Back in January, Venoy Overton was a starting guard for the UW men's basketball team. He also happened to be under investigation for an alleged sexual assault involving two 16-year-old girls. Though the charge was eventually reduced to a misdemeanor for providing alcohol to a minor, Overton's off-court antics created an embarassing and unwelcome distraction for the squad who eventually limped into the NCAA Tournament in spite of early season promise.
Former Husky Overton Faces More Legal Troubles
Bowwwww dowwwwwn, to Washington!
Yesterday marked an exciting day for Washington football fans - the return of players to Husky Stadium for their first practice of the season. Coach Steve Sarkisian is back to helm his second season, and according to the Dawg Blawg the practice went off swimmingly. Did you know there's a coachsark.com? The internets are so vast.
Weekend Sports Roundup: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Bad: The Seahawks. About a month ago, the Cardinals were really bad houseguests at Qwest Field. They ate all our food, broke a lamp, and left a 27-3 defeat in our toilet. Sunday in Arizona, the Hawks looked for a minute like they just might return the favor. We shed hair in the bathtub, played loud music and grabbed a 14-0 lead.
Coach Sark's a Micromanager, and Other Husky Practice Observations
Coach Steve Sarkisian is a micromanager. For good and bad. Good: He was directly involved in many of the offensive run-throughs. This seems like a bright idea considering he's the mastermind of an offense that's brand-new to Husky players. Bad: He hectored a ball boy for putting balls in the wrong place. Can't someone else be supervising the student managers?
Neighborhood News and Local Blog Round-Up
- So excited to hear about Cap. Hill's
quest to get hipsters fatopening of Captain Black's. We've always wanted to know what came first, the chicken or the waffle? - Nick Montana -- Joe Montana's son, rated one of the top high school quarterbacks in the nation --says he'll attend college at UW.
- Scoot, scoot! All you scooters get your little 50cc engines running for the second annual All City Scooter Day, coming up this Saturday.

