• Louisiana (Basketball) – In the wake of attacks on two high school basketball officials, the Mississippi Private School Association (MPSA) suspended all athletics at Bowling Green (La.) High School for the remainder of the year. Additionally, the school will play no home basketball games in the 2002-03 season, will pay a $1,500 fine and will remain on probation through the 2003-04 school year. The MPSA also imposed lifetime bans on three men arrested after the brawl. The incident occurred during Bowling Green’s Jan. 25 game against Brookhaven Academy. According to witnesses, a fight started when one official called a technical foul on a Bowling Green player. A man approached the officials while they were reporting the foul and threw a punch at one of the officials. As the official defended himself, at least two other men joined the attack. One of the officials was knocked unconscious. (January 2002)</p>