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Lenny Dykstra says Uber driver kidnapped him
Lenny Dykstra says an Uber driver kidnapped him last month in New Jersey in an incident that led to criminal charges against the former baseball star.
Dykstra said Friday in New York that the driver threatened him after Dykstra asked to change the trip’s destination.
Linden Police charged Dykstra with making terroristic threats and drug offenses. Police found cocaine, MDMA and marijuana among Dykstra’s belongings.
Police said the Uber driver told them Dykstra held a gun to his head. No weapon was found.
Dykstra claims he called police from the car. The driver said he called police shortly before stopping and running out of the car.
Dykstra played 12 seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets.
6-man football to return to South Dakota
Six-man high school football is coming back to South Dakota.
The board of the South Dakota High School Activities Association on Thursday voted 6-1 to add a six-man football class beginning in 2019. It will replace Class 9B and will be open to any schools with 40 or fewer boys.
Remaining nine-man teams will be divided equally into two classes.
Proponents say the move will allow smaller schools to continue having football.
Six-man teams began playing in South Dakota in the 1940s. The six-man sport flourished into the 1950s with more than 110 schools participating, but in the 1960s the class was eliminated in favor of nine-man football.
Nine black former and current University of Minnesota football players who say their rights were violated in a sexual misconduct investigation are suing the school, alleging they’re victims of racial and gender discrimination.
The federal lawsuit was filed Friday. It stems from the university’s investigation into an alleged gang rape of a female student in 2016.
The lawsuit argues that the university turned the nine black players into scapegoats to appease federal authorities and deflect scrutiny over the school’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against white men in the athletics department.
The plaintiffs’ names aren’t included in the lawsuit.
No criminal charges were filed in the 2016 investigation. Five students were expelled or suspended, while five others were cleared.