another blurb from end abuse:

OR - Some basketball fans in Portland are boycotting Trail Blazers' games because several players on the team have been arrested. Forward Ruben Patterson, a registered sex offender, was arrested after his wife, Shannon, reported to police that her husband had assaulted her. Charges were later dismissed after Shannon Patterson asked prosecutors to drop the case. The Trail Blazers organization fined Patterson $100,000 for the incident. Two other players, Rasheed Wallace and Damon Stoudamire, were arrested on marijuana possession charges. One fan posted a billboard in downtown Portland that reads, "Boycott Blazers - we need a team that can beat L.A., not women and the justice system," reports the Washington Post. - Speaking Up, Vol. 8, Issue 24

  scribbled by manky @ 12:30:00
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