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< A P ) — A C o lo ra d o ju d g e said p ro secu to rs have
p resen ted a "m in im al am ount o f e v id e n c e " ag ain st
K obe B ryant, but en o u g h for the N BA star to stand
trial on a ch arg e o f sexually assau ltin g a 19-year-old
reso rt w orker.
E agle C o u n ty Ju d g e F rederick G an n ett ruled that
th e ev id en c e show n at a p relim in ary h earin g - in
c lu d in g p h o to g rap h s o f the w o m a n 's in ju ries and
b lo o d on her u n d erw ear - in d icated "su b m issio n
an d fo rce." B ut he ch id ed p ro secu to rs fo r o fferin g
c o n flictin g inform ation.
"S im p ly put, this c o u rt co u ld not m ake a finding
o f p ro b ab le cau se... absent relian ce upon those
in feren ces su p p o rtiv e o f the p e o p le 's c a se ," G a n n e tt
said.
T he next ap p earan ce for the Los A n g eles L a k e rs ’
g u ard w as set fo r N ov. 10 in d istric t co u rt. H e could
face life in p riso n if co n v icted .
B ryant, 25, has said the sex w as c o n sen su al. H is
a tto rn ey s su g g ested the w o m a n ’s in ju ries cam e
d u rin g sex w ith o th e r men in the d ay s befo re her
Ju n e 30 e n c o u n te r w ith B ryant at a posh reso rt in
n earb y E dw ards.
K obe B ryant
T he p relim in ary h earin g lasted nearly tw o days
and included g rap h ic testim o n y ab o u t an e n c o u n
ter p ro secu to rs say tu rn ed violent a fte r flirtin g by
both B ryant and his accuser.
T he d efen se arg u ed that sem en and p ubic hair
found in the w o m an ’s u n d e rw e a rth a t w e re n ’t from
B ryant prove he is in nocent - an arg u m en t rid i
cu led by p ro secu to r G reg C ritten d en .
At B ry a n t's trial, any d iscu ssio n o f the w o m a n 's
sexual history could be lim ited by C o lo ra d o ’s rape
shield law . u n less B ry a n t’s a tto rn e y s su c c e ss
fully argue the ev id en c e fits into o ne o f the few
exceptions.
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(A P) - A tied up W orld Series
m oved to South Florida for gam e
three T uesday night with M ike
M ussina (17-8) going for the New
York Y ankees and the Florida M ar
lins starting Josh Beckett (9-8).
T h e scen e h as sh ifted from
b aseb all's most hallow ed park to
2267 D an M arino Blvd., the ad
dress o f Pro Player Stadium.
Not that the M arlins m ind at all.
“ I think o u r advantage in this
park is that people think it’s ugly
and think it’s not a baseball park,”
outfielder JeffC onine said. "B ut we
call it hom e and w e feel like w e'v e
got that advantage.
“They alw ays com e in and say,
‘O h. the lights are bad' and ‘It looks
lik eafootball stadium .’ I think they
ju st ca n ’t get up for playing in a
place like this, as com pared to a
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a n d p h o to g r a p h e rs M o n d a y a t Pro P layer S ta d iu m in M iam i, Fla.
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Yankee Stadium oraC am den Yards
or a Fenw ay Park th at's got all the
history. So I think it definitely works
in our advantage that it is kind o f a
dreary and glum place to play.”
T he M arlin s w ere o ne o f the
m ajo rs' best hom e team s th is sea
son. T h ere are shades o f O c to
ber, too - the last tim e the S eries
w as here, th e cro w d w as going
crazy as E d g ar R en teria hit a w in
ning sin g le in the b o tto m o f the
I Ith inning to beat C lev elan d in
G am e 7 in 1997.
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display o f orange-and-teal seats,
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sine.
“T his is different," Yankees man
ager Joe Torre said. “ W e com e in,
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It really is w eird.”
A n o th e r big d iffe re n c e that
should be apparent: The sellout
crow d o f 65,000 is expected to be
split.
“W e know everyw here we go,
we have our share o f fans. We
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transplanted New Y orkers in South
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(A P) — R aising his fists in a logne, G e rm an y -b ased p u b lish er
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Frankfurt Book Fair as he presented the love that people have for this
a book chronicling his life.
man, all around the w orld,” said
Ali, 61, w alked slow ly around a A li’s wife, Lonnie. “It’s ju st as
boxing ring set up for the recent to u n d in g .”
event, posed for photographers and
The book includes m ore than
w aved to several hundred fans 3,(XX) photographs and hundreds
chanting his name before signing a o f essays and reflections by A li’s
copy o f the 800-page book.
coaches, fam ily and friends, as well
T h e b o o k , title d “G O A T. as by Ali him self.
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Randolph scores
27, grabs 18
boards in loss
(A P ) — A ndre M iller had 24
p o in ts a n d C a rm e lo A n th o n y
added 20 points and five rebounds
as the D en v er N uggets needed
o v ertim e to d efeat the P ortland
T rail B lazers 101-95 in a n e x h ib i-
tion gam e M onday night.
Z ach R andolph had 27 points
and 18 rebounds for the Trail B laz
ers, w ho have d ro p p ed th e ir last
three preseaso n gam es.
E a rl B o y k in s ' tu r n a r o u n d
ju m p e r put the N uggets up 93-92
in the e x tra period before A n
thony, the third o v erall pick in
th is y e a r's N BA draft, hit a 7-foot
ju m p e r. D en v er led the rest o f the
way.
T h e B la z e rs w e re w ith o u t
s ta rte r D erek A n d e rso n , w ho
m issed his th ird straight gam e
w ith lo w er back spasm s.
T he B lazers, dow n 78-77 w ith
ju s t o v e r se v e n m in u te s le ft,
p u lled ahead on a pair o f free
th ro w s by R andolph, then h eld a
narrow lead until N e n e 's slam tied
it at 85.
R asheed W a lla c e ’s ju m p e rp u t
the B lazers back in front, hut only
until M ille r's 1 7 -fo o tju m p tie d it
again.
The N uggets took an 89-87 lead
on M iller’s free throw s w ith 4.5
se c o n d s left. A fte r a tim e o u t,
R andolph tied it again with a layup
to take the gam e to overtim e.
M iller scored 10 o f his points
in the fourth q u a rte r and o v e r
time.
T he B lazers led by as m any as
16 p o in ts in the first h a lf but saw
it slip aw ay in the seco n d q u arter
w hen the N ug g ets w ent on an 18-
8 ru n a n d tie d it a t 4 7 on
A n th o n y ’s layup.
T he N uggets took a 48 -4 7 lead
on B o y k in s ’ fre e th r o w , b u t
w e re n 't able to e x ten d it and the
gam e w as tied at 52 at the half.