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Athlete has history of discipline issues
Published on Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services
LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux has been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules, coach Les Miles said Monday in a news release in Baton Rouge, La.
Miles said Perrilloux's status for spring practice, which starts Feb. 29, is uncertain.
The release did not detail the rule or rules broken and it was unclear how the suspension would affect Perrilloux's future with the team. He has been widely considered the favorite to succeed Matt Flynn as first-string quarterback after leading LSU to two victories as a starter — including the Southeastern Conference championship game — when Flynn was injured in the 2007 season.
This is not the first time Perrilloux has faced discipline.
In May of 2007 he was suspended from the team indefinitely after he was cited for trying to illegally get on a riverboat casino in Baton Rouge by using his older brother's driver's license. He was reinstated in August.
In October, the week before the Alabama game, he was barred from practice for his role in a nightclub brawl.
Earlier in 2007, Perrilloux was named as a ''person of interest'' in a federal counterfeiting investigation, but that probe never led to charges.
More colleges: No. 1 vs. No. 2
• Get ready for No. 1 vs. No. 2. Memphis survived its closest game of the season to remain the lone unbeaten and a unanimous No. 1 in the Associated Press college basketball poll. Losses by Duke and Kansas last week allowed Tennessee to make the jump from fourth to No. 2, setting up the 38th career matchup of the top two teams in the rankings. Tennessee (23-2) is at Memphis (25-0) on Saturday, the first 1-2 meeting since No. 2 Ohio State beat No. 1 Wisconsin 49-48 on Feb. 25, 2007. Both have games Wednesday night: Memphis is at Tulane and Tennessee hosts Auburn.
• Michigan's Manny Harris has been named Big Ten Player of the Week. Harris scored a career-best 27 points in an 80-70 win against Ohio State on Sunday in Ann Arbor. He averaged 21 points and five rebounds for the week.
• South Carolina receiver Dion Lecorn was arrested at an apartment complex and charged with marijuana possession in Cayce, S.C. The 19-year-old freshman was released on his own recognizance after spending the night in jail. Lecorn and a second player in the car, freshman receiver Matt Clements, have been suspended from the football team, coach Steve Spurrier said in a news release.
NFL: Bengals name franchise player
• Offensive lineman Stacy Andrews has been designated the Cincinnati Bengals' franchise player. The franchise tag gives Andrews the option to play for the Bengals in 2008 for a salary equal to the average of the top five offensive linemen in the NFL in 2007.
• The Chicago Bears released former Pro Bowl wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad, cutting the veteran after three seasons. The Bears also gave defensive end Alex Brown a two-year contract extension.
• The Kansas City Chiefs signed kicker Billy Cundiff to a two-year contract in an attempt to resolve one of their most glaring weaknesses from last season. Cundiff is expected to compete with veteran John Carney, who played in the Chiefs' final five games, and Nick Novak, who has played 16 games in the NFL and also signed with the Chiefs on Monday.
Other: Arenas, Thomas can participate
• Gilbert Arenas was cleared to participate in light, noncontact drills by the Washington Wizards, a step forward in his return from left knee surgery. Center Etan Thomas also was cleared to practice for the first time since he had open-heart surgery in October.
• Italian tennis player Giorgio Galimberti was found guilty of betting on tennis and was suspended for 100 days and fined $35,000. The ATP said Galimberti bet on tennis from June 2003 to January 2006 but did not specify if he bet on his own matches. Galimberti is ranked No. 1,009, with his highest ranking No. 115 and his career singles record 9-21.
• Roger Federer won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award for a fourth consecutive time, and Justine Henin won the women's award for the first time. The winners were selected by members of the Laureus Sports Academy. Other winners included Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton for the World Breakthrough of the Year award.
• The AST Dew Tour will make its second consecutive stop in Cleveland this year. The tour's fourth season features Freestyle Motocross, BMX Vert, BMX Dirt, BMX Park, Skateboard Vert and Skateboard Park. The July 17-20 stop is at North Coast Harbor.
• Winning Colors, the 1988 Kentucky Derby winner who was the last filly to win the race, has died, Gainesway thoroughbred farm said Monday in Louisville, Ky. She was 23.
Correction
Cuyahoga Falls junior wrestler Ethan Taylor was misidentified in a photo caption in Sunday's Beacon Journal. Taylor was lifting Nordonia's Darren Rhodes off the mat and won the Division I sectional match 8-5. A photographer erred.
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