A couple black eyes for the sport

I've already wrote about my feelings on the Great Swedish Bronze Rejection, which I can justify. Unfortunately, when my sport is supposed to be in its quadrennial spotlight, we've had some tough stories break this week:

Some sick stuff up in Connecticut

I hate bullies--hence my problem with Col. Voldemort--and this is a classic case of a DB asserting his power over a person in a weaker position...although I do think that Col. V was probably on the receiving end of this type of stuff in high school.

(And by the way, Officer O'B--is there a statute of limitations on this crime? Can a cop be the arresting officer of a perp that committed a crime against them--is that unethical?)

Some bad choices in Nebraska

These guys were plain stupid. Whatever they did is normally their own business. However, being student athletes, there is no excuse--they should have known better than to receive money for this, thus putting their scholarships on the line and screwing their teammates.