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Show ch DAILY HERALD SPORTS IN COURT NFL NJ. court: Jayson Williams can be retried ON THE AIR NEWARK,N.J.— A New Jersey appeals court Bears sign Carolina CB to offer sheet Television LAKEFOREST,Ill. — The Chicago Bearses ruled Friday that former NBAstar Jayson Williams restricted free-agent defensive back can be retried on a reckless manslaughter charge Auto Autoracing Formula One qualifying 6 am. SPEED IRL Japan 300 6am. ESPN NASCAR Subway 500 6am. FOX in the shooting death ofa limousinedriver at the athlete's mansion. The retired New Jersey Nets star had sought to avoid a secondtrial, contending it would be double jeopardy. deal is worth up to $21 million overfive years. The deal includes about $7.5 million in guaranteed money in the first year of the contract, agent Jim Ivler said. Williams, 38, has been free on bail since his April 2004 conviction on four charges stemming from receiver Terrence Murphy after he failed to recover from a bruised spinal cord sustained in a game against Carolinalast Oct. 3. ... NFL owners hired a Los Angeles-based firm to assist with the search to replaceretiring commissioner Paul Tagliabue.... Brandon Lloyd, acquired in a trade last month to bolster the Washington Redskins’receiving corps, signed a long-term contract extension with the team ray= Reportsindicate that LaVar Arrington and the Giants are closer to a deal that would bring the former Redskins linebackerto a team that could certainly use a ° veteran linebacker. sees PGA Asian Open ___7am._. TGC Champions Legendsof amt am. ABC PGA Houston Open ip.m. CBS Horse racing NTRA Lexington Stakes 4 p.m. ESPN2 acquitted Williams of the most serious offense, aggravated manslaughter, but deadlocked on a.charge of reckless manslaughter. Williams spokeswoman Judy Smith said the athlete will appeal the ruling. Prosecutor Steven C. Lember did not immediatelyreturna call. M " ) Second stripperat Dukelacrosse party questions her Baseball Atlanta at Washington Minnesota at ChiSox initial doubts of rape accuser: At Durham, N.C., at first, a stripper who performed at a Duke University lacrosse team party doubted the story ofa colleague NBA Play 5S p.m. 5 p.m. TBS WGN raped, Now, Kim Roberts isn’t so sure. “[ was not in the bathroom whenit happened,so I can't say a rape occurred — andI neverwill,” Rob- erts told The Associated Press Thursdayin herfirst on-the-recordinterview. But after watching defense attorneys release photos of the accuser, and upset by the leaking of both dancers’criminal pasts, she said she has to “wonderabout their character.” NBA first round Washington at Cleveland 1 p.m. Sacramento at San Antonio 3:30 p.m. Chicago at Miami 6 p.m. Denverat L.A. Clippers 8:30 p.m. whe told police she was dragged into a bathroom and ABC ESPN ESPN ESPN Riley's mother dies; he'll coach today MIAMI — Miami HeatcoachPatRiley will be with his team for Game1 of the Miami's Eastern Conference quarterfinal today, despite the death of his 96- NHL hockeyplayoffs “In all honesty, I think they’re guilt . bodydid something besides underage drinking. That's my honest-to-God impression. PrepBasebal! Conference quarterfinals 1 pm. NBC Philadelphia at Buffalo 5 p.m. OLN Soccer D.C. at New York 2 p.m. ESPN2 year-old mother, Mary. Riley ran the team's practice Friday after learning of his mother’s death. He was not available for commentfollowing practice, but the team said he would remain South Florida and coach the game. Radio HorseRacing College baseball TCUat BYU Jockey Velazquez has broken shoulder p.m. 960AM LEXINGTON Ky. — Top jockey John Velazquez AndyBaker's fourhits and Steve Olson, who hom- ert zm 0 —1362 oor —789 2B-BatesiG), Cannon (6), TH (Gl. KC Esquibe(6), Akers (M). 38-K.C. to 42 in Region10. Mecham was 3-for- with a double, triple, five RBI and two runs scored and Farr went 2-for-4 witha Park City shuts out Wasatch Wasatch 2810 = 443 Park ci ty 3 Hallows, Wagstat 000 (Si ang Moss WP-Halows LP-Hot 28—Polick W IW), Mecham Wi Moss (W), 38D Emery 16, North Sanpete 5: At Emery, North Sanpete was blitzed early, giving up 12 runs in thefirst inning, and neverrecoveredas it fell to 0-8 overall and 0-5in Region8. . PARK CITY — Wasatchstruggled against Park City, failing to make a run for the top spot in Region 7. Wasatch (8-5-1 overall) slipped to 6-2 in region while Park City improved to 7-1. » Carbon3, Grand 2: At Moab, Nathaniel Woodward had a hattrick to lead Carbon(1-9-1 overall,1-6 Region8)to its first win of the season. WP-Edgehouse LP-Chistiansen Chrishansen Ns » Delta 5, North Sanpete 1: At Delta, North Sanpete fell to Region 8 frontrunnerDelta. The Hawksfell to 6-7-1 overall and 3-6 in region. 12 action. Manti (2-10 overall, 2-9 region) was led by BYU SPORTS College volleyballpostseason | | No°8 Carthage (12-12) at 9 21PEW No Nesey320): No 3 Batate Ne 5Ounoy 12-16ao, 4 One State hardy Apt | heard samething against Hawaithe cate “We just haveto serve harder and moreconsistently 2006 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament crn atcritical times and we need (CLA get UCSB 126-30. to pass better.” te After getting swept 3-0 last week. BYUplayed well enoughto force a fifth game in the second match. “The bottomlineis that at critical times, the otherteam hadbetter ball control,” Pe- terson said. “We playeda lot betterin the second match. Wemissed six servesin the fifth game and youjust can't dothat againsta teamlike Hawaii.” Peterson said Long Beach State's three seniors — outside hitter Robert Tarr, setter Tyler Hildebrandt and middle blocker Duncan Budinger — are amongthe best playersin the country. Tarr is averaging 4.98 kills per game, secondbest in the MPSF. BYU will counterwith fresh- man sensation Yosleyder Cala 31-29, 30-23 30-15) Quarterfinals by Hawaii onthefirst night 6-7) 8D Ho, oya J i| aeese 2006 Eastern eee ee tiadere Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Semifinalsat UC irvine Tournament No, 1 UC Irvine vs. BYU- Long Beach State await wrome vs. Northindge dpm Saturday, April 29 ship at vine & p m 2006 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament Marc30, get No SMBOE 30.23.30 PrayMatch 2 No. ¥ Clark (31-29, 30 Today Quarterfinals io 1 Loyola (22-6). bye April 27 Semifinals at Penn State East Stroudsburg, or St, Francis vs Ne No 8 e220. Princeton of No.1 Pann State (17-7) Apeit 29 ‘Championship match at Penn State, 5:15 p.m, tet cchampion- “It’s do or die,” Peterson said, “We havethe ability to rise to the occasion, so wethink we havea shot at it. We cannotlet anything bother us. Wejust need to play our game.” Cal Irvine(27-3) is the top- ranked team in the country and byvirtue of winning the MPSFregular-seasontitle will have a bye forthe first DAILY HERALD ST. GEORGE — BYU Co put together a solid second round and the Lobos were able to jump ahead of the Cougars by six strokes. BYU once again got off to a greatstart ie wee benieeeOe the front nine. « 4 the challeng: MLS RSLtravels to Houston to face Dynamo were 13-over-par andfinished the round 16-over-par. Despite anotherfrustrating back nine, BYU still within 10 strokes of UNLV who carded a second day 303. “We're on track,” Nyhus said. “This tournamentis still within reach. Everyone could have easily made another putt or two which would haveput us right there.” - Alexis Edwards led the Cougars with a two-over74. She had a solid round despite a double-bogey onthe chal- lenging 18th hole. Edwards A) Make Walkera full-timefirst baseman and use Neifi Perez and Jerry Hairston Jr. at second, or B) Promotethe right-handed-hitting MikeRestovich from Triple-A Towaandplatoonhim atfirst with John Mabry. Unfortunately, the Cubs don’t havea first baseman close to ready in the minors. The one guy they do haveclose to ready is outfielder Felix Pie (321-1-15 with threetriples at Triple-A lowa), theroftheir corneroutfielders, Jacque Jones or Matt Races, has played first. 4 better putter. Jonesif he showed up witha first baseman’s mitt for early workin en is by St. Louis, and give Baker a ton of The best way 10 read th magining thiit somevnets pouring water credit if he was willing to experi- - the ool m > hig piece sky: mentwith Jonesatfirst, if only Cee ee for a few days. But while there’s more upsideto getting Pie into the lineup thananyone they have who can playfirst, it would be a risk to “informacion 06 junkee the speed of moveJones (or Murton) there to oo | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | ship a will advance tothe || Fiat ForDelay PennState Umersty | May4 at Penn State. » Daily Herald Sports round of the tournament. The Editor Darnell Dickson Anteaterswill host the semi- can bereached at 344finals andfinals next week. 2555or bye-mail at Irvine and Hawaii are ddickson@heraldextra. favored to advanceto the Fi- com.Readhis blogat blogs. nal Four, whichwill be held heraldextra.com/Darnell. ing back nine, the Cougars the Houston Dynamoin Houston todayat 6:30 p.m. RSLis still lookingforits first victory in 2006. The Dynamohavelost twostraight and are 1-2. him his four-year extension on April 11. Dusty Baker was wholooked greatin spring training. But, also unfortunately, nei- and break your putt BYU women’s golf moves into third moved into third place after the sécond day of the 2006 Mountain West Conference Women's Golf Championship at ae at Snow Canyon. The Cougars wereable to fun of this season with him. Thereality ofthe situation is thatit's April 21, not July 21, so it’s probably unrealistic to expect Hendry to trade for an impact player who can playfirst base (or, in Soriano’s case, allow Todd. Walker to move from second base counting on writing his nameinto thelineupjust about every day. Now he either will have to be extremely creativeor follow oneof twofairly straightforwardplans: shall (3.95 kpg) and sop Ivan Perez (3.72 kpg). | | | <1] Men Round 1 No § Jaa cel No 7 EasStousbug 31 No 5 Princeton det No. 8 Nu! Today Round 2 a (14-12) at No. 381 Francis 2) at No 4 Rutgers-Newark +The wed The oneplayer the Cubs can't afford to lose — their Albert Pu- jols, Barry Bonds or David Ortiz — has beenlost foratleast eight weeks. Andunless Jim Hendry can pull an Alfonso Sorianooutofhis hat, Personally I would appa ‘oyola Friday, Apel 28 wrist. Carlo Masters on Friday. Federer defeated eighth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 6-1, 6-3, and Nadal beat No.6 Guillermo Coria of Argentina6-2,6-1 to be one match each away from meeting in Sunday’s fi | teDncywaner Carthage winner night in Los Angeles came back inconclusive. But reality struck when Lee returned Derrek Lee to Chicagofor an MRI, which revealed a broken Anotherreality ofthe situation is the Cubs havea variety of different choicesin replacing Lee, but none of them are good choices. Giventhat Lee had played at least 155 games thelast seven years, the Cubs felt pretty safe | . Continued from C1 orice was eehope for ibs when as on Derrek Lee's right wrist taken Wednesday to first). Federer and Nadal ease into semifinals Real Salt Lakeplaysits first-ever match against ) Grand 13, Manti 7: At Manti, Grand jumped outto a big lead early and Manti couldn't recover in Region Cougars Tennis MONTECARLO,Monaco — Top-ranked Roger Federer and defending championRafael Nadal won quarterfinal matchesin straight sets at the Monte homerun and three RBI. Hallowsscattered fourhits over four inningsto pick up the win. told you,if it’s early in the season, the MRI technolo- oe will be aheadofthe radiolo- Lee might be taking lot of the brokehis shoulder blade whenhis horse collapsed and rolled ontothe rider after winning the Forerunner Stakes at Keeneland. Wasatch baseball routs Park City PARK CITY — Guy Mecham and RyanFarr did the hitting and sophomorepitcher Brennan Hallows took care of business on the mound as Wasatch improved CHICAGOTRIBUNE s your grandfather always » ALSO: The Green Bay Packers havereleased wide ~ eee (BEneersight (BF title fight 3 p.m. HBO an attempt to cover up the 2002 shooting. The jury “And I can't say which onesareguilty Jr. to an offer sheet Friday, with his agent ee the movesintoa tie with Juli Wightman for11th place. Wightman had another steady day and put eeette a four-over-par second round. For the second consecutive day all five Cougars werein the 70s on very difficult course. Rachel Newren, who was tied for the lead after the first round, fell to a tie for fourth place after carding a five-over 77. Danielle von Arnim also turned in a 77 and is in 23rd place while more Ashley Childers is tied for 19th place after carding six-over 78. Herside of the © story: Anna Benson Roger| NEW YORK NEWS NEW YORK — Anna Benson was so nervous Friday night watching her husbandKris pitch against the Yankees at the Stadium that she put an impromptuinterview on hold for half an inning. All topics were taboo atfirst, including the Mets,the trade of her husband, the recent divorce filing and her followers. Whenthe Yankees had been retired and the Orioles came to bat, it was a different story. ‘ Benson,beautifully attired and covering upin a warm blanket, had no problem addressing the speculation that the midJanuary trade that sent Benson from the Metsto Baltimore was partially done to get her out of town andout of the ae light. “Ifthat's the reason the Mets makea trade,it doesn’t seem like a good way to makebusi. hess decisions,” she said. “So is it all working out for them?” Anna Bensongot trampled Anna Benson pretty good after 5 deal, but she’s still got her wi “I knowthe Mas|miss me,” Anna said with a giggle. Benson admits oneitem in the gossip pages has bothered her: newsofherfiling for divorceon the eveof the season, allegedly because Kris was unfaithful. Less than a weeklater, the couple hadreconciled. “Tt was a big misunderstanding and wearein love and we are staying together,” she said. “Weare having a greattime in Baltimore. “And as far as things in New Yorkgo, not much has changed.People arestill paying attention to whatI do and coyering it in the newspapers.” fill the void. It’s not as easy to play the position as Lee makesit look. Because Lee is going to return, Hendry doesn’t need to expendhis inventory of moveable parts—young pitcherslike Rich Hill and Angel Guzman—to bring in a topfirst baseman. He probably couldn't evenif he wanted to, notless than three weeksinto the season. The guyshecan trade for are guysother teams won't really miss—say Kansas City’s Doug Mientkiewicz, Toronto's Eric Hinske, Boston's Hee Seop Choior the Yankees’ Carlos Pena, Maybe there's a Randall Simon (vintage, 2003) in the bunch. Or Hendry could try to find somebodyelse’s youngfirst baseman who is blocked by an established player. The perfect example ofthat is Ryan Shealy, who hit .330 in 36 games for Colorado last year, but he’s sidelined with a bad elbow. Others who fit that mold are Atlanta’s Scott Thorman and Washington's Larry Broadway. If Lee had gone downin spring training, Hendry might have gotten Craig Wilson from Pittsburgh. But he has becomeindispensable since Sean Casey was lost to a back injury—coincieee! after a See with the Cubs’ Me riano, happily play left field for Washington ng his protest in the spring, might be the only player even somewhat available who could give the Cubs backa significant amountof the production theywill lose while Lee is sidelined. Baker could play him at second and move Walker to first. The problems withthis are:1) Soriano feaeats the est fiel right side an ‘afield ii n history, and 2) Nationage Marshall to get Soriano. Twowords for Hendry and pes while Lee is mending: weThey’rede. |