Kevin Mackey

Former Cleveland State basketball coach Kevin Mackey will coach the Fayetteville, N.C., team in the Global Basketball Assn.

Congratulations to Melvin Talbert and the National Council of Churches for taking such a courageous position on U.S. policy toward East Timor ("End U.S. Complicity in Indonesian Genocide," Commentary, Feb. 8). Given that well over 90% of East Timor's indigenous population is Catholic, why has the Catholic U.S. Council of Bishops not taken a similar stand? Indonesia is responsible for the deaths of over 200,000 East Timorese since its illegal 1975 invasion. All of us, regardless of our different faiths, should strongly and actively oppose U.S. complicity in Indonesia's brutal colonial project in East Timor.

Former Cleveland State basketball coach Kevin Mackey will coach the Fayetteville, N.C., team in the Global Basketball Assn.

Cleveland State basketball Coach Kevin Mackey was fired Thursday, six days after his arrest for alleged drunk driving. His lawyer, David Roth, said Mackey will soon begin treatment for drug and alcohol abuse at a center in Houston run by NBA player John Lucas. Mackey was arrested as he and a woman drove away from a reputed drug house. A urinalysis revealed that Mackey was drunk and had cocaine in his system, police said.

Cleveland State University fired basketball Coach Kevin Mackey today, two days after he admitted to a cocaine and alcohol problem. "I fired Kevin Mackey, but really he fired himself," university President John Flower said at a news conference. Flower said Mackey's behavior had "made a mockery" of ethical and moral standards. Mackey was arrested Friday night as he drove away from a reputed drug house. A urine test showed he had .

Cleveland State basketball Coach Kevin Mackey pleaded innocent today to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and consuming an alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle. Mackey, 43, appeared with his lawyer, David Roth, before Cleveland Municipal Judge Carl B. Stokes. Mackey made no comment during the arraignment or when confronted by reporters before and after the court appearance. Roth, however, said Mackey hopes to overcome a problem and stay on as the university's basketball coach.

Fired Cleveland State basketball coach Kevin Mackey avoided a prison sentence when a judge ordered him confined for 60 days in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Mackey, 45, pleaded no contest to charges of cocaine abuse and driving under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested July 13 after leaving an alleged crack house and was fired after a urinalysis tested positive for cocaine.

Cleveland State basketball Coach Kevin Mackey was fired Thursday, six days after his arrest for alleged drunk driving. His lawyer, David Roth, said Mackey will soon begin treatment for drug and alcohol abuse at a center in Houston run by NBA player John Lucas. Mackey was arrested as he and a woman drove away from a reputed drug house. A urinalysis revealed that Mackey was drunk and had cocaine in his system, police said.

Cleveland State University fired basketball Coach Kevin Mackey today, two days after he admitted to a cocaine and alcohol problem. "I fired Kevin Mackey, but really he fired himself," university President John Flower said at a news conference. Flower said Mackey's behavior had "made a mockery" of ethical and moral standards. Mackey was arrested Friday night as he drove away from a reputed drug house. A urine test showed he had .