Show Section Tuesday July 8 2003 Pagel The Herald journal Inside Kobe’s lawyer expects exoneration Tr Prosecutors need time to decide on pressing Charges Wolverines take It to their Providence brethren EAGLE Colo (AP) — Prosecutors peed more time before deciding whether to bring charges against Kobe Bryant who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a resort near Vail last week “Sexual assault cases are extremely complex and some- times it takes awhile to get through everything” Eagle B2 Sports briefs Ace at Logan River Brandyn Jenkins hit a at the Logan River Golf Course last No 5 week He seed the with a pitching wedge The event was witnessed by Steve Lang and Dave Palma hole-in-o- ne 146-ya- rd Bryant’s lawyer says he “expats to be completely exonerated” and accused the sheriff’s office of rushing the case The allegations against the Los Angeles Lakers' guard made headlines nationwide and dozens of reporters and camera crews descended this town just outside Eagle According to an arrest warrant the Bryant attacked a woman June 30 The location was not disclosed but a bellman at the upscale Lodge & Spa at Cordillera in nearby Edwards said Bryant was a guest there June 30 and July 1 Bryant surrendered to authorities Friday and was released after posting $23000 bond Attorney Pamela Mackey said her client was in Colorado for ‘ - County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said Monday “It may be beyond the end of the week” He refused to discuss details ofthe allegations against the five-tim- e NBA All-St- ar saying only that die alleged victim was an adult “I have talked with her and she seems to be doing OK considering the circumstances” Hurlbert said surgery on his right knee at Vail’s Steadman Hawkins Ctinic “Mr Bryant is innocent and expects to be completely exon- erated” Mackey said in a state- - v" ment Mackey accused the sheriff’s office of “complete bias” saying it ignored the wishes of the district attorney in obtaining the arrest warrant “We woe told that the matter was under consideration by the district attorney’s office but that there was insufficient information to issue a warrant or to file charges" she said Mackey did not return calls seeking elaboration The sheriff’s office sought the arrest warrant from a judge See KOBE on B4 f 1 ‘Kir Yv-- '§ jr - AP photo Lakers star Kobe Bryant posted a $25000 bond on a felony count of sexual assault the Eagle County Colo sheriffs office said Sunday He was released after turning himself in Friday' Stoudamire arrested on drug charges PHOENDC(AP)— Damon Stoudamire was arrested on marijuana charges after allegedly trying to pass through an airport metal detector with almost 1 12 ounces of the drug wrapped in aluminum foil The Trail Blazers’ guard was stopped at the Tucson airport Thursday as he prepared to board a flight to New Orleans police said Monday He was charged with misde-meanor possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia Police said he was carrying almost 40 grams of marijuana After Stoudamire set off the metal detector he placed die drug and rolling papers into a plastic security bin police said Security officials then summoned police Stoudamire was released on his own recognizance and is to appear in court July 25- - ©iDIMlfe Armstrong in eighth place still has 19 stages remaining MEAUX France (AP) — A little shaken Lance Armstrong emerged from the wreckage of a crash at the Tour de France his hopes of a record-tyin-g fifth victory still intact Texan is eighth in the overThe 31 --year-old all standings with 19 stages left With acre- cial team time-tri-al looming and the mountain stages he loves and others loathe tying in wait Armstrong remains in good shape r “We’ll just try to avoid control die any problems DE race from the back seat and wait for the team time trials” Armstrong said ahead first of Sunday’s 104-mi- le stage from Montgeron to Meaux Those plans could well have crumbled when around 33 riders fell near the finish line — Armstrong among them However he emerged from the pileup relatively unscathed to finish the stage in 107th spot Italy’s Alessandro Petacchi who was just ahead of the chasing pack when the crash happened won in 3 hours 44 minutes 33 seconds Despite his minor cuts and bruises Arm- -' strong is already thinking ahead to Wednesday’s time trial — a 421-mil- e sprint from — where teams Joinville to Saint-Dizidash off at intervals from each other “It’s a critical day That day already starts' to shape the race” Armstrong said Last year his US Postal Service team finished Rangers’ Lyashenko found dead in Turkey ISTANBUL Turkey (AP) — NeW York Rangers forward Roman Lyashenko was found dead in a hotel room while vacationing in Turkey The Rangers said Monday die cause of death wasn't immediately known However Turkey’s Anatolia news agency reported it was a suicide Yuri Koritskiy a Russian consular " official said die hockey and player had been with his mother sister in Antalya a southern Mediterranean resort province popular with Russian and other European tourists He said Lyashenko died Saturday but would not provide any other details The Anatolia news agency said Lyashenko apparently hanged himself with his belt in bis hotel room The consulate was making preparations to send die body back to Russia this week Koritskiy said Lyashenko played regularly with the Dallas Stars his first two seasons in the NHL then was traded to the New York Rangers late in the 2001-0- 2 season Last season the forward played two games with New York spending the year with Hartford for the AmericanHockey League Monday's scores ’ AL NY Yankees 2 Boston 7 Cincinnati 1 " 1 1 PCL Salt Lake 12 Edmonton 3 r Pioneer league Billings 3 Ogden Great Falls 6 1 Provo 5 'f naonf Mena (17-3-- BOXING Junior welterweights Jos at Laredo Texas 2) IAJORLT 1:30pm ESPN— ' SpjlL 8L Louis at San Frandsco TBS— Atlanta at NY Mets E in ap photo eighth place Long shot Lunke NORTH PLAINS Ore (AP) — Only when Hilary birdie Lunke saw tier ot left the to break sharply putt and head for die center of die cup did she grasp the magnitude of her victory Monday in the US Women’s Open No one had ever won die most prestigious prize in women’s golf as a qualifier In 22 events on the LPGA Tour Lunke had never ed better than 13th And on the longest course fin-ish- Oh television ' Lance Armstrong competes during the second stage of the Tour de France He is 13-fo- 1 Milwaukee 9 Pittsburgh 2 Arizona 14 Colorado 6 San Diego 7 Los Angeles San Francisco 5 St Louis er five-minu- te in US Women's Open his- tory she was among the shortest hitters uname to reach some greens with a fairway metal In a three-wa- y playoff at Pumpkin Ridge Lunke surprised everyone but herself “I don’t know how many people knew about my ng Uisawomenls: See CLIMB on B4 Big evening for Hillenbrand comes up huge 1 NL Montreal B Philadelphia Atlanta 7 NY Mets 3 Chicago Cuba 6 Florida iyUn D-bac- ks’ i By The Associated game or knew about me” she said “I didn’t need other people to believe in me but it was important Press Shea Hillenbrand became the sixth player to homer in three straight innings setting career highs with five hits and seven RBIs as Arizona beat Colorado 14-- 6 thatldid” The final stroke was her best of the day s for birdie just moments after Angela Stanford holed from 30 feet for birdie from 13-foo- look like an playoff wouldn’t be enough to find a winner Stanford got into the playbirdie on off with a Sunday on the final hole but she never got another chance for more heroics 18-ho- L KNationaliLeague le 3) 3-- 20-fo-ot See BIG on B4 Hillenbrand hit a pair of solo shots off Jason Jennings and added a three-ru- n homer against Nelson Cruz (3-Arizona overcame a deficit to win for the 16th time in 19 games With a chance to tie die record for homers in a game Hillenbrand hit a n double against Joe Roa in the seventhinning allowed one Stephen Randolph (4-- — two-ru- AP photo winning the US Women's Open a! 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