Gazette Daily News Briefing, May 9
This Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette Digital News Desk, and I’m here with your update for Tuesday, May 9.
It'll be another enjoyable sunny day on Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service it will be partly sunny in the Cedar Rapids area with a high near 73 degrees. Commuters can keep an eye peeled for some patchy fog before 7 a.m.
On Tuesday night it will be mostly clear with near 53. The wind will be a mild 5 to 10 mph.
A man killed Friday in a motorcycle crash in Cedar Rapids has been identified by police as Tartorius Allen, 47.
Allen was riding a motorcycle about 3 p.m. Friday in the 200 Block of B Ave, NE, near the 5-in-1 Bridge, when he lost control and slid into a wall, according to Cedar Rapids police.
Emergency responders took Allen to the hospital, where he died
Student athletes at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University are being investigated for betting on sports in violation of NCAA rules, both schools confirmed Monday.
The investigations involve 26 UI student athletes across five sports — football, baseball, men’s basketball, men’s wrestling and men’s track and field — and includes one full-time athletics department employee, according to the school. At ISU, the investigation involves “approximately” 15 student-athletes from three sports — football, wrestling and track and field, the campus said.
Both schools said they have notified the NCAA of the potential violations.
It is unclear how both public universities came to announce the investigations on the same day. The state’s third public university, the University of Northern Iowa, is not currently involved in any similar investigation, a spokesman said Monday.
Some UI baseball players were absent from the Hawkeyes’ recent series against Ohio State.The UI had said Friday in a two-sentence statement that it “withheld some student-athletes” because of an “ongoing investigation” into a possible NCAA violation.
In a statement posted Monday, the UI said it was notified May 2 of “potential criminal conduct related to sports wagering” and has hired outside counsel to assist. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Association, which oversees legalized sports betting in the state, has not started any investigation into violation of state law.
The NCAA prohibits student-athletes, coaches, conference office staff members, institutional athletics staff members and non-athletics department institutional staff members who have responsibilities within or over the athletics department from betting on sports in which the NCAA conducts a championship.
