Arkansas coach says player quit, not dropped over dreadlocks

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — The men’s head basketball coach at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith says allegations that he dismissed a player over his dreadlocks are not true.
An attorney for coach Jim Boone said in a statement Thursday that 22-year-old Tyler Williams actually quit the team and wasn’t dismissed over his hairstyle.
The statement says Williams wasn’t mistreated and allegations that Boone’s actions were racist are an “unwarranted defamatory assaul