OJ Upate: Juice Posts Bail, Leaves Las Vegas . . . But Not Without Some Fond Memories! - And good thing: he can get back to looking for the "real killers" of Ron and Nichole!
OJ Update: Looks Like It's Time to Pull the Old White Bronco Out of the Storage and Head for Mexico With Al Cowlings as Vegas Prosecutors File Charges - If anyone on the OJ team thought this one was going to go away quietly, you are sadly mistaken. On Tuesday, Las Vegas prosecutors filed formal charges against Simpson, alleging that he committed 10--count 'em ten!--felonies, including kidnapping, suspicion of assault and robbery with a deadly weapon, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping all during the brief armed robbery last week of several sports memorabilia collectors in a casino-hotel room. (AP) See earlier story and mug shot below.

More Trouble at Tiny Millersville University: Nine Football Players Suspended After Alleged Sexual Assault at Team Party - The cops won't press charges because the victim says she doesn't want to go to court, but that hasn't stopped the administration at Millersville University in Pennsylvania  from suspended 9 members of its football team. The alleged assault took place at an off-campus party team party last weekend. Just last month, members of the women's lacrosse team at MU got it trouble when some alleged hazing pictures surfaced online. (Lancaster Online)

Cheerleader's Dad Accused of Sex With . . . One of Her Teammates? - According to reports, there was a cheerleader sleepover at the home of Carl Ruch, 46, this summer involving his daughter and other members of the squad from Castle View High School in Colorado. At some point, cops say that Ruch had inappropriate sexual relations with one of the cheerleaders, 16, and have now arrested him on one count of Sexual Assault on a Child by a Person in a Position of Trust and one count of Attempted Sexual Assault. (My Colorado)

Busted! Boys HS Basketball Coach Arrested for Allegedly Secretly Videotaping His 16-year-old Stepdaughter - Usually coaches put the hidden cameras in the girls' locker room, but if you have a hot stepdaughter, maybe her closet seems like a better choice . . . at least that's what cops believe in the case of Millikan High School (California) coach Raul Olivas, according to the Press-Telegram. Authorities say his 16-year-old stepdaughter was looking for something in her closet and found the camera pointed to a part of the room where she usually changed clothes and on it were images of her in various states of undress. (That'll make for some awkward Thanksgiving dinner conversation, wouldn't you think?) He was reportedly charged with "secretly videotaping a juvenile member of his family for sexual gratification." (Press-Telegram)
Hope He Stretched First: Volunteer HS Track Coach Admits to Sex With 7 Underage Girls - This guy admitted in court after already being convicted of sex with one HS girl, so they tacked on an extra 4 years to his already lengthy prison sentence. Good news: all the girls will be of age when he gets out. (Chicago Tribune)

HS Softball Coach Arrested for 4th DUI, Caught Driving Wrong Way Down One Way Street in Front of Police Station - I suppose if you're going to make it easy for the cops to arrest you for drunk driving, you should just drive past them going the wrong way. That's allegedly what Jodi Reeder, 29, the girl's softball coach at Omaha Central High School did last week, and it's not her first time. According to police records Reeder, who blew an impressive .189% BAC (still not high enough to make the BadJocks BAC Rankings), has now been arrested four times for DUI, making it unlikely she will return to the classroom. (Omaha World-Journal) Thanks to Ryan for the link!

HS Football Coach Suspended After Allowing Two Convicted Felons to Play - Talk about being ready to jump right to the pros! According to court records, teens Reginald Owens and Tyrone Brandon Ward pleaded guilty to felony home invasion charges this past summer and as part of their sentence, they were allowed to attend school at Southwestern Academy in Flint, Michigan and participate in "extracurricular activities." No one seems to be 100% clear on what that was supposed entail, but when members of the community found out the young jail birds were playing football on Friday nights, the hammer came down and coach Gary Leet, Athletic Director Elbert Hicks, and the two players, have also reportedly received a two-week suspension. (ABC 12)

Patriots Coach Fined Half a Million Dollars, Team $250,000 & Some Draft Picks for "Misinterpretation" of Videotaping Rules -  The National Football League ain't buying the "we didn't know it was wrong to cheat" defense put out by the New England Patriots and fined Coach Bill "I Used to Be Called a Genius" Belichick $500,000 on Thursday. The team will also forfeit its first-round draft pick in 2008 (assuming it makes the playoffs) for violating league rules Sunday after a Patriots video specialist was caught taping defensive signals being given by Jets coaches. How bad is that? Well, it's the first time in the history of the NFL that a coach and team have been disciplined for spying on their opponents and no coach has ever been fined anywhere near that much. Many so-called experts thought it would be in the range of $25,000 to $50,000. And no team has ever lost a first-round draft pick for being naughty like this. One has to wonder if the Patriots felt they needed to do this because they wouldn't have been able to be competitive otherwise (that's bad) or if they did it because everyone else in the NFL is doing it (even worse.) Once again, Major League Baseball must be grinning and shaking their heads saying, "And we thought that steroids thing was bad!" (NY Times) If you haven't seen the tearful "Leave Britney Spears Alone!" video, you can watch it here.
BadJocks Bonus: Did Patriots Use Bootleg Video to Beat Eagles in Super Bowl? - "Something's not right about that."

New BadJocks Record? 19 Members of the Lehigh Swim Teams Busted at Wild Off-Campus Party; Female Teammate Blows Impressive 0.31% BAC, Shows She Can Swim AND Drink Like a Fish - Reports of a loud party in Bethlehem, PA led police officers to a house on Taylor St. being rented by two members of the Lehigh University Swim Team, Mac S. Tichner, 19, and Darren Podolak, 20, both juniors. Inside, cops found found kegs, bottles of liquor, a beer pong table . . . and 19 members of the team, including one young lady who's not likely to remember much from this wild night. (More on her later.) Cops charged Tichner and Podolak with furnishing alcohol to minors, reckless endangerment and--for good measure--corruption of minors. One of the female participants at the party, Nicole Lorigan had to be taken to St. Luke's Hospital-Fountain Hill after a breath test at the scene showed she was more than three times OVER the legal limit to drive with a blood-alcohol content at more than 0.31 percent! That effort, of course, vaults Lorigan into a tie in the #4 spot on our World Famous BAC Rankings, along with former Tigers broadcaster Lary Sorensen, hockey great Bob Probert, and former UCLA basketball star JaRon Rush. According to our handy BAC Estimator if Ms. Lorigan weighs about 130 lbs, that kind of blood-alcohol content represents the consumption of nearly 11 drinks (equal to about 1 ounce of 100-proof liquor, one five ounce glass of table wine or one 12-ounce bottle of regular beer) in the hour prior to the cops arrive. Not 11 drinks that evening, but 11 drinks in one hour. The real question for University officials, especially in light of the recent cases at Rider U and U of Colorado: was the party also an initiation for new members of the team? There's no way to know for sure . . . unless Lehigh investigates . . . but it is that time of year between when the team is set and the season starts (October 13) and, according to police, all 17 of those arrested, including two 17-year-olds, were cited with underage drinking. Hmm. (Morning Call) Thanks to Jack for the link!