Mississippi State Fight: Renardo Sidney, Elgin Bailey Suspended For Fighting In Stands (VIDEO)

MSU's Sidney, Bailey suspended for fistfight
Renardo Sidney, Far Left, and Elgin Bailey, Far Right, both teammates with the Mississippi State Basketball Team fight in the stands before the start of the Utah/Hawaii Basketball game at the Diamond Head Classic, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, in Honolulu. The two Mississippi State players caught on camera fighting in the stands of the Diamond Head Classic have been suspended indefinitely and sent home from Hawaii. Renardo Sidney and Elgin Bailey were involved in a fistfight after the Bulldogs' game...

Two Miss. St. players suspended
HONOLULU, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Mississippi State Athletic Director Scott Stricklin said Friday two of the school's Basketball players would be suspended for fighting. Elgin Bailey and Renardo Sidney threw punches at each other in the stands of the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu Thursday prior to Mississippi State's game against San Diego in the Diamond Head Classic. The incident was caught by television cameras and received nationwide publicity. Stricklin said the school had not yet determined how ...

Mississippi State players fight in stands
Sophomore forward Renardo Sidney and junior forward Elgin Bailey got into the altercation about 10 minutes before the tipoff of the game between tournament host Hawaii and Utah at the Stan Sheriff Center. Punches were thrown in the fight that lasted several minutes and was broken up by teammates. Sidney was seen being escorted away by arena ushers and Honolulu Police, who said later that nobody was arrested. Sidney scored 19 points in the Bulldogs' 69-52 win over San Diego earlier Thursday while...

Mississippi State tops San Diego 69-52 in Hawaii
Renardo Sidney scored 19 points and Ravern Johnson added 18 as Mississippi State cruised to a 69-52 victory over San Diego on Thursday in a consolation game of the Diamond Head Classic. Sidney, playing just his second collegiate game after sitting through two Suspensions, came off the bench and shot 7 of 12 in 19 minutes. He also made all five of his free throw attempts and grabbed six rebounds. Kodi Augustus added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs (8-4), who snapped a two-game losing s...

Ohio State investigates Possible NCAA Violations by Football Players Tattoos & Autographs, Will Players be Suspended from Sugar
Wrong doing from Ohio State? Earlier this year the NCAA Scandal was Cam Newton and his dad is a pay for play investigation. Now we are presented out of Columbus, OH and the Ohio St Buckeyes, a Tattoo for Autograph scandal. Because that could never happen. The invesygative Probe was the offshoot of another investigation by Law Enforcement agencies of possible unlawful behavior by the parlor owner, Now it just depends how the bias NCAA wants to enforce their rules and who is conside

Colorado State holds off Mississippi 68-61
Travis Franklin scored 21 points and Colorado State held off Mississippi 68-61 on Thursday night in the Cancun Governor's Cup, snapping the Rebels' five-game Winning Streak. Andy Ogide had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Rams (7-3), who won their third straight game. Mississippi (8-3), which came in averaging 79.8 points per game to lead the Southeastern Conference, posted its lowest point total of the season on 36.8 percent shooting (25 of 68). The Rebels got within a point at 37-36 with 14:0...

How Dare These People Ask For Evidence And Documentation
As we celebrate the birth of Christ, the Times comments on the birth of a lesser man: Hawaii’s Governor Takes On ‘Birthers’ By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Honolulu — Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, who befriended President Obama’s parents when they were university Students here, has been in office for less than three weeks. But he is so incensed over “birthers” — the Conspiracy theorists who assert that Mr. Obama was born in Kenya and was thus not eligible to beco

Requests For Obama Birth Proof Rise
(NewsCore) - The state of Hawaii says “birthers,” who believe that President Barack Obama was born outside the United States, are stepping up their requests for proof that Obama was born in Honolulu, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reported Saturday. The Hawaii Department of Health said there have been 27 requests for information on the president’s Birth Certificate in December, compared with 16 in November. Birthers, who believe Obama is not eligible to be president, continue to ...

Hawaii gov. seeks to combat birthers
Honolulu – Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii’s new Democratic Governor, intends to use the power of his new office to try to silence the ‘birthers,’ the Conspiracy theorists who continue to assert President Obama was not born in the United States. Abercrombie, who was friends with Obama’s parents when the president was a baby, has only been governor for less than three weeks, but he’s said in interviews this week that he’s already initiated a process to make p...

Hawaiis Governor Takes On Birthers
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG NYT Honolulu — Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, who befriended President Obama’s parents when they were university Students here, has been in office for less than three weeks. But he is so incensed over “birthers” — the Conspiracy theorists who assert that Mr. Obama was born in Kenya and was thus not eligible to become president — that he is seeking ways to change state policy to allow him to release additional proof that the president was born in

Johnson runs wild, Tulsa beats No. 24 Hawaii 62-35
HONOLULU (AP) — Damaris Johnson broke loose for 326 all-purpose yards to set an NCAA career record and Tulsa took advantage of six first-half turnovers to beat No. 24 Hawaii 62-35 in the Hawaii Bowl on Friday night. The Golden Hurricane (10-3) grounded the nation’s No. 1 passing offense most of the night and broke it open with a 21-point Third Quarter for their seventh straight win and third consecutive bowl victory. The short and speedy Johnson earned MVP honors, rushing for 98 yard...

Johnson runs wild, Tulsa beats No. 24 Hawaii 62-35
Hawaii running back Alex Green, center, is stopped by Tulsa defenders Curnelius Arnick, left, and Brian Moore during the Third Quarter of the Hawaii Bowl NCAA College Football game at Aloha Stadium, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, in Honolulu. Damaris Johnson broke loose for a career-high 326 all-purpose yards to set an NCAA career record and Tulsa took advantage of six first-half turnovers to beat No. 24 Hawaii 62-35 in the Hawaii Bowl on Friday night. The Golden Hurricane (10-3) grounded the nation's ...

COL FB: Tulsa 62, Hawaii 35
HONOLULU, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- First-half interception returns for touchdowns by John Flanders and Curnelius Amick Friday sent Tulsa storming to a 62-35 win over Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl. In a game filled with big plays, five of the 13 touchdowns went for at least 30 yards and Tulsa Quarterback G.J. Kinne averaged more than 20 yards per completion. The teams combined for 1,077 yards -- 795 of them through the air. In a span of less than 2 minutes of the Second Quarter, Flanders returned an intercep...

Six Ohio State football players suspended
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Ohio State University said Thursday six Students have been suspended from the football team for violations of NCAA rules. The school announced players Mike Adams, Dan Herron, DeVier Posey, Terrelle Pryor and Solomon Thomas will miss the first five games of the 2011 season while Jordan Whiting will miss the first game, CNN reported Thursday. NCAA officials ruled the first five Students must repay amounts ranging from $1,000 to $2,500 they received while committing...

U.S. urges need for action against al Qaeda in Yemen
HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top Counterterrorism adviser has pressed Yemen to take more robust action against al Qaeda and to speed the sharing of information on suspects it detains, the White House said on Friday. John Brennan, a key Obama aide at the center of U.S. intelligence efforts to thwart Terrorism attacks, called Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Thursday. The U.S. government is on extra alert for an attack during the Holiday Season. Brennan called to "emphasize ...

Obama condemns 'outrageous' Pakistan suicide attack (AFP)
Honolulu, Hawaii (AFP) – US President Barack Obama condemned Saturday's "outrageous Terrorist Attack" in northwestern Pakistan in which a Suicide Bomber killed dozens of people at a World Food Program project. "I strongly condemn the outrageous Terrorist attack in Khar, Pakistan," Obama said in a statement from Hawaii, where he was spending Christmas with his family. "Killing innocent civilians outside a World Food Program distribution point is an affront to ...

Biden reminds Sudan U.S. sees on-time vote as vital
HONOLULU (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden stepped up pressure on Sudan on Friday ahead of its Referendum for southern independence that the United States says must be held in peace and on time. In a telephone call to Sudanese Second Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Biden also expressed concern about violence leading to the January 9 vote and "underscored our ongoing concern about engagement with armed proxies," the White House said in a statement. Violence has flared before the referen...

So Does This Make Me a Birther?
So Does This Make Me a “Birther”?Saturday, December 25th, 2010 I’m guessing not. It seems to exclude me from that group: Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, who befriended President Obama’s parents when they were university Students here, has been in office for less than three weeks. But he is so incensed over “birthers” — the Conspiracy theorists who assert that Mr. Obama was born in Kenya and was thus not eligible to become president — that he is seeking ways

Biden reminds Sudan U.S. sees on-time vote as vital
Honolulu | Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:50pm EST Honolulu (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden stepped up pressure on Sudan on Friday ahead of its Referendum for southern independence that the United States says must be held in peace and on time. In a telephone call to Sudanese Second Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Biden also expressed concern about violence leading to the January 9 vote and "underscored our ongoing concern about engagement with armed proxies," the White House said in a stateme...

On Hawaii vacation, Obama reads up on Reagan
Stumble This! Honolulu — US President Barack Obama is using his Christmas holiday in Hawaii to read up on former president Ronald Reagan, an icon for the resurgent Republicans he will face next year. The president "is reading a biography right now on Ronald Reagan by Lou Cannon," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs wrote Friday on the micro-blogging website Twitter. Obama has taken an interest in the former president ahead of his return to a more deeply divided Washington next month, when ...

The Obama library
A brilliant story for politics' slowest news day from Carol Lee, who's making good use of her junket reporting trip to Hawaii: Honolulu — As President Barack Obama prepares to battle with Republicans for a Second Term, another fight is already brewing: where to enshrine his legacy once he leaves office. The effort to play host city to Obama’s Presidential Library ...

Man charged for incident at Obama checkpoint
A man accused of leading police on a car chase to the Hawaii street where President Obama and his family are vacationing was charged Friday with multiple criminal counts.  Leon Rodrigues, 39, was charged with two counts of resisting an order to stop and Reckless Driving, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Rodrigues was being held by police on $6,350 bail. He was charged with five contempt-of-court charges. Police on Thursday had been looking for Rodrigues to serve him with five outsta...

S. Pacific quake sparks brief wave alert
HONOLULU, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A large Earthquake in the South Pacific Saturday was measured at a magnitude 7.6 and triggered a brief Tsunami warning in the region. No major waves were detected in the aftermath of the shaker centered in the remote Vanuatu Islands about 1,000 miles from Australia. The Pacific Tsunami Center in Hawaii said in a written statement the sea-level readings immediately after the quake indicated a tidal wave had been generated and was a potential threat to Fiji and New Caled...

Obama condemns deadly terror attack in Pakistan (AP)
Honolulu – President Barack Obama is strongly condemning what he calls the "outrageous" Terrorist Attack in Pakistan that killed at least 45 people. Authorities say a female Suicide Bomber lobbed hand grenades, then detonated an explosive belt at an aid center Saturday. In a statement, Obama says the killing of innocent civilians is, in his words, "an affront to the people of Pakistan." Police believe it was the first time that Islamic Militants have sent a woman to carry out a Suicide a...

Obama eases into Hawaiian holiday
Honolulu—President Barack Obama eased into the first day of his Hawaiian Vacation Thursday, opting for Privacy over publicity after wrapping up a frenzied lame-duck legislative session. The president began with what's become a familiar routine during his trips to Hawaii -- a morning Workout at a gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. He returned to the base later in the morning to play a round of Golf with two of his childhood friends from his years growing up in Hawaii, as well as a family fri...