Long before kneeling knuckleheads and multiple anthems, the NCAA Tournament commenced in 1939, which was one year after the NIT triggered national postseason competition. An overlooked "versatile athlete" feat occurring in 1938 likely never to be duplicated took place at Arkansas, where the quarterback for the football squad (Jack Robbins) repeated as an All-SWC first-team basketball selection, leading the Razorbacks (19-3) to the league title. After the season, Robbins became an NFL first-round draft choice by the Chicago Cardinals (5th pick overall) and senior football/basketball teammates Jim Benton (11th pick by Cleveland Rams) and Ray Hamilton (41st pick by Rams) went on to become wide receivers for at least six years in the NFL. Yes, they created a kneeling-in-admiration shatterproof achievement - three do-everything members of a league championship basketball squad who promptly were among the top 41 selections in the same NFL draft.

Two years later, All-SWC first-team hoop selection Howard "Red" Hickey was instrumental in Arkansas reaching the 1941 Final Four before becoming an end for the Cleveland Rams' 1945 NFL titlist. Two-sport college teammate and fellow end O'Neal Adams scored five touchdowns for the New York Giants the first half of the 1940s. Another two-sport Hog who played for the Giants in the mid-1940s was Harry Wynne. An earlier versatile Razorback was Jim Lee Howell, who was an All-SWC first five hoop selection in 1935-36 before becoming a starting end for the Giants' 1938 NFL titlist and Pro Bowl participant the next year. Adams, Benton, Hamilton, Hickey and Howell combined for 77 touchdowns in an 11-year span from 1938 through 1948 when at least one of the ex-Razorback hoopers scored a TD in each of those seasons.

Hickey and ex-Hog All-SWC second-team hooper in 1929-30/NFL end Milan Creighton each coached NFL franchises. Many other ex-college hoopers also displayed their wares on the gridiron. Following is exhaustive research you can tackle regarding former college basketball players who made a name for themselves on October 7 football at the professional level (especially in 2001):

OCTOBER 7

• Chicago Bears FB Rick Casares (Florida's scoring and rebounding leader both seasons as All-SEC second-team selection in 1951-52 and 1952-53) rushed for two touchdowns in a 37-21 win against the Green Bay Packers in 1956.

• Pittsburgh Steelers HB Lynn Chandnois (forward scored 15 points in 11 games for Michigan State in 1946-47 and 1947-48) scored two second-quarter touchdowns - one receiving/one rushing - in a 35-33 setback against the Green Bay Packers in 1951. Steelers DB Jim Finks (led Tulsa with 8.9 ppg as sophomore in 1946-47) returned an interception 25 yards for TD.

• Los Angeles Rams RB Glenn Davis (Army hooper in 1944-45 and 1945-46) scored two second-half touchdowns (one rushing/one receiving) in a 38-23 setback against the Cleveland Browns in 1951.

• Dallas Texans QB Len Dawson (Purdue hooper in 1956-57) threw three touchdown passes for the third consecutive AFL contest in 1962.

• Chicago Cardinals B-PK John "Paddy" Driscoll (Northwestern hoops letterman in 1916) accounted for 27 points with four touchdowns and three extra points in a 60-0 win against the Rochester Jeffersons in 1923.

• Houston Texans TE Darren Fells (led UCI in rebounding each of last three seasons while averaging 10.2 ppg and 6.3 rpg from 2004-05 through 2007-08) caught two second-half touchdown passes from Deshaun Watson in 53-32 win against the Atlanta Falcons in 2019.

• Green Bay Packers FB Ted Fritsch Sr. (Wisconsin-Stevens Point hoops letterman in 1940-41 and 1941-42) returned an interception 69 yards for touchdown in 57-21 win against the Detroit Lions in 1945.

• Kansas City Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez (averaged 6.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg for California from 1994-95 through 1996-97) caught eight passes for 129 yards in a 20-6 setback against the Denver Broncos in 2001. Eleven years later with the Atlanta Falcons, Gonzalez caught 13 passes in a 24-17 win against the Washington Redskins in 2012.

• Miami Dolphins QB Bob Griese (sophomore guard for Purdue in 1964-65) threw three touchdown passes in a 31-3 win against the New York Jets in 1973.

• Los Angeles Rams E Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch (starting center for Michigan in 1944) caught two second-half touchdown passes in a 33-30 setback against the San Francisco 49ers in 1956.

• Houston Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (played in seven hoop games for Clemson in 2010-11) caught nine passes for 151 yards in a 19-16 win against the Dallas Cowboys in 2018. First NFL reception for Cowboys TE Rico Gathers (two-time All-Big 12 Conference selection averaged 8.6 ppg and 8 rpg for Baylor from 2012-13 through 2015-16) was a 32-yard pass from Dak Prescott.

• RB-K Paul Hornung (teammate of All-American Jack Stephens averaged 6.1 ppg in 10 contests for Notre Dame in 1954-55) accounted for all of the Green Bay Packers' scoring by kicking three field goals in a 9-7 win against the Detroit Lions in 1962.

• New York Giants' Dave Jennings (forward averaged 5.9 ppg for St. Lawrence NY in 1972-73 and 1973-74) punted eight times for 48.9-yard average in a 17-14 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1979.

• B Wild Bill Kelly (two-year Montana hoops letterman in mid-1920s) supplied the New York Yankees' lone touchdown with a 15-yard rush in 9-7 setback against the Pottsville Maroons in 1928.

• San Francisco 49ers B Billy Kilmer (hooper under legendary UCLA coach John Wooden in 1959-60) rushed for two touchdowns for the second straight game in 1962.

• Cleveland Browns WR Dave Logan (averaged 14.1 ppg and 6.3 rpg for Colorado in mid-1970s) caught two fourth-quarter touchdown passes from Brian Sipe in a 51-35 setback against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1979.

• Chicago Bears QB Johnny Lujack (averaged 3.4 ppg as starting guard for Notre Dame in 1943-44) threw two second-half touchdown passes in a 28-14 setback against the Chicago Cardinals in 1951.

• Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 points in 18 games for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) threw two first-half touchdown passes in a 21-20 setback against the Arizona Cardinals in 2001.

• Frankfort Yellow Jackets B Ken Mercer (three-year hoops letterman as Simpson IA forward) threw a fourth-quarter, go-ahead touchdown pass in 10-6 win against the Providence Steam Roller in 1928.

• Cleveland Browns WR Jordan Norwood (collected one rebound and one assist in four basketball games for Penn State in 2006-07) had a career-high nine pass receptions in 41-27 setback against the New York Giants in 2012.

• San Francisco 49ers WR Terrell Owens (UTC hooper from 1993-94 through 1995-96 started five games) caught two third-quarter touchdown passes from Jeff Garcia in a 24-14 win against the Carolina Panthers in 2001.

• The second of two second-half touchdown catches by WR Andre Rison (backup hoops guard for Michigan State in 1987-88) gave the Atlanta Falcons a 28-27 win against the New Orleans Saints in 1990.

• New York Giants CB Jason Sehorn (averaged 12.5 ppg and 6 rpg for Shasta Community College CA in 1990-91) had two interceptions - returning one 34 yards for touchdown - in a 23-9 win against the Washington Redskins in 2001.

• Washington Redskins QB Norm Snead (averaged 7.8 ppg in four Wake Forest games as senior in 1960-61) threw two first-half touchdown passes in a 20-14 win against the Los Angeles Rams in 1962.

• Denver Broncos rookie WR Courtland Sutton (collected three points and two rebounds in three SMU basketball games in 2015-16 when Larry Brown was coach) opened game's scoring with a touchdown reception from Case Keenum in 34-16 setback against the New York Jets in 2018.

• Miami Dolphins DE Jason Taylor (averaged 8 ppg and 5.4 rpg for Akron in 1994-95) recovered a fumble for touchdown in 30-10 win against the New England Patriots in 2001.

• Buffalo All-Americans E Luke Urban (player-coach for Boston College's hoops squad from 1918-19 through 1920-21) returned an interception for touchdown in 1923 game against the Akron Pros.

• Tennessee Titans rookie WR Kendall Wright (Baylor hooper as freshman in 2008-09) caught nine passes in a 30-7 setback against the Minnesota Vikings in 2012.

Long before kneeling knuckleheads and multiple anthems, the NCAA Tournament commenced in 1939, which was one year after the NIT triggered national postseason competition. An overlooked "versatile athlete" feat occurring in 1938 likely never to be duplicated took place at Arkansas, where the quarterback for the football squad (Jack Robbins) repeated as an All-SWC first-team basketball selection, leading the Razorbacks (19-3) to the league title. After the season, Robbins became an NFL first-round draft choice by the Chicago Cardinals (5th pick overall) and senior football/basketball teammates Jim Benton (11th pick by Cleveland Rams) and Ray Hamilton (41st pick by Rams) went on to become wide receivers for at least six years in the NFL. Yes, they created a kneeling-in-admiration shatterproof achievement - three do-everything members of a league championship basketball squad who promptly were among the top 41 selections in the same NFL draft.

Two years later, All-SWC first-team hoop selection Howard "Red" Hickey was instrumental in Arkansas reaching the 1941 Final Four before becoming an end for the Cleveland Rams' 1945 NFL titlist. Two-sport college teammate and fellow end O'Neal Adams scored five touchdowns for the New York Giants the first half of the 1940s. Another two-sport Hog who played for the Giants in the mid-1940s was Harry Wynne. An earlier versatile Razorback was Jim Lee Howell, who was an All-SWC first five hoop selection in 1935-36 before becoming a starting end for the Giants' 1938 NFL titlist and Pro Bowl participant the next year. Adams, Benton, Hamilton, Hickey and Howell combined for 77 touchdowns in an 11-year span from 1938 through 1948 when at least one of the ex-Razorback hoopers scored a TD in each of those seasons.

Hickey and ex-Hog All-SWC second-team hooper in 1929-30/NFL end Milan Creighton each coached NFL franchises. Many other ex-college hoopers also displayed their wares on the gridiron. Following is exhaustive research you can tackle regarding former college basketball players who made a name for themselves on October 6 football at the professional level (especially in 1963):

OCTOBER 6

• Boston Redskins RB Cliff Battles (four seasons of varsity hoops for West Virginia Wesleyan) contributed an 85-yard kickoff return for touchdown against the New York Giants in 1935. Giants TB Ed Danowski (Fordham hoops letterman in 1932-33) threw two of his league-high 10 TD passes in second quarter to B Dale Burnett (two-time all-conference hooper for Emporia State KS) in a 20-12 win.

• Green Bay Packers WR Don Beebe (Aurora College IL junior varsity hooper in 1983-84) returned a kickoff 90 yards for touchdown in 37-6 win against the Chicago Bears in 1996.

• Kansas City Chiefs LB Bobby Bell (first African-American hooper for Minnesota in 1960-61) returned an interception 28 yards for touchdown in 17-14 setback against the Denver Broncos in 1974.

• Kansas City Chiefs QB Len Dawson (Purdue hooper in 1956-57) threw four touchdown passes in a 28-7 AFL win against the Houston Oilers in 1963.

• Chicago Cardinals E Billy Dewell (three-time All-SWC first-team hoops pick for SMU in late 1930s) had one of his league-high seven pass reception touchdowns - 82 yards from Paul Christman - in a 34-17 setback against the Chicago Bears in 1946.

• Oakland Raiders rookie TE Rickey Dudley (averaged 13.3 ppg and 7.5 rpg as senior in 1994-95 when leading Ohio State in rebounding and finishing third in scoring) caught two touchdown passes from Jeff Hostetler in a 34-13 win against the New York Jets in 1996.

• Capping off four consecutive contests with at least 100 receiving yards, New Orleans Saints TE Jimmy Graham (part-time starter for Miami FL averaged 4.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg from 2005-06 through 2008-09) caught 10 passes for 135 yards in a 26-18 win against the Chicago Bears in 2013.

• Los Angeles Rams rookie B Tom Harmon (averaged 7.6 ppg as sophomore in 1938-39 when leading Michigan in scoring in five contests) returned an interception 85 yards for touchdown in 21-17 win against the Green Bay Packers in 1946.

• Philadelphia Eagles QB King Hill (Rice hoops letterman in 1955-56 and 1956-57) threw two touchdown passes in a 24-21 win against the Dallas Cowboys in 1963.

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Brad Johnson (part-time starting forward for Florida State as freshman in 1987-88 when averaging 5.9 ppg and shooting 89.1% from free-throw line) passed for 318 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-35 setback against the Indianapolis Colts in 2003.

• St. Louis Cardinals QB Charley Johnson (transferred from Schreiner J.C. to New Mexico State to play hoops before concentrating on football) threw three second-half touchdown passes to WR Sonny Randle (scoreless in seven basketball games in Virginia's third season in ACC in 1955-56) in a 56-14 win against the Minnesota Vikings in 1963.

• Green Bay Packers RB Aaron Jones (collected six points and six assists in eight basketball games for Texas-El Paso in 2013-14 under coach Tim Floyd) rushed for four of his league-high 16 touchdowns in a 34-24 win against the Dallas Cowboys in 2019.

• Dallas Cowboys DE Ed "Too Tall" Jones (backup center averaged 1.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg for Tennessee State in 1969-70 and 1970-71) had 2 1/2 sacks in a 30-29 win against the New York Giants in 1985.

• New Orleans Saints QB Billy Kilmer (hooper under legendary UCLA coach John Wooden in 1959-60) threw two first-half touchdown passes in a 38-21 setback against the New York Giants in 1968.

• Detroit Lions QB Bobby Layne (Texas hooper in 1944-45) threw two first-quarter touchdown passes in a 31-14 win against the Baltimore Colts in 1956.

• Miami Dolphins rookie RB Jerris McPhail (starting point guard for Mount Olive NC with 11 ppg in early 1990s) rushed once for 10 yards and had career highs of six pass receptions and 86 receiving yards in a 22-15 setback against the Seattle Seahawks in 1996.

• San Francisco 49ers rookie E R.C. Owens (led small colleges with 27.1 rpg in 1953-54 while also averaging 23.5 ppg for College of Idaho) caught two touchdown passes from Y.A. Tittle in a 23-20 win against the Los Angeles Rams in 1957.

• Posting a career-high 117 rushing yards, a nine-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter by RB Preston Pearson (swingman averaged 8.7 ppg and 6 rpg as Illinois senior in 1966-67) propelled the Pittsburgh Steelers to 13-7 win against the Houston Oilers in 1974.

• New York Titans WR Art Powell (averaged 10.5 ppg and 8.2 rpg for San Jose State in 1956-57) caught 11 passes for 162 yards in a 43-14 AFL setback against the Boston Patriots in 1962.

• Philadelphia Eagles HB Bosh Pritchard (four-sport letterman for VMI) scored two touchdowns (68-yard rush and 35-yard pass reception) in a 49-25 win against the Boston Yanks in 1946.

• New England Patriots WR Reggie Rucker (averaged 6.8 ppg and 3.8 rpg for Boston University in 1966-67) caught two touchdown passes from Jim Plunkett in a 42-3 win against the Baltimore Colts in 1974.

• Denver Broncos WR Rod Smith (swingman was Missouri Southern State hoops letterman as sophomore in 1990-91) caught five passes for 130 yards in a 34-13 win against the New England Patriots in 1997.

• Dallas Cowboys QB Roger Staubach (Navy varsity hooper in 1962-63) threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes in a 36-10 win against the Detroit Lions in 1975.

• Denver Broncos WR Courtland Sutton (SMU hooper for three games in 2015-16 under coach Larry Brown) secured a career-long 70-yard touchdown reception from QB Joe Flacco in 20-13 win against the Los Angeles Chargers in 2019.

• Washington Redskins rookie HB Ed Sutton (seven games for North Carolina as sophomore in 1954-55) rushed for two third-quarter touchdowns in a 37-14 win against the Chicago Cardinals in 1957.

• Denver Broncos SE Lionel Taylor (led New Mexico Highlands in scoring average with 13.6 ppg in 1955-56 and 20.3 in 1956-57) had seven pass receptions for 142 yards - including two touchdowns - in a 50-34 win against the San Diego Chargers in 1963.

• Denver Broncos TE Julius Thomas (averaged 6.8 ppg and 4.3 rpg while shooting 66.3% from floor with Portland State from 2006-07 through 2009-10) caught nine passes for 122 yards - including two first-half touchdowns from Peyton Manning - in a 51-48 win against the Dallas Cowboys in 2013.

"Order in the courtroom - here come de judge!" This mantra, a familiar refrain decades ago to fans of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, is associated with African-American comedians Sammy Davis Jr. and Flip Wilson playing magistrate with black robe and powdered wig. All rose throughout the sports world and applauded anything to do with "judge" after basketball-player sized Aaron Judge (6-7) set A.L. record with 62 homers a year ago for the New York Yankees. This year, activist and seemingly prejudicial #Dimorat judges are coming under scrutiny in cases involving former President Donald Trump.

Flipping off reality with half a peace sign amid refusing to meet with nominee, deranged #Dimorats previously were a bigger joke than Davis' entertaining Rat Pack slapstick at freak-show Judiciary Committee nomination hearings defecating in public on Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh. Recently-deceased dismissive diva Dianne Feinstein, a foolish fossil farce with which to be reckoned (COVID masks for thee but not for me), probably received intel via her Chinese spy driver from next Dr. Blah-Blah-Blah Fraud about unseemly incident at mysterious residence known only in myopic magistrate stalker Alyssa Milano's feeble brain. Meanwhile, CNN/MSNBC haughty hosts howling for misfit Michael #Avenaughty as President may have another creepy porn lawyer client handy to fictitiously claim firsthand knowledge regarding nominee participating in gang rape of Catholic males at "Handmaid's Tale" themed sorority party.

As for college basketball packing the court, a striking number of former hoopers are party to honorably performing judgeship role in real life. The state of Florida flaunts a triune tribunal of ex-players judged as vital for Florida, Florida State and Miami among the following alphabetical list "honoring the Judge" by going from the hardwood court to hard-fisted court of law:

JAMES "JEB" BOASBERG, Yale
In 2011, he was appointed U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia. Boasberg served as Presiding Judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in 2020 and 2021. In late April 2012, he ruled the public had no right to view government photographs of a deceased Osama Bin Laden. . . . The 6-5 Boasberg averaged 2.7 ppg and 1.9 rpg from 1981-82 through 1984-85.

FRANK BURGESS, Gonzaga
Appointed in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, he served as U.S. District Court Judge in Tacoma, Wash., until passing away in spring of 2010. . . . All-American guard averaged 28.2 ppg and 7.6 rpg from 1958-59 through 1960-61. Selected in the third round of the 1961 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of rebounder deluxe Bill Bridges (Kansas).

ED CAHN, Lehigh
After graduating Magna Cum Laude, he became a chief judge in Philadelphia from 1993 until retiring at the end of 1998, responsible for overseeing 35 federal district judges. He was nominated by President Gerald Ford in late November 1974 to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. . . . First player in Lehigh history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. Cahn, who earned second-team All-Pennsylvania honors, became his alma mater's all-time leading scorer in only his junior season (1953-54).

JAMES CAIN JR., McNeese State
Appointed by President Donald Trump to bench in U.S. District Court in Lake Charles, La., in summer of 2019. . . . Teammate of NBA standout guard Joe Dumars scored six points (hitting 3-of-5 field-goal attempts) while playing in 10 games for the Cowboys in 1984-85.

TOM CARROLL, Georgetown
In 1997, he began serving as a judge of the New York State Supreme Court, Kings County, Criminal Term, for more than 17 years. Retiring from the bench in early 2015, he was appointed a Judicial Hearing Officer. . . . Carroll scored six points in five basketball games for the Hoyas in 1963-64.

HARRY COE III, Florida
Circuit judge for 22 years was nicknamed "Hangin' Harry" for handing down what some observers deemed harsh jail sentences. Robert DuBoise, wrongfully convicted of rape and murder in 1983, and sentenced to death by Coe, was exonerated and released in late summer of 2020. As for Coe, he amassed thousands of dollars in gambling debts and used re-election campaign funds, among money from other outside sources, to pay them off before committing suicide in mid-July 2000 at the age of 68 (shot himself under an expressway). Coe, a lefthander who played hoops for the Gators in 1951-52 and 1952-53, compiled a 57-37 pitching record in the farm systems of the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies in four years (1953-56-57-58).

BOBBY CONRAD JR., Clemson
In 2003, he was nominated to a federal judgeship (Western District of North Carolina) by President George Bush and served in that capacity until 2013. He had been instrumental in prosecuting supporters of a Hezbollah terrorist cell in the state. Conrad was scrutinized after sentencing a black man to life in prison for selling marijuana. . . . Illinois native averaged 4.7 ppg and 3.5 apg from 1976-77 through 1979-80. He led the Tigers in assists as a junior and senior. His son, Branden, played for South Carolina in 2007-08 and 2008-09.

HAL DeMOSS JR., Rice
Appointed judge in 1991 to U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by President George H.W. Bush (served until retirement in 2015). . . . DeMoss averaged 1.1 ppg in 1949-50.

LEO DORADO, California
Appointed to the bench in 1988, Oakland Superior Court judge oversaw the 2003 marathon "Riders" trial of three police officers accused of corruption. Dorado left office in 2022. . . . He averaged 2.3 ppg for the Bears in 1969-70 and 1970-71.

STEVE EHLMANN, Furman
Circuit judge in St. Charles County (Mo.) until January, 2004, when he became the county's Director of Administration. Two years later, Ehlmann was elected County Executive. Previously, he served in the Missouri House of Representatives for four years and the Missouri Senate for eight years (serving two terms as Republican floor leader). . . . Forward averaged 1.4 ppg and 0.9 rpg in 36 games from 1970-71 through 1972-73. Played briefly in 1971 NCAA playoffs against Digger Phelps-coached Fordham.

HAROLD "JIM" ELLIS, Santa Clara
Appointed as a San Mateo County judge in 1988, where he served for more than 20 years. . . . Played seven games for the Broncos in 1962-63.

MARK FILLEY, Williams (Mass.)
Family court judge in his hometown of Troy, N.Y., from 1954 to 1971. . . . Filley played hoops in college in the early 1930s. Righthander appeared in one MLB game as a reliever for the Washington Senators in 1934.

RON GAGNON, Providence
Appointed Associate Judge of the Rhode Island Superior Court in early 1988 before retiring from the bench in 2003. . . . Gagnon averaged 2 ppg for PC in 1950-51 and 1951-52.

HERB GALCHINSKY, Denver
Spent 16 years as Denver County Court judge. Mandatory retirement at 72 didn't prompt Galchinsky, nicknamed "Herby the Love Judge" by co-workers, to relinquish his weekend passion of performing weddings. "You get to see happy people for a change," he said. "You see a lot of things that are nasty in the courthouse. It's good for me to see happy people at the wedding and reception." . . . The 6-1 Galchinsky averaged 5.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg from 1957-58 through 1959-60.

EARLE GIBBONS, California
In 1969, Governor Ronald Reagan appointed him as a Municipal Court Judge. . . . Gibbons averaged 2.6 ppg for Cal from 1948-49 through 1950-51.

PAUL "BILL" GLENN, Florida State
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for more than 25 years. . . . Averaged 10.9 ppg and 5 rpg for FSU in 1965-66 and 1966-67. Team MVP as top scorer in coach Hugh Durham's first season with the Seminoles.

PAUL GRANT, Utah
At the age of 33, he was elected a city court judge. Eventually, Grant rose to the circuit court, where he earned a reputation as a decisive, no-nonsense judge with quick, dry wit. At the age of 56, he retired and moved to Wyoming in 1992. "I expected to stay on the bench for eight years, but there's the tyranny of the paycheck," Grant said. . . . Following a Mormon Church mission, Grant played sparingly for the Utes in 1958-59 under Hall of Fame coach Jack Gardner before quitting to enter law school. Father of 12 including three NCAA Division I players (Greg/18.8 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 2.7 apg and 2 spg for Utah State from 1982-83 through 1985-86; Nate/5.7 ppg and 4.1 rpg for Utah State in 1985-86 and 1986-87, and Josh/15.3 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 3 apg and 1.5 spg for Utah from 1988-89 through 1992-93). Greg (Big West in 1986) and Josh (WAC in 1991 and 1993) were conference MVPs.

FRED GREEN, Illinois
Republican was elected as a County Judge in 1956 and Circuit Judge in 1964. He became an Appellate Judge in 1974, retiring in 1998. . . . Green averaged 6.2 ppg for the Illini's national third-place team in 1949 under Harry Combes.

JACK HEKKER, Georgetown
Municipal Judge in South Nyack, N.Y., for 24 years and two years as a judge in Orangetown, N.Y. He was appointed by Gov. George Pataki to serve on New York State Industrial Board of Appeals. . . . Hekker averaged 3.6 ppg with the Hoyas from 1950-51 through 1952-53.

BILL JOHNSON, Dartmouth
Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1985 to 1999. Chairman of the N.H. Republican party from 1964 to 1966. . . . Scored eight points in 13 games in 1950-51.

MARC KELLY, Notre Dame
Judge of the Superior Court of Orange County in California since 2000. In the spring of 2015, the County Board of supervisors formally demanded his resignation following a decision to give less than half the mandatory sentenced to a man who sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl. But a grassroots recall effort fizzled following organizers failing to secure enough signatures to put a recall measure on the June 2016 ballot. . . . Collected 20 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists and 6 steals in 45 games from 1978-79 through 1981-82 under coach Digger Phelps.

JOHN KIRWAN, Detroit
Elected to Wayne County (MI) Circuit Court from which he retired in 1998 after more than 40 years of public service. . . . Team leader in scoring in 1948-49, member of the Titans' first-ever 20-win team as junior (1949-50) and All-Missouri Valley Conference second-team selection as senior.

ROSS KRUMM, Gettysburg (Pa.)
Serving from 1986 to 2012, he was chief judge for U.S. bankruptcy court/Western District of Virginia. . . . Averaged 4.5 ppg and 4.4 rpg from 1965-66 through 1967-68.

FRED LEWIS, Florida Southern
Justice on the Florida Supreme Court from end of 1998 to early 2019. . . . The 5-10 Lewis, born to a coal mining family in West Virginia, averaged 6.9 ppg from 1965-66 through 1968-69.

PLUMMER LOTT, Seattle
Justice for the Supreme Court of Kings County in Brooklyn from 1996 to early 2009, presiding primarily over felony cases. One of the best-know cases involved a con man who posed as film legend Sidney Poitier's son, inspiring the play Six Degrees of Separation and a 1994 film adaptation of the same name. Appointed as a Justice of the Appellate Division in spring of 2009. . . . Averaged 9.1 ppg and 6.2 rpg for SU from 1964-65 through 1966-67. As a senior, he grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in 62-54 defeat against defending champion Texas Western in West Regional of NCAA tourney.

ARNOLD LYNCH, Austin Peay State
District Judge in Kentucky for more than 12 years before hanging up robe in late 2014. . . . Averaged 1.1 ppg and 1.3 rpg in 16 games for APSU in 1974-75.

L. CASEY MANNING, South Carolina
Circuit Court Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit in South Carolina since 1994. Served as Assistant Attorney General for the state of South Carolina for five years (1983-88) and Chief of Prosecutions (1988 and 1989). In the spring of 2014, some observers think Manning took a "flop" on wrong court with a ruling establishing criminal immunity for legislators. . . . Averaged 2.4 ppg for three NCAA tourney teams from 1970-71 through 1972-73 under coach Frank McGuire.

JOE BILLY McDADE, Bradley
Senior U.S. District Court Judge in Central Illinois since end of February 2010. . . . Averaged 9.8 ppg and 7.2 rpg for BU from 1956-57 through 1958-59 for three NIT teams.

DENNIS McGUIRE, DePaul
Judge on Cook County 11th Subcircuit in Illinois since 2002. . . . The 6-8 McGuire averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.5 rpg for the Blue Demons from 1977-78 through 1980-81 under coach Ray Meyer, appearing in 1979 Final Four.

TYRONE MEDLEY, Utah
Utah's first black judge (appointed to Fifth District Court in late 1984) served on the bench until retiring in summer of 2012. . . . Averaged 11 ppg and 2 rpg for the Utes from 1971-72 through 1973-74 under coach Bill E. Foster. As a senior, he averaged 16.4 ppg was for their NIT champion.

MICHAEL F. MULLEN, Fairfield
In January 1987, he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Claims by New York Governor Mario M. Cuomo and for 20 years sat in the Supreme Court, Suffolk County. He was described by the New York Post as "a fair, no-nonsense, scholarly jurist who doesn't like cases to drag on." . . . Collected 18 points and 10 rebounds with the Stags in seven games in 1958-59.

JOEL NOVAK, Iowa
Appointed as a 5th Judicial District Court trial judge in August 1979, serving in that capacity until September 2017. . . . Averaged 3.5 ppg and 1.8 rpg with the Hawkeyes in 1960-61 and 1961-62 as teammate of All-American Don Nelson.

ANDY OWENS, Florida
Appointed judge for the state's 12th Judicial Circuit in 1983, serving on the bench until spring of 2017. . . . Averaged 19 ppg and 8.3 rpg with the Gators from 1967-68 through 1969-70. As an All-SEC first-team selection, he scored career-high 41 points in game against Mississippi State his senior season.

KENNETH RYSKAMP, Miami (Fla.)
Federal judge who presided over cases in the U.S. Southern District of Florida for more than three decades following President Ronald Reagan's nomination in 1986. President George H.W. Bush twice nominated Ryskamp to the appellate court, but he was defeated both times after senators, including Joe Biden and Bob Graham, raised questions about his sensitivity to minority groups. . . . The 6-6 Ryskamp averaged a team-high 9.5 rpg with the Hurricanes in 1954-55 under coach Bruce Hale.

DERWIN WEBB, Louisville
First African-American to serve as a judge solely in Louisville's Family Court in the history of Commonwealth of Kentucky. He was publicly reprimanded by the Kentucky Supreme Court for an error in private practice causing a former female client to be married to two men at the same time. . . . Webb averaged 3.5 ppg and 1.7 rpg with the Cardinals from 1989-90 through 1992-93 under coach Denny Crum.

BYRON "WHIZZER" WHITE, Colorado
United States Supreme Court Justice for 32 years after being appointed by President Kennedy in 1962. White, a dissenter in the 7-2 Roe vs. Wade ruling, was known for his regard for the power of Congress. On the bench, White was a fierce questioner who seemed to revel in backing a lawyer into a corner. White's most controversial verdict was his 1986 majority opinion upholding Georgia's ban on consensual homosexual conduct. . . . College Football Hall of Famer finished second in the 1937 Heisman Trophy voting after rushing for a national-leading 1,121 yards, passing for 475, returning punts and kickoffs for 746, punting for a 42.5-yard average, intercepting four passes and scoring a nation-leading 122 points. Played three seasons in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1938) and Detroit Lions (1940 and 1941). He led the NFL in rushing in 1938 and 1940 and in punt returns in 1941. White was one of the first big-money players, making $15,800 as a rookie. In a low-scoring era of basketball, he averaged 6.8 ppg for the Buffaloes in conference play in three varsity seasons (1935-36 through 1937-38). White scored 10 points in 1938 NIT championship game when Colorado was defeated by Temple, 60-36. He was a third-team all-league selection as a sophomore (7.7 ppg in Rocky Mountain) and first team as a junior (RMC) and senior (Mountain States). After CU's 48-47 victory over NYU in 1938 NIT semifinals, the New York Times wrote that "White was the guiding genius of the team and its steadying influence. The Rhodes Scholar, with a build as solid as an oak tree, was all-powerful on defense and an excellent shot when he chose."

PAUL "HOOKS" YESAWICH JR., Niagara
New York Judge served as a member of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court/First Judicial Department from 1974 to 1981. . . . Four-year letterman averaged 8.6 ppg as a senior in 1947-48 under coach Taps Gallagher. Yesawich's college career was interrupted by serving as officer in U.S. Navy during WWII. He was deployed on attack cargo ship participating in largest amphibious assault of conflict at Okinawa.

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Two former hoopers from Kentucky small colleges - "Sweet" Lou Johnson (Kentucky State) and David Justice (Thomas More) - made MLB postseason competition news on this date. Ditto for a pair of ex-hoopers from Pennsylvania small colleges - Charlie Gelbert (Lebanon Valley) and Monte Irvin (Lincoln) - in World Series play. Unless you habitually pore over the content at baseballlibrary.com, baseballreference.com and nationalpastime.com, following is an October 5 calendar focusing on such versatile MLB athletes:

OCTOBER 5

• RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading basketball scorer for NYU in 1943-44) won Game 6 of the 1947 World Series for the Brooklyn Dodgers when he was helped by Al Gionfriddo's famous catch of New York Yankees Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio's long drive to left field.

• Minnesota Twins INF John Castino (medical redshirt for Rollins FL in 1973-74 under coach Ed Jucker) closed out 1980 campaign by hitting safely in 13th of last 14 contests.

• Milwaukee Braves OF John DeMerit (Wisconsin hoops letterman in 1956-57) served as a pinch-runner in Game 3 of the 1957 World Series.

• New York Giants 3B Frankie Frisch (Fordham hoops captain) went 4-for-4 against the New York Yankees in the opener of the 1921 World Series.

• St. Louis Cardinals SS Charlie Gelbert (scored at least 125 points each of last three seasons in late 1920s with Lebanon Valley PA) hit safely in first four World Series games against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1930.

• New York Giants INF Eddie Grant (paced Harvard's freshman hoops squad in scoring in 1902 and played varsity as sophomore before declared ineligible for receiving money in independent summer baseball league) died from German shelling in 1918 in the Argonne Forest, France, during WWI while in charge of his battalion after his commanding officer was killed.

• Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Mark Hendrickson (two-time All-Pacific-10 Conference selection was Washington State's leading rebounder each season from 1992-93 through 1995-96) allowed his only hit in three scoreless relief appearances against the New York Mets in the 2006 NLDS.

• 1B Gil Hodges (hooper for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) went 3-for-3, including a two-run double putting the Brooklyn Dodgers ahead for good, in a 13-8 win against the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the 1956 World Series. Three years later in the 1959 WS, Hodges' homer in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Dodgers a 5-4 triumph against the Chicago White Sox in Game 4.

• New York Giants LF Monte Irvin (Lincoln PA hooper 1 1/2 years in late 1930s) hit safely seven straight times in the 1951 World Series against the New York Yankees.

• Baltimore Orioles 2B Davey Johnson (averaged 1.7 ppg in 1961-62 with Texas A&M) homered in back-to-back 1970 ALCS games against the Minnesota Twins.

• Los Angeles Dodgers RF "Sweet" Lou Johnson (Kentucky State teammate of legendary coach Davey Whitney averaged 5.7 ppg and 2 rpg in 1951-52), blanked by Dave McNally and Moe Drabowsky of the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 opener, went hitless for the only time in his last nine World Series contests.

• DH David Justice (Thomas More KY assists leader in 1984-85 while averaging 9.3 ppg and 3.5 rpg) homered off Dwight Gooden to help the Cleveland Indians square their 1997 ALDS at two games apiece with the New York Yankees.

• New York Yankees LF Charlie Keller (Maryland three-year hoops letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) contributed four hits, including a go-ahead, two-run double in the ninth inning, in a 7-4 victory against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 4 of the 1941 World Series.

• Los Angeles Dodgers 2B Davey Lopes (NAIA All-District 15 selection for Iowa Wesleyan averaged 16.9 ppg as All-Iowa Conference freshman selection in 1964-65 and 12.1 as sophomore in 1965-66 before transferring with his coach to Washburn KS) contributed a homer and triple while knocking in three runs in a 4-0 decision over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of 1978 NLCS.

• CF Bake McBride (averaged 12.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg in 21 games with Westminster MO in 1968-69 and 1969-70) accounted for the Philadelphia Phillies' lone run with a homer in a 7-1 setback against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the 1977 NLCS.

• 2B Buddy Myer (Mississippi State hoops letterman in 1923-24) manufactured three hits, scored the Washington Senators' first run and drove in their last two runs in a 4-0 win against the New York Giants in Game 3 of the 1933 World Series.

• Atlanta Braves rookie RHP Gary Neibauer (collected 13 points and 9 rebounds in 16 games for Nebraska in 1964-65 under coach Joe Cipriano) hurled a scoreless ninth inning in Game 2 of 1969 NLCS against the New York Mets.

• Chicago Cubs RHP Claude Passeau (hoops letterman with Millsaps MS in late 1920s and early 1930s) hurled a one-hit shutout against the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of the 1945 World Series.

• RHP Nels Potter (leading scorer during two years he attended Mount Morris IL in early 1930s) selected from the St. Louis Cardinals by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1937 Rule 5 draft.

• Philadelphia Phillies RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) lost Game 2 of the 1950 World Series against the New York Yankees, 2-1, on Joe DiMaggio's leadoff homer in the 10th inning.

• New York Giants RHP Hal Schumacher (St. Lawrence NY hooper in early 1930s) notched the victory in Game 5 of the 1936 World Series against the New York Yankees. Schumacher lost Game 2 three days earlier.

• Kansas City Royals LHP Paul Splittorff (runner-up in scoring and rebounding for Morningside IA in 1967-68) yielded only one hit in combining with Rich Gale (led New Hampshire with 7.2 rpg in 1975-76) for a 4-0 triumph against the Minnesota Twins in 1980.

• St. Louis Cardinals RHP Ray Washburn (Whitworth WA scoring leader named All-Evergreen Conference in 1958-59 and 1959-60) won Game 3 of the 1968 World Series against the Detroit Tigers.

• In 1985, RF Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) became the first New York Yankee to collect 100 RBI and score 100 runs in a single season since Joe DiMaggio in 1942.

• Chicago Cubs starting RHP Zip Zabel (premier hooper for Baker KS from 1913 through 1915) hurled five scoreless innings in his MLB debut, earning victory in a 5-1 decision over the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1913. The next year, he won his last three decisions, compiling a 1.83 ERA in 13 outings covering 54 innings from beginning of August to end of 1914 campaign.

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Former hoopers from four New York colleges - Hank Greenberg (NYU), Jim Konstanty (Syracuse), Marius Russo (LIU) and Hal Schumacher (St. Lawrence) - supplied significant World Series performances on this date. Unless you habitually pore over the content at baseballlibrary.com, baseballreference.com and nationalpastime.com, following is an October 4 calendar focusing on such versatile MLB athletes:

OCTOBER 4

• RHP Elden Auker (All-Big Six Conference first-five basketball selection with Kansas State in 1931-32) helped the Detroit Tigers capture their first World Series in 1935, starting Game 3 against the Chicago Cubs and allowing two earned runs in six innings in a contest Detroit won in extra frames.

• In a one-game playoff for the 1948 A.L. pennant, Cleveland Indians player-manager Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) banged out four hits, including two homers, in an 8-3 win at Boston. Boudreau finished the year with only nine strikeouts, the lowest number by any regular since 1922.

• Baltimore Orioles CF Al Bumbry (Virginia State's runner-up in scoring with 16.7 ppg as freshman in 1964-65) collected three hits, two runs and two stolen bases in a 9-8 triumph against the California Angels in Game 2 of the 1979 ALCS.

• Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Bud Culloton (Fordham hoops letterman from 1919 through 1921) started and yielded only one earned run in five innings but dropped his lone MLB decision (4-1 in nightcap of 1925 doubleheader).

• New York Giants SS Alvin Dark (hoops letterman for LSU and USL during World War II) delivered a three-run homer against New York Yankees P Allie Reynolds in the opener of the 1951 World Series. Thirteen years later, Dark was dismissed as San Francisco Giants manager in 1964.

• In 1930, St. Louis Cardinals CF Taylor Douthit (California hoops letterman from 1922 through 1924), who hit an anemic .140 in 13 career World Series contests, broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning by smacking his lone postseason homer in a 5-0 victory against the Philadelphia Athletics in Game 3.

• California Angels RHP Dave Frost (averaged 10.5 ppg and 4 rpg for Stanford from 1971-72 through 1973-74) lost his lone postseason start (against Baltimore Orioles in Game 2 of 1979 ALCS).

• INF Charlie Gelbert (scored at least 125 points each of his last three seasons with Lebanon Valley PA in late 1920s) selected by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Browns in 1938 Rule 5 draft.

• In the opener of the 1967 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) fanned 10 Boston batters in a 2-1 triumph. Red Sox OF Norm Siebern (member of Southwest Missouri State squads capturing back-to-back NAIA Tournament titles in 1952 and 1953) led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a pinch single off Gibson but his pinch-runner was left stranded.

• Detroit Tigers LF Hank Greenberg (attended NYU briefly on hoops scholarship in 1929) whacked a decisive three-run homer in a 4-1 Game 2 victory against the Chicago Cubs in the 1945 World Series.

• In the opening game of 1951 World Series, LF Monte Irvin (Lincoln PA hooper 1 1/2 years in late 1930s) stole home and collected four hits to spark the New York Giants to a 5-1 victory against the New York Yankees.

• New York Yankees LF Charlie Keller (Maryland three-year hoops letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) launched his second homer of the 1942 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

• RHP Jim Konstanty (Syracuse hooper in late 1930s), after making 133 straight relief appearances for the Philadelphia Phillies, started Game 1 of the 1950 World Series but lost against the New York Yankees, 1-0.

• Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) swiped three bases against the Baltimore Orioles in Game 3 of the 1996 ALDS. Nine years later, Lofton collected three hits and four RBI against the New York Yankees in the 2007 ALDS opener.

• Philadelphia Phillies OF Jerry Martin (1971 Southern Conference Tournament MVP after he was Furman's runner-up in scoring previous season) smacked a pinch homer against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of the 1978 NLCS.

• St. Francisco Giants RHP Roger Mason (multiple-year hoops letterman in late 1970s for Saginaw Valley State MI) tossed his lone MLB shutout (four-hitter with 10 strikeouts against Atlanta Braves in 1985).

• Minnesota Twins 2B Dan Monzon (played hoops briefly for Buena Vista IA in 1964-65) scored four runs against the Chicago White Sox in a 1972 contest.

• In 1930, Chicago White Sox rookie OF Jimmy Moore (Union TN hoops standout in late 1920s) stroked a pinch-hit single in his first World Series at-bat in Game 3 against the St. Louis Cardinals.

• New York Giants RF Red Murray (played hoops for Lock Haven PA in early 1900s) stole three bases in a 1912 game against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

• RF Bill Nicholson (hooper for Washington College MD in mid-1930s) traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for former N.L. batting champion Harry Walker in 1948.

• RHP Roy Parmelee (hoops letterman for Eastern Michigan in 1924-25 and 1925-26) selected from the Boston Red Sox by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1938 Rule 5 draft.

• RHP Cotton Pippen (Texas Western hoops letterman in 1929-30) selected from the St. Louis Cardinals by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1938 Rule 5 draft.

• Jim Riggleman (two-year hoops letterman for Frostburg State MD averaged 7.2 ppg in early 1970s) fired as Chicago Cubs manager in 1999.

• New York Yankees LHP Marius Russo (member of LIU teams compiling a 50-2 record in 1934-35 and 1935-36 under legendary coach Clair Bee) hurled a four-hitter in a 2-1 verdict over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 3 of the 1941 World Series. In the seventh inning of a scoreless tie, Russo broke P Fred Fitzsimmons' knee with a line drive.

• New York Giants RHP Hal Schumacher (St. Lawrence NY hooper in early 1930s) tossed a five-hitter in 6-1 victory in Game 2 of the 1933 World Series against the Washington Senators.

• Baltimore Orioles RHP Tim Stoddard (starting forward opposite All-American David Thompson for North Carolina State's 1974 NCAA champion) yielded a run in final relief appearance of 1980 campaign after holding the opposition scoreless in previous 14-game span during the month when he recorded seven saves.

• Rookie 3B Jim Thome (juco hooper for Illinois Central in 1988-89) jacked his first of 612 MLB homers - a two-out, two-run clout in top of ninth inning - to give the Cleveland Indians a 3-2 win against the New York Yankees in 1991.

• Cincinnati Reds 3B Billy Werber (Duke's first hoops All-American in 1929-30) contributed three hits in a 7-4 setback against the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of 1940 World Series.

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Former hoopers from eight universities reaching Final Four at some point in their history - Jim Beattie (Dartmouth), Ralph Branca (NYU), Alvin Dark (Louisiana State), Buddy Myer (Mississippi State), Steve Renko (Kansas), Dave Robertson (North Carolina State), Moose Skowron (Purdue) and Randy Winn (Santa Clara) - made MLB news on this date. Unless you habitually pore over the content at baseballlibrary.com, baseballreference.com and nationalpastime.com, following is an October 3 calendar focusing on such versatile MLB athletes:

OCTOBER 3

• New York Yankees rookie RHP Jim Beattie (Dartmouth's top rebounder in 1974-75 when selected team MVP and honorable mention All-Ivy League) won opener of 1978 ALCS against the Kansas City Royals, yielding only two hits in 5 1/3 innings.

• Brooklyn Dodgers RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) sustained his sixth setback of 1951 season against the New York Giants when Bobby Thomson hit "shot heard round the world" (three-run homer in bottom of ninth inning) to decide N.L. playoff. A single by SS Alvin Dark (hoops letterman for Louisiana State and Southwestern Louisiana during World War II) started the rally climaxed by Thomson's historic blast.

• 1B George Crowe (four-year letterman from 1939-40 through 1942-43 for Indiana Central after becoming first high school player named state's "Mr. Basketball") traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1958.

• New York Yankees LHP Al Downing (attended Muhlenberg PA on basketball scholarship before leaving school for Organized Ball) stroked a single in eight of his last nine starts of 1964 campaign.

• Jim Fanning (Buena Vista IA hooper in late 1940s) resigned as Montreal Expos manager in 1982.

• Detroit Tigers LF Hank Greenberg (attended NYU briefly on hoops scholarship in 1929) smacked a homer off Dizzy Dean in an 8-3 setback against the St. Louis Cardinals in opener of 1934 World Series.

• Baltimore Orioles RHP Dick Hall (averaged 12.8 ppg from 1948-49 through 1950-51 with Swarthmore PA for three Southern Division champions in MASC) earned the win with 4 2/3 innings of one-hit relief against the Minnesota Twins in opener of 1970 ALCS. Six years earlier, Hall improved his record to 9-1 by closing out the 1964 campaign with his 13th straight scoreless relief appearance.

• Cleveland Indians LF David Justice (Thomas More KY assists leader in 1984-85 while averaging 9.3 ppg and 3.5 rpg) collected two doubles, including a two-run safety in eighth inning, in 2-1 win against the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 to clinch 1998 ALDS.

• LHP Bill Krueger (led West Coast Athletic Conference in free-throw percentage as a Portland freshman in 1975-76) traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1988.

• Chicago White Sox LHP Thornton Lee (Cal Poly hooper in 1925-26) tossed an 11-inning shutout against the St. Louis Browns in opener of 1937 twinbill.

• Milwaukee Braves SS Johnny Logan (Binghamton hooper in 1948-49) smacked the first homer of 1957 World Series (third inning of Game 2 against New York Yankees).

• In 1904, New York Giants RHP Christy Mathewson (Bucknell hooper at turn of 20th Century) fanned 16 St. Louis Cardinals in a 3-1 triumph.

• Washington Senators 2B Buddy Myer (Mississippi State hoops letterman in 1923-24) committed three errors in opener of 1933 World Series against the New York Giants.

• RF Bill Nicholson (hooper for Washington College MD in mid-1930s) provided a two-run triple to fuel a four-run, first-inning outburst sparking the Chicago Cubs to 9-0 win against the Detroit Tigers in opener of 1945 World Series.

• St. Louis Cardinals RHP Gil Paulsen (one of state's top hoopers in 1923 for Cornell College IA) made his lone big-league appearance, hurling two innings of scoreless relief against the Chicago Cubs in 1925.

• Chicago White Sox OF Gary Redus (J.C. hooper for Athens AL and father of Centenary/South Alabama guard with same name) collected five RBI against the Oakland Athletics in a 1987 game.

• Despite striking out seven consecutive New York Mets hitters, Montreal Expos RHP Steve Renko (averaged 9.9 ppg and 5.8 rpg as Kansas sophomore in 1963-64) had his record fall to 1-10 with a 5-2 defeat against Hall of Famer Tom Seaver in opener of 1972 doubleheader.

• New York Giants RF Dave Robertson (one of two reserves on North Carolina State's first basketball team in 1911) went 4-for-4 in 1916 game against the Brooklyn Robins.

• Brooklyn Dodgers LHP Preacher Roe (Harding AR hooper in late 1930s) registered a complete-game victory against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of 1952 World Series.

• New York Yankees 1B Bill "Moose" Skowron (scored 18 points in eight games for Purdue in 1949-50) smashed three-run, first-inning homer to ignite a 5-1 Game 6 win against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1955 World Series.

• Chicago Cubs RHP Lee Smith (averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg with Northwestern State in 1976-77) secured a save against the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of 1984 NLCS.

• Tampa Bay Devil Rays CF Randy Winn (Santa Clara backcourtmate of eventual two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Steve Nash in 1993-94) ripped a grand slam in 6-2 triumph against the New York Yankees in 1999.

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Ex-hoopers from five current and former Big East Conference members - Danny Coombs (Seton Hall), Walt Dropo (Connecticut), Bob Gibson (Creighton), Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati) and Birdie Tebbetts (Providence) - made MLB news on this date. Ex-Pasadena City Community College CA hoopers Darrell Evans and Jackie Robinson supplied notable offensive outputs on this date. Unless you habitually pore over the content at baseballlibrary.com, baseballreference.com and nationalpastime.com, following is an October 2 calendar focusing on such versatile MLB athletes:

OCTOBER 2

• Chicago Cubs RHP Dale Alderson (All-Iowa Conference basketball selection for Upper Iowa in 1938-39 and 1939-40) lost his lone MLB decision (2-0 against Boston Braves in 1943).

• Philadelphia Athletics LHP Stan Baumgartner (hooper for University of Chicago's Big Ten Conference champion in 1913-14) hurled a six-hit shutout against the New York Yankees in 1925, holding both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hitless.

• RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) yielded the first pinch-hit homer in World Series history (by Yogi Berra of New York Yankees in 1947) but the Brooklyn Dodgers still prevailed in Game 3, 9-8. Two days earlier, Branca lost Game 1 when he was knocked out in the fifth inning.

• Detroit Tigers C Arlo Brunsberg (hooper for Concordia College MN in late 1950s and early 1960s) belted a double - his lone MLB safety - in game against the Kansas City Athletics in 1966.

• Los Angeles Dodgers CF Glenn Burke (averaged 16.3 ppg in six basketball games with Nevada-Reno in 1974-75) was credited with creating "the high five" by raising his hand over his head and having teammate Dusty Baker slap it after they belted back-to-back homers off Houston Astros ace J.R. Richard in 1977 regular-season finale.

• New York Yankees OF Bob Cerv (ranked fourth on Nebraska's career scoring list in 1949-50 when finishing his career) pounded a pinch homer off the Brooklyn Dodgers' winning rookie RHP Roger Craig (forward with North Carolina State's 1949-50 freshman hoops team) in Game 5 of 1955 World Series.

• Philadelphia Athletics C Mickey Cochrane (Boston University hooper in early 1920s) contributed both of his homers in 31 World Series contests in the first two outings against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1930.

• CF Earle Combs (three-year hoops captain for Eastern Kentucky) clubbed a homer and scored four runs as the New York Yankees swept 1932 World Series by crushing the Chicago Cubs, 13-6. It was the Bronx Bombers' 12th straight WS game win.

• In 1964, Houston Colt .45s LHP Danny Coombs (Seton Hall's third-leading scorer and rebounder as sophomore in 1961-62) notched his first MLB victory, holding the Los Angeles Dodgers scoreless over five innings as a starter.

• Brooklyn Dodgers RHP Jack Coombs (hoops captain and starting center for Colby ME) tossed a shutout, beating the New York Giants for sixth time in as many decisions in 1916.

• SS Alvin Dark (hoops letterman for Louisiana State and Southwestern Louisiana in mid-1940s) extended his World Series competition hitting streak to 12 in a row with three safeties in Game 4 as the New York Giants finished their sweep of the Cleveland Indians in 1954.

• CF Larry Doby (reserve guard for Virginia Union's 1943 CIAA hoops titlist) contributed four hits as the Cleveland Indians assure themselves of a tie for 1948 A.L. title with an 8-0 triumph against the Detroit Tigers.

• In 1950, Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo (Connecticut's first player ever to average 20 points for season with 21.7 in 1942-43) became the first player to surpass 100 with more RBI (144) than games played (136).

• Detroit Tigers 1B Darrell Evans (member of Jerry Tarkanian-coached Pasadena City CA club winning 1967 state community college crown) hammered his MLB-leading 40th homer in 1985, becoming the first player to reach such a plateau in each league (41 round-trippers for Atlanta Braves in 1973).

• In the opener of the 1968 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) outdueled 30-game winner Denny McLain, 4-0, and established a WS record by fanning 17 Detroit Tigers.

• Cleveland Indians 1B Mike Hargrove (Northwestern Oklahoma State hoops letterman) went 4-for-4 against the Seattle Mariners in a 1985 contest.

• Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) fired as New York Mets manager in 1983.

• INF Irv Jeffries (posted team-high scoring average of 11.5 ppg for Kentucky in 1927-28) selected from St. Paul (American Association) by Cincinnati Reds in 1933 Rule 5 draft.

• In 1966, Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman hoops squad in 1953-54) concluded his final season with career bests of 27 victories and 1.73 ERA. The previous year, Koufax finished with a single-season MLB-mark 382 strikeouts after fanning 13 Milwaukee Braves batters. In 1963 World Series opener, the first five batters he faced whiffed en route to 15 strikeouts in a 5-2 win against the New York Yankees.

• San Francisco Giants RHP Frank Linzy (listed on Oklahoma State's freshman hoops roster in 1959-60) concluded his rookie campaign in 1965 amassing 15 straight relief appearances without yielding an earned run (covering 24 2/3 innings).

• CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling a 35-3 record) supplied a homer to help the Cleveland Indians edge the New York Yankees, 4-3, in Game 3 of their 1998 A.L. playoff series.

• Rookie RF Bud Metheny (hoops letterman for William & Mary from 1935-36 through 1937-38) belted a first-game homer against the St. Louis Browns to help power the New York Yankees to their 14th sweep of doubleheader in 1943.

• New York Yankees rookie RHP Zach Monroe (played hoops briefly for Bradley in 1950-51) hurled one inning of relief against the Milwaukee Braves in Game 2 of 1958 World Series.

• In 1960 season finale, Cleveland Indians RHP Jim Perry (averaged more than 20 ppg in late 1950s for former juco Campbell) posted his A.L.-leading fourth shutout (five-hitter against the Chicago White Sox) to notch league-high 18th victory.

• Brooklyn Dodgers LF Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in Pacific Coast Conference both of his seasons with UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41) registered a postseason career-high three hits in 3-2 win against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of 1953 World Series.

• New York Yankees 3B Red Rolfe (Dartmouth varsity hooper in 1929-30) scored three runs in an 18-4 rout of the New York Giants in Game 2 of 1936 World Series.

• Chicago Cubs LF Riggs Stephenson (Alabama hoops letterman in 1920) stroked four hits against the Cincinnati Reds in a 1929 contest.

• Detroit Tigers C Birdie Tebbetts (Providence hooper in 1932) closed out the 1938 campaign with four multiple-hit games in a row.

• C Wes Westrum (Bemidji State MN hooper one season before serving in military during WWII) supplied two sacrifice flies for the New York Giants to help them defeat the Cleveland Indians, 7-4, in Game 4 and sweep 1954 World Series.

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Three former hoopers from Louisiana universities - Walker Cress (LSU), Lee Smith (Northwestern State) and Cecil Upshaw (Centenary) - made N.L. pitching news on this date. Unless you habitually pore over the content at baseballlibrary.com, baseballreference.com and nationalpastime.com, following is an October 1 calendar focusing on such versatile MLB athletes:

OCTOBER 1

• California Angels RHP Mike Barlow (basketball player for Syracuse from 1967-68 through 1969-70) won his lone start in 1977, yielding only two hits in seven innings in a 4-1 decision over the Kansas City Royals.

• Brooklyn Dodgers rookie RHP Joe Black (Morgan State hooper in mid-1940s) won 1952 World Series opener with six-hit, complete-game triumph (4-2 against New York Yankees). Black's only two starts during the regular season were his final two of 56 appearances.

• RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) incurred loss for the Brooklyn Dodgers when they dropped first-ever N.L. playoff in 1946 at St. Louis, which got three hits from C Joe Garagiola.

• 1B Herb Conyers (second-leading scorer for Central Missouri State in 1941-42 when earning All-MIAA first-team recognition) clobbered a homer during an eighth-inning, five-run rally to help propel the Cleveland Indians to 7-5 win against the Detroit Tigers in 1950.

• Cincinnati Reds RHP Walker Cress (Louisiana State hoops letterman from 1936-37 through 1938-39) hurled a complete game but lost his lone MLB decision (2-1 against Pittsburgh Pirates in 1948).

• Chicago White Sox RHP Charles "Slim" Embrey (Vanderbilt hoops letterman in 1921-22 and 1922-23) appeared in his lone MLB game in 1923.

• After having only 66 regular-season at-bats, Chicago White Sox backup 3B Sammy Esposito (averaged 7 ppg in 1951-52 as starting guard under Indiana coach Branch McCracken) batted twice in an 11-0 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959 World Series opener.

• Detroit Tigers 1B Darrell Evans (member of Jerry Tarkanian-coached Pasadena City CA club winning 1967 state community college crown) homered twice in a 1985 contest against the Toronto Blue Jays en route to an A.L.-high 40 round-trippers.

• Los Angeles Dodgers C Joe Ferguson (hooper for Pacific's 1967 NCAA playoff team) collected six RBI in an 8-4 win against the San Francisco Giants in 1980.

• San Francisco Giants RHP Bob Garibaldi (starting forward averaged 10.6 ppg and 5.6 rpg for Santa Clara in 1961-62) lost his lone MLB start (9-4 against San Diego Padres in 1969).

• Pittsburgh Pirates LHP Joe Gibbon (two-time All-SEC forward for Ole Miss was nation's second-leading scorer as senior in 1956-57) went the distance winning his last three decisions of the 1961 campaign, including two shutouts (three-hitter and one-hitter).

• Atlanta Braves RHP Kevin Gryboski (backup hooper for Wilkes PA in 1991-92 and 1992-93) registered a hold in Game 2 of 2003 NLDS against the Chicago Cubs. He was unscored upon in his first five NLDS relief appearances.

• In the first game ever broadcast live coast-to-coast, RHP Jim Hearn (Georgia Tech hoops letterman in 1941-42) notched a career-high 17th triumph for the New York Giants in opener of 1951 N.L. playoff series against Branca and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Supporting Hearn with a homer was LF Monte Irvin (Lincoln PA hooper 1 1/2 years in late 1930s).

• St. Louis Cardinals 2B Tommy Herr (hooper with Delaware's freshman team in 1974-75) went 4-for-4 in a 1986 game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• Brooklyn Dodgers 1B Gil Hodges (hooper for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) contributed three hits and three RBI in an 8-5 triumph against the New York Yankees in Game 4 of 1955 World Series.

• Wally Kopf (Dartmouth hoops letterman in 1919) collected his lone MLB hit, a single with the New York Giants as substitute for Hall of Fame third baseman Frankie Frisch (Fordham hoops captain), in the nightcap of 1921 doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies.

• Cincinnati Reds RF Earle "Greasy" Neale (West Virginia Wesleyan College hooper graduated in 1915) contributed three hits in a 9-1 success against the Chicago White Sox in opener of 1919 World Series.

• Cincinnati Reds rookie LF Gary Redus (J.C. hooper for Athens AL and father of Centenary/South Alabama guard with same name) stole three bases in a 1982 game against the Houston Astros.

• In his third start in five days, RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-1, in 1950 as Whiz Kids clinched the Philadelphia Phillies' first pennant in 35 years. Roberts became first 20-game winner for the Phils since Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1917.

• RHP Charlie Robertson (Austin College TX hooper before joining U.S. Army during WWI) selected by the Boston Braves from Milwaukee (American Association) in 1926 Rule 5 draft.

• In a 1970 game, New York Mets rookie LF Ken Singleton (Hofstra freshman hoops team in mid-1960s) supplied the only two hits (both doubles) off Chicago Cubs standout Ferguson Jenkins.

• St. Louis Cardinals RHP Lee Smith (averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg with Northwestern State in 1976-77) established N.L. record for most saves in a single season in 1991.

• In 1954, OF Ted Tappe (leading scorer in 1949 NJCAA Tournament was Washington State's third-leading scorer the next year in 1949-50) traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs in a deal involving RHP Jim Willis (Northwestern State letterman in late 1940s).

• In his MLB debut, Atlanta Braves RHP Cecil Upshaw (Centenary's leading scorer as junior in 1962-63) tossed three hitless innings of relief against the Cincinnati Reds in 1966.

• Los Angeles Angels LF Leon Wagner (Tuskegee AL hooper in 1952-53) homered in each of his last four contests of 1961 campaign.

• St. Louis Cardinals 1B Bill White (two-year hooper with Hiram OH in early 1950s) played the entire schedule in 1963.

Long before kneeling knuckleheads and multiple anthems, the NCAA Tournament commenced in 1939, which was one year after the NIT triggered national postseason competition. An overlooked "versatile athlete" feat occurring in 1938 likely never to be duplicated took place at Arkansas, where the quarterback for the football squad (Jack Robbins) repeated as an All-SWC first-team basketball selection, leading the Razorbacks (19-3) to the league title. After the season, Robbins became an NFL first-round draft choice by the Chicago Cardinals (5th pick overall) and senior football/basketball teammates Jim Benton (11th pick by Cleveland Rams) and Ray Hamilton (41st pick by Rams) went on to become wide receivers for at least six years in the NFL. Yes, they created a kneeling-in-admiration shatterproof achievement - three do-everything members of a league championship basketball squad who promptly were among the top 41 selections in the same NFL draft.

Two years later, All-SWC first-team hoop selection Howard "Red" Hickey was instrumental in Arkansas reaching the 1941 Final Four before becoming an end for the Cleveland Rams' 1945 NFL titlist. Two-sport college teammate and fellow end O'Neal Adams scored five touchdowns for the New York Giants the first half of the 1940s. Another two-sport Hog who played for the Giants in the mid-1940s was Harry Wynne. An earlier versatile Razorback was Jim Lee Howell, who was an All-SWC first five hoop selection in 1935-36 before becoming a starting end for the Giants' 1938 NFL titlist and Pro Bowl participant the next year. Adams, Benton, Hamilton, Hickey and Howell combined for 77 touchdowns in an 11-year span from 1938 through 1948 when at least one of the ex-Razorback hoopers scored a TD in each of those seasons.

Hickey and ex-Hog All-SWC second-team hooper in 1929-30/NFL end Milan Creighton each coached NFL franchises. Many other ex-college hoopers also displayed their wares on the gridiron. Following is exhaustive research you can tackle regarding former college basketball players who made a name for themselves on September 30 in football at the professional level (especially in 1973):

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• Boston Redskins RB Cliff Battles (four seasons of varsity hoops for West Virginia Wesleyan) contributed a 75-yard rushing touchdown against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a 1934 game. A 22-yard TD catch by Paul Riblett (Penn hoops letterman in early 1930s) from Chris Cagle (four-year letterman for USL and Army in mid-1920s) in fourth quarter gave the Dodgers a 10-6 win.

• Kansas City Chiefs DE Buck Buchanan (earned hoops letter as Grambling freshman in 1958-59) intercepted a pass in 16-3 win against the Oakland Raiders in 1973.

• Pittsburgh Steelers HB Lynn Chandnois (forward scored 15 points in 11 games for Michigan State in 1946-47 and 1947-48) scored three touchdowns - two rushing/one receiving - in a 30-13 win against the Washington Redskins in 1956 season opener.

• Dallas Texans QB Len Dawson (Purdue hooper in 1956-57) threw three second-half touchdown passes in a 41-21 AFL win against the Buffalo Bills in 1962.

• Chicago Cardinals B-PK John "Paddy" Driscoll (Northwestern hoops letterman in 1916) kicked a 47-yard field goal for the game's only score in 3-0 win against the Buffalo All-Americans in 1923.

• New Orleans Saints TE Jimmy Graham (part-time starter for Miami FL averaged 4.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg from 2005-06 through 2008-09) caught two of his NFL-high 16 touchdown passes from Drew Brees in a 38-17 win against the Miami Dolphins in 2013. Five years later with the Green Bay Packers, Graham opened the game's scoring with a TD pass reception from Aaron Rodgers in 22-0 victory against the Buffalo Bills in 2018.

• Miami Dolphins QB Bob Griese (sophomore guard for Purdue in 1964-65) threw three touchdown passes in a 33-27 setback against the New York Jets in 1979.

• Baltimore Ravens TE Todd Heap (grabbed 14 rebounds in 11 games for Arizona State in 1999-00) caught two second-quarter touchdown passes in a 34-23 win against the Denver Broncos in 2002.

• Houston Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins (played in seven hoop games for Clemson in 2010-11) caught 10 passes for 169 yards in a 37-34 win against the Indianapolis Colts in 2018.

• Denver Broncos QB Charley Johnson (transferred from Schreiner J.C. to New Mexico State to play hoops before concentrating on football) passed for 326 yards in a 33-14 setback against the Chicago Bears in 1973.

• Washington Redskins DB Joe Lavender (averaged 13.4 ppg and 6.6 rpg for San Diego State in 1969-70 and 1970-71) had two interceptions in a 16-7 win against the Atlanta Falcons in 1979.

• Baltimore Colts TE Dee Mackey (All-Lone Star Conference first-team hoops selection for East Texas State and member of NAIA All-Tournament team as senior) had a career-high five pass receptions in 29-20 setback against the Detroit Lions in 1962.

• Philadelphia Eagles QB Bill Mackrides (Nevada-Reno hoops letterman in 1944) opened game's scoring with a 22-yard touchdown pass in 17-14 win against the Chicago Cardinals in 1951 season opener.

• Kansas City Chiefs LB Ken McAlister (averaged 8.5 ppg and 3.2 rpg for San Francisco from 1978-79 through 1981-82) had 2 1/2 sacks and returned an interception 22 yards in 10-6 win against the Cleveland Browns in 1984.

• Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (averaged 2.3 points in 18 games for Syracuse in 1995-96 and 1996-97) threw three first-half touchdown passes in a 40-18 win against the Dallas Cowboys in 2001.

• Baltimore Colts TE Tom Mitchell (averaged 6.1 ppg and 9.4 rpg in 10 basketball games for Bucknell in 1963-64) opened game's scoring with a touchdown pass reception from Bert Jones in 14-10 win against the New Orleans Saints in 1973.

• Chicago Hornets B Ray Ramsey (Bradley's top hoops scorer in 1941-42 and 1942-43) had a 77-yard touchdown reception in 42-24 AAFC setback against the San Francisco 49ers in 1949.

• Dallas Cowboys rookie RB Larry Robinson (All-SEC third-team hoops selection as Tennessee senior in 1972-73) rushed twice for 17 yards in a 45-10 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973. Rookie TE Billy Joe Dupree (scored four points in total of four basketball games for Michigan State in 1971-72) caught three touchdown passes for the Cowboys.

• Washington Redskins QB Norm Snead (averaged 7.8 ppg in four Wake Forest games as senior in 1960-61) threw two first-half touchdown passes to Bobby Mitchell in a 24-14 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1962.

Not again! An ugly topic raised its head once more this fall when Texas transfer Arterio Morris was dismissed from Kansas' program following the guard's arrest on a rape allegation (prosecutors dropped case following spring citing insufficient evidence). Lawrence, Kan., was also the location for another rape allegation involving Illinois standout Terrence Shannon Jr. when Texas Tech transfer attended a football game there in early September 2023 (found not guilty in spring of 2024 following week-long trial). If there was any due diligence involving Morris' checkered background, the Jayhawks should have had him under constant surveillance. But perennial Top 10 teams think they're immune to criticism and simply go about their business however in hell they want to be "comfortable" assembling a roster to remain among the elite. A couple of summers ago marked nearly half of Michigan State's All-Big Ten Conference first-team selections this century running afoul of the law or involved in unseemly lawsuits/incidents after Miles Bridges faced felony domestic violence charge following accusation of assaulting his girlfriend in front of their two children (pleaded no contest when sentenced to serve three years of probation). Bridges, who is also a rapper under the name RTB MB, previously was fined $50,000 for striking a fan with a mouthpiece.

Out of eligibility or not, a campaign can't go by without having to wade through college basketball's corrosive "Cradles of Criminals" cesspool. A couple of years ago, former Notre Dame assistant coach Ryan Ayers was charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of domestic violence. Charges involved his relationships with two women over a four-year span where he allegedly recorded them, without their consent, naked or while having sex with them. Ayers, who averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.4 rpg for UND from 2005-06 through 2008-09 under ex-coach Mike Brey, is also said to have hit one of the females in the face during an altercation in his car. Son of former Ohio State/Philadelphia 76ers coach Randy Ayers abruptly left the less-than-candid Fighting Irish program at start of 2020-21 school year "to pursue opportunities (to do heaven or impish leprechaun knows what) elsewhere." The state's subsequent motion to dismiss charges came after prosecutors twice asked a superior court judge to recuse himself from the case for allegedly making inappropriate comments about an accuser and photographic evidence in the case.

It wasn't that long ago when Georgetown's roster was depleted when majority of four exiting players departed due to off-the-court transgressions. The "hood" ornaments of self-indulgence striving to bask in glory of Hoya Paranoia heroes such as Allen Iverson and Victor Page drove away without admission of or finding of guilt regarding sexual harassment and assault charges in mid-September including FaceTime "we'll send people after you" threat and complaint that one of the suspects "showed her his erect clothed penis." One of the female accusers expressed fear for her safety and her roommate's safety, alleging assault and battery plus theft of personal property (Playstation 4, Nikon camera among other items with value of $1,625). Seems as if ex-Hoyas coach Patrick Ewing should have taken his "G-men" scholars on "cultural" field trip to g-string Atlanta strip club, where former All-American center admitted twice having oral sex with dancers compliments of the club owner according to testimony in a racketeering trial. At a "bare-it-all" minimum, Ewing could conduct free #MeToo seminar explaining to his pupils how abusing women similar to Georgetown graduate William Jefferson Clinton could be detrimental to their careers if facing an authentic impeachment. Perhaps by now the inept #MessMedia, including "unbiased" Clinton lackey George Step-on-the-truth-to-us and his throat-slitting gesture on ABC to cut input from Donald Trump lawyer, discerned who blew past him as #SickWillie's "whistle" blower relieving his anxieties.

Amid the incessant indiscretions at NCAA DI level, there should be a GoFundMe account for those offended whenever self-promoting mother/daughter duo Gloria Allred and Lisa Bloom - women's rights lawyers/extortionists "extraordinaire" - hit the airwaves with doctored evidence and therapeutic crying towels. Prior to making Prince Andrew profusely sweat, boisterous Bloom sought to solicit cash from donors and media outlets for accusers of sexual misconduct alleged about #TheDonald. Unscrupulous Bloom, affiliating with demented demagogue David Brock, offered to sell the victims' Pay-to-Say tales while wanting to pocket a portion for herself as a commission. She persuaded a Democratic donor to pay off one accuser's flip-flopping make-up artist mortgage and tried to get a hefty six-figure payday for a hospitalized woman who eventually declined to come forward despite exponentially-increasing offers up to $750,000. Read Bloom's disgusting emails and text messages if you want to lose your lunch and get an urge to recycle leech lawyer jokes. Misguided Allred/Bloom tandem should make themselves useful by keeping mouths fulls of fellow insufferable Left Coast lunatics/swamp mistresses #NannyPathetic and #MadMaxine via "fohty-five" scoops of #Dimorat diva deluxe (im)peach ice cream.

At any rate, which sexual-deviant B.C. (Bill Clinton or Bill Cosby) should be designated BC (Biggest Conniver)? Moreover, which BCs (Basketball Coaches) should be sued for BC (Bringing to Campus) so many BCs (Bad Characters)? Beyond Clinton's Oral Office, is nothing sacred as father-figure Cosby's silence about numerous female accusations spoke volumes before and as his sexual assault retrial unfolded? We'll never think of Fat Albert and Jell-O pudding in the same way after hearing about a settlement and conviction involving former Temple women's basketball staffer Andrea Constand and Cosby, the school's most famous alumnus. Standards depend upon how much one donates to a university on or off the court/field. Temple's indifferent brass, apparently much too fond of Jello-O pudding samples or Quaaludes lethargic, kept Cosby as a member of its Board of Trustees while many other entities dropped Dr. Huxtable off a cliff quicker than a Ferguson or Baltimore thief mishandling a liquor bottle scampering out of a looted convenience store hurdling debris like an aging track star fantasizing about an aphrodisiac drink. The Cosby Show was finally cancelled as a TU Trustee after Thanksgiving before degenerate's striking number of accusers formed a cathartic coalition. Cigars stored elsewhere, perv prez Clinton must have a freezer full of Jell-O pops spiked with "distinguishing-characteristic" Quaaludes provided by admirer Cos, going blind from who knows what as his attack-dog legal team assaulted his victims again. Have you woke-wondered if #SickWillie's attorney with wallet full of his sex-dollar bills was immersed in negotiating #HarveySwinestein's contract tolerating sexual harassment by acknowledging prospect of pathetic pig, supported by Bloom, paying Cosmic settlements to aggrieved women? #Swinestein had millions of reasons invested in a recent massage-my-ego project.

Excluding slip-and-fall ambulance chasers, what self-respecting attorney would contemplate representing repulsive rollator-requiring #Swinestein? If Jimmy Carter felt comfortable smiling while criticizing "we-know-what-has-to-be-done," then there is an absolute absence of mentally-tough authentic leaders. The NFL essentially ignored domestic violence until Candid Camera delivered demonstrable deviance igniting a cover-up. In sports, what the "presstitutes" miss is that zero tolerance for the troubling "War on Women" needs to be addressed in high school and college before the lack of a moral compass reaches the green room for pink-ribbon and pink-shoe donning pros. Actually, Allred and Bloom missed the boat dwelling on celebrities and politicians when they could have made a fortune focusing on college sports during and after scholars were big man on campus. For instance, former Arkansas State guard Arthur Agee Jr., featured in documentary Hoop Dreams (1994 Oscar-nominated film following prep players in Chicago) was accused of punching a woman in mid-November 2017, causing her to incur three fractured ribs (charges subsequently dropped). In 2018, UMBC earned national acclaim by becoming the first #16 seed to defeat a #1 seed (Virginia) but the Retrievers didn't receive similar headlines only four years earlier when four members of team allegedly gang raped a female athlete at a dormitory in late summer. The deliberate debauchery has existed for decades. Fifty years ago, Pan American was investigated regarding a sexually explicit interracial photo album used in recruitment. Any idea why a Florida State cheerleader reportedly traveled with a Seminoles assistant coach to Chicago in the late 1970s on recruiting trip pursuing guard Raymond McCoy?

Only heaven knew where tawdry allegations would end up in aftermath of legal "Hoop Nightmare" maneuverings against former Memphis guard Derrick Rose, Sacramento Mayor/Depreciated Democrat Kevin Johnson and OTL investigative reporting about Michigan State's pill-pushing Cosby wannabees. Rose, hoop royalty speaking with all the credibility of "sweating-and-learning" Prince Andrew explaining friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, testified he was taught at the NBA's rookie camp to take used condoms with him after sex. Cynically, coach John Calipari could have been referring to Rose's group-effort escapades several years ago when saying "he (great kid) is taking better care of his body than at any other point during his career." Other observers digesting trial accounts of possible Lamar Odom/Tristan Thompson (Kardashi)can-chasing wannabee might view him as the youngest MVP (Most Vile Pervert) in NBA history or that Karma is a bitch when it came to his series of injuries.

Unless you are progressive puke approving of Bernie Sanders' rape-fantasy essay and completely ignore Tara Reade's accusations regarding #Plagiarist Biledumb going farther than hair-sniffing when not on speaker phone with business partner son hideous Hunter, shouldn't there be more reflexive concern for victims rather than impact on roster of team with alleged criminal? According to FBI, about 70% of domestic violence probes fail to result in criminal cases. Those figures coincide with estimates claiming about 2/3 of sexual assault charges involving soup-kitchen college athletes are dropped or not filed similar to couple of TCU hoopers in 2006; multiple Syracuse hoopers in fall of 2007 carrying on SU tradition stemming from bizarre incident involving Villanova cheerleader at 1982 Big East Tournament in Hartford; St. John's players attending a strip club to drown their sorrows following loss at Pittsburgh in 2004; two Michigan State freshmen playing mini-hoop version of strip poker during orientation in fall of 2010 plus three apparently wayward scholars "running a train" in spring of 2015; a Washington player probed in 2010-11; pair of Providence freshman "players" several seasons ago on the heels of recruiting rot revealed upon dismissal of leading scorer after 2009-10 campaign; Wake Forest band member allegation after 2009 NCAA playoff upset defeat against Cleveland State in Miami, and salacious Kansas sexcapade in dormitory housing hoopers relieving stress "running away" from studying for final exams in mid-December 2016. Criminal charges also weren't filed at KU stemming from an alleged elevator exposure incident in mid-May 2007. In light of Marquette failing to report multiple messy incidents to Milwaukee police, can you begin to fathom how many times monopolistic schools covered up "Boys Gone Wild" indiscretions with get-out-of-trouble-free cards to keep rap sheets shorter than stat sheets? If in idealistic denial, read accounts regarding raunchy book written by Kyle Fuller, a starting guard in previous decade for Vanderbilt, the so-called "Harvard of the South."

Forfeiting any recruiting dignity, the MSU and PC freshman felonious activity coupled with Minnesota's frosh porn-star tryout in 2015-16 and Louisville's "Thrill in the Ville" indicate that, at the very least, schools need to improve their background checks. In an era where athletic departments solely review accusations against their own, statistics show disturbing pattern of inaction where athletes are convicted at a much lower rate than the general population. According to a USA Today study during a trial involving wayward Kobe Bryant, prominent athletes are much less likely to be convicted of sexual assault than the average citizen. Consider this stark statistical comparison: 2/3 of the public-at-large is convicted when charged with sexual assault while 2/3 of prominent athletes are exonerated in similar allegations involving the brotherhood of scumbags. Accordingly, can you imagine how many self-serving boosters (such as Sam Gilbert at UCLA) and coaches helped orchestrate and underwrite abortions since Roe vs. Wade decision? Naked thought is as ugly as #Hollyweird mosaic of male celebs exposed as sexual abusers the last few years.

Public-at-large has virtually become numb to the seemingly never-ending sordid shenanigans such as Saint Louis having multiple players suspended for 1 1/2 to 2 years and another expelled before prize prospect Jordan Goodwin was sanctioned stemming from an on-campus apartment incident concluding with three women telling police they were sexually assaulted. Earlier in the decade, SLU had its top two players dropped from the Billikens' roster amid similar accusations. Michigan State's poor judgment, including redacting information on public records to a point where the material became useless, wasn't restricted to basketball obfuscation in order to try to maintain national acclaim. Reports of sexual misconduct by disgraced Dr. Larry Nassar reached at least 14 MSU representatives in two decades before his arrest. MSU is an inspiration to mediocrities everywhere. It missed multiple opportunities to halt Nassar, a graduate of its osteopathic medical school who also served as USA Gymnastics national team doctor while reportedly molesting more than 250 girls and women under the guise of treating them for pain. Circling the wagons before settling with survivors for $500 million, MSU's purported concern for victims included spending $500,000 for dig-up-dirt/peeping Tom monitoring of some of their social media accounts along with journalists. But Spartan Nation has always been suspect, if not textbook lax, in regard to accountability going back to All-American guard Scott Skiles, the nation's second-leading scorer in 1985-86 who incurred two DUI arrests, a drug possession arrest, two jail sentences and 18 days in jail during a 16-month span in mid-1980s. As a result of these numerous indiscretions, Skiles received a whopping one-game suspension. What "train" engineering courses do athletes with "loco-motives" take at maniacal MSU? Manhood Selfie 101 (like Snap-chat sensation Draymond Green). Who do these vain denizens think they are? As Amazon irresistible as #WashingtonCompost owner Jeff Bezos and his intimate texts to girlfriend? Thus, it was no surprise ESPN unearthed that aroused MSU athletes were about three times as likely as other students to be accused of sexual misconduct or domestic violence in complaints made at the "institution." In the aftermath of 2015 Final Four appearance, several Spartan players lured a female student back to their apartment under false pretenses from a local bar and took turns having their way with her. In late February 2021, a judge dismissed a Title IX complaint despite saying case met criteria of incident of actionable sexual harassment and the school's actual knowledge of it.

Tortured observers needed "other stuff" treatment after listening to and watching image-protecting hoops icon Tom Izzo's painful healing and support-for-survivors post-game weasel words weekend following retirement/resignation of school prez and AD. If Izzo has a "part-of-life" soul, he should donate his "sole" income (sneaker endorsement money) to victims of recruits he brought to campus (including post-MSU career) and/or help underwrite MSU paying ESPN's attorneys' fees after Michigan courts ruled the university violated open-records laws. Izzo's contacting witness before school in another sordid incident and unsettling silence was interrupted by seemingly rehearsed remarks such as "I can do whatever I want to do" resembling Slick Rick's smug trivialization during "get your fill in the Ville" than "we'll cooperate with any investigation and always have." Among the things a good Christian man like Izzo might "want to do" is religiously meet with FBI-indicted agent Christian Dawkins to go over their donation endeavors. For candor's sake, let us hope an undergraduate assistant coach didn't live in Izzo's basement completing his degree the season Izzo said he couldn't recall why a rare three-year captain exited the program. Was Izzo also unaware of captain/undergrad aide's child support order? By the way, what is the deal with becoming MSU captain or Final Four "playmaker" in the last 20 years? Did stress of duty contaminate Bridges, Mateen Cleaves, Charlie Bell, Travis Walton, Korie Lucious and Keith Appling or did they wash down idiot pills with toxic tap water from Flint? Something sinister surely is in state's water after Michigan and MSU each had an All-American with multiple Final Deplore appearances sued by women claiming they gave them herpes as NBA players. STD seems to have also infected fellow Big Ten Conference member Purdue if lawsuit involving center Isaac Haas had any merit. Enterprising engineering students apparently should have invested more time and energy helping Haas with a different pliable and protective appendage sleeve than designing brace for his fractured right elbow. What could possibly be the genesis for these raw animalistic instincts? UM physician Robert E. Anderson engaged in sexual misconduct (multiple forms of inappropriate examinations) with patients on countless occasions. Dr. "Drop Your Drawers" Anderson worked in various capacities at the university between 1966 and 2003. Other names by which student-athletes referred to him included "Handy Andy," "Goldfinger" and "Dr. Handerson."

After MSU's gymnastics coach was charged with lying about her knowledge of sexual assault complaints, Izzo exhibited similar lack of candor. Amid the airing-of-dirty-laundry debris including an "entitled" walk-on, it didn't appear prudent to put much stock in arousal-discretion dialogue from Earvin Johnson. But MSU's most famous alumnus (even more than ex-ESPN egomaniac #KneelWithJemele) lectured nation as if he was male version of Oprah by calling for the firing of any employee who failed to report sexual assault allegations on campus to the proper authorities. Consider the ravenous source insofar as Johnson admitted his Magical Mystery Tour sexual frivolity included sleeping with 300 to 500 partners per year (entertainment venue featured the Los Angeles Lakers' locker room and sauna). How many enablers resembling "Clintonistas" such as Betty "Hoover" Curry and former DePauw (Ind.) hooper Vernon Jordan, perhaps humming "Do You Believe in Magic?", facilitated indulgence over the decades of decadence? Of course, this great feat of Magic paled in comparison to legendary Wilt Chamberlain's community partnership claim to bedding 20,000 women from coast to coast before and after son of janitor left Philly to drive around the Kansas plains in a souped-up red and white Oldsmobile convertible (with license plate BIG DIPPER) not all that far from NCAA headquarters at the time. "I feel sorry for the Stilt," wrote New York Daily Mirror columnist Leonard Lewin. "When he enters the NBA, he'll have to take a cut in salary." Truth be told, the LA (Lay All) Lakers' debauchery and Olympian appetite for copulation likely didn't originate there; "littering" simply escalated on free-love Left Coast. Perhaps it is time to allow sanctuary-sick and homeless-infested California to go ahead and secede before U.S. version of salty Sodom and Gomorrah turns into bankrupted ruins. Don't look back!

Distributing pain to anyone with belief system, disturbing allegations at Louisville (Chris Jones), Kansas (multiple players) and Duke (Rasheed Sulaimon and Corey Maggette) had their celebrated coaches either making comments as incoherent as their scholars or hiding under their desk memorizing athletic department versions of pleading the fifth. Minnesota and West Virginia endured similar unseemly "violation-of-team-rules" situations in the mid-1980s. Ditto Arizona State in the mid-1990s and priorities across the country haven't improved. Consider an Inside Higher Ed article written about a Syracuse dean facing dismissal for refusing to cover up an assault of a female student on campus by basketball players. Elsewhere, a culture concerning abuse of females frequently goes unchecked at sports factories reminiscent of group assault charges at Arkansas under coaches Nolan Richardson and John Pelphrey resulting in Ray Rice-like initial modest sanctions. UA probably failed to meet #MeToo college-town investigation standards in wake of late summer 2009 frat-house party incident when prosecutor was son-in-law of former athletic director Frank Broyles and brother-in-law of athletic department spokesman. Did the tumult really change much under coach Mike Anderson, who also had more than his share of undignified problem children at Missouri before moving on to St. John's until cast adrift after last season?

Only one in five college-aged female students report their assaults to law enforcement. There are words and there are actions as well as "tough" guys and "cool" guys in this criminal "no-means-no" emphasis. One-sided co-ed boxing apparently needs to get personal before the player-predator issue penetrates thick skulls in establishment media and cavalier campuses. For instance, ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale, obsessed with "payday" and "cash" as always, tweeted he doesn't "dig actions away from ring but he (Floyd Mayweather Jr.) is an all-time great." Well, let's "dig" on one easy hipster wannabee layup straight from the grandstanding opening bell. Unless mindset of role model/ex-analyst Dancin' Ray contaminated network judgment across the sports spectrum including Screamin' A. Stiff, no one with an extensive history of domestic abuse charges such as misfit Mayweather should be designated an all-time great in any way, shape or form with or without a cover-your-fanny-like-commish qualifier. Ditto for Florida State's troubled Jameis Winston, who Vitale tweeted was "great to have on your side on Saturday" (at least until Nike severed its relationship with QB before promoting kneeling knucklehead #ColonKrapernick).

Presumably, Dickie V didn't mean late Saturday night with him and Uber driver or at any sort of Winston post-college game celebration leaving an accuser susceptible to dragging through the mud one way or the other (perhaps on a scooter). In a textbook example of Buc-kissing shilling, Vitale bragged about Shameless Jameis joining him at gala in Tampa Bay QB's first appearance as NFL player before the university settled with Winston's accuser for $950,000 in the spring of 2016. Methinks Vitale knows little, if anything, about FSU "football-fixer" associate AD who served time in prison for cocaine distribution. The general public's prevailing ignorance resembles failing to acknowledge the corrupt Clintons' "War on Women" exemplified by #ShrillaryRotten's faith advisor.

If the holier-than-thou press is so concerned about PC-police nickname changing, perhaps they should encourage schools to be more accurate with monikers such as Auburn Whore Eagles, Bailor Needed For Bad News Bears, Cincinnati Barely Can Read 'Cats, UConn Artists, Florida Maters, Florida State Sininoles, Georgetown Beatdowns, Indiana Booziers, Kansas Jailhawks, Louisville Slug-her Breaking Cardinal Rules, Memphis Mafia Malcontents, The U (as in "unsavory"), Michigan State Hard-ons, Minnesota Go-for-hers, Miz-zou Animals, UNCheat Tarrin (Gals in) Heels, Oklahoma Sinners, Syracuse Orange Jumpsuits, TCU Horny Dawgs, UNLV Sincredibles, USC Trojan Ultra Ribbed, X-rated Musketeers, etc. Wherever the #MessMedia and school administrators may have been in same veiled-secret toilet sweeping stench under sullied carpet, someone needs to finish the "movement" and flush them all! Emptying the excrement should include infected hangers-on although prosecutors declined to pursue charges against Baylor's former manager after his arrest early in 2017 on allegations of harassing two women via sexually-explicit social media messages. How could Baylor bear such bewildering behavior while boasting a director of sports ministry on staff? An "I'm-such-a-stud" mindset in culture breeding risky behavior goes way out of bounds to near epidemic proportions as an alarming number of conniving former college hoopers think they're still BMOC when hired by a high school district and victimize vulnerable females.

Amid the extensive flaws, can any of the journalistic jackals unearth whether "The Carolina (Academic) Way" for Raymond Felton and Ty Lawson included a rigorous African and Afro-American independent study course on how to treat the opposite sex, Africa's subjugation of females or discerning the origin of HIV and Ebola virus rather than the importance of Swahili language? If the scheme was solely for GPA boosting, Carolina's 2005 (10 of 15 members were AFAS majors with total of 35 "pretty doggone good" bogus classes over two semesters) and 2009 NCAA titles should of been in jeopardy of being vacated. But the UNC placed on probation for scholastic shenanigans was Northern Colorado; not Carolina. At the very least, for the sake of supplying a good chuckle to offset a portion of the angst, we should be entitled to digest a sampling of prose from those unread Prime Time 10-page papers (assigned mostly A grades with few B+ marks since a few players may have misspelled their names). UNC, admitting "regrettable actions," should have been sanctioned simply because disgraceful no-show classes came under umbrella of Center For Ethics apparently as unethical as seven-layered Comey and FBI toadies Baker/Clinesmith/McCabe/Page/Priestap/Strzok.

UNC paid over $21 million in assorted costs dealing with the scholastic scandal but that exorbitant fee might have been an affordable expense insofar as there was significant savings over these many years when no faculty was necessary to actually provide instruction for bogus book-work. Rather than learning classy pass fakes on the court, the courted players passed by "learning" in fake classes. It's no excuse but, if the let's-not-dwell-on-the-negative media would get off its royal cushion, how many other schools across the nation have comparable compromising courses? A polluted program under current coach Richard Pitino, who brought in troubled transfers Reggie Lynch and Daquein McNeil, isn't exactly virgin territory among power-league members. The Gophers have "hole" history featuring a former Minnesota tutor claiming she wrote or helped write more than 400 papers or pieces of coursework for in excess of 20 Gophers players in the mid-1990s, multiple pre-Lynch/pre-#AlFrankenstein prospects-turned-suspects (Courtney James/Mitchell Lee/Trevor Mbakwe/Royce White) and recent out-of-control athletic director. After academic anemia decades ago involving Creighton's Kevin Ross taking rigorous courses such as theory of baseball and ceramics, the NCAA should remember: "If you don't stand for something (such as higher scholastic standards), you'll fall for anything (excessive number of criminals)." If NCAA movers and shakers didn't do anything meaningful back then addressing scholastic shenanigans, why would we expect them to do something now such as condemn Auburn's class clustering? In this charade, many of the recruits contemptible coaches and media butt kissers drool upon are "self-reliant students" as much as culpable kids of actress Lori Loughlin/Aunt Becky are "authentic athletes."

How in Heel is having athletic department personnel steering players into sham classes for 18 years not, at its core curriculum, a textbook definition of "lack of institutional control?" When will ESPN get to the bottom of the chicanery yielding answers via another orchestrated interview with former coach Roy Williams serving as master of "really-bothered-by-whole-thing" ceremonies featuring backdrop of supportive ex-players? ESPN should have just gone ahead and issued Williams' support group "Game Day" posters for their little pep rally at former big boss' alma mater. Network could have called charade, appearing as if it was created by coke-head Rolling Stone editor, Skipper's short three-hour tour. What most media outlets skip over is the disgusting percentage of prize prospects becoming prime predatory suspects in abusing underage females (including after they leave college).

How difficult would it have been for Williams, instead of pleading educational mission ignorance, to take a few minutes per semester assessing academic progress of each of his players? Didn't he acknowledge there was "class clustering" early in his Carolina head coaching tenure? It is the height of hypocrisy for him and other DI mentors/"fathers" to have a contract bonus provision stemming from APR/graduation rates. Will UNC encourage him to apologize to whistle-blower tutor Mary "Just Keep My Players Eligible" Willingham? Didn't Williams figuratively punch her (triggering death threats in aftermath of additional administration admonishments) by impugning Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary's character saying her illiteracy claims were untrue and totally unfair about a striking number of scholars boasting middle-school reading skills? Said Willingham prior to settling a lawsuit with UNC for $335,000 (about $1,000 per basketball player enrollment in paper class minus attorneys' fees): "I went to a lot of basketball games in the Dean Dome, but Roy never came and sat with me while I tutored his guys." Naturally, the first step to academic-anemia recovery at reformatory is admitting you're a huge hypocrite. Heaven help us if Williams' "sad-time" excuses and pleading ignorance about suspension of guard Jalek Felton - most heralded member of freshman class for defending NCAA champion - are typical of the coaching community level of interest in authentic advancement toward a genuine diploma.

Which is worse - free grades/dean's list for not even attending rogue class (see Rashad McCants), free abuse of female tutor or free rental cars for top returning scorer (P.J. Hairston) linked to an ex-convict? An absence of press accountability in the Carolinas probably is why a Democratic male running for statewide office can chuckle after calling a Republican female sitting governor a "whore." What we have here is a failure to exhibit standards; not so much an inability to thoroughly discuss the (physical and/or verbal) beat-down topic and appease the all-women sports gabfest "We Need to Talk" on CBS. The coaches' Sgt. Schultz "I-know-nothing" routine is insulting spit because they usually know when a regular takes an irregular dump. The NFL and NBA likely will announce policies "to do more," but when will colleges and the media do likewise to mitigate Sharia Law-like malignant message dumping on women? Instead, we get Kansas' Selfless coach creatively saying one of his Adidas-adoring players involved in school probe was "ill" upon missing a couple of games. Truth be told, the sport will remain "sick" if scholastic standards aren't raised while "educators of men" focus more on assembling megaconferences.

The NCAA should embrace the Nwagwu Rules of Engagement. Jackson State guard Chuck Nwagwu's father, a professor at the school, forced the part-time starter to quit the Tigers' team in 1996-97 after receiving a grade of C in two classes. "I am an academician," said the elder Nwagwu. "My job is to educate young black men. That should be the primary objective. Basketball is secondary." Nwagwu's dad also made him move out of the dormitory and canceled his meal tickets. "I had to impress him that school comes first," the Nigerian native said. "He thinks he's going to be the next Michael Jordan." Regrettably, JSU didn't last long as beacon of integrity among HBCU institutions as seven players were arrested five years later and charged with sexual abuse.

What is it about punks flourishing at sports that makes adults fall all over themselves making excuses for abhorrent behavior infecting the sport? Amid the pimpish compartmentalization, there are also "clever" outfits such as Oregon stemming from its timing in waiting to expel three players implicated in an alleged sexual assault in order to avoid a reduction in its Academic Progress Rate score before reaching 2017 Final Four with another player under comparable criminal investigation. Telephone records clearly convey Oregon athletic officials including coach Dana Altman were concerned about a recent recruit and NCAA gumshoes should be, too, instead of whether an assistant coach refereed a scrimmage. Meanwhile, fellow Pac-12 Conference member California adopted a stricter admissions policy when it comes to academics and Indiana embraced a no-admittance policy regarding previous indiscretions. Will Cal and IU set a nationwide trend for increased scholastic and decorum standards or will majority of universities duck the issue? Not if their on-court performances this season are any barometer or the condescending NCAA headquarters remains much more concerned about Indian nicknames and transgender restrooms than ending licking of dames. Can the NCAA, featuring a president informed at the start of this decade about MSU mayhem, at least encourage its members to consider utilizing Norway's syllabus teaching Muslim male migrants how to treat non-veiled women? At times such as Evansville firing coach Walter McCarty midway through 2019-20 season amidst a Title IX probe into alleged sexual misconduct, the ethically-bankrupt atmosphere doesn't appear to be much better at mid-major schools. St. Francis (N.Y.) had two different teammates busted for sex abuse on back-to-back days in early 2014 and an alleged cover-up at North Texas is equally disturbing.

It was a bizarre Halloween(ie) at mid-major Detroit in 2012 when athletic director Keri Gaither and assistant coach Derek Thomas resigned stemming from their extramarital, interracial affair. Ex-Baylor standout Carlos Briggs, another aide under coach Ray McCallum, was the anonymous whistle-blower before his identity was compromised and he was also dismissed. According to lawsuit filed by Briggs, UD players would observe former Western Illinois head coach Thomas slip into Gaither's hotel room after the team's curfew during road games, triggering them to leave their rooms to go stand outside the door to Gaither's room, giggling while they listened to zesty sounds of Gaither and Thomas apparently getting busy. No word if they discerned whether Titan condoms were utilized.

Speaking of "tough, cool and clever" guys resembling deranged DeNiro, Mayweather told CNN that "only God can judge me." But let's play The Almighty role and make things personal prior to enablers going on their merry way "earning" academic-anemia "dollars" off the next round of ill-equipped recruits. Father-figure coaches masquerading as social workers who persuade admissions offices to enroll some of the "exception" vermin should be sued by victims if the abuse is campus connected under their stewardship. As for the #MessMedia (student newspaper had to step up to the plate at Duke), perhaps Vitale's next illuminating book should be "You're Awful, Baby! With a Capital A!: 100 Players I Praised as Great But Glad My Daughters Didn't Date." Striving to avoid turning a blind eye to problem like so many in the press, below we'll give his researchers a head start on the EBOLA (Excessive Beatings are Outlandish of Ladies by Athletes) plague with robust list of scholars to assess en route to him setting a Guinness Book of World Records for most basketball volumes he didn't write, yet having name on covers as author.

Research shows that arrests of college athletes are more than double those of pros. Former Duke starter Jay Bilas has experiential ACC knowledge competing against colorful North Carolina State coach Jim Valvano's suspect squads (735 average SAT score - featuring Chris Washburn at 470 - and excessive number of positive drug tests during the 1980s). While pondering rigorous courses washout Washburn somehow passed to remain academically eligible for more than one season, a cold-blooded question surfaces as to whether the academic anemia at UNC is worse than what occurred at N.C. State, which probably gains the negative nod if only because of Washburn teammate Charles Shackleford's following animal-expert quote: "Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." The "A" in "bring your A-game" in an old ACC ad apparently didn't stand for academics.

If bookish Bilas genuinely knows self-evaluation "toughness" beyond "if they (coaches) knew," the policy wonk will maneuver upstream and shift his passion from lambasting the NCAA about paying these gentlemen and scholars to a lawyer-like focus on stopping the NCAA from preying on players who have little to no business representing universities because they aren't authentic student-athletes (although "Sullen-man" was still enrolled as student when allegations against him surfaced). Granted, such an academic-values modification will translate into an inferior product for him and his network to promote (and for walk-on-water luminaries such as Jim Boeheim, Calipari, Bob Huggins, Izzo, Self plus Rick Pitino to coach for that matter). But does a mediocre Duke player such as Lance Thomas need more than $30,000 as down payment on jewelry? What about multiple Memphis players reporting they were robbed of more than $66,000 worth of vital items for Calipari-coached college students (mink coats, diamond earrings, stereo equipment, flat-screen TV)? Ask CIA jurisprudence jackal John Brennan!

Moreover, former Syracuse bench boss Boeheim wouldn't have an opportunity to be "impressed" about one-and-done Carmelo Anthony's 1.8 gpa before failing to mention if Anthony attended more classes than games his second semester. Did Melo mellow out in Orange-hot Child and Family Studies en route to underwriting Cuse's hoops centerpiece (The Melo Center)? No word yet from blow-hard Boeheim after former Orange hooper/NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb was accused of sexual harassment by a former female colleague at the NFL Network and discarded by ESPN. At least the win-at-all-costs mentality is gender neutral as goalie Hope Solo flew above the Soccer Wars like Han Solo and school spirit took on a whole new meaning among Coastal Carolina's cheerleaders. More coaches are becoming members of the Garbage Collectors Guild as they don't give a rat's ass about anything beyond winning a few more games. What quality of classes could possibly be taken in college by mercenary professional-caliber athletes if a mind-numbing 60% of NBA players file for bankruptcy five years after retirement? Symbolic of a normal DI rescue-mission campaign, more than 50 people were arrested in a sex trafficking sting operation during Final Four weekend in Minneapolis several seasons ago. Instead of paying athletes, just let "sperminator" stallions have free erectile access to on-campus brothels.

In a 2015 sexcapade, a former recruit said he felt as if "I was in a strip club" when visiting Louisville. Georgia Tech apparently felt comfortable transporting impressionable high school prospect directly to jiggle joint. It's almost time to hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete and reboot nearly everything about the sport. A striking number of prominent schools (down to Florida, LSU and Oregon first week of new year not long ago before LSU "won" commitment) recruited power forward Emmitt Williams, who was arrested the previous fall in Florida on sexual battery and false imprisonment charges before charges were dismissed just before Christmas. Zach Harvey, a prize prep prospect in Kansas, pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor crimes (endangering a child and breach of privacy) after facing two felony sex crime charges stemming from an alleged incident in March 2017 involving two other teens and an underage girl. Amid a scholastic schedule laden with decidedly non-academic courses, personal character flaws didn't surface solely upon reaching the professional level and power-league members unscathed by female battery are clearly in the minority.

Immersed in an era fraught with human debris devoid of moral compass, ORU committed athletic program suicide during the previous decade when mandating the Titans, who averaged 22 victories annually in their first six seasons at the NCAA DI level in the 1970s, could only sign players without tattoos and new recruits would have to take a "faith exam" as well. Facing unvarnished truth, all hormonal basketball roads seem to lead to liberal lunacy including "tolerant" fans condoning shameless womanizing comparable to Los Angeles Lakers zealot Jack Nicholson. As many local and national press heads should roll as incompetent school administrators if there is anything close to equivalence of their overall hear-no-evil, see-no-evil and speak-no-evil oversight. While much of the lame-stream media looks the other way like referee in waning moments seeking blowout contest to conclude as soon as possible, following are vital facts on what really is outside the lines since ESPN came on the scene in the late 1970s and CBS assumed control of March Madness. High-profile commentators, appearing as if they were drugged, aimlessly address relevant "no-means-no" issues about as much as Cosby and Izzo answered pertinent inquiries. Celebrated coaches such as Altman, Boeheim, Izzo, Greek philosopher Pitino, Self and many of their peers never will "get it" until they're hit in the pocketbook or, God forbid, their daughters are victimized by a cretin. Compare how much power conference/prominent mid-major player air-time was given to "singing the praises" of the following alphabetical list of Three-S "Men" (Stupid, Sin-tillating and Sin-sational) to how much gutless wonders devoted to elaborating on their Hoop Hall of Shame misdeeds against women or offering solutions preventing exploitation of such derelict student-athletes even if the quality of basketball is reduced and might negatively affect ratings, endorsement deals, speaking engagement fees, charity donations or circulations of periodicals:

• Abdul Abdullah (Providence) - arrested as fugitive from justice and held for extradition to Georgia as probation violator on statutory rape conviction
• Richie Adams (UNLV) - convicted of manslaughter after being accused of stalking and killing a 15-year-old Bronx girl in a housing project
• Courtney Alexander (Virginia/Fresno State) - convicted of misdemeanor assault after arrest for striking his live-in girlfriend
• Darryl Allen (Oklahoma) - accused of breaking into woman's apartment and assaulting her
• Teddy Allen (West Virginia/Wichita State/Nebraska/New Mexico State) - dismissed from WSU's squad following disturbance at woman's home
• Tony Allen (Oklahoma State) - charged with domestic assault, domestic vandalism and interference with emergency calls in connection with incident at his wife's apartment
• Rafer Alston (Fresno State) - pleaded no contest to assaulting former girlfriend
• Keith Appling (Michigan State) - accused with teammate Adrien Payne of raping student in their dorm room during freshmen orientation
• Ron Artest (St. John's) - arrested on suspicion of domestic violence
• Vincent Askew (Memphis State) - accused of unlawfully having sex with minor
• Brandon Austin (Providence/Oregon) - twice accused of sexual assault
• Ryan Ayers (Notre Dame) - charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of domestic violence (charges involved his relationships with two women over a four-year span where he allegedly recorded them, without their consent, naked or while having sex with them)
• D'Juan Baker (Cincinnati) - aggravated assault charge for striking his girlfriend in head with flower pot
• Sean Banks (Memphis) - arrested in connection with domestic-violence complaint
• Arthur Barclay (Memphis) - faced assault charge related to domestic violence (punching girlfriend in face breaking her nose although judge dismissed case after victim failed to appear at hearing)
• Lucas Barnes (Miami/Southern LA/Florida International) - dispute with girlfriend
• Marcus Barnes (Miami/Northeastern) - kicked off Miami's team in late summer 2002 following charge by police with domestic violence
• Matt Barnes (UCLA) - arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence although his then-fiancee denied he abused her before subsequently choking woman during brawl at New York City nightclub
• Mark Barwig (Oregon) - arraigned on rape charge
• Armon Bassett (Indiana/Ohio University) - apprehended after allegedly pouring bleach over his girlfriend's head and face in front of victim's toddler
• Michael Beasley (Kansas State) - investigated for alleged sexual assault
• Benoit Benjamin (Creighton) - charged with simple battery and resisting arrest following a domestic disturbance
• Corey Benjamin (Oregon State) - domestic battery
• Keith Benjamin (Pittsburgh) - arrested and charged with simple assault after altercation with former girlfriend
• Winston Bennett (Kentucky) - Rick Pitino assistant violated Boston Celtics' contractual agreement for practicing at Brandeis by having sexual relationship with female student enrolled there
• Joseph Bertrand (Illinois) - arrested for domestic battery before charge was dismissed because alleged victim became uncooperative
• Mike Bibby (Arizona) - police investigated sexual-abuse harassment accusations made against coach of his high school alma mater (likely won't face criminal charges)
• Kavell Bigby-Williams (Oregon/Louisiana State) - played entire 2016-17 season for Final Four-bound Oregon while under criminal probe for sexual assault
• Chauncey Billups (Colorado) - settled lawsuit with Boston Celtics teammate stemming from incident as NBA rookie
• Jabari Bird (California) - arrested and faced domestic abuse and kidnapping charges (pled guilty and sentenced to two years probation)
• Jimmy Black (North Carolina) - jailed after arrest in domestic-abuse case while serving as assistant coach for Notre Dame
• Daron "Mookie" Blaylock (Oklahoma) - became violent with his wife in summer of 2001 and cops came to his house in 2009 for a domestic disturbance after his girlfriend called them
• Eric Bledsoe (Kentucky) - arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence for allegedly slapping his girlfriend (charges subsequently dropped due to insufficient evidence)
• Tony Bobbitt (Cincinnati) - juco recruit charged with felony attempted strangulation, felony domestic assault and misdemeanor domestic assault
• Charles Boozer (Iowa State) - arrested and charged with simple assault
• Anthony Bowie (Oklahoma) - suspended without pay following accusation of twice exposing himself to another teacher
• Todd Bozeman (Rhode Island) - former California coach reached court-approved settlement with woman accusing him of harassment
• Jamel Bradley (South Carolina) - fired as resource officer at high school amid internal investigations into multiple predatory sexual relationships with students
• Carlton Bragg Jr. (Kansas/Arizona State/New Mexico) - battery charges dropped after incident when he allegedly struck his girlfriend and pushed her down flight of stairs during argument; served three-game suspension stemming from police probe of attempted rape of girlfriend's best friend (college town politics included wife of county DA being UNM's Dean of Students)
• Alyn Breed (Providence) - suspended after charged with pointing gun at girlfriend
• Rick Brunson (Temple) - indicted for sexual assault stemming from encounter with massage therapist before he was found not guilty
• Andrew Bryant (Boston College) - violated in dining hall a restraining order a woman secured against him
• Glenn Bryant (Arkansas/Eastern Michigan) - accused of choking girlfriend during argument
• Joe Bunn (North Carolina A&T/Old Dominion) - convicted for assaulting girlfriend
• Todd Burgan (Syracuse) - suspended for seven games following breach of school's Student Conduct Code
• Antonio Burks (Memphis) - arrested after fight with his girlfriend
• Darryl Butterfield (Missouri) - arrested for allegedly punching ex-girlfriend during domestic dispute
• Jason Caffey (Alabama) - charged with domestic violence
• J.J. Caldwell (Texas A&M/New Mexico) - suspension linked to accusation of battery against ex-girlfriend
• Jamaal Camah (Providence) - pleaded "no contest" to misdemeanor charge of domestic disorderly conduct involving his pregnant girlfriend
• Marcus Capers (Washington State) - charged with assaulting female police officer at London bar at about 1:45 a.m.
• Derrick Caracter (Louisville/Texas-El Paso) - arrested and jailed after allegedly striking a cashier
• Aquille Carr (Seton Hall commitment) - arrested on domestic-assault charge
• Parrish Casebier (Evansville) - received eight-year prison sentence for felony rape of minor
• DeAngelo Casto (Washington State) - arrested for domestic violence involving his wife
• Duane Causwell (Temple) - alleged domestic violence dispute
• Cedric Ceballos (Cal State Fullerton) - faced warrant for allegedly assaulting former girlfriend in school dormitory
• Tony Christie (Clemson) - pleaded "no contest" to charge of assault after female student claimed high school coach touched her inappropriately
• Keon Clark (Temple commitment/UNLV) - domestic battery
• Monterale Clark (Marquette commitment) - J.C. recruit from Milwaukee arrested and charged with alleged second-degree felony sexual assault stemming from dorm-room party
• Shelly Clark (Illinois) - arrested and charged with breaking into his ex-girlfriend's apartment
• Mateen Cleaves (Michigan State) - charged with sexually assaulting woman who said she was driven to motel and attacked following Flint-area charity golf outing and group trip to local bar for drinks (subsequently acquitted)
• Ricky Clemons (Missouri) - assault case involving former girlfriend after she didn't want to watch Roots
• Verice Cloyd (Alabama/Chattanooga) - accusation he enticed 12-year-old girl into apartment and raped her
• Peter Coker Sr. (Dartmouth/North Carolina State) - arrested as 49-year-old in his native Allentown, Pa., and charged with allegedly exposing himself to three girls (as he drove his BMW around a school)
• Tony Cole (Georgia) - arrested for violating protection order involving ex-girlfriend he pleaded guilty to punching in face
• Derrick Coleman (Syracuse) - faced civil lawsuit after accusation of trespassing and battery at woman's home
• James Collins (Florida State) - arrested on charges of stalking ex-girlfriend
• Sherron Collins (Kansas) - accused of exposing himself and rubbing against older woman in elevator at Jayhawker Towers (accuser subsequently dropped civil suit)
• Darren Collison (UCLA) - arrested on domestic-violence charge
• Chance Comanche (Arizona) - admitted to strangling escort
• Michael Cooper (New Mexico) - domestic dispute
• Jamelle Cornley (Penn State) - domestic dispute with woman in the Philippines led PBA to indefinitely suspend him
• Deshawn Corprew (Texas Tech) - juco recruit left program following suspension from 2019 NCAA tourney finalist after allegations of Title IX allegations
• Attila Cosby (Pittsburgh/New Mexico/George Washington/Bowie State MD) - served 2 1/2 years in prison after found guilty by judge in sexual assault case involving 46-year-old prostitute
• DeMarcus Cousins (Kentucky) - faced arrest warrant on misdemeanor domestic violence charge before harassment allegation was dropped three months later
• Morgan Tyler Crawford (Georgetown) - arrested for felonious assault after punching woman in face several times
• Dante Cunningham (Villanova) - suspected of domestic assault (both charges later dropped)
• Avery Curry (Florida State/Idaho) - found innocent of battery in separate hotel incident but pleaded guilty to disturbing peace, was fined $298 and wrote letter of apology to another woman
• Quintin Dailey (San Francisco) - pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of nursing student in dormitory
• Ian Dale (Arizona State) - placed on three years' probation after pleading guilty to attempted sexual abuse and assault
• Samuel Dalembert (Seton Hall) - arrested following alleged battery involving his girlfriend after finding out she was leaving with their two children
• Myles Davis (Xavier) - restraining order issued amid facing two charges involving former girlfriend
• Terence Davis (Mississippi) - arrested for assault after getting into verbal dispute with his girlfriend (charges dropped four months later)
• Branden Dawson (Michigan State) - arrested on suspicion of felony spousal abuse
• Yuri Demetris (Pittsburgh) - booted from team following arrest after altercation at his ex-girlfriend's apartment where he twice climbed through window
• Eric Devendorf (Syracuse) - punished for punching female student in face
• Michael Dixon Jr. (Missouri/Memphis) - accused in a couple of unseemly incidents while attending Mizzou
• Damonte Dodd (Maryland) - accused of having sex with intoxicated woman without her consent (subsequently acquitted)
• Lee Dort (Vanderbilt) - suspended from team following arrest and charge with aggravated assault in incident involving his ex-girlfriend
• Robert Dozier (Memphis) - police took simple assault domestic violence report before complaint stemming from argument at 3:30 a.m. outside nightclub was dismissed; also arrested on domestic assault charge in attack reportedly leaving victim with dislocated shoulder and finger
• Nikola Dragovic (UCLA) - arrested although charges weren't filed in case involving suspicion of misdemeanor battery on ex-girlfriend with which he co-habitated
• Bobby Dulin (Penn State/Connecticut) - pleaded no contest to sexual assault in second degree stemming from affair with teenage girl he coached in summer program
• Jordan Dumars (South Florida/Michigan) - controversy at UM regents meeting as to whether transfer son of NBA All-Pro Joe Dumars received preferential treatment from university and local newspaper following accusation of forcible oral sodomy
• Devan Dumes (Eastern Michigan/Indiana) - faced charges of domestic battery before suspect shooting
• LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor) - arrested on charges he punched his girlfriend and broke her jaw in two places
• Teddy Dupay (Florida) - pleaded guilty to attacking a woman at a Utah ski resort
• Billy Edelin (Syracuse) - two accusations of sexual assault although court charges were dropped because of insufficient evidence
• Eugene Edgerson (Arizona) - faced two domestic violence arrests in two-month span
• Jay Edwards (Indiana) - charged with two counts of battery following accusation by woman he slapped and punched her at party
• Craig Ehlo (Washington State) - arrested on domestic violence charge
• Dale Ellis (Tennessee) - found guilty of assaulting wife and resisting arrest
• Tyree Evans (Cincinnati signee/Maryland signee/Kent State) - pleaded guilty to reduced assault-related misdemeanor
• Jim Farmer (Alabama) - arrested during sting operation on charges of seeking sex from minor (human trafficking charge subsequently dropped)
• Jamaal Faulkner (Arizona State/Alabama) - arraigned for assaulting his girlfriend
• John Fedders (Marquette) - SEC enforcement director in Reagan Administration admitted in divorce court to having beaten his wife
• Kay Felder (Oakland) - booked amid allegations of domestic violence
• Rakym Felder (South Carolina) - dropped from roster after arrest around 2:45 a.m. stemming from brawl reportedly precipitated by him spitting on woman
• Jalek Felton (North Carolina) - expelled for sexual assault and sexual violence
• Raymond Felton (North Carolina) - estranged wife allegedly told police she was threatened with gun
• Ronnie Fields (DePaul signee) - charged with sexual assault
• Dedrick Finn (Xavier) - accused of shoving his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping her pug dog
• Damon Flint (Cincinnati) - pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charge of domestic violence
• John Flowers (Indiana/UNLV) - arrested on attempted rape, burglary and robbery charges involving a friend's girlfriend
• Eric "Sleepy" Floyd (Georgetown) - arrested on misdemeanor-assault charge after fight with his wife
• Dwayne Fontana (Arizona State) - charges dropped following arrest after co-ed's rape allegations
• Bryn Forbes (Cleveland State/Michigan State) - arrested at 5:15 a.m. on family violence charge after verbal argument with his ex-porn star fiancee turned physical
• Steve Francis (Maryland) - woman on his record label filed groping complaint against him
• Kevin Gaines (Michigan/Houston) - arrested for assaulting woman at nightclub
• Travis Garrison (Maryland) - pleaded guilty to assault and sex offense charges stemming from slapping incident at local bar before he was required to register as sex offender after assaulting multiple women present at his wife's overnight birthday party
• Naseem Ikena Gaskin (Utah/Montana) - arrested for felony strangulation of partner
• Kenny Geno (Georgia) - part-time H.S. assistant coach was arrested in fall of 2023 on pair of federal child sexual exploitation charges
• Andre Gilbert (South Dakota State/Kansas State) - juco recruit for K-State was acquitted by jury on two counts of second-degree rape after female SDSU student accused him and teammate of sexual assault
• C.J. Giles (Southern California commitment/Miami FL signee/Kansas/Oregon State) - kicked off KU team for misdemeanor battery to his girlfriend
• David Girley (Oregon) - accused of trying to harass women who claim he sexually abused them
• Ben Gordon (Connecticut) - arrested for allegedly slapping female student
• Benny Green (Kansas State/Chattanooga) - struck female cheerleader from opposing team in face at conclusion of contest when she held her index finger in his face in "We're No. 1" gesture
• Jeremy Green (Stanford) - arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence
• Orien Greene (Florida/Louisiana-Lafayette) - arrested after being accused of breaking into two Florida homes and fondling woman
• Wendell Greenleaf (Baylor) - faced misdemeanor charge of assault-family violence after already on two years' deferred probation upon pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and assault (breaking down apartment door and slapping ex-girlfriend)
• Eddie Griffin (Seton Hall) - woman accused him of punching her in face and shooting pistol at her car as she drove away
• Teddy Grubbs (DePaul) - convicted of lewd fondling and simple battery
• Anthony Grundy (North Carolina State) - arrested and charged with simple assault on female
• P.J. Hairston (North Carolina) - charged with assault on a female, interfering with emergency communication and injury to personal property
• Darvin Ham (Texas Tech) - arrested on suspicion of violence against his wife
• Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway (Memphis) - charged with threatening and intimidating his girlfriend while carrying gun at his side
• Greg Hardy (Ole Miss) - arrested as an NFL defensive end and charged with attacking and threatening his girlfriend
• James Hardy III (Indiana) - arrested for abusing mother of his child and their infant boy
• Keith Harris (Kansas) - charged with assault after choking and biting female student in her apartment
• Paul Harris (Syracuse) - pleaded guilty to menacing
• Jaxson Hayes (Texas) - arrested after altercation with police when law enforcement was summoned to LA area home for domestic disturbance
• Daniel Hayles (Auburn/South Alabama) - arrested on domestic violence charge
• Eric Hayward (Connecticut) - sentenced to three years in prison for multiple counts of sexual assault and risk of injury to child
• Cedric Henderson (Memphis) - booked on warrant to appear in court on domestic-assault charge
• Jason Henry (Arkansas) - pimp known as "Allstar" booked on multiple sex crimes
• LaDontae Henton (Providence) - charged with domestic assault after fighting with ex-girlfriend although charges were eventually dropped
• Eric Hicks (Cincinnati) - faced felony charges for assault
• Jordan Hill (Arizona) - felony assault charge after allegedly shoving and choking his girlfriend
• Baskerville Holmes (Memphis State) - arrested twice for domestic violence
• Jonathan Holton (Rhode Island/West Virginia) - pleaded no contest to sex crime of video voyeurism
• Dennis Hopson (Ohio State) - pleaded guilty to menacing charge for threatening to shoot his wife
• Daniel Horton (Michigan) - arraigned on domestic-violence charge
• Byron Houston (Oklahoma State) - pleaded guilty to multiple counts of indecent exposure and became registered sex offender
• Rolando Howell (South Carolina) - arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence
• Dewan Huell/Hernandez (Miami FL) - arrested after reportedly entering his ex-girlfriend's dorm room uninvited and finding her in closet with another man
• Ron Huery (Arkansas) - received five-year prison sentence for violating probation and attempting to break into ex-girlfriend's home
• Jordy Hultberg (Louisiana State) - arrested after shoving his estranged wife into dresser when she caught him with another woman
• Jeremy Hunt (Memphis) - twice charged with domestic assault
• LeRoy Hurd (Miami/Texas-San Antonio) - sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of using computer to solicit minor stemming from relationship with high school student where he was a coach
• Richard Hurd (Baylor) - arrested for sexual assault but charges were dropped when DA's office determined case was not strong enough to go to trial
• Richard "Pop" Isaacs (Texas Tech) - accused in civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting a minor during team trip to the Bahamas
• Allen Iverson (Georgetown) - kicked naked wife out of their residence according to 911 police tape
• Courtney James (Minnesota) - found guilty of domestic assault
• Anthony Jenkins (Clemson) - pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting minor
• Anthony Johnson (College of Charleston) - pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct
• Carlos "Scooby" Johnson (Butler) - medical redshirt freshman from Michigan charged with felony rape and sexual battery in his dormitory room (subsequently found not guilty by jury)
• Dave Johnson (Syracuse) - disciplined for relationship with 14-year-old girl who claimed he had sex with her
• Dennis Johnson (Pepperdine) - charges dismissed after wife refused to press them following arrest for holding knife to her throat
• Dior Johnson (Pittsburgh) - shortly after arriving on campus following 10 high schools and two previous college commitments (Syracuse and Oregon), he was arrested after alleged fight with woman (pleaded guilty to simple assault and strangulation)
• James Johnson (Wake Forest) - arrested on charges of domestic assault causing bodily harm
• Kevin Johnson (California) - history of sexual misbehavior
• Marques Johnson (UCLA) - arrested on suspicion of beating his wife
• Torre Johnson (Oklahoma State/Wisconsin-Milwaukee) - dismissed from UWM's team after police found him hiding in closet and arrested him on suspicion of substantial battery (hitting woman in mouth causing her to get 10 stitches)
• Chris Jones (Louisville) - faced charges of rape and sodomy (subsequently cleared by grand jury)
• Theodore "Mookie" Jones IV (Syracuse) - suspended for one year following female student accusing him of cyberbullying
• Bobby Joyce (UNLV) - abuse of spouse
• Logan Kelley (Rutgers/Montevallo AL) - pleaded guilty to fatally slicing neck of strip club employee in Tijuana
• Jason Kidd (California) - pleaded guilty to spousal abuse
• Thomas Kilgore (Central Michigan/California) - charged with roughing up CMU student and mother of his daughter
• Jesse King III (Texas A&M) - acquitted of child rape charges while attending prep school in 1999
• Jason Klotz (Texas) - charged and arrested for assault with injury following fight with his girlfriend
• Billy Knight (UCLA) - committed suicide month following arrest on molestation charges reportedly involving nine-year-old daughter of ex-girlfriend
• Danny Lawhorn Jr. (Washington State signee/Midwestern State TX) - AAU girls coach in hometown of Hartford, Conn., accused of assaulting female player staying with him as her summer sponsor
• Ty Lawson (North Carolina) - arrested in alleged domestic violence incident
• Mitchell Lee (Minnesota) - involved in couple of sexual assault cases
• DeAndre Liggins (Kentucky) - charged with domestic abuse
• Donald Little (Cincinnati) - pleaded guilty to persistent disorderly conduct for assaulting female tavern manager
• Mario Little (Kansas) - arrested after altercation involving girlfriend
• Robert Littlejohn (Purdue) - sentenced to 60 years in prison following conviction of chasing and stabbing woman to death during fight
• Eric Lockett (George Mason/Florida International/North Carolina State) - criminal case was dismissed following arrest at 5 a.m. and charged with assault on his ex-girlfriend
• Steve Logan (Cincinnati) - pleaded guilty to charge of domestic violence stemming from incident involving long-time girlfriend
• Brad Lohaus (Iowa) - pleaded guilty to domestic assault stemming from hotel incident involving his girlfriend
• Art Long (Cincinnati) - pleaded no contest to domestic violence
• Reggie Lynch (Illinois State/Minnesota) - arrested on probable cause of criminal sexual conduct and subsequently suspended from campus for separate incident
• Clyde Lynn (North Carolina) - walk-on resigned from his high school position following arrest for allegedly having sexual relationship with student
• Sam Mack (Iowa State/Arizona State/Houston) - co-ed accused him of rape
• Yemi Makanjuola (Tennessee/UNC Wilmington/SIU Edwardsville) - accused by woman of sexual assault in residence hall housing many of UT's athletes (his attorney sat on university's board of athletics; DA declined to prosecute)
• Julius Marble (Michigan State/Texas A&M) - alleged sexual assault
• Roy Marble Sr. (Iowa) - charged with domestic-abuse assault
• Anthony Mason (Tennessee State) - multiple criminal rape complaints
• Bryant Matthews (Virginia Tech) - found guilty in Australia of sexual assault
• Vernon Maxwell (Florida) - charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault
• Joe Mazzulla (West Virginia) - suspended for arrest on charges of domestic battery (allegedly grabbed woman he had lived with by neck at bar)
• Trevor Mbakwe (Marquette/Minnesota) - arrested and jailed for violating harassment restraining order
• Ed McCants (Northwestern/Wisconsin-Milwaukee) - sentenced to year in jail for six misdemeanors related to domestic abuse case
• Walter McCarty (Kentucky) - fired as Evansville coach amid Title IX probe into reports of alleged sexual misconduct
• Michael McClain (Washington) - faced assault charges following arrest stemming from scuffle with girlfriend
• Xavier McDaniel (Wichita State) - accused of couple of domestic assaults
• Cam McDowell (Georgia) - charged with criminal trespass-family violence/damage to on-campus property where a former girlfriend resided after throwing rock through window about midnight
• Marcetteaus McGee (Wisconsin signee/Illinois-Chicago) - pleaded guilty to reduced sexual-assault charge
• Donnie McGrath (Providence) - pleaded no contest to charge of simple assault following arrest stemming from struggle with former girlfriend
• Mario McKinney Jr. (Missouri/New Mexico State/Texas-El Paso) - accused of attempting a battery on woman who lived with him
• Ben McLemore (Kansas) - arrested in Oregon facing multiple sex crime charges
• Roshown McLeod (St. John's/Duke) - charged with simple battery after shoving pregnant girlfriend
• Donovan McNabb (Syracuse) - fired by ESPN after he, along with several other ex-NFL players, were accused of sexual harassment by a former female colleague (wardrobe stylist) at NFL Network
• Daquein McNeil (Florida International/Minnesota) - jailed after arrest for two counts of domestic assault against 28-year-old girlfriend and accused again less than week after release from jail
• Howard McNeil (Seton Hall) - convicted of murder
• Paul McPherson (DePaul) - high school coach in Florida was charged with multiple counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor
• Carl McPipe (Nebraska) - sex crime conviction resulting in five years' probation
• Fab Melo (Syracuse) - charged with criminal mischief
• Marcus Melvin (North Carolina State) - charged with trying to strangle his girlfriend
• Ron Mercer (Kentucky) - settled lawsuit with Boston Celtics teammate stemming from incident as NBA rookie
• Nate Miles (Connecticut) - expelled following hearing concerning alleged assault of female student
• Greg Minor (Louisville) - agreed to enter program for batterers to avoid trial on charges he assaulted his ex-girlfriend
• Duke Mondy (Providence/Oakland) - arrested based on sexual-assault complaint
• Arterio Morris (Texas/Kansas) - charged with misdemeanor assault after physical altercation with his ex-girlfriend (entered plea deal) and dismissed from KU's program following alleged sexual assault
• Ravi Moss (Kentucky) - arrested on assault charge after alleged argument with mother of their child
• Andrew Moten (Florida) - arrested and charged with spouse battery
• Jerrod Mustaf (Maryland) - settled wrongful-death lawsuit
• Shawn Myrick (Cincinnati) - jailed for sexual battery
• Lee Nailon (Texas Christian) - pleaded no contest to roughing up his girlfriend in dormitory room and arrested on charges of beating his wife
• Johnny Newman (Richmond) - sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $500 for assaulting his wife
• Kendrick Nunn (Illinois/Oakland) - charged with domestic battery for allegedly striking woman in her apartment
• Greg Oden (Ohio State) - accused of punching woman in face around 3:30 a.m.
• Mike Olliver (Lamar) - sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder (stabbing ex-girlfriend)
• Michael Olowokandi (Pacific) - police investigated multiple alleged instances of domestic violence
• Venoy Overton (Washington) - alleged criminal conduct involving teenage girls
• Victor Page (Georgetown) - multiple assaults against same woman among 33 criminal charges in 3 1/2-year span in Maryland and the District of Columbia prior to sentenced to 10 years in prison before going back behind bars following alleged attempt to assault his girlfriend's 17-year-old daughter
• Richie Parker (Long Island) - convicted of sexual abuse at his New York City high school
• Ruben Patterson (Cincinnati) - NBA's first registered sex offender stemming from incident involving his family's nanny
• Anthony Peeler (Missouri) - federal court jury awarded woman $2.4 million after suing him and testifying he pinned her down and held gun to her head
• Kendrick Perkins (Memphis commitment) - allegedly punched woman in face outside nightclub
• Prentiss Perkins (Washington) - sex-abuse offense
• Gerald Perry (South Carolina/Southern LA) - multiple settlements involved in series of sordid incidents regarding eventual NFL offensive tackle
• Jesse Perry (Arizona) - pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charge of strangulation after facing three felony domestic violence charges
• Marcus Perry (Nebraska) - jury found him not guilty of sexual assault but guilty of child abuse
• Wesley Person Sr. (Auburn) - multiple domestic-violence charges
• Terry Pettis (Fresno State) - pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vandalism and battery charges involving his girlfriend before later sentenced to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder in botched drug robbery
• Larry Petty (Wisconsin) - pleaded guilty to threatening wife with kitchen knife
• Terrence Phillips (Missouri) - suspended in mid-season amid investigation by school officials in Title IX office (Mizzou paid $400K over claims of botched sexual conduct probe)
• Pierre Pierce (Iowa) - imprisoned for assaulting former girlfriend at her apartment
• Matt Pilgrim (Kentucky/Hampton/Oklahoma State) - judge dismissed female student's emergency protective order against him
• Kendal "Tiny" Pinder (North Carolina State) - professional career in Australia derailed by multiple sexual-assault convictions involving women aged 16 to 20 between 1988 and 1990
• Elliott Pitts (Arizona) - left school over "personal issue" following suspension after university finding of sexual misconduct
• Carl Pollard (Brigham Young/Southern California/Southern Utah) - sentenced to prison for sexually molesting three girls under 11 years old
• Olden Polynice (Virginia) - arrested on domestic-assault charges
• Chris Porter (Auburn) - arrested for sexual abuse (alleged fondling of female teenager)
• Kevin Porter Jr. (Southern California) - accused of punching woman in face and later of assault and strangulation involving his girlfriend
• Michael Porter (Kentucky) - sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to having sex with an underage girl
• Kenny Pratt (Iowa State) - arrested for alleged abuse (charges subsequently dropped)
• Zach Price (Louisville/Missouri/Winthrop) - allegedly pushed female to ground
• Joshua Primo (Alabama) - released by San Antonio Spurs stemming from multiple alleged instances of exposing himself to women
• Stanley Pringle (Penn State) - charged with public lewdness and disorderly conduct in connection to a reported library masturbation incident
• Zach Randolph (Michigan State) - exotic dancer sued him for sexual assault although police never filed criminal charges
• Michael Reese (Boston College/Loyola MD) - criminal charges for which he never was convicted involving altercation with old girlfriend
• Grady Reynolds (St. John's) - arrested and charged with assaulting and harassing female student in campus dormitory
• Lafester Rhodes (Iowa State) - charged with ransacking ex-girlfriend's apartment
• King Rice (North Carolina) - charged with assaulting woman, resisting arrest and destruction of public property
• Jason Richardson (Michigan State) - found guilty of domestic violence
• Jereme Richmond (Illinois) - convicted of threatening female probation officer
• Andre Riddick (Kentucky) - allegedly picked up his girlfriend after leaving a bar and pushed or tossed her down stairs before punching her in chest
• J.R. Rider (UNLV) - accused of kidnapping and battery of female acquaintance
• Jimario Rivers (Memphis) - wanted for aggravated assault after reportedly attacking his girlfriend at grocery store
• Rolan Roberts (Virginia Tech/Southern Illinois) - transferred following suspension for one year at VT for an incident alleging assault and sexual misconduct
• Alvin Robertson (Arkansas) - imprisoned for probation violation involving rape accusation
• Bernard Robinson Jr. (Michigan) - arrested and charged with three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct
• Cliff Robinson (Connecticut) - decked female police officer during brawl outside nightclub
• Clifton Robinson (Auburn) - accepted plea bargain (contributing to delinquency of minor) following accusation of having sex with underage girl
• Glenn Robinson Jr. (Purdue) - charged with domestic battery and assault
• Jon Robinson (Maryland) - wife obtained restraining order after household scuffle
• Rumeal Robinson (Michigan) - swindled his adoptive mother out of her home
• Marvin Rodgers (West Virginia RS/Wright State) - expelled from WV after pleading guilty to second-degree sexual assault
• Lou Roe (Massachusetts) - woman successfully filed restraining order against him
• Reggie Rogers (Washington) - assaulted girlfriend
• Delco Rowley (Michigan State) - arrested as YMCA behavior specialist on charges of sending nude pictures of himself to 15-year-old girl
• Clifford Rozier (North Carolina/Louisville) - arrested on charges of assaulting his mother but case was dropped
• Casey Sanders (Duke) - charged with assaulting girlfriend
• Chris Sandle (Arizona State/Texas-El Paso) - charged with two counts of assault on women at nightclub
• Melvin Scott (North Carolina) - arrested and charged with assaulting female student at local nightclub
• Brian Shorter (Pittsburgh) - charged with domestic violence and wanton endangerment after dispute with wife in middle of night as Kentucky assistant coach
• Bobby Simmons (DePaul) - charged in assault
• Greg Simpson (Ohio State/West Virginia) - couple of disputes with females
• Andy Slocum (Texas A&M) - immersed in controversy with fellow WWE talent
• Bobby Leon Smith (Villanova/Southeast Missouri State) - arrested for domestic battery
• Tommy Smith (Arizona State) - pleaded guilty to charge of aggravated assault
• Troy Smith (Louisville) - served one year of five-to-25-year prison term for involuntary manslaughter death of mother of his infant son
• Ben Spencer (Connecticut) - allegedly broke several windows in his girlfriend's apartment
• Travis Spivey (Georgia Tech/Iowa State) - pleaded guilty to sexual assault in incident involving 15-year-old and booked into jail for investigation of battery in domestic-violence case
• Latrell Sprewell (Alabama) - accused of assaulting girlfriend in front of children
• Michael Spruell (Auburn signee) - sentenced to 15 years in prison after conviction for rape and aggravated assault of two women
• Jerry Stackhouse (North Carolina) - accused of assaulting real estate agent during argument concerning beach house
• D.J. Stephens (Memphis) - arrested in connection with domestic-violence incident involving his child's mother
• Lance Stephenson (Cincinnati) - arrested for pushing girlfriend down stairs
• DeShawn Stevenson (Kansas signee) - admitted taking 14-year-old back to hotel room, getting her drunk and having consensual sex
• Rod Strickland (DePaul) - pleaded guilty to assaulting girlfriend
• Rasheed Sulaimon (Duke/Maryland) - sexual assault allegations
• Jared Sullinger (Ohio State) - domestic dispute with girlfriend
• Chester Surles (Nebraska) - arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend
• Zac Swansey (Georgia/Tennessee Tech) - entered plea for eight years of probation after high school coach/online learning teacher had inappropriate relationship with female student
• Daimon Sweet (Notre Dame) - arrested and charged with having sexual relationship with high school student where he coached
• Stromile Swift (Louisiana State) - pleaded guilty to stalking
• Roy Tarpley (Michigan) - jailed on assault charge
• Jaylon Tate (Illinois) - arrested on charge of domestic battery
• Jeff Taylor (Vanderbilt) - charged with domestic assault
• Marvin Taylor (South Florida) - accused by multiple women of sexual harassment
• Bill Teal (Arkansas commitment) - Florida high school product lost opportunity to align with Razorbacks after conviction of kidnapping and raping woman at gunpoint
• Sebastian Telfair (Louisville commitment) - slapped with three-year restraining order involving his estranged wife
• Issa Thiam (Rutgers) - dismissed from team while native of Senegal faced deportation following domestic-violence charges (pleaded guilty to two of them stemming from incident slapping woman and swinging knife at her after she refused to relinquish cellphone)
• Charles Thomas (Arkansas) - arrested and charged with third-degree battery after reported argument with his former girlfriend
• Isiah Thomas (Indiana) - jury ruled he harassed female New York Knicks executive who was awarded $11.6 million in damages
• Kurt Thomas (Texas Christian) - charged with assaulting his wife
• Stuart Thomas (Stanford) - pleaded no-contest in plea bargain reducing felony charge to misdemeanor in connection with reported sexual assault in campus dormitory
• Ali Thompson (Arkansas) - imprisoned for beating mother of his child
• James Thompson (South Carolina signee/Eastern Michigan) - arrested for alleged domestic abuse despite former Gamecocks coach Frank Martin calling him "an awesome kid"
• Joshua Tinch (Louisville) - football WR who also played hoops under coach Rick Pitino was terminated as high school instructor after female student complained of inappropriate contact with her when she was 16 shortly following his hiring
• Marlon Towns (Arkansas/Murray State) - arrested on charges of domestic assault and marijuana possession
• Gary Trent (Ohio University) - arrested on domestic-violence charge accused of assaulting girlfriend
• Mack Tuck (Colorado) - kicked off team following arrest for allegedly threatening 6 1/2-month pregnant teenager who refused to have sex with him
• Rodney Tucker (Florida State/Auburn) - missed season facing first-degree felony charge of sexual battery on physically helpless victim while she slept after night of clubbing
• Carlos Turner (South Carolina signee) - Louisville product was accused of breaking into home of former girlfriend and stabbing mother of two of his children seven times before turning weapon on himself
• Sean Tyson (Clemson) - charged with assaulting female student
• Robbie Valentine (Louisville) - charged with strangulation of his girlfriend at their home (reportedly because she sought to move out)
• David Vaughn III (Memphis State) - domestic violence arrest
• Herman Veal (Maryland) - disciplined for allegedly making unwarranted sexual advance toward female student
• Toby Veal (Colorado/Virginia Commonwealth/Paine GA) - violated school's weapons policy
• Lagerald Vick (SMU signee/Kansas) - although never charged with crime, school probe resulted in recommendation of two years probation after determining he likely committed domestic violence
• Charlie Villanueva (Connecticut) - domestic assault charge
• Clyde Wade III (Memphis) - domestic-assault charges involving mother of their twins
• Maurice "Boo" Wade (Wisconsin) - sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to complete domestic-violence counseling
• Kenny Walker (Kentucky) - pleaded guilty to menacing his wife
• Martez Walker (Texas/Oakland) - charged with misdemeanor assault
• Toraino Walker (Connecticut) - spent time in detention home in high school after pleading guilty to battery charge in incident involving young woman during double date
• John Wallace (Syracuse) - girlfriend withdrew harassment charge alleging he punched her in face and choked her during quarrel
• Rasheed Wallace (North Carolina) - misdemeanor assault involving ex-girlfriend
• Jake Walter (Xavier commitment) - seven-footer charged as juvenile with rape and sodomy before accusation was dismissed and documents in case ordered to be sealed
• Carlo Walton (Iowa State) - arrested after allegedly beating his girlfriend in a bar parking lot
• Travis Walton (Michigan State) - allowed to continue duties as student-assistant coach after criminally charged for punching female student at bar
• Chris Washburn (North Carolina State) - convicted of misdemeanor charge of pushing and slapping female student at NCSU
• Brock Washington (Michigan State) - freshman walk-on underwent investigation for criminal sexual conduct (forcibly groping woman) before state AG decided not to press charges
• Jermaine Watson (Boston College) - evicted from his apartment following incident allegedly precipitated by pushing of woman at party
• Marcus Watson (Oklahoma State) - second cousin to coach Mike Boynton was suspended entire season following protective order filed against Pokes' highest-rated freshman recruit for 2019-20 by ex-girlfriend of former OSU player (county DA's office chose to not pursue criminal charges)
• Maurice Watson Jr. (Boston University/Creighton) - pleaded no-contest to misdemeanor assault and sentenced to five days he'd already served in jail
• Kenyan Weaks (Florida) - placed on conduct probation following dormitory altercation with woman
• Kass Weaver (Wisconsin/Richmond) - charged with domestic assault and malicious wounding
• Marcus Webb (Alabama) - pleaded guilty to reduced charge of indecent assault
• Bonzi Wells (Ball State) - arrested after allegedly assaulting woman who refused to have sex with him
• Delonte West (St. Joseph's) - domestic dispute
• Robert Whaley (Missouri signee/Cincinnati) - charged with sexual misconduct in alleged rape of 13-year-old friend of his sister although trial ended with hung jury
• Jahidi White (Georgetown) - prosecutors declined to file charges because of insufficient evidence after Salt Lake woman said she was drugged and awoke in hotel room being raped
• Royce White (Minnesota/Iowa State) - Maxim model girlfriend filed police report alleging he beat her up
• Charles "Hawkeye" Whitney (North Carolina State) - told college coach Mike Brey in 3:00 a.m. call he'd been picked up by police because his girlfriend had gotten restraining order against him
• Sherron Wilkerson (Indiana) - starter kicked off team following domestic violence arrest at 3:30 a.m.
• Darrell Williams (Oklahoma State) - convicted of sexual battery and rape by instrumentation although verdict was overturned by court of appeals
• DeShaun Williams (Syracuse/Iona) - arrested for allegedly hitting team's mascot during bar fight
• Frank Williams (Illinois) - booked for domestic battery
• Jacorey Williams (Arkansas/Middle Tennessee State) - dismissed from Razorbacks squad following alleged pair of assaults at local nightclub, including one against his ex-girlfriend
• Jayson Williams (St. John's) - wife claimed abusive relationship in divorce papers
• Terrence Williams (Louisville) - domestic-violence arrest
• Tre'Von Willis (Memphis/UNLV) - pleaded no-contest to domestic battery stemming from arrest after allegedly choking female acquaintance six years older than him
• Othell Wilson (Virginia) - acquitted of rape charges, he admitted writing threatening letter to ex-girlfriend half his age at the time but did not kidnap or sexually assault her
• David Wingate (Georgetown) - encountered multiple criminal complaints from women
• Dontonio Wingfield (Cincinnati) - imprisoned for assaulting two police officers responding to domestic violence call
• Jeff Withey (Arizona/Kansas) - L.A. District Attorney's Office chose not to move forward with case after 2014 Playboy Playmate of the Year accused her ex-fiancee of domestic violence
• Enosch Wolf (Connecticut) - arrested by campus police after he was involved in domestic dispute just before 6 a.m.
• Brandon Wood (Southern Illinois/Valparaiso/Michigan State) - arrested after allegedly striking female across face
• Terry Woods (Iowa State) - pleaded guilty to reduced charges in connection with kidnapping case involving woman
• Tony Woods (Wake Forest/Oregon) - arrested and charged with assaulting live-in girlfriend
• Doug Wrenn (Connecticut/Washington) - convicted of cyber-stalking and telephone harassment
• Lorenzen Wright (Memphis) - prior to arrest for his murder, ex-wife claimed abusive behavior in book she wrote

"If we have one of those cases (sexual assault), that's very problematic," pious retired NCAA President Mark Emmert told USA Today while five of every six universities refused to provide disciplinary records to the publication's network for a "Predator Pipeline" profile despite federal law giving schools explicit permission to provide such information. Question for Emmert: How about hundreds of cases plus one? If they bother to digest this lengthy list (including murders) or discern how often local "Mr.-Fix-It" go-to defense attorney is utilized by athletes, it might be time for Emmert, who earned $4 million annually, and shameful thumb-sucking university presidents to emerge from fetal position in their ivory towers, cease deliberate indifference and finally add a few paragraphs citing penalties for sexual misconduct to 440-page rules book. More to the point, how about elevating scholastic standards to emphasize genuine student-athletes less likely to be involved in sordid activities? Let's face it: Stupid people do dumb things. A correlation connecting delinquency of college cagers and soft-on-crime mindset is certainly an inconvenient truth requiring better leadership than insulated higher-education parasites and lame-stream #MessMedia leeches; not to mention grievance-industry NBA players probably supporting the aforementioned list as much as social scholars do common criminals in #Dimorat-dominated municipalities such as Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, District of Columbia, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, state of Wisconsin, etc. Even worse are college campuses infected by progressive puke as [genesis for every idiotic idea nation is polarized about.

Extra! Extra! Instead of barfing while assessing degree to which pathetic Plagiarist Biledumb might mask the toxic truth by eventually saying, "I, along with smartest guy I know (hideous Hunter), did not have financial relations with that (foreign) country," you can read news about memorable major league baseball achievements and moments involving former college basketball players. Baseball is portrayed as a thinking man's game but only 4% of active MLB players earned college diplomas. Nonetheless, numerous ex-college hoopers had front-row seats to many of the most notable games, transactions and dates in MLB history.

Former San Diego State hoop regulars Tony Clark, Tony Gwynn and Graig Nettles supplied significant MLB performances on this date. Ditto pitchers Bob Gibson and Dennis Rasmussen after meaningful hoop careers with Creighton. Unless you habitually pore over the content at baseballlibrary.com, baseballreference.com and nationalpastime.com, following is a September 29 calendar focusing on such versatile MLB athletes:

SEPTEMBER 29

• Cincinnati Reds RF Frank Baumholtz (MVP in 1941 NIT and first basketball player in Ohio University history to reach 1,000-point plateau) banged out four hits against the Chicago Cubs in a 1948 contest.

• Rookie 1B Ed Bouchee (freshman hooper for Washington State in 1951-52) blasted two-run homer off Roger Craig (member of North Carolina State freshman basketball squad in 1949-50) in bottom of the sixth inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 2-1 win against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1957 season finale.

• Detroit Tigers rookie 1B Tony Clark (San Diego State's leading scorer in Western Athletic Conference games in 1991-92) cracked two homers for the second time in last 13 games of 1996 campaign.

• In opener of a 1934 doubleheader, Washington Senators LHP Syd Cohen (Alabama letterman in 1927) became last A.L. hurler to strike out New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth and allow the Bambino a home run.

• Boston Red Sox C Gene Desautels (Holy Cross hoops letterman in 1929 and 1930) closed out the 1940 campaign with a career-high nine-game hitting streak.

• Light-hitting Chicago White Sox SS Sammy Esposito (averaged 7 ppg in 1951-52 as starting guard under Indiana coach Branch McCracken) closed out the 1957 campaign with at least one walk in his last seven games.

• 3B Gene Freese (hoops captain of 1952 NAIA Tournament team for West Liberty WV) traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for player-manager Solly Hemus in 1958.

• St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) went 3-for-4, including his fifth homer of the 1965 campaign (grand slam off Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry), in an 8-6 win against the San Francisco Giants.

• San Diego Padres RF Tony Gwynn (All-WAC second-team selection with San Diego State in 1979-80 and 1980-81) provided seven hits in a 1999 doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals.

• Mike Hargrove (Northwestern Oklahoma State hoops letterman) fired as Baltimore Orioles manager in 2003.

• Chicago White Sox C Duane Josephson (led Northern Iowa in scoring in 1962-63 and 1963-64 under coach Norm Stewart) closed out the 1968 campaign with his fifth two-hit game in final nine contests.

• In 1966, Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman hoops squad in 1953-54) became the first MLB hurler in 20th Century to achieve a third 300-strikeout season.

• Boston Braves RF Joe Mowry (Iowa letterman in 1929-30 and 1930-31) went 3-for-3 against the New York Giants in opener of a 1935 twinbill.

• Washington Senators 2B Buddy Myer (Mississippi State letterman in 1923-24) went 4-for-5 against the Philadelphia Athletics to capture the 1935 A.L. batting championship (.349).

• New York Yankees 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) lashed two homers against the Cleveland Indians in 1974. Two years later, Nettles collected two doubles, two round-trippers and six RBI against the Boston Red Sox in a 9-6 win in 1976.

• Detroit Tigers OF Jim Northrup (second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for Alma MI in 1958-59) went 4-for-4 with five RBI against the Milwaukee Brewers in a 1972 outing.

• Los Angeles Dodgers SS Paul Popovich (averaged 3.3 ppg for West Virginia's 1960 NCAA playoff team) closed out the 1968 campaign by going 10-for-18 on a five-game road trip to Chicago and Atlanta.

• In 1979, Texas Rangers rookie LHP Dave Rajsich (juco hooper with Phoenix College AZ in early 1970s) hurled 5 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to register his first MLB victory (6-3 against California Angels).

• Kansas City Royals LHP Dennis Rasmussen (sixth-man for Creighton averaged 5.1 ppg in three seasons from 1977-78 through 1979-80) hurled a one-hit shutout against the California Angels in 1992.

• Montreal Expos RHP Steve Renko (averaged 9.9 ppg and 5.8 rpg for Kansas in 1963-64) went 3-for-3 at the plate in a 6-5 victory against the Chicago Cubs in 1971.

• LHP Preacher Roe (Harding AR hooper in late 1930s) purchased from the St. Louis Cardinals by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1943.

• New York Yankees rookie 3B Red Rolfe (played hoops briefly with Dartmouth in 1927-28 and 1929-30) registered four hits against the Washington Senators in nightcap of a 1934 doubleheader.

• Birdie Tebbetts (Providence hooper in 1932) named Cincinnati Reds manager in 1953.

• Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Kent Tekulve (freshman hooper in mid-1960s for Marietta OH) won both ends of a 1978 doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies.

• Chicago White Sox OF Leon Wagner (Tuskegee AL hooper in 1952-53) knocked in go-ahead run with pinch-hit single in top of ninth inning and subsequently scored eventual decisive run in a 7-6 win against the California Angels in 1968.

Extra! Extra! Instead of wondering why responsible parent knowing anything about hideous Hunter Biledumb would accept child-rearing advice of any sort from abysmal artist's absent-minded/creepy hair-sniffing/skinny-dipping/pseudonym-loving/big-guy father fielding ice-cream inquiries from lamestream #MessMedia press puke, you can read news about memorable major league baseball achievements and moments involving former college basketball players. Baseball is portrayed as a thinking man's game but only 4% of active MLB players earned college diplomas. Nonetheless, numerous ex-college hoopers had front-row seats to many of the most notable games, transactions and dates in MLB history.

Former NCAA Division I conference all-league hoopers Don Grate (Ohio State), Ted Lyons (Baylor), Bill McCahan (Duke) and Will Venable (Princeton) made MLB news on this date. Unless you habitually pore over the content at baseballlibrary.com, baseballreference.com and nationalpastime.com, following is a September 28 calendar focusing on such versatile MLB athletes:

SEPTEMBER 28

• 2B Frank Baker (Southern Mississippi hoops letterman in 1965-66 and 1966-67), replacing Bobby Grich in the Baltimore Orioles' lineup, belted his only MLB homer, a grand slam, and finished with six RBI in an 18-4 trouncing of the Cleveland Indians in nightcap of 1973 doubleheader.

• In the finale of 1952 campaign, Chicago Cubs lefthanded OF Frank Baumholtz (MVP in 1941 NIT and first player in Ohio University history to score 1,000 career points) reached base on an error after switching over and swinging righthanded at the only delivery Hall of Fame 1B-OF Stan Musial threw from mound at MLB level. Musial, who began his Organized Baseball career as a pitcher before incurring an injury, claimed his sixth N.L. batting crown (.336) and Baumholtz finished runner-up (.325).

• Washington Senators 3B Frank Ellerbe (Wofford hooper after transferring from Sewanee TN) supplied four hits in a 7-6, 10-inning win against the Boston Red Sox in nightcap of 1920 twinbill.

• St. Louis Cardinals 2B Frankie Frisch (Fordham hoops captain) provided his second extra-inning steal of home plate in 1928.

• Detroit Tigers rookie RHP George Gill (Mississippi College hooper in early 1930s) posted his sixth victory of the month in 1937.

• Philadelphia Phillies rookie RHP Don Grate (NCAA consensus second-team All-American for Ohio State's Final Four teams in 1944 and 1945) yielded only two hits in five innings of relief in a 1946 game against the New York Giants.

• LF "Sweet" Lou Johnson (Kentucky State teammate of legendary HBCU coach Davey Whitney averaged 5.7 ppg and 2 rpg in 1951-52) slugged 12th-inning homer to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-1 victory against the Cincinnati Reds in 1965.

• In 1963, Chicago White Sox 1B Deacon Jones (leading scorer for Ithaca College NY midway through 1953-54) whacked his lone MLB homer (against the Washington Senators).

• Philadelphia Phillies LHP Dick Koecher (Temple hoops letterman in 1943-44) hurled his lone MLB complete game in a 4-1 setback against the New York Giants in opener of 1947 twinbill.

• Chicago White Sox LHP Thornton Lee (Cal Poly hooper in 1925-26) notched his seventh complete-game victory in fewer than seven weeks in 1938. Three years later, Lee's six-hit shutout against the Detroit Tigers was his fifth complete-game triumph of the month.

• St. Louis Cardinals LF Danny Litwhiler (member of JV hoops squad with Bloomsburg PA in mid-1930s) provided three hits in both ends of a 1943 doubleheader split against the Boston Braves.

• In a City Series duel, Chicago White Sox RHP Ted Lyons (two-time All-SWC first-team selection for Baylor in early 1920s) blanked the Cubs on three hits in only 1 hour and 18 minutes in 1942. The 41-year-old Lyons then departed to enlist as a private in the U.S. Marine Corps for military service during World War II.

• RHP Bill McCahan (three-year Duke hoops letterman named to All-Southern Conference Tournament team in 1942) traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949.

• Baltimore Orioles rookie RHP Ben McDonald (started six times as freshman forward for Louisiana State in 1986-87 under coach Dale Brown) hurled a four-hit shutout against the Cleveland Indians in 1990.

• New York Giants RF Red Murray (played hoops for Lock Haven PA in early 1900s) stole four bases in a 1910 game against the Cincinnati Reds.

• In 1952, Philadelphia Phillies RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) registered his 28th victory (7-4 over New York Giants) with his 30th complete game.

• Brooklyn Dodgers 3B Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in Pacific Coast Conference both of his seasons with UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41) stole home in 1955 World Series opener against the New York Yankees.

• Chicago Cubs LF Riggs Stephenson (Alabama hoops letterman in 1920), who hit safely in all nine World Series outings in his career, provided three safeties in the 1932 opener against the New York Yankees.

• St. Louis Browns rookie RHP Rollie Stiles (played hoops for Southeastern State OK in 1926-27) registered his second complete-game victory in a two-week span in 1930.

• Detroit Tigers utilityman Champ Summers (led SIUE in scoring in 1969-70 after doing same with Nicholls State in 1964-65) socked a game-tying, two-run pinch homer off the New York Yankees' Goose Gossage in bottom of eighth inning in 1980.

• In a 1938 contest, C Birdie Tebbetts (Providence hooper in 1932) blasted a grand slam (10th such homer of season for Detroit Tigers).

• San Diego Padres RF Will Venable (All-Ivy League first-team selection as junior and second-team choice as senior averaged 9.3 ppg under Princeton coach John Thompson III from 2001-02 through 2004-05) whacked his first MLB grand slam (against Chicago Cubs in 2011).

• New York Mets RHP Joe Vitko (averaged 4.9 ppg and 3.6 rpg for St. Francis PA in 1987-88 and 1988-89 under coach Jim Baron) lost his lone MLB start in nightcap of 1992 twinbill.

• Los Angeles Angels LF Leon Wagner (Tuskegee AL hooper in 1952-53) supplied three extra-base hits and eight RBI in 13-4 romp over the Washington Senators in 1961.

• In 1965, St. Louis Cardinals 1B Bill White (two-year hooper with Hiram OH in early 1950s) contributed three extra-base hits in a game against his original team (San Francisco Giants).

• Rookie pinch-hitter Bob Will (Mankato State MN captain in 1954-55 with 8.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg) stroked a two-run single in eighth inning to put the Chicago Cubs ahead to stay in 6-4 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1957. Five years later, Will's two-run pinch double catapulted the Cubbies to a 3-2 triumph against the New York Mets in 1962.