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Former Winter Park football player Kevince Brown is one of two freshmen who were dismissed from the NC State football team Tuesday , and one of five players being investigated in connection with an alleged sexual assault , underage drinking and illegal drug use during a dorm room party last month. Four of the five players being investigated are from Florida and three are from Plant City. Brown, who transferred to Winter Park from Orlando Christian Prep for his senior year of high school, and Plant City freshman Antoine Thompson were both dismissed from the NC State football team by coach Dave Doeren . The other three players, also freshmen — Erin Collins of Seffner Armwood, Xavier Lyas of Plant City Durant and Isaiah Moore of Chester, Va. — were suspended from the team pending the criminal investigation. Orlando Christian Prep player, dismissed from NC State footbal" class="trb_em_ic_img" title="Kevince Brown, former Winter Park and Orlando Christian Prep pl...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Deon Simon is motivated by his painful past. The darkest moments came while he dealt with a severe knee injury and academic issues as a high school senior , leaving his future on and off the field uncertain. “It was a hard time,” the New York Jets defensive tackle said after a recent practice. “I didn’t know exactly what was going to happen at the next step, the next level. It’s been tough, but I stuck with it. “I put it upon myself that I won’t be denied.” Today, the 27-year-old Simon is a promising backup on Todd Bowles’ defense and a college graduate who has aspirations of becoming a U.S. Marshal when his playing days are over. “I definitely think about all that,” Simon said. “Where I come from, how I stuck it out to get to this point, I think about it all the time.” At 6-foot-4 and 332 pounds, Simon is a physically imposing presence . But his calm, soft- spoken demeanor reveals a humble soul, someone truly thankful to have overcome the obstacles that...

“When he walked through my door, I was like, ‘Holy smokes!’ ” said Coach Jay Thomas of Northwestern State, where Simon played collegiately . “But he’s just a gentle giant.” Simon was a star on the defensive line at Glen Oaks High School outside Baton Rouge, La., and caught the attention of several Division I football programs. But one play early in his senior season — the homecoming game — to change all that. Simon crumpled to the turf after blowing out a knee, pain searing through his body as coaches and trainers huddled around him. The damage was devastating. “I basically had to have everything reattached: my hamstring, my cartilage, A.C.L., L.C.L. and just different tissues in my knee,” Simon said. “That moment, I really didn’t think too much of it because it was my first serious injury, so I was just trying to get over that part.” It all hit him during the rehabilitation process, when the interest from colleges suddenly disappeared . Because of the severity of the injury, it wa...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Deon Simon is motivated by his painful past. The darkest moments came while he dealt with a severe knee injury and academic issues as a senior at Baton Rouge's Glen Oaks High , leaving his future on and off the field uncertain. "It was a hard time," the New York Jets defensive tackle said after a recent practice. "I didn't know exactly what was going to happen at the next step, the next level. It's been tough, but I stuck with it. I put it upon myself that I won't be denied." Today, the 27-year-old Simon is a promising backup on Todd Bowles' defense and a Northwestern State graduate who has aspirations of becoming a U.S. Marshal when his playing days are over. "I definitely think about all that," Simon said. "Where I come from, how I stuck it out to get to this point, I think about it all the time." At 6-foot-4 and 332 pounds, Simon is a physically imposing presence . But his calm, soft- sp...

Yesterday, August 22, a U.S. District Court judge sentenced Highlands Ranch resident Caroline Zarate Boyle after she pleaded guilty to ripping off her former employer, the U.S. Postal Service , by pretending to have cancer. This admission and the punishment she'll receive as a result, outlined below, have earned her a place in the Colorado Cancer Faker Hall of Fame, which has inducted seven members in the past eight years. Continue to meet the six other inductees via excerpts and links from our previous coverage, followed by new details about Boyle's case. Tausha Marsh, left. File photo If Tausha Marsh Did Fake Cancer, Here's Hoping She Invested Her Profits With the Mormon Madoff THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009, AT 11 A.M. Attention, Denver! Please keep your wallet in your front pocket at all times, shred all documents, and ask your girlfriend for two forms of ID before you let her in your apartment. Because apparently it's Really Brazen But Not All That Clever Scam Week . ...

It's been a tough offseason in Gainesville, and even more bad news hit the Florida football program this week. Wide receiver James Robinson and linebacker Ventrell Miller were cited with misdemeanor marijuana possession on Monday, First Coast News reported Thursday afternoon. The two players were inside their off- campus apartment early Monday morning when a residential assistant smelled marijuana and notified University of Florida police .  "Coach (Jim) McElwain is aware and it has been dealt with," a team spokesman told Thomas Goldkamp of 247Sports. Robinson, a 6-foot-4, 205- pound true freshman and former 4-star prospect from Lakeland, Florida, is expected to be a contributor in a Gator wide receiving corps that could use his length to create opportunities downfield in a passing game that has been stagnant for the better part of a decade. With star Antonio Callaway suspended for the season opener, the stage was set for Robinson to become an instant star at ...

This week on Recode Media with Peter Kafka , writer Chuck Klosterman called into the studio to talk about his career in journalism and his new book, “Chuck Klosterman X.” (The X is a Roman numeral 10, as in this is his 10th book.) The two discuss trends in journalism, writing about the famous and whether football will disappear. You can read some of the highlights from the interview here, or listen to it in the audio player above. Below, we’ve also provided a lightly edited complete transcript of their conversation. If you like this, be sure to subscribe to Recode Media on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Overcast or wherever you listen to podcasts. Peter Kafka: This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka. That’s me. I am part of the Vox Media Podcast Network . I’m here at the Vox Media podcast studio , sitting all by myself because ... This doesn’t happen very often. I think only once before ... our guest is not in studio with me. He’s in Portland. He’s Chuck Klosterman. Hey, Chuck....