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Hofstra suspends b-ball coach charged with DWI

Hofstra men's basketball coach Tim Welsh was arrested

Photo credit: NCPD | Hofstra men's basketball coach Tim Welsh was arrested on a drunken-driving charge after a traffic stop by Nassau County police at 1 a.m. on April 30 in Levittown. (April 30, 2010)

Hofstra University suspended its new men's basketball coach without pay Friday, less than a month after he was hired, following his arrest on a drunken-driving charge in Levittown.

Coach Tim Welsh, his blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit, was charged after police found him stopped at a green light with his car running, asleep and drunk behind the wheel, authorities said.

Welsh...

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