MetroSource News 06/07/2011 01:32:39 Sports Shorts

>>The Latest (Undated) -- Here is the latest sports news: BCS strips USC of 2004 national championship. Plaxico Burress is a free man. Mark Jackson tabbed to coach the Warriors. NASCAR fines Childress $150-k. Lenny Dykstra's sordid saga gets worse.

>>BCS Strips USC Of 2004 National Championship (Undated) -- The book is finally closed on the Reggie Bush saga at USC. The Bowl Championship Series announced it has stripped the Trojans of the 2004 national championship they won by defeating Oklahoma 55-19 in the 2005 Orange Bowl. Bush, the team's star running back, was later found to be ineligible by the NCAA for receiving impermissible benefits.

>>Plaxico Burress Released From Prison (Rome, NY) -- Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is a free man. Burress was released from the Oenida State Correctional facility three months shy of his two-year sentence for attempted criminal possession of a weapon. The Super Bowl 42 hero accidentally shot himself in the leg carrying an unlicensed gun in a Manhattan nightclub.

>>Warriors Hire Mark Jackson As Coach (Oakland, CA) -- The Golden State Warriors have hired former player and current television analyst Mark Jackson to be their new head coach. ESPN reports Jackson's deal at six-million dollars over three years with a team option for a fourth. Jackson played 17 NBA seasons at point guard with the Knicks, Clippers, Pacers, Nuggets, Raptors, Jazz, and Rockets.

>>NASCAR Fines Childress $150K (Charlotte, NC) -- NASCAR has fined 65-year-old Richard Childress $150-thousand and placed him on probation for allegedly putting Kyle Busch in a headlock and punching him several times after Saturday's Truck Series event at Kansas Speedway. The Childress Racing owner was upset that Busch bumped team driver Joey Coulter following the race.

>>Former MLB Star Lenny Dykstra Charged In Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) -- Former major leaguer Lenny Dykstra has been charged with multiple felonies, including grand theft auto and drug possession. The L.A. District Attorney's Office said yesterday the former Mets and Phillies star allegedly tried to lease high-end automobiles with fraudulent credit information. Dykstra's also been accused of possessing of cocaine, Ecstasy and synthetic growth hormone. If convicted, he faces up to 12 years in prison.