Saturday, April 07, 2012
Arkansas Scrambles as Petrino Scandal Goes Beyond X’s and O’s - NYTimes.com - ADAM HIMMELSBACH and PETE THAMEL - Petrino, who was not wearing a helmet, sustained four broken ribs and a cracked vertebra. He told Jeff Long, the Arkansas athletic director, that he was alone at the time of the accident. But on Thursday, shortly before the police report was made public, Petrino told Long he had been driving a passenger, the former Arkansas volleyball player Jessica Dorrell. Dorrell, 25, was recently hired by Petrino as the program’s student-athlete development coordinator.
Could Razorbacks' Bobby Petrino Could Be In Violation Of UA Handbook Policy On Sexual Harassment - ArkansasSports360.com - Chris Bahn - Though he did not specify who the relationship was with, the name of football department employee Jessica Dorrell was listed in the apology Petrino issued. Dorrell, hired by Petrino for a football staff position on March 28, was with Petrino at the time of the accident. If Athletic Director Jeff Long and the University of Arkansas establish a link between Dorrell, Petrino and the inappropriate relationship, the situation gets, well...
Wiedmer: Coach Bobby Petrino could be on the fast track to firing | timesfreepress.com - Long has every reason to fire Petrino, and the guess from here is that unless enough big-money boosters convince him otherwise, he'll do exactly that. - Yet whatever Long chooses to do, one thing is certain: Whether or not his days as Boss Hog are numbered, Petrino forever more will be viewed as a pig.
Petrino didn't want 911 call, called security | ajc.com - Moments after their motorcycle accident, Bobby Petrino and a female employee told a passer-by not to call 911, then got a ride back to Fayetteville where the Arkansas football coach was met by a state trooper who provides his personal security during the season. - The passer-by, Larry Hendren, describes coming upon the accident scene Sunday evening just after Petrino and Jessica Dorrell "were getting up out of the ditch."
Bobby Petrino: On leave, in trouble and maybe out of a job | Mark Bradley - AJC - Of greater concern to athletic director Jeff Long is surely this: Did the coach hire the 25-year-old Jessica Dorrell — a press release was issued just last week — only because of her expertise in “student-athlete development”? (She’d previously been an Arkansas volleyball player and a fundraiser for the Razorback Foundation.) In announcing her appointment, Petrino is quoted as saying: “[Dorrell] is familiar with what the University of Arkansas can offer.” (In other news, Dorrell is reportedly engaged to the director of operation for the Arkansas swimming and diving team. The wedding date is set for June 9.)
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