BRIEFLY : SEMI-EPIDEMIC OF ABUSE CASES.John Montefusco, the National League Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
Jockey Patrick Valenzuela remained jailed in Arcadia following his arrest for investigation of spousal abuse. Valenzuela remained at the police station. He was being held on $50,000 bail pending a scheduled arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted today, a police spokesman said. Wilfredo Cordero turned down a plea bargain plea bargain n. in criminal procedure, a negotiation between the defendant and his attorney on one side and the prosecutor on the other, in which the defendant agrees to plead "guilty" or "no contest" to some crimes, in return for reduction of the severity of the that would have kept him out of jail. Now the former Red Sox outfielder will have to confront spousal-abuse charges in court in Cambridge, Mass. The 25-year-old ballplayer has been charged with assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, making a threat and violating an emergency restraining order restraining order: see injunction. . If convicted, he faces a maximum of eight years in prison. Jury selection was expected to begin today. BASKETBALL: Roy Tarpley, banned from the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= for drug and alcohol use, repeatedly failed drug tests while he was at the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , a former teammate charges. Leslie Rockymore, who played at Michigan from 1981-85, told the Detroit News that despite his drug use, Tarpley was allowed to play by coach Bill Frieder (who recently quit at Arizona State in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a gambling probe). South Alabama missed last week's self-imposed deadline to fill its coaching vacancy so officials could interview former Memphis coach Larry Finch and recently fired Michigan coach Steve Fisher. Fisher was scheduled to interview Sunday. BOWLING: In Bay City, Mich., two of the top five qualifiers, Tim Criss and John Gant, rolled perfect 300 games in the first round of qualifying at the Professional Bowlers Associations Mobil 1 Classic. TRIATHLON: At the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii, Canada's Heather Fuhr, training partner of defending champion Paula Newby-Fraser, caught Wendy Ingraham 15 miles into the run Saturday and held on to win the women's title in 9:31:43. MOTOR SPORTS: Cory McClenathan of Anaheim won the Top Fuel title in the NHRA's Revell Nationals at Ennis, Texas, overpowering the field with a performance that included the first 320-mph run in drag racing history. He had a run of 4.570 seconds at 321.777 mph. |
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