Word: prisons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...college players have been implicated in such crimes as attempted murder, break-ins, public drunkenness, disturbing the peace, battery and drug abuse. Coaches, too, can get into trouble when they lose their perspective on the game. Ex- Memphis State basketball coach Dana Kirk was sentenced to a year in prison for income-tax evasion. A former University of Kentucky assistant coach is under investigation for reportedly sending $1,000 through the mail to the father of a recruited player...
...good for sport. If colleges and universities assumed their responsibility as institutions of higher learning and if sports programs were kept in perspective, more student athletes might turn out like Fred Brown. Fred grew up on the gritty streets of the South Bronx. His father was taken off to prison when the boy was in third grade. His mother worked in a grocery and tended bar. On the $4,000 she made, she raised a family of six. But Fred had a way with the basketball and a vision of his own. "By traveling with basketball," he says...
...years the sound of prison doors clanging shut has provided the background music for the transition from one Teamster president to the next. From Dave Beck in 1958 to Jackie Presser in 1986, four of the past six Teamster chiefs have been accused or convicted of felonies, often involving organized crime...
...released after posting $1,000 bail. Other arrests for beatings followed, as did another release. Finally, in 1987, faced with charges that included illegal confinement, rape and assault, Matheney plea-bargained his way to a reduced charge that resulted in a sentence of ! eight years in the state prison...
...Bianco did not rest easy. When she learned two months ago that her ex- husband was eligible for a pass under the prison's furlough program, she appealed to the local prosecutor for help. "We told them it was not appropriate or wise to release him," recalls St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Barnes. "We said we wanted to be notified if and when he ever came up for another pass." Matheney was denied that furlough, but earlier this month prison officials did grant him an eight-hour pass without notifying Barnes or Bianco. Matheney drove to Mishawaka and, according...