NOTHING TO CHEER ABOUT

An Arizona high school teacher caught on video performing a sexy cheer routine in front of her class has resigned.


English teacher and cheerleading coach Cristina Mallon was put on administrative leave last month after a student captured her dance on his cell phone and put the video on YouTube.

Mallon elected to resign, according to Highley Unified School District officials, after she returned from her suspension and was put in the spotlight once again when she assigned a controversial book for her freshman students to read. A father complained that "Jake Reinvented" was inappropriate for 14-year-olds.

Guess she's not shaking her pom-poms now.



Photo by Kent Field

IN THE SPIRIT OF FUN?

A New Jersey Pop Warner coach was knocked unconscious by a Pop Warner league official for not giving his son enough playing time.


Pop Warner Vice President of Football Operations Mario Romano, 42, of Colts Neck has been charged with "assault while attending a community-sponsored youth sporting event" after he punched the 44-year-old coach, who was not named.

The victim was unconscious for about a half hour.

Police said Romano was upset his son wasn't getting enough playing time and exchanged words with the coach earlier in the game for 12- to 14-year-olds, but then clocked him in the head once it ended.

The charge is a fourth-degree crime since children witnessed the attack. The coach was taken by ambulance to the hospital, treated and released.

Way to make your son REAL proud, dad!

Here's an all-out youth-sports brawl to make you think (This video is NOT the Colts Neck incident in the story above): View at your discretion



Teach 'em young photo by Salim Fadhley