In a disturbing twist of events, two graduating senior football players from a Chicago high school were arrested in their caps and gowns at their commencement ceremony for allegedly robbing a former teacher at gunpoint just a day earlier.

Brandy Davis, the mother of arrested Marshall Metro football player — Brandon Davis Chicago Sun-Times

As reported by the Chicago Sun-Times and a handful of others sources, 18-year-old Chicago (Ill.) Marshall Metro High students Brandon Davis and Dreyvon Williams were both arrested on charges of armed robbery, aggravated battery, attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking, unlawful vehicle invasion and unlawful restraint after they arrived at their high school commencement ceremony earlier in June. The pair have been charged in connection with an attempted car jacking of a former female teacher that both teenagers met while she was teaching at Marshall Metro.

After they were handcuffed on site, both teens were immediately taken to a Cook County jail, where they have been held on a prohibitive $75,000 bond for more than two weeks.

While the charges against both teens are serious, the mother of one insists her son is not guilty of any of the assault claims that have been levied against him. Rather, she insists that both her son and her son's friend had known teacher for more than a year, even after she left the school.

"Twenty minutes into the graduation, my son sent me a text message saying: 'Mama the police got me. This lady said I robbed her,'" Brandy Davis, Brandon's mother, told the Sun-Times. "I ran out of the graduation and I find the principal, and the dean and the police officer and my son is on his way to Harrison and Kedzie.

"My son is being railroaded."

What is more confusing about the incident is precisely what role the former teacher had taken in relation to the two teens charged with her assault. The unnamed victim had not taught at Marshall for more than a year but was on campus at the time of the assault. Police records show that she was there to pick up a ticket to the school's graduation, though she also offered to drive at least one student home from the school.

There are schools that have it good, and then there's Southern California's Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) High. When the school was looking for a new pool to house its swimming and diving programs, it went out and got the best pool it could find … in Italy.

Rather than settle for a top-of-the-line American pool, Harvard-Westlake imported a Myrtha stainless steel-coated pool from Italy, a process which necessitated use of the Panama Canal in a transatlantic shipment. If you think a stainless steel pool sounds pricey, you're right: According to the Los Angeles Times, Harvard Westlake's pool will account for a chunk of the school's new $5 million pool complex, which also includes a pool house, brand new locker rooms and stands.

Myrtha is considered an industry leader for pool design and construction, with the Italian firm providing the two pools that are being used in Omaha for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. You can see how the stainless steel is incorporated into Myrtha's design schematics in the video above.

Information about how much Harvard-Westlake's Myrtha pool cost has not been made public, but past public debates about the installation of Myrtha pools shed some light on the subject. In nearby Catalina Island, the town was quoted a price of just more than $1 million for a Myrtha pool in 2005. Given inflation of roughly 20 percent over that time, the prospective Myrtha pool for Catalina Island (or, potentially, Harvard Westlake) would cost in the region of $1.2-1.25 million.

However, a more recent selection of a Myrtha pool in Princeton, N.J., for an eyewatering $6.46 million provides a likely indicator that the Italian company's prices have gone up to some degree, even if the prospective Princeton pool may be larger than the pool at Harvard-Westlake.

Put those two factors together, and it's extremely unlikely that Harvard-Westlake paid less than $1 million for its brand new Myrtha pool to be constructed and shipped to Southern California from Italy. In fact, it could be paying quite a bit more.

As noted by the Times, the justification for the exorbitant pool is believed to come in part from its ability to withstand earthquakes. The Myrtha company's state of the art, steel coating is intended to provide more stability than given by a normal pool, which ensures that it will keep its rigidity regardless of California tectonic motion.

High tech or not, $5 million is a heck of a lot of money to be spending on a pool complex, particularly as other school districts face steep cutbacks to keep their athletic programs running on track. Admittedly, Harvard-Westlake is a private school and has every right to do whatever it wants with its own money, but $5 million spent on a pool complex as opposed to additional scholarships or other academic efforts tends to come across as a bit over-the-top at the high school level.

A California youth swim coach faces extremely disturbing charges of attempted child molestation and possession of child porn after he was arrested in a police sting at a hotel where he anticipated meeting a pair of minors for sex.

As reported by Sacramento ABC affiliate KXTV, 21-year-old Eric Johnston, the coach of the Folsom Sea Otters swim team, was arrested and charged with both counts after Folsom police met him at an area hotel. Police had traced Johnston's past movements via email, and Johnston thought he was communicating with minors for the explicit purpose of engaging in future sex.

After his arrest, Johnston also admitted to sending pornographic images of children to others via enauk in prior months, leading to the possession of child pornography charges levied against him.

Johnston had served as coach of the Sea Otters since he was 18 and had emerged as a trusted member of the team's staff. While no swim team members are believed to be among Johnston's victims, Folsom Police met with swimmers and their parents to ensure their safety and investigate the possibility of any other victims.

When UCLA offered Cordell Broadus a scholarship, the Bruins were doing more than trying to attract a promising sophomore wide receiver and defensive back for Diamond Bar (Calif.) High. In essence, the program was staking a claim to territory in the L.A. pop culture spotlight, for one very clear reason: Cordell Broadus is Snoop Dogg's son.

Snoop Dogg's son Cordell Broadus — Facebook

As reported by the ESPNLA and the National Football Post, UCLA coach Jim Mora Jr. recently offered a scholarship to Broadus, despite the fact that the rising sophomore has spent just one year in high school, and played on the Diamond Bar freshman squad during that campaign. At 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds, the younger Broadus -- Snoop Dogg's legal name is Calvin Broadus -- has a body which could develop into that of a legitimate Division I prospect, but no one knows whether he'll continue to grow.

Of course, Broadus isn't the first son of a rapper to land with the Bruins. Justin Combs, the son of Sean "P-Diddy" Combs, signed to play at UCLA beginning in fall 2012 after an impressive prep career at Iona Prep in suburban New York City. Combs is expected to play at defensive back for the Bruins, so it's even possible (though highly unlikely) that the Bruins could use both the son of P-Diddy and Snoop Dogg in the same defensive backfield come fall 2015.

Regardless of the younger Broadus' potential, it's hard not to feel that Mora Jr. may be offering him a scholarship at least in large part for PR benefits. Snoop Dogg officially claims to be a USC fan, so snapping up a commitment from his son could give the school requisite street cred and offer a certain buzz to a program which sorely needs just such a jolt of excitement.

Diamond Bar's head football coach, for one, was quick to indicate that getting in early on Snoop Dogg's progeny might be a very wise move for the Bruins.

"We're expecting him to really lead us the next three years," Diamond Bar's Ryan Maine, who first tweeted the news of Broadus' scholarship offer, told ESPNLA. "Hopefully [our athletes] get bigger, stronger and keep leading this team."

Across his three years of high school football, Pinson Valley (Ala.) High wide receiver Earnest Robinson has made plenty of impressive, clutch catches. Still, none may have been more timely than the one he pulled down on Saturday during the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge in the Atlanta area.

Less than half a day into the actual 7-on-7 scrimmages at the star-studded camp, Robinson pulled down the miracle grab you see above, leaping above superstar defensive back Chris Hawkins in the back of the end zone, somehow keeping his feet inbounds to record what was almost certainly the most impressive touchdown of the event.

While the catch may not have earned Robinson the camp's overall MVP award, that may be more a testament to the extraordinary depth in Atlanta than it is any kind of a condemnation of Robinson's potential. Considering the fact that 80 of the nation's top-100 rising seniors were in attendance at the weekend-long event — not to mention 20 of the top rising juniors — anyone who found a way to stand out is almost certain to be a difference-maker at the next level, provided they stay healthy.

In what can only be described as one of the most bizarre lawsuits ever filed, a New Jersey woman is suing an area 13-year-old because she suffered injuries after he made an errant throw at a Little League game. Making the case more extreme is the fact that the prospective defendant wasn't even 13 when he made the throw that accidentally struck the victim: He was 11.

13-year-old catcher Matthew Migliaccio, who is being sued for a bullpen overthrow — Facebook

As first reported by the Asbury Park Press and quickly followed upon by the Associated Press and a variety of other sources, Manchester Township, N.J., resident Elizabeth Lloyd has filed a lawsuit seeking an astounding $150,000 in damages related to medical costs incurred after suffering an injury at a Manchester Little League game in 2010. The $150,000 total reportedly doesn't even include an additional unspecified sum being sought for pain and suffering.

The accident which eventually led to Lloyd's suit came when a catcher, then 11-year-old Matthew Migliaccio, attempted to throw a ball back to a pitcher in the bullpen while he was warming up the reliever. Migliaccio's throw soared above the pitcher's glove and somehow escaped from the fenced-in bullpen at the Little League facility, eventually striking Lloyd in the face at the picnic table at which she was sitting.

Migliaccio and his family's representatives have steadfastly insisted the injury was the result of a genuine accident, but Lloyd and her lawyers are now claiming that the young catcher's throw was intentionally offline, leading to "severe, painful and permanent injuries." Lloyd's lawsuit has categorized the elementary schooler's throw as assault and battery.

Another claim in the suit seeks to prove that Migliaccio was involved in "inappropriate physical and/or sporting activity" near Lloyd when she was struck. Making matters worse for the now 13-year-old, Lloyd's husband has also filed suit against the Migliaccio family, claiming that he has lost the "services, society and consortium of his wife" as a result of her injuries.

Manchester Little Leaguer Matthew Migliaccio — Facebook

As one might expect (and perhaps hope), the lawyer representing the Migliaccio family is desperately attempting to have all three claims dismissed as utterly frivolous.

"I just think that it's disgusting that you have people suing an 11-year-old kid for overthrowing his pitcher in the bullpen," Anthony Pagano, who is representing the Migliaccio family, told the AP. "It's horrible this can actually happen and get this far. Ultimately, hopefully, justice will prevail."

As for the family of the prospective defendant, the boy's father insisted they cannot even believe that their son's bullpen accident has reached the lawsuit stage.

By this point nearly everyone has heard about how the new NCAA regulations permitting unlimited phone calls and texts between coaches and recruits will revolutionize the recruiting game. That may still come to be true, but a week into the new policy, the most notable contributions that the rule change has made are A) that even more calls and texts are being ignored by the nation's top recruit and, B) they gave birth to one really, really corny joke.

As noted by the Los Angeles Times' Eric Sondheimer, West Hills (Calif.) Chaminade High junior star Jack Williams was among the scores of teens who received text messages at precisely 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 15. In Williams' case, the school that came courting first was Northern Arizona, the institution in the shadows of the Grand Canyon which uses the Lumberjack as its mascot.

The first message from an unnamed NAU coach was about as wrote as one would imagine: "We're texting you at 12:01 because we want you to be a Lumberjack."

To be fair, that text easily could have been sent to 100 or more prospects in a mass text. It's certainly nothing to get excited over. Yet there was another text that immediately followed that first one to Williams:

"Our mascot already has your name in it: Lumber-'Jack.'"

Clearly, this coach isn't headed to be a writer for Letterman or Conan. Of all the directions in which he could have used some wit to lure Jack Williams — "We think you can handle playing cornerback for the Lions AND hoops for us!" or "The tires are on us in Flagstaff" come to mind — they went for 'Lumber-Jack'? Ouch.

Less than six months after Benilde-St. Margaret's (Minn.) High's Jack Jablonski was paralyzed -- he's since been able to move his leg and finger -- following a check from behind into the boards that forced Minnesota Hockey's board of directors to issue stricter penalties for illegal hits, the rules could be changing once again.

Jack Jablonski / BSMHockey.com

As the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported, the board is now considering dropping the "tougher penalty structure, which added more minutes to penalties against players and teams, and go back to the previous one in which referees had the discretion to elevate the level of punishment."

Following Jablonski's injury, Minnesota Hockey followed the Minnesota State High School League's lead by increasing the number of penalty minutes for a check from behind and boarding to five minutes against the team and 10 minutes against the player.

While the rule change has cut down on a number of illegal hits within the state, the new rule has forced players to spend an extended period of time off the ice during a game -- something Minnesota Hockey feels is hurting a player's ability to learn how to "properly play the game."

A committee has already voted 5-1 to restore the old rules that would see a team get a two-minute team penalty; the referee would then be able to decide if the offender should face more time off the ice.

"We weren't in agreement with the changes from the beginning,'' said Eric Olson, a safety committee member, told the Star Tribune. "We felt there was a better way to handle it but we were outvoted."

Even though Minnesota Hockey and Minnesota State High School League don't have to agree on rules, it's clear from Minnesota Hockey's recent ruling that there was pressure on it to conform, at least for a couple of months.