Criminal homicide charge against ex-Indiana football player Camion Patrick dismissed

A criminal homicide charge against former Indiana football player Camion Patrick has been dismissed.

Blount County (Tennessee) General Sessions Judge William Brewer dismissed the charge Tuesday after a preliminary hearing.

Patrick, 23, was one of four men facing criminal homicide charges in connection with the July 25 death of Caleb Thomas Radford of Maryville, Tennessee. Police said Radford had “multiple stab wounds.”

Isaiah Wright, Keshawn Lonnell Hopewell and Itiq Tivone Green are still facing criminal homicide charges and will have their cases brought before a grand jury.

Patrick caught six passes for 154 yards and a touchdown for Indiana last season and also had four carries for 10 yards and a touchdown. Patrick’s history of injuries caused him to end his playing career last summer.

Cheerleaders allowed back on field

A Georgia university which moved its football cheerleaders inside a stadium tunnel after a group of black cheer squad members knelt during the national anthem has decided to let them again take the field during pre-game ceremonies.

In a letter to students and faculty, Kennesaw State University President Sam Olens said Wednesday that freedom of speech must be protected.

Olens added that the cheer squad will be allowed on field before the singing of the national anthem at the upcoming game Saturday — a return to the original pregame ritual used before the controversy.

Five cheerleaders had taken a knee during the anthem to protest U.S. racial injustice at a Sept. 30 game at the public university outside Atlanta, prompting a barrage of emails and calls from furious school boosters.