3:30 PM: Joseph Buffis, chief of police of the town of Lee, Massachusetts, is facing extortion & money laundering charges. Buffis is accused of making people facing prostitution-related charges to donate $4,000 to a holiday toy fund then taking the money for himself.
3:15 PM: A Holyoke, Massachusetts man arrested on drug charges last month claimed he was St. Louis Rams rookie cornerback Robert Steeples. The man turned out to be Michael Roper, an adopted cousin of Steeples, who gave police Steeples' Social Security number & address when he was arrested.
3:00 PM: The Newark Star Ledger reports that despite other reports saying the team will be taken over by the NHL, the New Jersey Devils could be sold to a new owner in the next couple of days. Among those interested in the Devils is Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris.
2:45 PM: Former UNLV & Fresno State basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian turns 83 years old today. But Tarkanian's son Danny says that Jerry is "not doing well" after having a pacemaker installed two weeks ago.
2:30 PM: Former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber said he never got along with Tom Coughlin, recalling that he once dropped a "thousand F-bombs" in a 40-minute argument with the head coach in 2006.
2:01 PM: Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks & former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith will reportedly be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
2:00 PM: When asked by Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News what he sees for himself in the next five years, New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez responded: "Hopefully a Super Bowl ring or two."
1:45 PM: Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player & fiancee of Washington Capitals player Alex Ovechkin, celebrates Tweet Like Ovi Day by tweeting a whole bunch of "ha-has".
1:30 PM: Former Phillies pitcher Dan Meyer said he was surprised at all the attention given to his tweet calling admitted PED user Antonio Bastardo an "a-hole": "I figured people didn't know me well enough in the game to even care what my opinion was."
1:15 PM: Tony Barnhart of CBS Sports notes that the NCAA stripped Penn State football coach Joe Paterno of 111 wins over the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, but still sells a Paterno 400 wins t-shirt on their online store.
1:00 PM: Brooklyn Nets player Paul Pierce says his new team is an "up-and-coming franchise that you're gonna be talking about in 20 years in the same category as the Bulls and the Lakers and the Celtics and the Knicks."
12:45 PM: Tennessee Volunteers offensive guard Brett Dockery tweeted Tuesday night that he has left the football team: "Grades are a priority and I need to focus on them."
12:30 PM: Mike Ozanian of Forbes reports the New Jersey Devils are likely to be taken over by the National Hockey League as the team is $230 million in debt & owner Jeff Vanderbeek missed payment on a bank loan.
12:15 PM: Scott Rabalais of the Baton Rouge Advocate reports LSU & Wisconsin are finalizing a football series where they will meet at Houston's Reliant Stadium in 2014 & Green Bay's Lambeau Field in 2016.
12:00 PM: The Akron Beacon Journal reports that LeBron James, who reported for jury duty Thursday morning, was not selected for a trial and had left the Summit County Courthouse by 10:30 a.m. local time.
Source: http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/sbblive?eid=54940
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