Sentencing
Today in Sports History-Larry Nassar sentenced to 60-years

By The Associated Press Dec. 06, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Dec. 7 1973 — Jerry West of Los Angeles sets an NBA record with 10 steals in the Lakers’ 115-111 loss to the Seattle Supersonics. 1985 —...

Britt Reid, left, walks to a courtroom with his attorney J.R. Hobbs, right, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at the Jackson County Courthouse, in Kansas City, Mo., to be sentenced for a drunk driving conviction. The former assistant coach and son of head coach Andy Reid in September pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and causing a 2021 crash that severely injured a 5-year-old girl. (Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star via AP)
Ex-Chiefs assistant Reid sentenced to three years in prison

By Margaret Stafford Nov. 01, 2022 10:48 AM EDT

FILE - A New England Patriots Super Bowl LI ring is displayed at the Super Bowl Rings exhibit in Indianapolis, March 1, 2018. A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady's family has been sentenced to three years in federal prison. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)
New Jersey man sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud

Aug. 29, 2022 07:02 PM EDT

FILE - United States goalkeeper Hope Solo takes the ball during a women's soccer game at the Rio Olympics against New Zealand on Aug. 3, 2016, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Former women’s national team star Solo pleaded guilty Monday, July 25, 2022, to driving while impaired, almost four months after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside. (AP Photo/Eugenio Savio, File)
Hope Solo pleads guilty to DWI, gets 30-day sentence, fine

Jul. 25, 2022 07:32 PM EDT

Ex-NFL player Bellamy gets 3 years for COVID relief fraud

Dec. 13, 2021 02:40 PM EST
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL player Josh Bellamy has been sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1.2 million in...

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Saints super fan Jarrius "J.J." Robertson, right, accepts the Jimmy V perseverance award with his parents, from left, Patricia Hoyal and Jordy Robertson at the ESPYS at the Microsoft Theater on in Los Angeles. Jordy Robertson, whose seriously ill son Jarrius gained fame in New Orleans for his devotion to the Saints football team, was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday, May 11, 2021, for drug trafficking and for fraudulently capitalizing on his son's illness with a phony charity. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
8 years for dad of Saints 'super fan' in charity, drug case

By Kevin Mcgill May. 11, 2021 06:39 PM EDT

Former football player Jarryd Hayne arrives at court in Newcastle, Australia, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Hayne, a rugby league star who also played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018. (Darren Pateman/AAP Image via AP)
Ex-49ers player Hayne to spend nearly 4 years in jail

May. 06, 2021 01:56 AM EDT

FILE - This April 10, 2016, file photo provided by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office shows Cardell Hayes. A bond hearing was scheduled Thursday, March 18, for Hayes, the man who fatally shot ex-NFL star Will Smith in New Orleans in 2016 following a confrontation over a traffic crash. Hayes was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a manslaughter conviction in Smith’s shooting and attempted manslaughter for wounding Smith’s wife. But the verdict from the jury was not unanimous — jurors voted 10-2 — and has since been ruled unconstitutional. (Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Man who shot ex-NFL star released on bond

By Kevin Mcgill Mar. 18, 2021 12:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2012, file photo, New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith appears before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J. Cardell Hayes, who fatally shot former NFL star Smith following a 2016 traffic collision, has a bond hearing scheduled Thursday, March 4, 2021, seeking freedom after his manslaughter conviction in Smith's death was overturned because his trial jury's vote was not unanimous. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
Bond hearing for man who killed ex-Saints star Will Smith

Mar. 04, 2021 01:06 AM EST

Kellen Winslow II appears via video at his sentencing hearing at the Superior Court North County Division on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 in Vista, Calif. Winslow was sentenced to 14 years in prison on rape and other charges. (Eduardo Contreras/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II gets 14 years for rapes

By Julie Watson Mar. 03, 2021 12:03 AM EST

Kansas City Chiefs' Andy Reid hangs his head during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Chiefs' Reid: 'My heart bleeds' for those in son's car crash

By Dave Skretta Feb. 07, 2021 11:55 PM EST

FILE - This undated booking file photo provided by the Santa Clara County District Attorney shows former NFL football player Dana Stubblefield. Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, for raping a prospective babysitter at his Morgan Hill home five years earlier. (Santa Clara County District Attorney via AP, File)
Ex-49er Dana Stubblefield sentenced to 15 years to life

Oct. 22, 2020 07:31 PM EDT

Ex-TCU, Seattle QB gets 3 years in prison for beating woman

Feb. 26, 2020 05:24 PM EST
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Former TCU and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Trevone Boykin was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to...

Ex-NFL player sentenced for being drunk, armed at meeting

Feb. 10, 2020 07:49 AM EST
FOREST CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former professional football player was given two days in jail and two years of probation for being drunk and armed with a handgun...

From right to left: Prince George's County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy, assistant state's attorney Jennifer Rush, state's attorney's office spokeswoman Denise Roberts and assistant state's attorney Franklin Shelton stand during a press conference Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, in Upper Marlboro, MD, after a judge sentenced 28-year-old Thomas Hawks to 22 years in prison for killing three young children in a drunk driving crash. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman)
Man gets 22 years in prison for crash that killed 3 children

By Michael Kunzelman Sep. 26, 2019 04:46 PM EDT

Dolphins RB Walton gets probation for weapons charge

Aug. 19, 2019 12:36 PM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — Miami Dolphins running back Mark Walton has been sentenced to six months' probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor weapons charge. ...

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017, file photo, Oakland Raiders fans watch from the Black Hole section of Oakland Alameda County Coliseum during the first half of an NFL preseason football game between the Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks in Oakland, Calif. The slow, agonizing demise of the Oakland Raiders will continue for at least one more season. There will be one more "final" home game at the Oakland Coliseum, Dec. 15 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. There have been possible "final" home games for a few years now because the Raiders have essentially had one foot out the door since 2015, when they joined with the AFC West rival Chargers in a failed attempt to build a stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Seattle Seahawks at Oakland Raiders 8/31/2017

Aug. 09, 2019 01:02 PM EDT

Former Microsoft employee gets 2 years for embezzlement

Jun. 28, 2019 06:06 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — A former Microsoft sports marketing director has been sentenced to more than two years in prison after admitting he tried to embezzle $1.5 million —...

Man who sold coins stolen from Gronk's house gets probation

Apr. 24, 2019 09:19 AM EDT
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A man who pawned rare coins stolen from Rob Gronkowski's home while the now-retired New England Patriots tight end was away to play in the Super...

Craig Carton, the former co-host of a sports radio show with ex-NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason, leaves federal court after receiving a 3 1/2 year sentence for defrauding investors in a ticket reselling business, Friday, April 5, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Former sports radio co-host Carton gets 3½ years in prison

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 05, 2019 06:41 PM EDT