New Mexico Cancels Women's Soccer Opener Over Hazing Investigation

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This weekend was supposed to be the opening of the New Mexico Lobos women's soccer season- a home game against Texas Tech.

That got wiped off the board as the school is in the middle of an investigation of an alleged hazing incident from the weekend.

Here's the latest out of Albuquerque


The hazing investigation stems from allegations that the freshmen who have left the team are now making against the women's soccer program. A parent of one of the players who left and a lawyer now associated with the case have been retained by one of the players- both confirmed the allegations made in the case.

“We are continuing to interview student-athletes and investigate what happened on Sunday night,” UNM Vice President of Athletics Paul Krebs said when asked about the investigation. “I’ve consulted with Texas Tech, and in light of our continuing investigation, we have decided to cancel the game.”

The game won't count in the standings (as a win or a loss) since the 2014 NCAA Soccer Rulebook's Rule 7.4 states, "When a scheduled game is terminated before it begins, it is recorded as 'no contest.' Neither team is credited with a win or loss, regardless of the reason the game was terminated."

UNM women's soccer practice was canceled Tuesday and the first home game (now) is listed as being September 12th.

This Is What Happens When You Forget The Donuts

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Rookies have their responsibilities... that much is true...

Utah Jazz rookie Rudy Gobert forgot the donuts for the veterans...

This is what happened to Gobert... at least, he'll enjoy the movies the next time out...

Retiring Chipper Jones participates in Braves rookie hazing

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Well, they call it hazing, but it's more like wacky dress-up and it's an annual baseball right of passage.

There have been various photos circulating of teams making their rookies dress in odd ways in public places. We saw the Miami Marlins rookies dressed as the U.S Water Polo team on Times Square for instance.

This one is a little different.

No, not because of how they dressed. It was a little goofy, but nothing scary or offensive. Take a CLOSE look at the picture. The Atlanta Braves rookies posed for this picture taken by reliever Peter Moylan.

Look at the guy with the sunglasses on.

That guy is 40-year old, soon to be retiring Chipper Jones and yeah, it's pretty funny. The only thing we can figure--he wanted one last time to have fun with this.