Thursday, March 11, 2010

Hawks OL Calloway charged with driving while drunk

Hawks OL Calloway charged with driving while drunk    Iowa offensive lineman Kyle Calloway has been arrested and charged with operating a mo-ped while intoxicated.

Iowa City police say Calloway was arrested early Saturday after officers stopped him while he was driving into a barricaded area.

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NCAA places Alabama football program on probation

ala TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP)—The NCAA placed Alabama’s football program and 15 other of the school’s athletic teams on three years probation for major violations due to misuse of free textbooks.

The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions said Thursday the football team must forfeit an unspecified number of wins in which any of seven players took part during 2005-2007. The university identified the seven as “intentional wrongdoers.”

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Vols checking into another possible violation

 

Vols checking into another possible violationKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee is looking into whether it committed another NCAA recruiting violation by allowing media to be present during a meeting between coach Lane Kiffin and recruits.

A segment of ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” which aired Sunday, showed Kiffin in his office with two people identified by the network as recruits.

According to NCAA recruiting rule 13.10.1, “A member institution shall not permit a media entity to be present during any recruiting contact made by an institution’s coaching staff member.” 

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