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Wednesday, July 17, 2002
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BETTING RECORD: Tiger Woods
MUIRFIELD -- Ananova reports Tiger Woods is the shortest-priced favorite ever for a major championship as he seeks to win the third leg of an unprecedented Grand Slam. The odds are as low as 13-8.
4:16:29 PM 
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BANNED: Virgil Hill, former WBA cruiserweight
PARIS -- Associated Press reports former WBA cruiserweight champion Virgil Hill received a two-year ban from France's Council to Prevent and Fight Doping after testing positive for two banned substances.
3:57:46 PM
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NO CHARGES: Teddy Dupay, Orlando Magic free agent
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Times-Union reports Orlando Magic free agent and former University of Florida basketball star Teddy Dupay won't face gambling charges despite court documents made public earlier this week that claim Dupay placed bets on Florida, other NCAA basketball games and professional sports while he was a scholarship athlete in Tallahassee. Dupay was dismissed from the basketball team last September, before his senior season, after he was listed as an uncharged co-defendant in a gambling investigation by university police. He has denied betting on any games.
3:09:55 PM
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COLLUSION CHARGES: NBA Owners
NEW YORK -- Newark Star-Ledger reports the executive director of the NBA players' union has filed circumvention and collusion charges against the league. An arbitrator is expected to hear the case within 30 days. In the meantime, free agents who were supposed to begin signing contracts today could be facing a nuclear winter this summer.
2:49:02 PM
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INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL: University of Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Des Moines Register reports, "add one player being stabbed and another cited for underage possession of alcohol to the list of recent incidents causing Iowa athletic department officials to examine their conduct policy."
2:18:44 PM
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CONVICTED: Nate Harris, University of Miami football recruit
MIAMI -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports University of Miami football recruit Nate Harris has accepted a plea agreement from the state attorney's office after admitting to being the lookout in an armed robbery that has kept him in jail without bond since May 30. Harris was sentenced to 364 days in jail, but it's unlikely he will serve that much time. He could free to play football again in approximately six months.
2:02:17 PM
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MALPRACTICE UPDATE: Stephen Lucie, former NFL team doctor
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Times-Union reports former Jaguars doctor Stephen Lucie yesterday doggedly defended his treatment of Jeff Novak's leg injury.
1:56:28 PM
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ARRESTED: Chris Wispelway, Duke QB
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Associated Press reports Duke quarterback Chris Wispelwey, one of three candidates for the starting job, has been charged with driving while impaired. Wispelwey, a redshirt sophomore, was charged early Sunday morning after he drove the wrong way down a Chapel Hill street, forcing oncoming traffic to drive off the road to avoid a head-on collision. He registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.17. The level at which a person is considered too drunk to drive in North Carolina is 0.08.
1:37:54 PM
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ECONOMICS: NBA Salary Cap
NEW YORK -- Associated Press reports the NBA salary cap is going down for the first time in its 18-year history. The cap, which rose last year by $7 million to $42.5 million, was dropped on Tuesday to $40.271 million for the 2002-03 season primarily because of a $100 million-plus decrease in guaranteed television money.
1:33:28 PM
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ARRAIGNED: Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers
PHILADELPHIA -- Associated Press reports Allen Iverson's Tuesday ended much as it began: at home in his mansion with a media horde camped outside. In between, the NBA star spent nearly 11 hours in custody and was arraigned on gun and assault charges. Philadelphia Inquirer has exhaustive coverage.
1:29:37 PM
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REMAINS OF THE DAY UPDATE: Ted Williams
INVERNESS, Fla. -- Associated Press reports the two children of baseball great Ted Williams who want their father's body frozen deny a half-sister's charge that they plan to make money from his remains or DNA, their attorney said Wednesday.
1:27:01 PM
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ARRESTED: Alonzo Spellman, former NFL
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Associated Press reports former Detroit Lions defensive lineman Alonzo Spellman was arrested earlier this week after a report of a home invasion and reckless driving. The person who made the home-invasion report refused to press charges, but Spellman was charged with three misdemeanors: drunken driving, driving on a suspended license and destruction of property worth less than $1,000.
1:22:01 PM
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