Taylor charged with rape and solicitation

After seeming to have put his troubled past behind him, formerNew YorkGaints linebacker Lawrence Taylor again found himself in a courtroom in this small Hudson Valley town Thursday.Ramapo authorities said the Pro Football Hall of Famer faces up to four years in prison after being arrested and charged with raping a 16-year-old girl who authorities say was beaten by a Bronx pimp, then delivered to Taylor's hotel roomTaylor paid the girl $300 for sex, authorities said. En route to the hotel, she sent a text message to her uncle, who alerted the New York Police Department. The NYPD arrested the suspected pimp, Rasheed Davis, an ex-convict on parole. The NYPD informed Ramapo police, who woke up Taylor and arrested him in his room at a nearby Holiday inn at 3:55 Thursday morning. The girl, who was reported missing in March, has been reunited with her uncle, authorities said.

Lawrence Taylor Arrested

• New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor was arrested early Thursday morning and will be charged with third-degree rape involving a 15-year-old girl at a hotel in Montebello, NY, according to police.Lawrence Taylor was taken into custody after the police received a report that the girl, who was reported to be missing from her home in the Bronx since March, had been brought to Taylor’s hotel room by a pimp. According to Christopher P. St. Lawrence, the town supervisor of Ramapo, N.Y., the Ramapo police went to Taylor’s room at the Holiday Inn Suffern, in Montebello, and arrested him without incident.

DIES Robin Roberts At83

Roberts, the Hall of Fame right-hander.He won 286 games and pitched the Philadelphia Phillies' 1950 Whiz Kids team to the National League pennant,He died Thursday at his home in Temple Terrace,fla.

Robin Roberts remembered by baseball's greats

RugbyNewsDagg keen make All Blacks statement

Israel Dagg has more to play for than most when the Highlanders end their Super 14 campaign with two matches in Australia.Dagg, 21, who played all 13 games for the Highlanders last year, has played in 11 of the 12 this season and has emerged as a contender for the All Blacks squad.Dagg said"I think I'm better off the field with my eating and keeping my weight down. That's been a big plus and so has staying focused on rugby and not getting side-tracked.

"I've got to play well in these last two games and hopefully that will improve my prospects."

RUGBY TOURNAMENTS1987+2015

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1987 Details	Australia & New Zealand		New Zealand	29–9	France		Wales	22–21	Australia
1991 Details	United Kingdom, Ireland & France		Australia	12–6	England		New Zealand	13–6	Scotland
1995 Details	South Africa		South Africa	15–12 (aet)	New Zealand		France	19–9	England
1999 Details	Wales		Australia	35–12	France		South Africa	22–18	New Zealand
2003 Details	Australia		England	20–17 (aet)	Australia		New Zealand	40–13	France
2007 Details	France		South Africa	15-6	England		Argentina	34–10	France
2011 Details	New Zealand
2015 Details	England
2019 Details	Japan

LATEST RUGBY NEWS

as a sevens haven has been reinforced today after the Australian Rugby Union announced the addition of a second international Sevens tournament to be held in the Northern Territory in October.

The FORU [Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions] Qualification tournament to gain entry into events on the next IRB Sevens World Series will be held from October 1-3 at Darwin’s AUSTAR Rugby Park.

Bran Habas Rugby King

bran habas best rugby playars in the world