Rick Lopez follow-up: the Denver Post reports that Lopez had threatened suicide several times in the past, usually as part of attempts to manipulate and control his players.

He had not, however, threatened suicide since being in jail, and he was not on suicide watch. But given his past threats (which the police knew about), some are now wondering whether he should have been monitored more closely.

And yesterday, at least one of the victims' families had mixed feelings about the news. "By no means do I want to make him out to be a saint, but I got to know him and he was very giving. He was the most generous person," said the mother of one accuser. The mother also said that her daughter cried for a half an hour upon hearing the news.

Lopez did leave a suicide note. The contents will not be released until after the police have completed their investigation of his death.

Finally, an academic addendum to this story. Professor Volokh has been looking for an explanation for why a 1977 report co-authored by then-professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg recommended lowering the age of consent for federal statutory rape laws to twelve years old. (Not surprisingly, Congress didn't take that one too seriously.)

Statutory rape laws have been a subject of frequent debate in the academy, but it's certainly surprising that a traditional feminist like Justice Ginsburg would have taken that position.