Duke University’s lacrosse coach, Mike Pressler, finally resigned today and the school canceled the rest of the season due to the scandal involving allegations that three players raped a stripper at an off-campus party.

“Coach Pressler offered me his resignation earlier this afternoon, and I accepted it,” said Duke athletic director Joe Alleva. “I believe this is in the best interests of the program, the department of athletics and the university.”

The rape allegations have shaken up the campus and the city, raised racial tensions, and heightened the long-standing antagonism between the privileged students at the university and the poor of Durham. The stripper is black and said her attackers were white. Investigators and witnesses have said the lacrosse players taunted her with racial slurs and insults.

Earlier today, authorities unsealed documents stating that hours after the alleged rape, a player apparently sent an e-mail saying he wanted to invite more strippers to his dorm room, kill them and skin them. It was not clear whether the message was serious or a joke.

“The court released today a previously sealed warrant, whose contents are sickening and repulsive,” said Duke President Richard Brodhead said in announcing the cancellation of the rest of the season.

Investigators did not immediately return calls or e-mails seeking comment about the nature of the e-mail. But a lawyer for the player who purportedly wrote it said the content suggests his client is innocent. “While the language of the e-mail is vile, the e-mail itself is perfectly consistent with the boys’ unequivocal assertion that no sexual assault took place that evening,” said attorney Robert Ekstrand. The e-mail “demonstrates that its writer is completely unaware that any act or event remotely similar to what has been alleged ever occurred.”

RYAN MCFADYEN

You decide. Thesmokinggun.com has the “unsealed” documents AND the disgusting email sent out by #41, the number worn by Lacrosse team member and dirtbag Ryan McFadyen.

As always, thanks for reading, Delinda.