Pro Bowl linebacker is charged with murder
By James Piicher
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Police charged
Pro Bowl linebacker Ray Lewis
with murder late Monday in the
slaying of two people outside an
Atlanta nightclub hours after the
Super Bowl.
Lewis, middle linebacker for
the Baltimore Ravens and the
NFL’s leading tackier this season,
was arrested after a day of investi
gation into the slaying outside the
Cobalt lounge in Atlanta’s Buck
head neighborhood about 4 a.m.
Monday.
Lewis was taken into custody
and was expected to appear in
court Tuesday morning.
Two men were stabbed during a
fight that broke out just as the par
ty was ending at the club. Witness
es said six men had fought and ar
gued with the two victims. The
men fled in a black Lincoln Navi
gator stretch limousine, firing at
least five gunshots as they drove
away.
Police found the vehicle, with
New York license plates, in a park
ing lot behind a hotel near the
shooting scene, Atlanta police
spokesman John Quigley said.
Quigley and Georgia Bureau of
Investigation spokesman John
Bankhead both said they could not
release details of the investigation.
Lewis, 24, was the only suspect
named by police.
One man died at the scene and
the other victim died at Grady
Memorial Hospital. The Fulton
County Medical Examiner’s office
identified the victims as Jacinta
Baker, 21, and Richard Lollar, 24,
both of Decatur.
Despite the report of shots, Atlanta
police Lt. M.C. Smith said the pre
liminary investigation indicated
both victims were stabbed to death.
Lewis became the second NFL
player this month charged with
murder.
On Jan. 4, Carolina Panthers
wide receiver Rae Carruth was
charged with first-degree murder
in the shooting death of Cherica
Adams, who was pregnant with
their son. Carruth was released by
the Panthers after the charges were
lodged.
Just last Friday, in his state of the
NFL address, commissioner Paul
Tagliabue commented on the re
cent rash of criminal charges
against current NFL players.
“Can we separate ourselves
from society? Of course not,”
Tagliabue said. “We can’t predict
what NFL players will do any
more than we can predict students
shooting other students or work
ers shooting fellow workers.”
Lewis was drafted by Baltimore
in the first round of the 1996 draft
after leaving the University of Mia
mi following his junior season. He
was the Ravens’ MVP this season
and in 1997.
“We’re trying to gather as much
information as we can,” team
spokesman Kevin Byrne said.
“Frankly, most of the information
we have received has been through
the media. We have not spoken to
Ray Lewis yet or his representative.
We’re waiting until we get more in
formation until we comment. ”
Lewis had been scheduled to
leave Atlanta Monday morning for
the Pro Bowl, to be played Sunday
in Honolulu, but had changed his
flight to Tuesday when he found
he was wanted for questioning,
Byrne said.
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In the Associated Press poll,
Oregon is ranked No. 26, and in
the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’
poll, it’s No. 29.
But in the Ratings Percentage
Index — the poll you don’t hear
much about but that is supposed
to carry the most weight when
tournament seeding-time rolls
around — Oregon is No. 50. Or,
one loss away from bubble sta
tus.
“What concerns me is that in
ability of the Pac-10 to move up,”
head coach Jody Runge said.
“The more we beat up on each
other, the harder it is.
“People have not looked at the
strength of our conference, and
that’s unfortunate because it’s a
good league — it’s a great
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What do they say, life’s not
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First-place “UCLA [presently
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ly in the
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10 floun
dered, going
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the top
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the No. 3 ACC.
That hasn’t helped hedge the
reputations of either the Pac-10
or the Ducks. Nor has the type of
media coverage they’ve received,
Runge said.
“People don’t see us,” she
said. “It’s a good thing they saw
us against UCLA, but [FoxS
ports commentator] Ann Mey
ers doesn’t market us at all. It
sounded like UCLA was still
winning the game when they
were down six. It’s very hard
for [the Ducks] to adopt a blue
collar anthem when you don’t
get any credit for that — but I’m
not sure that’s something we
can change.”
Slowly but surely
“Slowly, definitely slowly,”
said a frustrated Lindsey Dion af
ter Monday’s practice. “That’s
the key word.”
Dion was ordered out of prac
(( People have not
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Jody Runge
head coach
n
tices and games until she could
pass neurological testing after
suffering a concussion against
California on Jan. 13. She
missed the game against Stan
ford two days later, staggered
through much of the Washing
ton game on Jan. 20, then sus
tained post-concussion syn
drome when she hit her head
diving for a loose ball against
Washington State.
Dion finally passed on Mon
day and was thus cleared to
play by one doctor and cleared
on a provisional basis by a sec
ond.
The provision is that she must
make her comeback slowly,
which translated into only “two
or three” drills at Monday’s prac
tice.
It’s an excruciating task for the
hard-nosed junior.
“We’re just working her back
into it slowly, which frustrates
the heck out of her,” Runge said.
“She’s really mad.
“But like with any injury you
don’t throw yourself into it 110
percent when she hasn’t been
practicing all week. We’ve got to
get her legs under her, and then
let her go hard Wednesday and
Thursday.”
Before her injury, Dion had
started every game and was aver
aging nearly 27 minutes per
game.
When the forward from Fres
no, Calif, initially underwent
neurological testing last Mon
day, the consensus was that five
days had to elapse between
then and the first time she
would be allowed into any
physical activity.
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