NFL great Lawrence Taylor was in a New York courtroom this week to receive his sentence for pleading guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing an underage prostitute in January. Taylor was sentenced to six years of probation and must register as a sex offender.

Sex offenders are restricted from being in the presence of minors, living in proximity to a school or day-care center, owning toys or other items of interest to minors and using the Internet. They are also put on a list that is made public.

With the NFL lockout now in full effect and the danger of no football season this fall, NFL players are looking for ways to spend their time.

Some are taking up boxing; others are just taking longer vacations. But for Cincinnati Bengals' wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, he's going back to the sport of his childhood –- soccer.

Ochocinco is going to be trying out for Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City over the next few days. The team, formerly known as the Kansas City Wizards, will take a look at Ochocinco and see if he'd be able to compete and play with MLS level players.

"We're always searching for players who can help our team and bring in new talent," Sporting Kansas City manager Peter Vermes told the Associated Press. "We know that Chad is an exceptional athlete and that he loves the sport of soccer, and he did play a lot when he was younger. We're excited to see how his skills will translate once he arrives next week and begins training with our team."

On Sunday, ESPN aired its documentary The Fab Five, a film that digs into the background of Michigan basketball team from 1991 to 1993 and its star players Jalen Rose (pictured above left), Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. In the documentary, the players expressed their disdain for Duke University and their basketball program back in 1991.

These teenagers thought of Duke as a school for Uncle Toms, they thought former Duke Blue Devil and current Phoenix Suns player Grant Hill (pictured above right) was a bi**h and felt slighted that they weren't the type of players that Duke would ever want on their team. And they resented that.


But in an opinion column written by Grant Hill and published by the New York Times, Hill admits to being disappointed by the comments toward him and his Duke teammates in the documentary.


"It was a sad and somewhat pathetic turn of events, therefore, to see friends narrating this interesting documentary about their moment in time and calling me a bitch and worse, calling all black players at Duke 'Uncle Toms' and, to some degree, disparaging my parents for their education, work ethic and commitment to each other and to me," Hill said in the op-ed. "I should have guessed there was something regrettable in the documentary when I received a Twitter apology from Jalen before its premiere. I am aware Jalen has gone to some length to explain his remarks about my family in numerous interviews, so I believe he has some admiration for them.


"In his garbled but sweeping comment that Duke recruits only 'black players that were 'Uncle Toms,' Jalen seems to change the usual meaning of those very vitriolic words into his own meaning, i.e. blacks from two-parent, middle-class families. He leaves us all guessing exactly what he believes today."

The ongoing dispute between NFL team owners and NFL players is bringing out all types of commentary defending both sides. With the players' union deciding to decertify last week, the owners officially locked them out, therefore putting the upcoming NFL season up in the air.

They are fighting over how to split $9.3 billion in revenue, with the owners wanting more money off the top and to extend the season to 18 games. The players want proof that the owners need the money before they agree to taking a pay cut, but the owners refuse to open their books. Everything is at a standstill.

Owners are frustrated, players are angry and fans are irritated.

In an interview with Yahoo! Sports, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson spoke his mind on the negotiations and pulled no punches.

Who knew a bunch of black kids in Philadelphia would forgo basketball and football to play polo? The Philadelphia youth polo team, the Cowtown/Work to Ride based in Fairmount Park, is an all-black team and a force to be reckoned with in the world of polo.

The team won the 42nd annual USPA National Interscholastic Championship tournament over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va.

"It was awesome," Cowtown/WTR Coach Lezlie Hiner told the Philadelphia Inquirer about her team's 24–17 victory over Baltimore in the title game. "We're known as a come-from-behind team, but the boys were so explosive in these games."

Whenever there's a disaster in some foreign country, you can expect some celebrity or well-known personality to say something insensitive or stupid. Now with Twitter, it's almost a guarantee.


Rapper 50 Cent was admonished for tweeting that his "hoes" in Japan were safe and comedian Gilbert Gottfried lost his endorsement deal with AFLAC Insurance Company for tweeting jokes about the disaster.


Now comes New York Liberty guard Cappie Pondexter (pictured) who tweeted that the earthquake and the tsunami that followed could have been the wrath of God:


"What if God was tired of the way they treated their own people in there own country! Idk guys he makes no mistakes," she tweeted.

She later added: "u just never knw! They did pearl harbor so u can't expect anything less."

After being called out by her followers, local papers and Websites, Pondexter took to her Twitter on Monday to apologize:

The Reason family has filed a wrongful-death suit against Tyreke, claiming that since he was the driver and knew that people in the car had guns, he is also responsible for the death of Marcus. The trial is set to begin on July 13th against Tyreke and three other defendants.

While the entire NBA was enjoying All-Star weekend in Los Angeles, New Orleans Hornet guard Jarrett Jack was back home in Atlanta getting arrested and hanging out at the Gwinnett County jail.


According to police, Jack was speeding in a black Mercedes, when he was pulled over last Sunday morning around 4 a.m. He was charged with a DUI, speeding and failure to maintain his lane.


"The officer paced the vehicle, verifying that it was speeding, and observed the vehicle cross the center line and the fog line," Snellville Police Chief Roy Whitehead wrote in an e-mail to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He stopped the vehicle and smelled an odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the driver, Jarrett Matthew Jack. He conducted field sobriety tests, which Mr. Jack failed."