BRIEFLY : EX-GIRLFRIEND SUES PHILLIPS.St. Louis Rams Katherine McEwen, of Topeka, Kan., filed the lawsuit Aug. 16 in Jackson County Jackson County is the name of 23 counties and one parish in the United States:
The lawsuit said McEwen did not tell Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne about the alleged sexual assault. There was no explanation why she did not tell Osborne about the sexual assault. Osborne suspended Phillips for six games for the September attack, and a Nebraska judge placed Phillips on probation for a year - punishments that drew nationwide criticism. Some women's groups wanted more severe retribution. The Denver Broncos have signed ex-USC wide receiver Larry Wallace to their practice squad. The Cincinnati Bengals re-signed cornerback Rod Jones, nine days after they released him. Jones, 32, took the roster spot of second-year free safety Chris Shelling, who was waived. He agreed to a one-year contract. Prairie View A&M suspended head football coach and athletic director Hensley Sapenter and launched an investigation into possible NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association and Southwestern Athletic Conference
The infractions. The university said in a statement the allegations involve the use of ineligible players in Saturday's 42-24 season-opening loss to Texas Southern. BASKETBALL Todd Bozeman, the ousted Cal basketball coach who is accused of harassing and threatening a former University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). student, denies the charges and says his accuser, not he, sought a sexual relationship. Bozeman said the only threat he had ever made against Suzanne M. Wilson was vowing to tell the police and FBI of Wilson's participation in an alleged pyramid scheme Pyramid Scheme An illegal investment scam based on a hierarchical setup that relies on new recruits' funding as the source of money, or so-called returns, to be provided to those earlier investors/recruits above them in the pyramid. in which the ex-coach says he lost money. The Cal State San Bernardino women's team must forfeit its 29 wins in the 1993-94 season because it used an ineligible player, the school announced. The school wouldn't name the woman because of policy, but the San Bernardino Sun identified her as Felice Logan. The Chicago Bulls added ex-Milwaukee Bucks assistant Frank Hamblen and former Bulls center Bill Cartwright to their coaching staff. BOXING Light middleweight David Reid, whose dramatic knockout gave the United States its only Olympic boxing gold medal at Atlanta, turned pro with a new promotion outfit which said Reid could make up to $50 million. The new promoter: Amerika Presents, owned by former TV executive Mat Tinley. HOCKEY Keith Tkachuk scored three goals and the United States continued its impressive run in the World Cup of Hockey with a 9-3 victory over Slovakia in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The win completed a three-game sweep in the preliminary round of the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. pool for the Americans, who earlier beat Canada and Russia, and pointed them toward the semifinals of the eight-team tournament. The United States, which actually clinched the semifinal berth with Monday night's 5-2 victory over Russia, will next meet the winner of Friday night's quarterfinal game between Russia and Finland. SOCCER The Dallas Burn (16-11) can capture sole possession of first place in the Western Conference of Major League Soccer for the first time since April with a win today over the New England Revolution The New England Revolution, nicknamed the Revs, is a professional soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Soccer. Even though the club is based in Foxborough, the club represents all of New England. (13-14) at Foxboro Stadium. North Carolina's men's soccer team will miss a weekend tournament in Nevada and is on athletic probation for the rest of the year following the hospitalization of a freshman player after a drinking binge. CAPTION(S): PHOTO LAWEWNCE PHILLIPS The St. Louis Rams running back is being sue d for sexual assault. |
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