Penn State basketball player Stanley Pringle believes loving others really begins with loving oneself. Pringle has announced his candidacy for the Al Bundy Scholarship.
Pringle’s explanation: “This is how I chill.”
Yo Stan: This is how everybody chills. Just not in a college library. That’s really the newsworthy part of your story. Not the act. The venue.
Let’s hope this inspires a new Bud Light commercial. (Scene: A guy is wondering around a library when he, uh, stumbles on to something.
Dude…. )
More on that story: The following, from Fightonstate.com, is a list of recent extracurricular exploits of Penn State’s football program:
(Hat tip to the intrepid ET)
CONVICTIONS (3)
-Maurice Humphrey
Assault: convicted in November of 2003 for assaulting former girlfriend and
man; received a 90 day sentence that included time served in alcohol rehab
facility and probation
–>kicked off team; expelled from school
-Yaacov Yisrael
DUI
–>Paterno suspended Yisrael for the first 5 games of 2002 but ended up
not playing due to injury
-Tony Johnson
DUI
–>suspended for a couple games in the middle of 2003
PLEAS (2)
-Anthony Scirotto
Apartment fight: pleas to misdemeanor count of defiant trespass ($500 fine and
25 days community service); felony trespass and misde harassment dropped
–>no team punishment; expelled for summer session
-Scott Paxson
Sexual Assault case: Paxson plead NO CONTEST to a summary charge of
disorderly conduct (the equivalent of a traffic ticket) and all felony
indecent and sexual assault charges were dropped
–>no team punishment
ACQUITTALS (3)
-Anwar Phillips
Sexual Assault: acquitted by jury
–>no team punishment; suspended from school for 2 semesters
-T.C. Cosby
Aggravated Assault + misdemeanors: acquitted by jury on all charges
–>no team punishment
-R.J. Luke
Aggravated Assault + misdemeantors: acquitted by jury on all charges
–>no team punishment
DISMISSALS/CHARGES DROPPED (6)
-Rashard Casey
Hoboken cop incident: no indictment; settled a lawsuit he filed for malicious
prosecution
–>no team or school punishment
-Justin King
Apartment fight: all charges against King dropped by prosecutor
–>no team punishment; unclear if he went on probation from school
-Jerome Hayes
Apartment fight: all charges against Hayes dimissed by Judge
–>no team punishment; expelled for summer sesssion
-Lydell Sargeant
Apartment fight: all charges against Sargent dismissed by Judge
–>no team punishment; expelled for summer session
-Tyrell Sales
St. Patrick’s Day incident: prosecutors withdraw defiant trespass charge;
disorderly conduct charge dismissed; Sales does 1 day community service
–>first booted from the team, then allowed back on within days
Apartment fight: all charges against Sales dismissed
–>not team punishment; unclear whether he received school suspension
-John Bronson
Assault
–>arrest occurred after he had finished his career
SUMMARY CHARGES (19)
-Andrew Quarless underage drinking
–>suspended 2 games
-Willie Harriott underage drinking
–>suspended 2 games
-Scott Paxson arrowgate: fined for criminal mischief
–>suspended from team for spring; didn’t start beginning of season; no
suspension from school
-Tyler Reed arrowgate: fined for criminal mischief
–>suspended from team for spring; didn’t start beginning of season; no
suspension from school
-Andrew Richardson arrowgate: fined from criminal mischief
–>suspended from team for spring; didn’t start beginning of season; no
suspension from school
-Mike Sothern arrowgate: fined for criminal mischief
–>was not participating with team at time of incident, never played again,
got deferred expulsion from school
-E.Z. Smith arrowgate: fined for criminal mischief
–>kicked off the team; deferred expulsion; suspended 3 games in 2005
-E.Z. Smith 2 underage drinking citiations
–>suspended for entire 2003 season
-Joe Suhey underage drinking
–>unclear team penalty
-Ryan Breen underage drinking
–>unclear team penalty
-Tyler Reed underage drinking
–>unclear team penalty
-Andrew Richardson underage drinking
–>unclear team penalty
-Jeremy Kapinos underage drinking
–>unclear team penalty, if any
-Dan Connor phonegate summary charge
–>suspended 3 games
-Nolan McCready phonegate summary charge
–>suspended 1 game
-Jim Kanuch phonegate summary charge
–>suspended 1 game
-Paul Cronin public intoxication summary charge
–>booted from team for 5 games, allowed back for senior day
-Paul Jefferson underage/open container summary charge
–>did not play in 2003
-Mike Sothern “terroristic disorderly conduct”
–>I am unsure of whether he was still a part of the team when this
happened
PENDING (8)
-Austin Scott
Rape: set to stand trial rape, sexual assault and indecent sexual assault
–>immediately kicked off team, did not return
-Navarro Bowman
HUB incident: awaiting trial on felony aggravated assault and several
misdemeanors
–>suspended from team and has not returned
-Knowledge Timmons
HUB incident: awaiting trial on misdemeanor counts
–>suspended from team and has not returned
-Chris Baker
Apartment fight: awaiting trial
–>unsure team punishment; expelled summer session by school
HUB incident: awaiting trial felony agg. assault, simple assault, misdemeanors
–>suspended from the team and has not returned
-Phil Taylor
HUB incident: awaiting felony aggravated assault + other misdemeanros trial
–>suspended from the team and has not returned
-Chris Bell
Devon Still knife threats; just happened yesterday
–>had already been suspended from team and is likely gone
-Wilie Harriott
DUI in November
–>suspended from team, didn’t make bowl trip
-Andrew Quarless
DUI
–>suspended from team
NO CHARGES, ARRESTS OR EVEN TICKETS (8)
-JoePa road rage incident
-Damone Jones: suspended from team for drinking during a game week
-Matthew Rice: deferred expulsion and suspension from team for ice rink fight; no
charges filed
-Michael Robinson: lesser punishment than Rice/Johnson from OJA; lesser suspension
from team from ice rink fight; no charges filed
-Ed Johnson: suspended from team for ice rink incident; no charges filed
-Ed Johnson: found in violation of university code of conduct and expelled from school
for sexual misconduct; no charges filed
-Ed Johnson: suspended for 2007 Outback Bowl for violation of team rule
-Lavon Chisley sexual assault: unclear if charges ever filed, but he was dimissed from
the team prior to the 2005 season pending investigation of a sexual assault
NOT A MEMBER OF FOOTBALL TEAM (3)
-Lavon Chisley murder/guilty/life sentence
-Maurice Humphrey fake id probation violation/9 month sentence
-Dethrell Garcia: quit the team 4 days before being charged with DUI
UNCLEAR (5)
-2nd Humphrey probation violation
-Tom McHugh charge (was it assault or a drinking charge?)
-kicked off team
-Francis Claude cell block power outage (unsure if any charges filed)
-Richard Cheek charged with using stolen credit card (unsure of result)
-kicked off team, transferred to cheyney st.
-Dan Drogan arrested for DUI and leaving scene of accident (unsure of result)
-never played again
