Lamont Bryant, who was fired as Marshall's boys basketball coach just before the 2007-08 season, was awarded $500,000 Wednesday in a settlement with Chicago Public Schools that could also spell trouble for the official who had him removed.Bryant, who had been the boys coach at Marshall for four years, filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit Oct. 18, 2007, in U.S. District Court against Marshall Principal Juan Gardner, athletic director Dorothy Gaters and the Chicago Board of Education.
He claimed the defendants had violated Bryant's 1st and 14th Amendment rights and violated Title IX, the education act that led to gender equity in athletics.
Gardner fired Bryant on Oct. 2, 2007, claiming Bryant had violated the school's code of conduct for coaches.
A CPS spokesman said the Board of Education unanimously approved Wednesday the recommended settlement from mediation by Magistrate Susan Cox. The district refused further comment.
A Memphis officer is facing life in prison for robbing local drug dealers to finance his career as a producer in the rap industry.
According to The Commercial Appeal, 31-year-old Arthur Sease IV is currently on trial for sixteen incidents where he is accused of robbing money, drugs and property from local drug dealers to pursue his dream as a rap producer.
Reginald Brown, a Nebraska man who drove to Memphis to buy cocaine in 2004, testified in court today (January 28) that Sease stole $32,000 of drug money from his van after pulling him over.
Brown claimed that Sease put him and a companion in the back of a squad car when he took the money. Brown also claimed that when he confronted Sease about the money, the officer threatened him.
"The safe was gone and the money was gone and I told him 'Officer, you took my money,'" Brown testified. "He pulled his gun half way out and said 'You've got five seconds to get on up the road.'"
Sease is the first of 40 Memphis police officers who are facing charges of public corruption. Sease was fired in 2005 but he continued to rob local drug dealers with fellow officers.
T.I. x Amare....
According to Vibe, Stoudemire and T.I. have struck a collaborative deal between their respective record labels. Breaking the cycle of baller-turned-rapper, Stoudemire is pursuing a side-career as a manager. “What we are doing is collaborating as far as managing players…That's something I have a special interest in; with me being an athlete I know what it takes and how important it is to have a great management team.”
“T.I. and Grand Hustle are great from a music standpoint,” Stoudemire explained. “I got a record label out called Hypocalypto Records. My artist Juice is the next project for me. T.I. wants to get into sports management, and I'm already involved with that so we are just going to collaborate with both companies. We've been talking the past two weeks about making something happen. We are finally starting to get the ball rolling.”
Sounds like a promising idea. Hustler's coming together is always a good look.
Via: CNN, globalgrind, chicagobreakingnews, hiphopdx
Kansas City Chiefs coach Herm Edwards was fired Friday. And former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan may be in line to replace him.
Edwards was 15-34 in three seasons with the Chiefs, including 2-14 this season. He had one year remaining on his original four-year, $12 million contract.
"On behalf of my family, I want to thank Herm for his service to the Chiefs," Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a team statement. "After careful deliberation over the last week, Scott and I decided that it was in the best interests of the Chiefs to move forward in a different direction.
"This was not an easy decision. Herm is an outstanding football coach and a man of integrity. We appreciate his leadership over the past three seasons, and we wish him all the best in the future."
The Chiefs have been in negotiations to land Shanahan as their next coach and a deal is near, league sources told ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
Via: ESPN
Willis McGahee joined his teammates Monday at Baltimore's training complex after doctors told him he would make a full recovery from a fierce helmet-to-helmet hit in the AFC Championship Game that had him carted off the field.
"I'm all right. Everything is OK," the running back told reporters as the Ravens cleared out their lockers. "The MRI and the CAT scan checked out good. I was scared, but I didn't know how serious it was. It was pretty intense."
The play occurred in the fourth quarter of Pittsburgh's 23-14 victory. McGahee had just caught a pass and taken two steps before being met by safety Ryan Clark, who drove his helmet into McGahee's facemask. McGahee's head snapped back, and he lost the ball as he dropped to the ground.
"I didn't even see him coming," McGahee said.
Clark also collapsed, though it was immediately apparent that his injury wasn't serious. Players from both teams gathered around McGahee, who lay motionless before being taken away.
"I blacked out. I woke up when they were taking my facemask off," McGahee said. "I opened my eyes and I was talking. The next thing I knew I woke up in some room and they were taking me to the ambulance."
McGahee said he has a concussion and his neck is extremely sore. But he said he would be ready to go next season.
Great news.
Here's the brutal hit...
