself, think it was one of the sickest things they could do to someone. Whether he had shorts on or not it was still harassment and that kid didn't deserve it." Yeah, having shorts on makes all the difference in the world to you at that point. (KCCI.com)

BadJocks Update: U of Iowa General Counsel Says at Least One of Several Naked Men in Webshot Photos Was Member of Baseball Team (Hawk Central)
The BadJocks Effect? U of Iowa Athletic Dept. Investigating Pictures of Naked Men With Hats Over Their Genitals After Tipster Claims He Allegedly Found Baseball Team Photos Online - We thought this might happen . . . but not this soon! Shortly after BadJocks revealed last week our source of all the initiation pictures--WebShots.com--readers started sending us links to new sets they found online. So far, we haven't pursued any of those, but at least one enterprising person thinks they found members of the University of Iowa men's baseball team, posing naked with nothing but smiles on their faces and hats over their genitals. Hawkeye officials, although not immediately ready to declare them hazing pictures, are investigating the allegations. (Hawk Central - third article down.)

Great Sports Video of the Week: Outtakes From the Bobby Knight Instruction Golf Show - I vaguely remember this airing on TV and always wondered if Coach Knight was as nice off the air as he was on the air. These outtakes will answer that question, as if you had any doubt. Note: Audio may not be safe for work, clip is over 9 minutes long, but well worth it.

Florida State B-Ball Recruit Caught With Marijuana in His Car, Cocaine in His Butt - It just so happens that this weekend we caught an old episode of COPS where they pulled over a carload of teen-aged boys who had been seen near a drug house. Despite being ordered several times to put their hands in full view, two of the young men seemed unable to comply. Of course, they claimed to be nervous about being pulled over, but after several minutes of questioning and pat downs, each admitted that they had a drug syringe shoved up their rectums . . . which they were able to somehow manage to do while sitting in a car with their pants on. So we weren't that surprised to find out that 7-foot Jon Kreft, who committed to play basketball at Florida State, pulled a similar trick for officers. At a traffic stop in Coral Springs last weekend, officers pulled over a vehicle in which Kreft was a passenger. Under his seat they not only found some marijuana, but also a digital scale with marijuana residue on it. And then comes our favorite part of the story: ''Kreft then stated to us that he had something else on him, and said it was in the (crevice) of his buttocks. Jonathan was then given permission to retrieve it, at which time he stuck his hands between his buttocks, and a small plastic bag fell to the ground with suspect cocaine in it.'' Later at the station, Kreft entertained officers by using his butt cheeks to make change from a dollar bill. (Okay, we made that last part up, but it makes a great visual, huh?) Yeah, the bag contained only 1.7 grams of cocaine, but enough to warrant a felony cocaine possession charge . . . which could result in the loss of his scholarship at FSU, which actually has a policy AGAINST athletes playing while under facing felony charges. Who knew? (Tallahassee Democrat) Thanks to our friends over at DeadSpin.com for the link!

BadJocks Update: Why Did eBay Suspend the Auction for the Pamela Rogers Doll? Dave Johnson is just a regular guy trying to make on honest living. He's an artist who makes unique porcelain  figurines. No, not the cute little animal ones you see in Hallmark stores. Johnson makes one-of-a-kind creations that remind us of guys and gals in graphic novels. So, we weren't too surprised to learn that repeated viewing of the Pamela Rogers "dance video" a few weeks back inspired him to create what he called one of his special "Whores in the News" dolls, (his Paris Hilton version was in pale green to match the colors in her sex video) complete with blonde hair, black bikini, white silk stockings and that unmistakable blank look on her face. (For those of you who have been living in a cave the past year, Rogers is the Tennessee middle school gym teacher who went to jail for having a relationship with a 13-year-old boy. - Editor) It took him more than eight hours to finish and then Johnson tried to auction his masterpiece off on eBay, but with a high bid of only $405 (a bargain!) it was suddenly pulled. Why? Johnson claims he got an email from the nice folks at eBay which said, in part, 
". . . because Pamela Rogers reported it to us for violating their intellectual property rights. When eBay is notified by a rights owner of an intellectual property rights infringement, eBay must remove the item in order to meet certain legal requirements. A celebrity or their representative has notified eBay that this item violates their right of publicity (a person's right to control commercial exploitation of his or her image or likeness)." 
While the eBay auction might be over, Johnson, whose other works can be seen at Spectre-Studios.com (some figurines may not be safe for work) is still going to sell Porcelain Pam off to the highest bidder on his own. So break into the kid's college fund and put in your highest offer to davejohnsd@aol.com.

Northwestern Women' Soccer Team Update: Players Issue Written Apology - In a letter published in the student newspaper, the Daily Northwestern, members of the NU women's soccer team, whose initiation pictures were profiled on this page last week, issued a written apology today, which stressed their surprise at the negative attention that has arisen form "what began as a well-intentioned night of team unity and celebration would have such severe consequences." Read it for yourself here.

How Many Home Runs Would Barry Bonds Have Hit Without the Alleged Assistance of Steroids? Well, now that Mr. Bulky has tied Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list, folks are taking a closer look at exactly how he did it. And, according to ESPN's Page 2, assuming you believe "Game of Shadows" about Bonds alleged steroid use since 1998 is there a way to determine how many home runs he would actually have at this point instead of 714? Try 616. This article includes lots of science and even more guessing. (ESPN Page 2)

Girl's Softball Coach Accused of Slapping Opposing Player During Post Game Sportsmanship Handshake - Once again, BadJocks has to ask if the long standing tradition of shaking hands after a game is still a worthwhile tradition . . . especially when it frequently seems to end in some kind of altercation. Not that we're against good sportsmanship in youth sports, it's just that these types of forced confrontations between victor and defeated just seem rife for further irritating already bruised egos. (Not too mention it's just too damn easy to take a cheap shot at someone's unprotected groin.) Take for instance the case of Diane Grande, 43, a girls softball coach with the Carle Place Little League (Long Island). Grande was not only arrested after slapping an 11-year-old player from another team on the arm during the post game handshake, but also stands accused of taunting the preteen with profanity while she was batting against the coach's daughter who was pitching during the game. According to the victim's mother, Grande has been removed at coach. (Newsday)

#82! A Baldwin County High School (Alabama) teacher/soccer coach who was placed on paid leave amid allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a female student more than five years ago has resigned. (Press Register)
#81! A coach for the girl’s junior varsity soccer team at Albemarle High School in Virginia faces a federal child porn charge and is accused of enticing underage girls into sending sexually explicit pictures of themselves over the Internet. He also allegedly traveled to to Ohio to meet two underage girls. (Daily Progress)
#80! Despite the fact that the victim in this case is already 18, a basketball and baseball coach at Millsap High School (Texas) is accused of a felony, having an "improper relationship between educator and student." According to the young woman, she initially lied about having a relationship with the coach and admitted the two had sex in his truck for about 20 minutes while overlooking nearby Mineral Wells Lake. (Star Telegram)

From Our "We Wonder Why This Doesn't Happen More Often" Files: Woman Injured in Golf Cart Accident Files Lawsuit Against Driver AND Golf Course - Kim L. Detweiler claims she was minding her own business exiting her golf cart on the 4th hole of the Macoby Run Golf Club when she was struck by another cart operated by Wendell Ignatin, sustaining injuries to her leg. As you might guess, she is suing Ignatin. While that is not unusual , she's also suing the golf course, claiming that Macoby Run was negligent for "permitting an incompetent driver to operate the golf cart." (Wow! How many golf courses are guilty of that on a given summer day?) The suit goes on to allege that club officials failed to determine if Ignatin possessed the necessary driving skills or physical ability to exercise such driving skills. In an unrelated note, BadJocks would like to announce the opening of our new "Golf Cart Driving School" where for only $49.95 you can get your GC Learner's Permit. Please have your credit cards ready. (The Mercury)

Update: Northwestern Reveals It's Had Two Other Hazing Incidents This School Year - For a school that claims not to have a "hazing culture" (a quote from an unnamed NU official when this story first broke) Northwestern has had to admit that the women's soccer team incident wasn't the only such event at the school this past year. One of the other two involved the men's swimming team back in September and resulted in disciplinary action that included "probation, team participation in a community service project and the cancellation of a training trip to Hawaii . . ." according to the Chicago Tribune. The other involved the team's mascot. Apparently, students performing as the mascot were terminated, placed on probation, and the mascot did not appear at some football games. The university said that last October, students who perform as "Willie the Wildcat," actually staged a fake kidnapping of new students who were candidates to fill the role. (ChicagoSports.com)

Quinnipiac University Picture Update - In response to the alleged initiation pictures of the baseball team we posted yesterday, John Morgan, university spokesman at QU said, "We've seen some pictures that have come to our attention, but it's not clear to us that our baseball players are involved in anything that raises concerns." (Boston Globe)

Northwestern Initiation Update: Soccer Alums Speak Out - A group of former Northwestern women soccer players issued a statement Tuesday the team did not have a history of such incidents. (ChicagoSports.com)

"As alumnae of the Northwestern women's soccer program, we are deeply dismayed by the recent allegations that a hazing incident took place within the program. The portrait of the program painted by these charges does not remotely resemble the great tradition of Northwestern women's soccer that we know. Collectively, we built this program on the foundational values of respect, pride, commitment, and integrity. At no point did we witness, participate in, or otherwise condone the hazing of any of our teammates during our tenures as athletes at Northwestern. Any speculation that there is a tradition of hazing in this program ought to be regarded as utterly unfounded. We remain unequivocally proud of and grateful for our experiences at Northwestern, and we believe that the future of Northwestern women's soccer will show that these are core values upon which it firmly stands."

It's Here! BadJocks "End-of-the-School-Year Initiation Picture Blowout Bonanza"- You've waited patiently since Monday for our "Dirty Dozen," (initiation pictures from twelve colleges across the USA) that we've found online over the past few weeks. We wish we could say this is all there is out there, but that's not EVEN CLOSE to the truth. Given enough time and money we could probably post 100 sets like these, maybe more. Why? Well, first off, it's time to reveal the source for these, and all of our other initiation pictures: Webshots.com. Did you know that if you put in the term "initiation" into their search tool, you'll get more than 135,000 images. 135,000!!! Granted, not all of those are sports (most are those damn A/V geeks), so try just "soccer initiation." The result: almost 2800! "Lacrosse initiation or lax initiation?" More than 2200 combined. And the list goes on and on for every sport you can imagine. Some are just one picture of some guy with his head shaved like a monk, wearing nothing but women's panties with a half-empty 40 ouncer duct taped to his hand . . . others are entire sets that document a whole evening of fun.
Here's the Dirty Dozen.  
1) Catholic University Women's Lacrosse Team Initiation 2006
2) Quinnipiac University Men's Baseball Initiation 2006
3) University of California, Santa Barbara Lacrosse Initiation 2004
4) Wake Forest Women's Volleyball 
5) Fordham University Women's Softball Team Initiation
6) Elon University Men's Baseball Initiation 2005-2006
7) Fairleigh Dickinson Women's Softball Initiation 2004
8) James Madison University Women's Club Soccer - Double Play of the Day: Two different years from same team
9) Kenyon College Men's Baseball Initiation 2005
10) Princeton University Cheerleading Initiation 2005
11) Union College Women's Soccer Rookie Night 2004
12) University of Michigan Men's Lacrosse Initiation Pictures for both 2003 and 2004 - Another two-fer!

And this update from our hazing expert, Dr. Susan Lipkins:

Can Hazing Be Prevented?

We may never eradicate hazing, however, we can reduce the amount and intensity of hazings. To do this many programs need to be developed. I have proposed, along with Karen Savoy, of MASH (Mothers Against School Hazing) a NATIONAL HAZING PREVENTION ACT which would provide money to fund:
1. an agency to define, monitor, and investigate hazing 
2. several university-based research programs that would create curriculum to train coaches and other leaders of groups, and that would be used with students from age 13-adulthood
3. create a federal law that would deter hazing
For further information please visit my website: http://www.insidehazing.com

Northwestern Update: NU player: We were 'having fun' - According to a new article in the Chicago Sun Times, a member of the women's soccer team told them that, "none of the players on Northwestern's women's soccer team was forced to do anything at an event now the subject of a university hazing investigation." The unnamed player claimed that despite what the pictures may show, team members were not forced to do "anything against their will,''  and added that everyone involved was "just having fun.'' However, the article does go on to quote the Northwestern's student handbook which states that hazing is prohibited "even in cases where a new member of a group agrees to participate." (Chicago Sun-Times)

Nice column in the San Jose Mercury News by Phil Sheridan about negative aspects of NU initiation incident - Progress vs. regress is story of the day in the sporting world

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Update: Northwestern Suspends Soccer Team Pending Investigation - Read the statement by Northwestern University Director of Athletics Mark Murphy here.

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Those Wildcats! Northwestern Women's Soccer Team Initiation Includes Pictures of Bondage, Lap Dances, and Simulated Sex Acts - By now, most loyal BadJocks readers are familiar with our publication of pictures from various college athletic teams that seem to indicate that--surprise!--hazing still occurs regularly on campuses. They also seem to be getting more intense, more violent and frequently more sexual in nature. This most recent set of pictures are some of the most significant we have ever seen . . . and also the most complete. In all, there are 46 pictures from the original album, posted on a public picture sharing site, that appear to document the entire evening's activates.. At first, we thought they were pretty much like others we had found: underage drinking, girls in degrading outfits for the occasion, faces written on with markers, etc. Then we turned the page and found the freshman not only blindfolded but with their hands securely tied behind their backs with athletic tape. With some research we determined that this was the Northwestern University Women's Soccer Team (link to roster).
Oh, and here's part two of this story: on Wednesday we will release pictures from at least a dozen other college sports "initiations". Our research indicates that lots of pictures (possibly tens of thousands) exist from big schools, small schools, private schools, public schools, liberal arts colleges and tight-laced religious schools from all over the country . . . maybe even an Ivy League school! So, to all the college athletic directors out there, we suggest you have a talk with your coaches before Wednesday and ask them if they know of any of this stuff going on at your schools, because chances are, a dozen or so of you will get the wrong answer from them.
Click here to see our selection of the Northwestern University Women's Soccer Team "Initiation" Pictures

Before you start, you may want to read "Hazing 101: An Overview of the Photo Album of Northwestern Women's Soccer Team" by our favorite hazing expert,  Dr. Susan Lipkins

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How prevalent is hazing at the NCAA Division I level? Fortunately for us, New Mexico visiting assistant professor Colleen McGlone completed an extensive survey just last fall on the subject. The big shocker? The high percent of female athletes who reported being hazed. Too bad Ms. McGlone didn't have access to some of our pictures! 

Some of the highlights of the survey include: 

48.5% of athletes reported being hazed
38.7% reported knowing about hazing on women's teams a their institutions
31.1% witnessed acts of hazing on their current teams
33.6% reported hazing another athlete on their current team