COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former Ohio State and NFL quarterback Art Schlichter was charged in federal court Wednesday with fraud linked to a million-dollar ticket-selling scheme.
Schlichter deceived people by promising sports tickets at low prices based on his contacts, according to the indictment and supporting documents filed in U.S. District Court.
In fact, Schlichter didn't have contacts and used the money he got for tickets for personal expenses, to gamble and to repay older debts, the court documents said.
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ATLANTA -- [URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sports/baseball/carlos-zambrano-PESPT004244.topic"]Carlos Zambrano[/URL] had a rough night, serving up five home runs and trailing 8-1 in the fifth before being ejected by plate umpire Tim Timmons for allegedly throwing at [URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sports/baseball/chipper-jones-PESPT008396.topic"]Chipper Jones[/URL].

The [URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sports/baseball/chicago-cubs-ORSPT000165.topic"]Cubs[/URL] lost 10-4.

[B]After the game, Zambrano's locker was already cleaned out and the pitcher told a team trainer that he had retired.[/B]

According to STATS Inc., Zambrano became the third Cubs pitcher since 1955 to serve up five homers in a game, joining Ismael Valdez ('00) & Steve Stone ('74). Warren Hacker also gave up five homers in a game... More...

According to [URL="http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/11/warrant-singer-jani-lane-dead-dies-died-hotel-ventura-los-angeles-cherry-pie/"]TMZ.com[/URL] former [B]WARRANT[/B] singer [B]Jani Lane[/B] was found dead Thursday evening (August 11) at a Los Angeles-area hotel. He was 47 years old.

[B]Lane[/B]'s body was discovered at the Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills, California. So far, no official cause of death has been released.

In February, [B]Lane[/B] canceled all of his previously announced solo tour dates two days before the first show was due to take place. No explanation was offered for the cancelation.

[B]WARRANT[/B] announced in September 2008 that it was splitting with [B]Lane[/B] six months after the band first reunited with... More...

[B]Yahoo Sports reports: [/B][URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sports/basketball/houston-rockets-ORSPT000101.topic"]Houston Rockets[/URL] center [URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sports/basketball/yao-ming-PESPT0000010842.topic"]Yao Ming[/URL] will retire from the [URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sports/basketball/national-basketball-association-15008001.topic"]NBA[/URL] after eight injury-plagued seasons, [URL="http://twitter.com/#%21/WojYahooNBA/status/89383420307841025"]Yahoo Sports Adrian [/URL][URL="http://twitter.com/#%21/WojYahooNBA/status/89383420307841025"]Wojnarowski reports[/URL].
The 7-6 center was instrumental in spreading the NBA's popularity in his native China. The former No. 1 overall pick averaged 19 points and 9.2 rebounds a game.

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. -- Former [URL="http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/_/name/nym/new-york-mets"]New York Mets[/URL] and [URL="http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/_/name/phi/philadelphia-phillies"]Philadelphia Phillies[/URL] star Lenny Dykstra was charged Monday with grand theft auto and drug possession by prosecutors who claim he used phony information to lease a car from a Southern California dealership.
Dykstra, 48, was charged with 25 misdemeanor and felony counts of grand theft auto, attempted grand theft auto, identity theft and other crimes, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. He faces up to 12 years in state prison if convicted.

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[B]Schlichter blames addiction but never says 'gambling' in jail interview[/B]

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Sunday, March 6, 2011 02:58 AM
[B] By [EMAIL="mwagner@dispatch.com"]Mike Wagner[/EMAIL]

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[B] THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH [/B]

[URL="http://www.dispatch.com/live/export-content/sites/dispatch/data/nocat/stories/2011/03/06/art-art-g30brv3d-1schlichter-arrange-jdh-large-jpg-large.jpg"][IMG]http://www.dispatch.com/wwwexportcontent/sites/dispatch/data/nocat/stories/2011/03/06/art-art-g30brv3d-1schlichter-arrange-jdh-jpg.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Art Schlichter faces a theft charge; others are expected.



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CBS News says correspondent Lara Logan "suffered a brutal and [url="http://www.sbrforum.com/nba-basketball/news/half-time-betting-your-best-odds-a-17649/"][/url] sustained sexual assault" while covering the resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.
The CBS [URL="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/15/60minutes/main20032070.shtml?tag=stack"]statement[/URL]:
[INDENT]On Friday February 11, the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a 60 MINUTES story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy. In the crush of the mob, she was separated...[/INDENT] More...

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Disgraced gridiron great O.J. SIMPSON was beaten unconscious in a brutal [url="http://www.sbrforum.com/nba-basketball/news/half-time-betting-your-best-odds-a-17649/"][/url] prison yard attack, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.

Inmates cheered as a muscular young skinhead knocked him to the ground, punching and kicking him to a bloody pulp and inflicting injuries so severe he secretly spent nearly three weeks in the infirmary before he recovered.

The humiliating beating left 63-year-old Simpson in agony - and threw him into a spiral of depression so deep that he's now afraid to venture out of his cell, divulge sources.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Former Ohio State quarterback Art Schlichter, whose NFL career was derailed by a gambling addiction, was charged Monday with stealing more than $1 million from a 68-year-old woman in suburban Columbus.
Schlichter has offered to cooperate with an ongoing police investigation into the sale of Ohio State football tickets and 2011 Super Bowl tickets, according to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O?Brien, who didn?t provide details on how the theft charge was related to the ticket investigation.
Schlichter, 50, was charged in Franklin County Municipal Court with one count... More...

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Bellagio heist soured quickly for accused bandit
(AP) ? 22 hours ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) ? The scenes that led to the Bellagio bandit's downfall look less like "Ocean's Eleven" and more like "America's Dumbest Criminals." Bragging about a big gambling score with high school buddies over rounds of shots in Colorado. E-mailing pictures to a total stranger ? dated and signed "Biker Bandit" with two $25,000 Bellagio chips.
Losing $105,000 gambling at the scene of the crime in Las Vegas, but cashing out nearly $209,000 and apparently hoping the casino wouldn't notice.
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