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Tenessee Titans wide receiver Kevin Dyson (87) is tackled just short o f the goal by St. Lotus Rams Mike
Jones, left, on the last play o f Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Sunday. Jan. 30. 2000. St
Louis defeated Tennessee 23-16.
All-star Baltimore linebacker Ray
Lewis, arrested on murder charges in
the killings o f two people, made a
brief court appearance T uesday then
returned tojail to await a preliminary
hearing later this month.
Lewis was the second N ational
Football League player charged
with murder in six weeks. On Dec.
14, Carolina Panthers receiver Rae
Carruth was charged with first-
degree murder in the death of his
pregnant girlfriend, who was
wounded in a drive-by shooting
on Nov. 16 and died three weeks
later.
Lewis, 24, who had been scheduled
toplay in the Pro Bowl in Honolulu,
Hawaii, Sunday, instead appeared
in Atlanta Municipal Court tor a
hearing that was postponed until
Feb. 24. He was held without bail.
Prosecutor Larry Gardner asked
for a delay in formally charging
Lewis to have more time to gather
information in the case. A court
spokeswoman said Lewis will
likely be charged with two counts
o f felony murder, which carries a
m a n d a to ry life se n te n c e if
Evidence released in EBF boxing scandal case
R euters
Grandjury tapes, transcripts and other
evidence unsealed by a federal judge
appeared to show what prosecutors
called a p attern o f bribes and
c o rru p tio n by le a d e rs o f the
International Boxing Federation, the
Star-Ledger newspaper reported on
Saturday.
In testimony released on Friday,
in c lu d e d in v id e o ta p e s and
thousands o f pages o f transcripts,
b o x in g p ro m o te rs and o th ers
described how they made payments
to IBF President Robert Lee Sr. and
o th e r o ffic ia ls at th e boxing
sanctioning organization in order to
secure bouts, the newspaper reported.
Lee, his son Robert Lee Jr. and two
other IBF leaders were indicted on
Nov. 4 on 32 counts o f bribery and
other charges. A civil racketeering
suit against the four was filed on Nov.
22.
Prosecutors say the four accepted
$338,000 in bribes over a 13-year
period. Lee, on unpaid leave from the
IBF, has been replaced by a court-
appointed monitor.
Among the material unsealed on
Friday was a secretly taped F BI video
o f IBF ratings chairman Doug Beavers
apparently removing from his leg a
c e llo p h a n e -w ra p p e d
p ackage
containing $5,000 and Lee picking it
up after Beavers placed it on a table,
the Star-Ledger reported.
In affidavits, Beavers, who turned
informant when confronted by federal
authorities in 1997, said Lee called
bribes “Christmas turkeys.”
Legendary promoter Don King was
am ong those who made regular
payments, sometimes to gain bouts
for unknown fighters, the Star- Ledger
said Beavers told authorities.
The newly unsealed evidence also
indicated that promoter Bob Arum
said he was coerced into paying Lee.
President o f Top Rank in Nevada,
Arum said he sought a ruling from the
IBF to have heavyweight champion
G eorge Forem an, whom Arum
represented, fight German fighter Axel
Schulz in 1995.
The bout involved an exception to
the rule that champions are only
supposed to fight leading contenders.
The Star-Ledger said the newly
released docum ents quoted
Arum as saying the exception
“came at a price” — a $200,000
payment demanded by Lee in a
hotel room.
Arum told authorities he paid
Lee $ 100,000, the first o f more I BF
demands including one in which
an IBF official allegedly tried to
extract a quarter million dollars
from Foreman, according to the
Star-Ledger report.
Lee also allegedly demanded an
$800,000 payment to sanction a
fight between Mike Tyson and
George Foreman, according to
B eavers, but the fight never
materialized, the Star-Ledger said.
Jury selection in the criminal trial
was scheduled to begin on March
28.
Gar Heard became the first victim ofMichael Jordan’s new
career as the Washington Wizards coach was fired barely
halfway through his first season.
The announcement came just minutes after the Wizards
held on for a 103-98 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers
Monday. Heard had guided the Wizards to only a 14-30
mark but the team was 2-3 since Jordan became president
o f basketball operations.
“ I think they had their mind made up when he got here,”
Heard said. “I never got an opportunity to talk to him.
Heard is believed to have two-plus years left on a three-
year deal he signed last June. He was chosen by Wizards
general manager Wes Unseld, who no longer has the final
say on personnel decisions.
"It was not predestined. It was not M ichael’s decision
alone,” Unseld said. “M yself and Mr. (Abe) Pollin had
input. The final say-so is frank, as far as basketball is
concerned with Mike.”
Rod Higgins, a teammate of Jordan's on the Chicago Bulls
from 1984-86, was named interim coach. Higgins had been
an assistant with the Golden State Warriors.
Unseld made tonight’s announcement, which also
included the firings o f assistants Butch Beard and
Mike Bratz. Assistant Tree Rollins was retained and
will assist Higgins, who gets his first head coaching
job.
Higgins has spent 13 seasons with the Warriors,
playing seven and coaching six. After a 13-year
playing career with seven teams, he joined the W amors
as an assistant in the 1994-95 season.
“ I watched him as a kid playing with the Bulls,” said
forward Juwan Howard, a Chicago native. “I look
forward to working with him.”
“ It’s going to be a rough period,” guard Rod Strickland
said. “Things can’t get any worse.”
Higgins turns 40 on Monday and figures to make his
coaching debut Tuesday at Cleveland.
Jordan apparently is at the Super Bowl, making an
endorsement appearance. He released a statement
through the team
“I mentioned that when I became a member o f the
Washington Wizards that I would evaluate the team
and the coaching staff,” Jordan said. “I felt it was
necessary to make a change at this time.
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ampion Mike Tyson made short
>rk o f Julius Francis, flooring the
itish heavyweight champion five
times on his way to a second-round
knockout tonight on SHOWTIME.
In the semi-main event, unbeaten Joe
Calzaghe won a unanimous 12-round
decision over David Starie to retain
his World Boxing Organization super
middleweight title. The fights aired
on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXING at 10 p.m. ET/PT from
Manchester, England.
The card was promoted by Frank
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Tyson (47-3, 1 NC, 41 K O sjo f
Catskill, N.Y., thrilled the sold-
out crowd o f 21,000 at MEN
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(21-8, 11 KOs) o f London,
England, in the first round. Tyson
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comment. Police were investigating
charged with murder Monday after
reports Lewis was among a group of
two men were found stabbed to death
passengers in a black limousine seen
following an early-morning fight
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