Michael Timpson

Michael Timpson denied any involvement in the sexual harassment of a female reporter in the New England Patriot locker room, and an attorney for Zeke Mowatt aid Wednesday the controversy is "far from over." NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue fined Mowatt $12,500 and Timpson and Robert Perryman $5,000 each in connection with the Sept. 17 incident involving Boston Herald reporter Lisa Olson. "Mr.

Michael Timpson denied any involvement in the sexual harassment of a female reporter in the New England Patriot locker room, and an attorney for Zeke Mowatt aid Wednesday the controversy is "far from over." NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue fined Mowatt $12,500 and Timpson and Robert Perryman $5,000 each in connection with the Sept. 17 incident involving Boston Herald reporter Lisa Olson. "Mr.

The National Football League fined the New England Patriots $72,500 Tuesday for sexual harassment of Boston Herald sportswriter Lisa Olson, penalizing the club $50,000 and three players a total of $22,500. Although he suspended no one, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said the players were guilty of harassing Olson Sept. 17 and that the club "appeared to condone the misconduct."

The National Football League fined the New England Patriots $72,500 Tuesday for sexual harassment of Boston Herald sportswriter Lisa Olson, penalizing the club $50,000 and three players a total of $22,500. Although he suspended no one, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said the players were guilty of harassing Olson Sept. 17 and that the club "appeared to condone the misconduct."

Crime doesn't pay, but criminals do. They pay. They pay money. That's how some of them pay for their sins. With money. That's how they buy their way out of trouble. With money. That's how they avoid getting off scot-free. They pay scot. And this is the way sinners, too, pay for their sins. With money. A little green paint covers everything. Nobody from the New England Patriots got suspended Tuesday over the female sportswriter incident. Nobody got hauled before a judge.

The Boston Globe, after obtaining sworn statements and other documents compiled in the case, reported that there were inconsistencies in reporter Lisa Olson's accounts of sexual harassment in the New England Patriots' locker room on Sept. 17, 1990. The incident led to fines against the team and three players--Zeke Mowatt, Michael Timpson and Robert Perryman. Olson, who worked for the Boston Herald at the time, later moved to a newspaper in Australia.

Sportswriter Lisa Olson sued the New England Patriots on Thursday, charging sexual harassment and civil rights violations. Olson, who has worked for the Boston Herald for four years, will leave her job for a short time, her attorneys said, but has support of the newspaper and is expected to return.

Tight end Zeke Mowatt, who was one of three players accused of sexually harassing sportswriter Lisa Olson in a locker room Sept. 17, was waived by the New England Patriots on Tuesday. Olson filed suit in April against Mowatt, Patroit owner Victor Kiam, former general manager Patrick Sullivan, former media services director James Oldham and two other players, Michael Timpson and Robert Perryman, involved in the incident.

His two best wide receivers were missing. Quarterback Hugh Millen wasn't. The New England Patriots trailed the Indianapolis Colts by 14 points going into the fourth quarter, but Millen brought the Patriots back for a 23-17 overtime victory Sunday. The Patriots (5-9), who went seven consecutive quarters without a touchdown, scored two in the fourth quarter to erase a 17-3 deficit and force overtime. "Hugh Millen is rapidly becoming something special," Patriot Coach Dick MacPherson said.

Crime doesn't pay, but criminals do. They pay. They pay money. That's how some of them pay for their sins. With money. That's how they buy their way out of trouble. With money. That's how they avoid getting off scot-free. They pay scot. And this is the way sinners, too, pay for their sins. With money. A little green paint covers everything. Nobody from the New England Patriots got suspended Tuesday over the female sportswriter incident. Nobody got hauled before a judge.

The New York Jets got their first shutout since 1982 in monsoon-like conditions that gave Boomer Esiason visions of Christopher Columbus. "I felt like I was on the Santa Maria coming over to America, looking for a new world," the Jet quarterback said after torrential rain and 68-m.p.h. winds swept through New York's 6-0 victory over the New England Patriots. "They were on the trip for four months, weren't they?" The ordeal lasted for four quarters Sunday, leaving players muddy and waterlogged.

Twenty-five colleges and universities, including Vanderbilt, Duke, Boston College and Brigham Young, were accused Monday of discriminating against women in awarding athletic scholarships. The National Women's Law Center filed complaints with the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, accusing the schools of violating the 1972 law known as Title IX. The organization alleges that female athletes receive just over one-third of the scholarship dollars nationwide.