Missed Bob Reno's Appearance on ESPN's SportsCenter August 26, 2007? Watch the video below from "College Athletes Gone Wild"

Online Trouble Update: Paper Claims Facebook Problems for Hawkeyes Not Limited to One or Two Players - Digging deeper into the latest scandal to rock the athletic program at the University of Iowa, their hometown paper, The Iowa Press-Citizen, reviewed the Facebook pages of more than 40 players. Their findings? More than 20 underaged UI football players have photos "appearing to show them engaging alcohol in various ways, from drinking to posing with liquor bottles or beer cans." Additionally, several other players have posted messages to their profiles that "discuss alcohol consumption, racial slurs and other offensive subjects." Of course, this all started when cops arrested sophomores Dominique Douglas and Anthony Bowman this week and pictures from their Facebook pages (right and below) became instant BadJocks Classics. But fans of this site know that this isn't the first time the Hawkeyes have landed on our front page: Just last year we were critical of the school's own internal investigation into what appeared to be hazing pictures from the men's baseball team. (Ironically, these were also discovered after being posted on Facebook.) We felt their ringer of an investigator used some unusual guidelines to somehow come to the conclusion that the pics were NOT hazing, despite clear standards in the school's own anti-hazing policy that appeared to indicate otherwise. Our point? It appears to us the message being sent is that the school isn't serious about the discipline of their student athletes . . . and this latest round of trouble appears to support that conclusion. On the other hand, Iowa seems to have no problem handing out harsh penalties for hazing when it comes to frats: just ask the boys over at the Gamma Nu chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha. Oops, you can't: they're banned from campus until 2009 for giving pledges booze and making them do calisthenics.

Did Facebook Pictures Lead to Arrest of Iowa Football Players? - Or did their arrest lead to the discovery of incriminating pictures on their Facebook accounts? Either way, the University of Iowa is reeling from revelations that sophomore football players  Dominique Douglas and Anthony Bowman have been charged with suspicion of purchasing $2,016.76 worth of merchandise with unauthorized--some might say stolen--credit cards. To make matters worse, several websites are now showing pics of Douglas, Bowman and fellow Hawkeye Arvell Nelson from Douglas' Facebook page showing them holding up large amounts of cash (a cash advance on the credit card, perhaps?) and liquor bottles. (Iowa associate AD Fred "Not This Sh*t Again" Mims confirmed to the Des Moines Register that the players in the photos are Hawkeyes.) Even if they hadn't been arrested, the underage trio would likely have been suspended for this public display of stupidity . . . but it does beg the question: What should colleges be doing when it comes their athletes and the use of these popular social networking sites? Well, it just so happens our friends at ESPN have been working on a story about that topic (timing is everything) all summer and will unveil the results of their work (including an interview with yours truly) THIS SUNDAY NIGHT during the 11 pm edition of SportsCenter. See more on that below. (Des Moines Register) Click on images for larger view.

Female Soccer Fan of the Year? Drunk UK Doctor Allegedly Taunts Cops With, “I Bet You've Got a F*cking Small C**k” - Simone Lester was attending a pro soccer match in the UK between Arsenal and Wigan last February 11 and reportedly had about two pints to drink before the trouble began. According to police, she tried to get the autograph of a player on the rival team, but was stopped by stadium security. Not happy with that, Lester reportedly verbally abused and tried to hit the steward. She was going to be arrested, but was told that if she left the stadium quietly, the charges would not be pressed. No dice. Officers say at that point that the verbal abuse began with the lady doc lobbing out some fine cursing examples, including: "I'm a f*****g doctor. I want your f*****g names and numbers. I am not moving until you give me your f*****g names and numbers," “You're worse than Jade Goody: you're poor peasants” and to one officer: “I bet you've got a f*****g small c**k.” Her actions are now being reviewed by a medical board. (Metro)

Dad Pleads Guilty to Giving Steroids to Son, 13, So He Would Perform Better on the International . . . Roller Skating Team? - From the "Strange, But True" Files comes the story of James Edward Gahan, 41, of Florida who wanted to help his son improve his performance as an inline skater. So, did he pay for more lessons? No. Did he buy him cutting edge equipment? Nah. What he did do for the boy is to take him to storefront clinics over a three year period to receive anabolic steroid injections, according to federal prosecutors. For his unique parenting skills, Gahan could get 1 to 10 years in prison . . . potentially more than Michael Vick. (St. Petersburg Times) Thanks to Fark.com for the link!

Strange HS Coach Sex Scandal - This is one of the odder ones we've covered in the past few years. According to police, Adam Benedict, 29, the "smooth-talking" at Litchfield High School (Connecticut) had sexual contact with two underage girls in his one. In the arrest warrant, one victim claims that Benedict ". . . asked for her phone number and she gave it to him. He called her, drove her to his house, took her to his bedroom, closed the door and tried to take her shirt off. She said he grabbed her breasts. A couple of weeks later, the teenager said Benedict had a friend deliver her to his home where he undressed her and had sexual contact with her. They fell asleep. The next morning, Benedict awoke and looked at her. 'He looked at her and asked what she was doing there.'" (Waterbury Republican-American)

Attention All College Administrators: The Rider Hazing Case Could Change the Way Campuses are Run - No, it's not a jock-related hazing case, but the ramifications could have a major impact on how athletic departments monitor and deal with sports hazing from now on. Can athletic director's afford to look the other way any more when they might be indicted on hazing charges if their jocks misbehave? Newsday makes a compelling argument that the college hazing landscape may have changed forever with the indictment of two administrators from Rider University after a frat hazing went bad. (Newsday)

Michael Vick: "Hey Everybody, I'm Pleading Guilty on Monday, But Not to Those Nasty Things The Other Guys Said I Did, Okay? Can We All Be Friends Again?"
NFL: "Nice Try. You're Still Suspended Indefinitely. Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out."
Falcons: "Ditto. Oh, and Can We Have Our $22 Million Back, Please?"
- The Michael Vick dog fighting saga continues, this time with a Monday court appearance and plea agreement that is supposed to stop the bleeding. Vicks well-paid lawyers have been working overtime to make this all go away, but the NFL and the Atlanta Falcons are not going for the head fake this time Mikey and looks like you're going down hard for a loss. (Hartford Courant)

Female HS Girls Basketball Coach Arrested for Sex With 14-Year-Old Player - Cops are saying that the assistant JV woman's basketball coach with Neumann-Goretti High School (Philadelphia), Carolyn Hayes, allegedly engaged in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old player over a two year period from January 2005 until February 2007. According to the arrest warrant Hayes allegedly gave gifts and money to the teen and engaged in sexual contact on numerous occasions and that most of the alleged encounters occurred in the coach's South Philadelphia home. (CBS 3)

And the Latest Winner in the "Who Can Post Incriminating Photos of Their College Sports Team Online" is: Millersville University Women's Lacrosse! - Step on up and collect your prize ladies, which is likely to be suspension and a month's supply of public humiliation. Never heard of Division II Millersville U (hint: it's in PA)? You will over the coming days and weeks. Once again it appears that a women's college athletic team held an initiation, took pictures and then SOMEONE decided it would be a good idea to post them online. And they did so more than 9 months AFTER our infamous Northwestern University Women's Soccer team story made all the papers (where do you college kids get your news from these days?). According to reports, there are 16 photos, dated February 3, 2007 that show young women wearing what look like Depends on their heads, drinking from what appear to be beer cans duct-taped to their hands (Edwards 40-Hands), doing shots, with their hair rolled up in tampons. To top things off, there is also what appears to be a photo of Millersville lacrosse coach Barbara Waltman with the words “KISS ME” written on it as part of a a "Pin the Lips on the Coach" game. Nice! Our favorite part of this story? According to MSNBC, Millersville’s athletic director, Peg "Why Me?" Kauffman, said Thursday she had been unaware of the photos until a local television station called her about them. The REAL bad news Peg? We're hearing there might be other sets of these things going back several years. (MSNBC)  See all the pictures for yourself here.
From USA Today: Alcohol-saturated 'fun' on campus can be lethal
Want to Prevent Hazing at Your College or High School? Check out the book Preventing Hazing by friend of the site, Dr. Susan Lipkins.
Additional resources on hazing can be found at HankNuwer.com, run by--who else?-- Professor Hank Nuwer, also a friend of BadJocks.

Maine Softball Hazing Update: Player Who Was Hazed Upset for Being Suspended for . . . Hazing? - In pictures posted online from a a 2006 "rookie party", Ashley Waters, one of the University of Maine softball players suspended following the school's hazing investigation last week, is seen wearing long pastel dresses with makeup smeared on their faces. It clearly looked like she was one of those being hazed. And yet, after UM finished their investigation into the incident, it was Waters and another "rookie", Courtney Gingrich, who were singled out for 10 game suspensions. Why? According to the school, the women had an obligation to report the incident and, failing to do so, are as responsible as those who did the hazing . . . and who have since graduated and left the school. Waters is, obviously, upset about the entire affair, saying in a telephone interview that she thought about transferring adding, "It's extremely disappointing. At the same time I love the school. Unfortunately I completely disagree with the way this has been handled. My closest friends (are there), my boyfriend is there. It's a tough decision. I pretty much felt the press release didn't specify what happened." (Press Herald)