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Lost On The Back Page: NCAA Headlines You Might Have Missed This Summer - Page 2

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Faulk was originally cited for failure to move on and resisting arrest in connection with a 1996 Mardi Gras incident, but the charges were dropped through a pre-trial diversion program. The case was dropped after Faulk apologized and performed community service work for the department. The Tigers' star agreed to the deal in order to return to football.

NORTHWESTERN FULLBACK TO MISS SEASON DUE TO CANCER - Wildcats fullback Matt Hartl will miss the entire 1998 season due to a recurrence of Hodgkin's disease. The 22-year-old Hartl, who said he recently began feeling fatigued, underwent a series of tests that confirmed the cancer he first suffered two years ago had returned. He has since begun chemotherapy treatments.

"The Northwestern football family is deeply saddened by this news," coach Gary Barnett said in a statement. "Matt is a tremendous fighter and I know that he will win this battle. We all feel optimistic that he will beat this disease."

NAVY MAY HAVE LET STAR QUARTERBACK BREAK RULES - The Baltimore Sun has reported that the U.S. Naval Academy may have allowed star quarterback Chris McCoy to graduate despite breaking the school's rule governing sex between midshipmen.

The report also claimed that while three others who broke the same rule were dealt with more harshly. McCoy allegedly had sex with freshman Felicia Harris, a violation of the rule forbidding dating between seniors and freshmen. Harris was expelled pending a review, while sophomore Kevin McGlathery and junior Aaron Smith, two other men she was charged with having sex within the current school year, were forced to leave the academy. All three say they were treated unfairly and that McCoy got preferential treatment, and have asked Naval Secretary John Dalton to review the case.

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