Iowa City police officers were conducting an investigation on 21-year old Brady Johnson near the University of Iowa this week when they uncovered quite the Hawkeyes football scandal. Police had already suspected Brady as a possible drug dealer, but they ended up arresting his roommate, Derrell Johnson-Koulianos (no relation). DJK, as Iowa fans love to call him, is the all-time leading receiver in Hawkeye football history, and now he’s facing drug charges, too.

DJK admitted to police that he had been using marijuana and cocaine, as well as many prescription drugs that were seized, all of which was later confirmed by a drug test. He also admitted that he was aware that Brady may have been selling out of their home. I assume he didn’t know for sure because he was retardedly high.

So what can I get for $10, Press-Citizen?

Police said they found cocaine, small quantities of marijuana and Pamoate, Diazepam, Hydromorphone Hydrochloride and Zolpidem Tartrate pills in Johnson-Koulianos’ bedroom. Pamoate is one of the two formations of Hydroxyzine, an antihistamine used to treat mild anxiety, insomnia, motion-sickness, itching and allergies and is known as an effective sedative and tranquilizer. Diazepam is used to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizures. Hydromorphone Hydrochloride is a narcotic analgesic which Johnson-Koulianos allegedly told officers he takes to help with pain, according to police. Zolpidem Tartrate is used to treat insomnia.

Jesus, is this a drug arrest or a NOFX song?

DJK faces four counts of possession of a controlled substance, two counts of unlawful possession of prescription drugs and keeping a drug house, of which the latter sounds like a great idea for a Charlie Sheen movie.

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Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams is the latest subject for that ESPN “30 For 30 Series” of documentary films. And one of the revelations that comes out in the film is pretty disturbing, that Ricky was the victim of a perverted father.

In 1983, six-year-old Ricky told his mother that his father, Errick Williams, Sr., was forcing him to pose for nude photos taken with his father’s Polaroid camera. His mom called police, and her now former husband, to whom she hasn’t spoken in decades, was arrested and charged with “sexually annoying” a child.
The elder Williams agreed to be interviewed about the subject on camera, and never actually denies that he abused his son.

“I’m not a saint, I haven’t always been a saint. The past is the past and I like leaving the past behind me,” Williams, Sr. says in the film, according to Fanhouse. “A picture taken? I don’t recall.” –NBC Miami.

Just horrible. I can’t even inject any levity into that at all. But it says a lot about what Ricky had to deal with as a young adult, and why he turned to weed as not only an outlet, but a lifestyle. Just an aside here: I know there are parents out there that take naked pictures of their kids in the bathtub and I don’t get that at all. What is it about kiddie wang that gets mothers so excited? I’m not sure I even want to know. Let’s just talk about the weed some more…

Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams picked up the slack left from injured teammate Ronnie Brown, and then some. Williams finished the day with 119 yards rushing and 3 TDs as the Dolphins rolled passed the Carolina Panthers, 24-17. Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme had an off-night, only throwing one pick.

Dolphins coach Tony Sparano hinted his team might abandon the wildcat without Brown, who was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. Miami didn’t use the formation until the second quarter. It coincided with the Dolphins’ first touchdown drive—Chad Henne’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Williams, who wrestled away from linebacker Na’il Diggs. –Y! Sports.

Maybe this is the ether talking, but these Thursday night games seem to be boring as all hell, and it’s obvious to see why–coming back from a Sunday game and then ratcheting oneself up to play again four nights later is difficult. There’s only so much a coaching staff and a team can do to prepare in that amount of time. But the league seems happy to air them anyway, and with the matchups being as woeful as they are, the networks don’t seem to be complaining as much as I am.

Dolphins running back Ricky Williams — who has failed four drug tests during his NFL career, resulting in one early retirement and more missed games than I can count — admitted to reporters that he thought about smoking pot during the Dolphins bye week.

“There was definitely an urge. But I just thought about what I have to lose and it was easy. The urge didn’t last very long.”  Williams said he successfully combated the urge to smoke by meditating instead.

”I’ve done a lot of work at understanding myself a little bit more,” Williams said. “So I recognize [the urge] was just a result of the feeling of being free, and I was just trying to maximize it. And I realize that I really enjoy meditating and when I can go home and sit in my room and meditate, I can get the same feeling.”

Maybe he can get the same feeling from meditating, but he can’t try to pretend that burritos taste just as good or that Aqua Teen Hunger Force is just as funny.

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"Saint Andrew's Net" is With Leather's daily link dump, written by the bane of respectable journos and scrupulous primates alike, Michael Tunison. Expect sports and tits.

• The Sports Point has pictures of a shirtless Vince Young dancing among other shirtless dudes. And who says he has no receivers?
• Busted Coverage has a Preakness photo essay and East Coast Bias has a handy handicapping guide. Me? I have only the advice to stay very far away from Baltimore.
• The Sporting Blog's Spencer Hall sits down with Aqua Teen Hunger Force co-creator Dan Willis, who would like to let you know "Mike Piazza needs to step up!"
• Hashmarks (via SportsbyBrooks) reports Ricky Williams was invited to Cedric Benson's arresty boat party. Sorry, Ced, alcohol's not really the drug of choice there.
• Deuce of Davenport introduces us to cheese racing. I'd like to introduce my meat racer to September Carrino. (NSFW)

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Ricky Williams has been reinstated in the NFL following an 18-month ban for smoking pot, a retirement, a spiritual journey to India and Australia, and a one-season flirtation with the CFL (not necessarily in that order).  I'm not sure if he ever got that holistic medicine education in Colorado or not, but he definitely considered it.

The league said Williams can begin attending team meetings and practicing immediately, but will not be able to play in a game until Miami, currently winless, plays at Pittsburgh on Monday night, Nov. 26…

Williams rushed for 3,225 yards in the 2002 and 2003 seasons after being traded to the Dolphins from New Orleans. He then retired in 2004… before returning to the Dolphins in 2005, when he ran for 743 yards alternating with rookie Ronnie Brown.

My God, I'd rather buy a house on a fault line than invest in hopes that this turns out well.  It's like the Jurassic Park of running back experiments.  Seems like a good idea scientifically, then nature takes over and Newman from Seinfeld gets eaten by the spitting dinosaur.  Oh yeah and the Dolphins go 0-16.