{Kentucky}...Former University of Kentucky basketball player Rekalin Sims was sentenced Friday in Fayette Circuit Court for trafficking marijuana. Sims entered an Alford plea after being charged March 4th with trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 yards of a school. Judge Pamela Goodwine, noting that Sims has no previous criminal convictions, sentenced him to 12 months in jail but conditionally discharged the sentence for two years. Sims played forward for UK under Coach Tubby Smith during the 2005-06 season after transferring from Salt Lake Community College. He then transferred to Fresno State for his senior year but was removed from the team in December 2007 after a California judge dismissed felony robbery charges against him. Although the charges were dropped, Sims was kicked off the team for violating the code of conduct.
