Hampton pleads guilty to DWI charges
CABOT, Ark. - Dan Hampton, who will be inducted into the ProFootball Hall of Fame this summer, has been sentenced to a week injail after pleading guilty last month to drunken-driving charges.
The former Chicago Bears' defensive end also was fined $1,000 andordered to attend alcohol education courses. The arrest was hissecond for DWI in five years.
Hampton's lawyer, Hubert Alexander, said his client hadn't decidedwhen to serve the jail time or attend the classes. He has until theend of this month to pay the fine. The plea and sentence took placeApril 30 but was not disclosed until Friday because Alexander wishedto avoid publicity.
The 44-year-old Hampton, who also played at Arkansas, was draftedby the Bears No. 4 overall in 1979 and was All-Pro in 1981, 1983,1985-86. He retired in 1990.
Former MSU star shot at
LANSING, Mich. - An unidentified gunman fired at least three shotsinto the passenger-side windows of a sport utility vehicle driven byformer Michigan State star basketball player Jason Richardson, policesay.
Richardson, who now plays for the NBA's Golden State Warriors, andfive passengers were not hurt during the shooting early Thursday at aLansing intersection, authorities told The Lansing State Journal fora story Friday.
The shooting took place about 2:30 a.m. Thursday at a stoplightnear downtown Lansing, police said.
Lansing police Detective Sgt. Noel Garcia said the department isinvestigating the incident but had no suspects. Witnesses said therewere three people in the shooter's car.
Sol releases Watson
MIAMI - The Miami Sol cut former Iowa player Jerica Watson, athird-round draft choice, as the WNBA got down to its roster limit of11 on Friday.
Watson, a 6-foot forward, was the 45th pick overall in lastmonth's draft. She had played in all four of Miami's exhibitiongames, averaging 10.8 minutes, two points and two rebounds.
At Iowa, Watson led the Big Ten in rebounding last season (9.4)and averaged 13.3 points a game.
Borton takes over Gophers
MINNEAPOLIS - Pam Borton became the new women's basketball coachat Minnesota on Friday.
Borton, an associate coach at Boston College, agreed to a five-year contract that pays $150,000 annually. She succeeds BrendaOldfield, who left to become the coach at Maryland.
The program still faces NCAA sanctions. The NCAA is expected toannounce its ruling soon.
Woods to skip Kemper
DUBLIN, Ohio - Tiger Woods will skip the Kemper Open to rest forthe U.S. Open.
Woods had strongly considered playing his first Kemper Open, eventhough it would have been his fourth straight tournament - and justtwo weeks before the U.S. Open.
'I don't feel that I can play Kemper and get ready for the Open atthe same time,' Woods said. 'I don't have enough energy for that.'
Eagles playbook stolen
PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia Eagles playbook was stolen from thecar of linebacker Shawn Barber.
Barber told police Thursday his 2002 Cadillac was ransackedbetween midnight and 6 a.m. A briefcase with jewelry, cash and theplaybook was stolen.
Several Eagles have been victimized in the past few days. Theburglaries occurred in the outdoor parking lot of the Residence Inn,near the Philadelphia International Airport, where some Eagles arehoused temporarily during offseason training.
Bond set for robbers
CLEVELAND - Bond was set at $50,000 Friday for two former collegebasketball players charged with robbing Cleveland Indians pitcherC.C. Sabathia.
Damon Stringer and Jamaal Harris did not enter a plea when theyappeared in Cleveland Municipal Court.
The former teammates at Cleveland State University face three to10 years in prison if convicted of aggravated robbery and kidnapping.
Sabathia and his cousin, Jomar Connors, of Vallejo, Calif., wererobbed at gunpoint after midnight May 17 at a downtown hotel, wherethey attended a party.
Sabathia was robbed of $44,102 in cash and jewelry, including anecklace and earrings. No one was injured.
Italian scales Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal - A 66-year-old Italian man scaled Mount Evereston Friday, becoming the oldest person to climb the world's highestmountain.
Curnis broke the record set by Japanese climber Tomiyasu Ishikawa,of Nagoya, who scaled the peak last week at the age of 65 years andfive months, according to the China Tibet Mountaineering Association.
Last week, 63-year-old Japanese climber Tamae Watanabe became theoldest woman to scale the peak.
Plane lands in parking lot
ANAHEIM, Calif. - A small plane crash-landed Friday in a parkinglot outside the Anaheim Angels' stadium, just hours before the teamplayed the Minnesota Twins.
The pilot and a passenger, who were not immediately identified,walked away from the crumpled single-engine Cessna 150.
Copyright 2000 by Telegraph Herald, All rights Reserved.
