Clever Golf Club Thief Caught After Using Stolen Credit Card - Now this is a unique way to steal used golf clubs: According to Arizona police, Chad Carnahan, 35, arrived at a golf course last week for his scheduled tee time alone and was paired with another golfer he did not know. Around the 16th hole Carnahan told the other guy he had left a sand wedge back at the previous hole and took off with the golf cart--with both their clubs in it--and never returned. He allegedly repeated this trick at a second course shortly thereafter, but unfortunately for him, the managers at those two clubs happened to bump into each other and compared stories. They then identified Carnahan from a security video one of them had, traced that to a stolen credit card used to pay the greens fees and then found out the same card was used to book another round of golf the next day at a third club. Yep, cops were waiting when he got there. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers)

Aussie Rugby Player Arrested for Assaulting Woman With . . . a Children's Chalk Board? Details on this story are still kind of sketchy, but a 25-year-old mother-of-four claims she went to visit her cousin and tried to break up a fight outside the home when she arrived, only to be struck repeatedly in the face with a children's chalkboard by Australian rugby player Craig Trindall, who is a halfback for the Penrith team. It's not Trindall's first run-in with the law: six months ago he received a 12-week suspended sentence for returning a positive cannabis test. (Batesman Bay)

European Soccer Fans Now Rioting After Amateur Games - Well, hooligans have to get their start somewhere, don't they? According to British police, rival gangs went on the rampage hurling missiles and smashing windows after a 3-2 amateur semi-final match between Byron FC and Paris FC in Oldham. A disputed free kick at the end of the game (how often have we heard that one) caused rival fans to start taunting each other (all 100 of them) and that started a brawl, which spilled out into the streets. (Manchester Evening News)

Band Director Pleads Guilty to Sending Nude Pictures of Himself to Student - It's been a while since a marching bad "coach" got in trouble for something, so we thought we'd bring you this story from Georgia where a former Eagle’s Landing Middle School band director admitted he sent the nude pictures to a then 15-year-old girl in 2005. His punishment? A year of probation and $1000 fine. (WSB-TV)

UPDATE: USC Says Not Hazing, But Video Surfaces - Surprisingly, BadJocks received a reply to an email we sent to the U of South Carolina athletic department asking if the streaker incident involving two freshmen swimmers (since booted from the team) was part of a hazing ritual. The short answer: no, but we doubt much of an investigation was launched. We did, however, hear from some students that the incident started at the home of another swimmer and was all supposed to be in "good fun." Oh, and we also found a TV station that ran a clip of the surveillance camera footage of the incident. 
Was Streaking Incident at U of South Carolina Part of Hazing Ritual for Men's Swimming Team? - Nobody else is asking the question, so I guess we will: when two freshmen members of the University of South Carolina men's swimming team were spotted running naked through a neighborhood near campus followed by a slow moving van, was it part of a team initiation? According to police the pair, Adam Middleton and Ciro Sauaia, were arrested Tuesday and charged with indecent exposure after residents said the two were seen streaking through their Columbia neighborhood. Oh, and the cops also have surveillance video that clearly showed the two 18-year-olds “gyrating” on at least one front porch. Both were promptly kicked off the swimming team and all of this happened shortly after USC athletics director Eric "Head in the Sand" Hyman told a committee last week that he wants to "change the orientation program for freshman athletes." Mr. Hyman: how about telling the upperclassmen not to haze the freshmen? Or is just punishing the freshman enough work for you guys? (The State) Thanks to longtime reader Artie Bigley for the link!

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New HS Coach Sex Scandal: Allegations Against Softball Coach Uncovered While Cops Were Investigating Another Coach for Inappropriate Sex With Students - What is going on at Southwood High School in Louisiana? Cops were investigating allegations that one coach was having sex with underage students when they uncovered what they say is evidence that longtime softball coach Greg Frazier was also getting it on with the gals. According to cops, several former players--some dating back to the early 90s--claim that they had long-running affairs with Frazier and that contact ranged from "touching and kissing to sexual intercourse occurred on school buses, parking lots, hotel rooms and Frazier's apartment." Frazier denies the charges and his attorney says he will vigorously fight them in court. (KTBS)

Duke Lacrosse Update: Charges to Be Dropped - Anyone surprised by this? According to ABC News, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper will soon be announcing that he is dismissing ALL charges against three Duke Lacrosse players, Reade Seligmann, David Evans and Collin Finnerty. The trio had faced charges of first degree kidnapping and first degree forcible sexual offense after a stripper claimed she was assaulted at an off-campus party on the night of March 13, 2006. (ABC News)

Coach/Gym Teacher Accused of Being a Bookie - Edward McCarthy, 60, the football coach and gym teacher at West Haven High School was charged with participating in an illegal book making operation. "Drop and give me 20, son. $20, that is." (WTNH)

Hot Blonde Female Inline Speedskater From New Zealand Poses Naked to Promote Her Sport - 19-year-old Kiwi--and international inline speedskating sensation--Nicole Begg has decided that the best way to raise the profile of her young sport is to pose for pictures with nothing on but her skates. According to Nicole, she was a little nervous--and probably a bit cold--when the shoot started but later decided that what she was doing was no worse than what could be seen on most European beaches adding, "Lots of sports stars, both male and female, have done this sort of thing." On the plus side, Begg's father Bill, who's also her coach, was apparently proud of his little girl saying that World Inline Cup magazine was looking for a sexier image. "It got beach volleyball in the Olympics and that's where we would love to be." At right, an edited version of the pic. For the slightly Not Safe For Work version, check out this page on Stuff. At left, Ms. Begg just three years ago. Mother Nature has been good to her. (Thanks to Fark.com for the link!)

Finally! NFL Suspends Two Players for Off-Field Antics: But Will Pacman Jones Stay Out of Trouble for a Whole Year? - The National Football League finally put some teeth into a new personal conduct policy about its athletes behavior off the field and has Adam "Pacman" Jones of Tennessee was suspended for the 2007 season Tuesday and Chris Henry of Cincinnati for eight games. The real question is: can either of these yahoos stay out of trouble if they have nothing better to do? (Yahoo News)

BadJocks: Putting the Fear of God in College Athletes Since 2000! (Or at Least College Athletic Directors) - Several readers sent us links to a school press release stating that athletes at the University of Minnesota Duluth have been asked to stop using networking websites, such as Facebook and MySpace. Why? According to athletic director Bob Nielson, "the website BadJocks.com seeks out questionable material on athlete sites and posts reports of misbehaving athletes." Well Bob, much as we appreciate the tip of the hat from you, we want to make a few corrections. First, we don't troll Facebook because you need to be a college student to get into that site. We also don't visit MySpace . . . because it's confusing as hell and scares us. We actually find most of our great initiation pics at WebShots.com . . . someplace you may want to check out, if you haven't already done so. And quite honestly, while we appreciate you warning the kids, wouldn't it be better if you suggested they NOT HAZE each other than simply tell them to hide the evidence? Or are you less concerned about their safety and more concerned about tarnishing the reputation of your school? (Star Tribune)

Naughty Cheerleader Week Extended: HS Girl Voted Head Cheerleader After Cell Phone Sex Video Goes Public - Parents of cheerleaders at Sheffield High School in Alabama are up-in-arms because another girl on the squad was not kicked off the team after a sexually explicit cell phone video of her made the rounds at school the past few weeks. In fact, she was voted head cheerleader AFTER the video started circulation. The angry parents felt her homemade porn somehow violated the school's code of conduct and that the girl should at least be kicked off the team, if not out of school, and that her actions reflected badly on the rest of the squad. One upset mom didn’t want her daughter, who is head cheerleader THIS year, confused with the other girl, who is slated to be head cheerleader NEXT year. As for the little moviemaker, her mother says she was told the girl wouldn't be punished, but then was, despite the fact that the video was shot away from school grounds and apparently had nothing to do with her education. Said the proud parent, “My daughter had something private on her cell phone and she didn’t do it during school or on school property, and she certainly didn’t send it out to everyone. Two boys made it public, and to my knowledge, they haven’t been punished.” Lady, we think you got bigger problems. (Times Daily) For last week's naughty cheerleader stories, click here.

Hockey Players Arrested at Bar - We saw earlier reports that claimed that Florida Panthers goaltender Ed Belfour was tasered by police when he was arrested at a South Beach bar early Sunday morning, so we're going to add it to our scoreboard total, although later reports seem to omit that reference. Either way, Belfour and teammate Ville Peltonen were at the bar when security called cops after unsuccessfully getting Eddie to leave. According to police, when they arrived, Belfour refused and walked toward the officer "in a fighting stance" and pushed him. Yeah, a scuffle ensued after that and as Belfour was being arrested, Peltonen decided to get into the act and broke a metal pole off a fire rescue truck parked in the area. Smart. Both men were arrested and their immediate futures with the Panthers is cloudy at this point. (Hamilton Spectator)

Miami Heat's James Posey Arrested for DUI - Well, at least the cops didn't have to taser the 6' 8" forward when they arrested him. According to Miami cops, they found Posey's vehicle stopped in the middle of the road as he talked to pedestrians. When the officer asked Posey for his driver's license he dropped it and stumbled getting out of the car to pick it up. Cops then noticed that Posey had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and smelled of alcohol and was unsteady on his feet and swayed while standing. No report year on his BAC, but if it's above .23%, he has a shot at the World Famous BadJocks BAC Rankings. (Tampa Bay's 10)

UK Soccer Star Could Be Arrested for Mooning Opposing Fans - Aberdeen footballer Lee Miller was not having a good game against his former club, Dundee United and at the end of the contest let his frustrations get the best of him. Yep, he dropped his shorts and mooned the opposing fans. But that act of defiance could put Miller behind bars as police are investigating the incident and could bring charges against him. (This Is North Scotland)

Seven HS Baseball Players Arrested for Alleged Hazing Incident on School Bus - A 16-year-old team manager claims several players held him down, covered his mouth, pulled down his boxers and took pictures of his wiener as part of a hazing incident on a bus trip home from a game last month. Now, seven members of the George County High School (Mississippi) team that was once considered in contention for the Division 7-5A championship and a state playoff berth, have been arrested. Expect this thing to get uglier: a coach was driving the bus at the time of the incident, but claims to have heard nothing going on in back. (Hattiesburg American)

More Trouble for PSU Athletic Dept: "Anonymous" Letter Threatens Students Who Allegedly Suffered Home Invasion at Hands of Football Players - Last month, of course, members of the Penn State wrestling team were prominently featured on this site in what was described as "theme party" with new members of the squad paraded publicly in nothing but their jocks with a 40 oz beer taped to each hand. Now comes word from College Station that someone decided to help a couple of members of the football team who were arrested after allegedly forcing their way into an apartment near campus and assaulting the occupants. That story might have been just another campus caper, except that someone decided to help and left what can only be called a threatening letter under the door of the apartment. In it, the author strong suggested that the students who attacked, Larry Himes and Joe McGarrity, not pursue charges against the ten or so men involved in what's being called a home invasion, most of them football players. The unsigned letter went on to basically say, don't get the football players in trouble, talk to the coaches and the athletic director, and let them handle the punishment: keep the cops out of this. The most interesting aspect about all of this is everyone seems to be calling the letter "well written" and seem to imply that it could not have been one of the players who composed it. What does THAT tell you about some of Joe Pa's boys? The wording and knowledge of how the athletic department works seems to imply an inside job . . . some close to PSU's football program. For their part, the cops are dismissing the letter, basically claiming that they can press charges regardless of what Himes and McGarrity decide to do. (Centre Daily)

ABC Soccer Analyst Suspended for Profanity Laden Tirade Against . . . Jim Rome? - Ever heard of Eric Wynalda? Neither had we, but apparently he was part of ABC's broadcast team for MLS Soccer. That is, until he decided to publicly chide talk show host Jim Rome for his frequent anti-soccer tirades. Of course, saying in an interview, "Jim Rome can suck my d---! And he should be very afraid, because I'm the kind of guy, if I get too many drinks in me, I will club his a--. I've been on with Jim Rome, and I said, "Let me get this straight, you're more impressed with water polo???"", probably is not the best way to get your point across. Of course, Rome responded on air and the next thing you know Wynalda was suspended for last Saturday's playoff game. He did apologize, but more for the fact that the comments got published than his choice of words to begin with. (Houston Chronicle)

It's an Easter Miracle! Charges Dropped Against HS Cheerleader Accused of Stealing Uniform  - No one will confirm it, but we think BadJocks may have played a small role in the way this whole thing played out. Once this story made national news, could they really take it to trial? And just look at that innocent face. At her court appearance yesterday Amber King, 16, who was arrested at her job (see earlier story here) for allegedly stealing a $60 uniform, had the charges against her dismissed after a motion by her attorney was not challenged by the district attorney prosecution the case. Said a beaming Amber, "I'm just glad it's over." How did things get to this point? According to Amber and her mother, the New Lebanon High School uniform was lost and they even offered to pay the $60.95 for it to cheerleading coach Penny Black and her husband, William. But that wasn't good enough for the Blacks, so they swore out a warrant for little Amber's arrest. According to Amber's attorney, Terrence Kindlon, "Apparently, the deputy sheriff and Mr. Black, the complaintant, are fishing buddies, and there appears to be more behind the curtain than there should be." Uh, oh. Sounds like a lawsuit a-brewing to us. Kindlon plans to take further action against the coach and her husband for having King arrested and said he thinks "there's a lot more to the story." (Capitol 9 News - link includes video clip)