Illinois player charged after car crash
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University of Illinois basketball player Jamar Smith &#151; charged Tuesday with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident &#151; apparently believed the teammate in the passenger seat of his car had died, authorities said.
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A day after a Detroit newspaper quoted a county prosecutor as saying that players from the Indiana Pacers would be criminally charged for their involvement in a brawl
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Former New York Yankees player Jim Leyritz was arrested on charges of drunk driving and manslaughter on Friday after a woman died in a Florida car crash.
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An American tourist who was critically injured in a car crash with an Irish government minister has been charged with driving dangerously, police said Friday.
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Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Sam Rayburn was cited for leaving the scene of an accident after he walked away from a car accident early Tuesday.
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A University of Miami football player is ticketed for careless driving and a highly touted freshman quarterback is among three players injured after a one-car crash in southwest Florida.
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Florida linebacker Taurean Charles was charged with aggravated battery and culpable negligence-infliction of injury Wednesday from a fight at an off-campus party in June.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Colts running back Dominic Rhodes faces a drunken driving charge after state troopers arrested him Tuesday.
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The prosecutor in Oakland County, Mich., today charged five Indiana Pacers with assault and battery for their parts in a brawl last month during a game against the Detroit Pistons.
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Free agent outfielder Moises Alou escaped injury when his car hit a pothole and momentarily spun out of control.
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San Diego Chargers rookie Anthony Waters was charged with hitting a man who threw a rock at his car on a highway.
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A graduate student who was behind the wheel when Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam was killed in a car crash will be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, a district attorney Thursday.
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Illinois basketball player Jamar Smith pleaded not guilty Friday to drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
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Prosecutors began their case Friday against a man accused of causing an auto wreck that killed three college students, then fleeing to Ireland when he was charged. Prosecutors plan to argue he was drunk at the time of the crash.
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Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal was arrested early Friday on charges of driving under the influence, speeding and reckless driving, police said.
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Cleveland Browns offensive guard Paul Zukauskas was arrested and charged with drunken driving after an early-morning traffic stop.
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Five Indiana Pacers players were charged in Detroit on Wednesday for fighting with fans in the stands and on the court during the brawl that broke out at a Pistons&#39; game last month.