BRIEFLY MOORE UPSET OVER PLEA BARGAIN.

Byline: Staff and Wire Reports

Still feeling the effects from the blind-sided attack during an NHL game last March, Colorado's Steve Moore said Thursday he is upset that Vancouver's Todd Bertuzzi was able to reach a plea bargain with prosecutors without him giving any input.

On Wednesday, the British Columbia attorney general allowed Bertuzzi to avoid any jail time and if he performs 80 hours of community service and meets his probation requirements, he won't have a criminal record. Moore and his attorney were not able to attend the plea bargain meeting because prosecutors made it impossible for him to travel from Toronto on short notice.

``For many months I was expecting that I would get a chance to tell my story, but they unexpectedly made a plea bargain, which I unexpectedly first learned about through the media,'' Moore said at a Toronto press conference, his first public appearance since March 29. ``This was pulled out from under me at the last minute, it's disappointing.''

Moore's lawyer, Tim Danson, suggested that if Bertuzzi felt remorse for assaulting Moore, he would have been in court.

BOXING: Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo will meet in a lightweight title unification bout on March 5 at a site to be determined, promoters announced.

The fight will be televised by Showtime.

Corrales (39-2, 32 KOs), of Sacramento, is the WBO champion. Castillo (51-6-1, 45 KOs) of Sonora, Mexico, is the WBC champion.

- Robert Morales

SOCCER: Colombia coach Luis Fernando Montoya has been left paralyzed from the neck down after being shot during an attempted robbery at his home near Bogota. Colombian president Alvaro Uribe called the attack a ``national tragedy.''