Bowling Green suspends seven after nude player photo surfaces

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- Bowling Green suspended seven hockey players Tuesday, one day after a newspaper showed coach Scott Paluch a photo it said was of a nude player whose body was covered with profanity.
Ryan Barnett, Steve Brudzewski, Bryan Dobek, Mike Falk, Don Morrison, Brett Pilkington and Alex Rogosheske were suspended for violating team policy, the school said in a statement.
Paluch and athletic director Paul Krebs declined to discuss the photo at a news conference announcing the suspensions.
The Sentinel-Tribune newspaper reported it received a photo Monday that showed a Bowling Green hockey player face down, with profanity and racial slurs scrawled on his body in colored marker. The newspaper said it showed Paluch the photo.
The envelope containing the photo had a Canadian postmark but no return address, the newspaper said. It wasn't immediately clear where or when the photo was taken.
The photo showed eight men, at least five of whom are current players, the newspaper said.
"It's unacceptable. We'll get to the bottom of it," Paluch told the Sentinel-Tribune.
The Falcons have won their only two games this season. Their next game is Friday night at home against Lake Superior State.