The outlet says the claims were made by six women who were incarcerated at Arizona’s Perryville prison from the early 2000s until earlier this year. All of the former inmates say they saw meat explicitly labelled with indications it was not for humans. The questionable meat included boxes of whole chicken and packages of spoiled green lunchmeat. The Arizona Department of Corrections denies that any unfit food was served to prisoners....

Former Hawkeyes cornerback William Lowe, of Cleveland, alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday in Johnson County district court that coaches and trainers failed to properly supervise and monitor him during the Jan. 20, 2011, workout. He also says the school failed to offer medical care after he and others reported severe pain and symptoms, and that his injuries were aggravated because he was required to participate in additional workouts in the following days....

The former Kansas star and NBA journeyman is rumored to be set to appear on the the hit reality television series “Survivor.” MORE: Rockets-Warriors Game 5 line | Cavaliers complete sweep of Hawks in East | Release date set for NBA 2K16 A 6-11 center, Pollard had an 11-year career in the NBA, playing for five teams, including the Pistons, Kings, Pacers, Cavaliers and Celtics, while averaging 4.4 points, 4....

The former Detroit Lions star has been cast for the 23rd season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” Entertainment Tonight reported Monday . Johnson retired from the NFL this offseason after a number of ankle injuries, but apparently they are still strong enough to support a number of intricate dance moves. The 30-year-old, who holds the record for most receiving yards in an NFL season, will join Indy racecar driver James Hinchcliffe and Olympians Laurie Hernandez and Ryan Lochte as the athletes in the competition....

Grobbelaar was told that in Africa if a pitch was cursed then the remedy was to pee on the posts, and the ex-goalkeeper admits he watered the Anfield pitch in his own special way before Liverpool’s title charge in 2019/20. The bizarre incident came during a corporate game played at Anfield in 2019 and the shot-stopper found a unique way to get the deed done. “In Africa, if the pitch was cursed then you peed on the posts,” Grobbelaar told FourFourTwo....

Telfair is a former NBA player who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for gun possession. As his sentenced was handed down, he pleaded to the court and Judge John Hecht of the Brooklyn Supreme Court to not take him “from society.” “Please don’t take me from society right now,’’ Telfair said, according to the New York Post. “I am 34. I can go play in China for six years and take care of my family....

Former NFL offensive lineman Derrick Dockery has been hired by Ryan, R-Wis., to build coalitions with state and local governments and the business community, according to Politico.com. MORE: Players who ran for office | Politics and sport collide Dockery was an intern in 2012 on Ryan’s Budget Committee, and in 2015 went to work for Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. Ryan brought Dockery back into the fold earlier this month....

Rapper Mekka Don, a former Ohio State walk-on wide receiver whose given name is Chukwuemeka Nnamdi Onyejekwe, created a Heisman anthem for the Buckeyes running back called “Zeke.” MORE: 100 reasons we’re ready for college football | Coach rankings | Top 50 players “I loved what (Elliott) stood for, loved his family,” Mekka Don told ESPN.com. “The Heisman odds came out from one of the Vegas sports books and he was No....

Peters served as president and GM of the Orioles from 1975 to 1987. During his tenure, Baltimore won at least 90 games seven times and captured the American League pennant in 1979 and 1983, winning the World Series the latter year. Both seasons, Peters’ fellow executives voted him Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year. “Hank maintained the continuity of what the Orioles had always done — develop good players, bring them up and win lots of ball games,” Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer told the Sun....

Thurday night, television cameras at the Pro Football Hall of Fame dinner caught an exchange between NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and former Packers GM Ron Wolf. Wolf grabbed Goodell by the shoulder and said, “Way to go on that Brady thing”. It was an obvious reference to Goodell’s decision to uphold the league’s four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for his alleged involvement in Deflategate. All Goodell could be do was hit the old-timer with a nervous laugh and keep it moving....

The deal, which could be worth up to $1 billion in total and is expected to benefit approximately 20,000 former players, was approved by a federal judge last month, but until Heimburger’s appeal is completed, no money will be released. MORE: The ‘Edelman Rule’ | Concussion research leading to mouth guard changes? | Gronk talks concussions Christopher Seeger and Sol Weiss — the lawyers who represented the players in the original case — lamented the 38-year-old’s decision....

The team’s website confirmed the news Saturday. Childs’ niece, Ty Monroe, told Big Easy Believer that Childs died of a heart attack while driving his car. A native of Thomasville, Ga., Childs played collegiately at Kansas State. The Falcons selected him in the fifth round of the 1974 NFL Draft, although he never caught a pass with Atlanta. Childs enjoyed his greatest success in six-plus seasons with the Saints, from 1974 through 1980....

The Wizards have offered former Thunder coach Scott Brooks their head coaching job, according to the The Vertical. Brooks met with Wizards general manager Ernie Grunfeld on Wednesday in Southern California. MORE: Ranking the NBA playoff coaches Brooks would receive in the neighborhood of $7 million a year, according to the report. The Wizards are looking for a replacement for Randy Wittman, who was fired last week after the team failed to make the playoffs with a 41-41 record....

Along with her stay in prison, Kimmel, 57, of Las Vegas, will have two years of probation with the first year to be spent confined in her home, 500 hours of community service, and a fine of $250,000, prosecutors said. “Despite a privileged upbringing, a net worth totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, and degrees from two of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world—including a law degree—the defendant chose repeatedly to break the law and to buy her children opportunities they did not deserve,” the prosecution’s sentencing papers said, according to CBS News 8....

Testifying in a landmark antitrust case brought against the NCAA, Neal Pilson said giving athletes money for the use of their images on television broadcasts might also set off a "land rush" among conferences and schools to spend whatever is needed to attract the best football and basketball players. "I have a substantial concern it would change the fabric of the sport," Pilson said. "A significant number of people in the public see one concept of college sports being that young people are playing for the joy of the game would convert into a sense that, well, this is just another professional sport....

McFaul told MSNBC’s Katy Tur on Tuesday during an appearance on the network that he agreed with President Joe Biden’s decision to forego the no-fly zone. McFaul, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014 under former President Barack Obama, argued that the term was simply a less harsh way of declaring war against Russia. A no-fly zone would prevent Russian aircraft from flying over Ukrainian territory, meaning that opposing forces—including potential American allies—would have to engage any plane that did so....

Julius Nyang’oro, the former chair of North Carolina’s African studies department, was indicted by an Orange County (N.C.) grand jury on a felony count of “obtaining property by false pretenses” in regards to allegedly accepting a $12,000 fee for a class he did not teach.
The (Raleigh) News & Observer’s Dan Kane reported Tuesday that the charge is considered a lower-level felony and that Nyang’oro, 59, would not likely serve jail time if convicted....

On occasion, the Flint fire marshal was called to turn people away. MORE: NFL players giving back | Flint native Brandon Carr’s support influenced by mother’s last words “It was something the city had never seen before,” said Desmon Farmer, a former Flint Northwestern Wildcat, USC Trojan and San Antonio Spur. “Playing basketball in Flint, Michigan, was probably the best experience I’ve ever had.” As Flint remains a city in turmoil because of a polluted-water crisis, Farmer and others hope basketball can again give the community a boost — and help it heal....

McNeill played his entire career with the Vikings, retiring following the 1985 season. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 His wife, Tia McNeill, told The Associated Press that McNeill died Tuesday in Southern California of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He was also suffering from dementia at the time of his death. McNeill and Vikings teammate Jim Marshall were among the first to file a lawsuit against the NFL over the effects of concussions suffered while playing....

A group that went out fishing on Thursday with Captain Richard Pollitzer managed to reel in a massive 400-pound Goliath Grouper in Beaufort County, South Carolina, according to a post on Tallboy Fishing Charters’ Facebook page. It is reportedly one of the first of its kind caught in the area. “You work your whole life in the ocean for a moment like this,” Pollitzer said. “This is the first giant Goliath Grouper ever caught inshore in Beaufort County as far as I am aware....