Woman Claims to be HS Cheerleader, Cons Homeowners Into Giving Her Checks for Fake Trip - It's that time of year, boys and girls, when the neighborhood kids are out in full force collecting money for a variety of causes . . . some even legitimate. In suburban Washington, DC, a 19-year-old woman was going door-to-door telling residents that she was a cheerleader at nearby Riverbend High School and was collecting money for some kind of trip. Others she told she was collecting money for cancer victims. Either way, it looks like she was stretching the truth a little bit and may be spending some time in the slammer learning new scams from other cons. (Fredricksburg.com)

School: Member of Our JV Baseball Team Was "Slapped in the Face With Body Parts" - It's a good thing we're back from assignment! This alleged hazing incident took place not too far from the BadJocks Bunker . . . which means they're getting closer. Anyway, officials at Coopersville Public Schools (Michigan) have suspended four members of the junior varsity baseball players, cancelled the rest of their season, and the coach has "voluntarily" stepped down after a 15-year-old 10th grader came forth with accusations of hazing and/or sex abuse. SuperNintendo Kevin O'Neill isn't 100% sure what to call this thing that happened, but he doesn't like it one bit: "As it plays out, it's kind of a team thing, and there may be some who had it happen to them and then perpetrated it on others. We take hazing or bullying -- whatever you want to term it, of any kind -- very seriously, and this is not OK with anybody." According to the school, the victim allegedly was "penetrated with an object and allegedly was slapped in the face with body parts" in the locker room and other incidents involving other players may have also transpired. Slapped in the face? Many of our female readers are now disgusted and intrigued at the same time. (Grand Rapids Press) Thanks to DT for the link!

Wife of Outfielder Elijah Dukes Claims He Threatened Her, Sent Picture of Handgun to Her Cell Phone - No doubt Mr. Dukes is a heck of a ballplayer, but his personal life appears to be a mess. According to police, the wife of the 22-year-old rookie with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays fears for her life, and is seeking a restraining order and told the court it was the latest in a string of outbursts. Those incidents include Dukes barging into the classroom where his wife teaches middle school and also sending her a picture of a handgun to her cell phone. (SP Times)

HS Track Coach Arrested for Molesting 17-Year-Old Girl

Mom Sues Little League Coach For Not Teaching Son to Slide Properly - The worst kid on your team finally makes contact with the ball and it looks like an easy single, maybe a double, so what do you do? Well, of course, the first base coach tells the kid to go for two and as he approaches second everyone yells "slide!" Which the 12-year-old does . . . badly and injuries his leg. So what does the boy's mom do THREE YEARS LATER? Sue the coach and the local Little League, that's what, claiming that no one taught her boy the "skills needed to avoid and/or minimize the risks of injury," specifically: how to run bases and slide. This, despite the fact that the bases are made of foam. And you wonder why no one wants to coach youth sports anymore? (NY Post) Thanks to William B. for the link!

Main Stream Media Finally Catching Up: Hey Look, Helmet Boxing Videos Could Be Dangerous! - Back in January we ran a story about a wave a videos sweeping YouTube labeled "locker boxing" that usually featured young male hockey players wearing little more than their helmets and gloves beating the crap out of each other in what has been called a quasi-rite of passage that many coaches know about but refuse to stop. Now comes word from WCBS-TV that a new version of the sport has emerged in back yards and garages featuring non-jocks . . . but with similar concussion-rattling results. Watch an example of one of these videos below.