Eddie Sutton caught DUI

Happy Tu B'Shevat! Don't eat too much fruit this evening.

Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton, former coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats, has been caught driving under the influence and will sit out the rest of the season. Sean Sutton, his son, will take over the coaching duties. Sean was scheduled to take over when his father retired. However, his sitting out has nothing to do with the DUI charge according to a statement released.

Stillwater police cited Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton with driving under the influence after a Friday traffic accident but did not jail him on a complaint because of a lack of physical evidence, the city's police chief said Monday.

Unrelated to the report, the university announced Monday that Sutton had asked to take a leave of absence for the remainder of the season.

"Coach Sutton has been dealing with constant back and hip problems the last couple of seasons and after last Friday's accident he feels this is the best decision for his health and for the team," said OSU System CEO and president David Schmidly.

"It has been an extremely difficult season," Sutton said. "With my deteriorating physical condition and other issues, I have been under a tremendous amount of stress. I told Dr. Schmidly I was close to making this decision after the trip to Kansas State because the pain in my back was making it very difficult to coach. After Friday's events, I know it is best to go on medical leave the remainder of the season to address my future health. It is very difficult to step away from the team."

The Kentucky Kernal runs with an article dealing with legal MP3's. I still prefer my CD's over an MP3 and here's why: space on the hard drive.

The latest report on Hurricane Katrina criticizes top officials. The hurrricane itself has already changed the political landscape down there as there will be a primary in the mayor's race down in New Orleans.

The leading Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security Committee says new details about the federal response to Hurricane Katrina should outrage President Bush and spur an immediate improvement in disaster response.

"Next time, God forbid, it could be a terrorist attack. And there's not going to be a warning from the Weather Service," Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., said Sunday on CNN's Late Edition.

Speaking of Hurricane Katrina, Don Felder, formerly of The Eagles, has organized a benefit concert which raised over 150,000!

The concert, produced by original Eagles member Felder and sponsored by the City of Cerritos and East West Bank, brought out the stars for an evening of incredible music, laughter, and a message of hope. The lineup included Dennis Quaid, Alice Cooper, Stephen Stills, Cheech Marin, DL Hughley, David Foster, Tommy Shaw (STYX), Jack Blades (Night Ranger), Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses), Adrian Young (No Doubt), and Karen Han (internationally renowned Er-Hu virtuoso). And surprise celebrity guests joined the all-star jam, including Adam Rodriguez and Rex Linn from the hit show CSI Miami.

The last thing that we need is a "season of firsts." It's so bad this season that instead of watching the game, I may be watching the Olympics. It pains me so much to say that.

The United States has won some more medals today but to prevent that spoiling, I'll post my nightly medal recap closer towards midnight.

Shepard University in West Virginia will host the Second City Touring Company.

Dave Barry has a new column dedicated to this year's Winter Olympics in Turin/Torino, Italy.

Jewish groups have lobbied the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dealing with a certain film and it's nationality.