Once their exploits were confined to the back of newspapers, but these days American athletes are hitting the front pages with startling frequency -- and not for heroic feats. From high school to college to the pro leagues, players are fast gaining a reputation for off-the-field sexual rampages. At St. John's University in New York City, members of the lacrosse team were alleged to have drugged, kidnapped and gang-raped a female student at their off-campus home. Two players on Oklahoma University's football team were convicted of rape. In Glen Ridge, N.J., five high school jocks were charged with sexually assaulting a...
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