Byline: Daily News Wire Services
Former running back Stanley Wilson, whose NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals was plagued by drug problems, was sentenced to 22 years in prison Friday for stealing about $130,000 worth of property.
Wilson, 37, was convicted last month of stealing jewelry, camera equipment and other valuables from a Beverly Hills home on Jan. 24, 1998.
Under the state's ``three strikes'' law, prosecutors were seeking a 25 years-to-life term because Wilson had already served time for burgling two homes in Long Beach.
Superior Court Judge Frank J. Johnson eliminated one of the ``strikes'' against Wilson, citing mental problems, but sentenced him to the maximum on two others.
In addition to battling a cocaine habit, Wilson suffers from bipolar disorder, defense attorney H. Clay Jacke said. The affliction is characterized by alternating states of mania and depression.
The New York Jets traded backup quarterback Glenn Foley to the Seattle Seahawks for an undisclosed 1999 draft pick.
Foley, 28, last season lost his starting job to Vinny Testaverde, who during the offseason signed a three-year, $19.4 million contract with the Jets.
Free-agent quarterback Steve Bono signed a two-year, $1.4 million contract with the Carolina Panthers, reuniting him with former San Francisco coach George Seifert.
The San Francisco 49ers signed running back Travis Jervey to a four-year, $6 million contract, giving the team one of the best special-teams players in the NFL.
The woman who sued New England Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe and lineman Max Lane over a notorious dive from a nightclub stage during a concert has agreed in principle to a $1.2 million settlement, the Boston Globe reported.
HOCKEY: New York Rangers defenseman Jeff Beukeboom will miss the remainder of the season due to post-concussion syndrome.
Beukeboom, 33, hasn't played since suffering his second concussion of the season during a Feb. 12 game against the Carolina Hurricanes. He said he would return for the 1999-2000 season.
OLYMPICS: The IOC began investigating prominent Australian committee-member Phil Coles after his ex-wife said the couple received $6,300 in jewelry from Athens in 1990.
The former wife sent a fax to IOC officials stating the couple received diamond cufflinks and a gold necklace from an unidentified man involved with Greece's failed bid for the 1996 Games. IOC rules prohibit members from accepting gifts worth more than $150.
BASKETBALL: The NBA suspended Portland's Isaiah Rider for one game and fined him $7,500 for kneeing and shoving Sacramento's Jon Barry in Thursday's game. He sat out Friday's game against San Antonio.
MOTOR SPORTS: Nascar driver Bobby Labonte broke his right shoulder blade in a crash during practice for the TranSouth 400 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, putting his status for Sunday's Winston Cup Series race in question.
Jeff Gordon ran the third-fastest lap lap in Darlington history (173.167 mph) to take Sunday's pole.
Mark Martin, the dominant Busch Grand National driver at Darlington, won his record sixth pole in qualifying for the Diamond Hill Plywood 200.
TRACK: Marion Jones and Michael Johnson won their 200-meter races at the Engen Grand Prix Summer Series in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jones, from Thousand Oaks, led from start to finish and was timed in 21.84, slower than her best of 21.62.
WINTER SPORTS: Olympian Chad Fleischer and Kirsten Clark won the men's and women's national downhill championships in Huntsville, Utah.
Richard Callaghan, one of the premier skating coaches in the U.S. and coach of Tara Lipinski and Todd Eldredge, will retire this spring.
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