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Saturday, August 31, 2002
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CONVICTED: Stephon Marbury, Phoenix Suns
PHOENIX -- Arizona Republic reports Suns star Stephon Marbury will spend 10 days in jail and has been suspended without pay from the team's opener in Seattle after pleading no contest Friday to an extreme DUI charge. Marbury was arrested Feb. 8 after police stopped him for speeding. A blood sample revealed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent. The state's legal limit is 0.08 for DUI and 0.15 for extreme DUI. Typically, DUI sentences are served in Maricopa County's Tent City Jail, which is known as a highly punitive facility in which inmates must wear black-and-white prison garb with pink underwear. Marbury would be eligible for work release after serving at least 48 hours.
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ARRESTED: Felix Heredia, Toronto Blue Jays
TORONTO -- Associated Press reports Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Felix Heredia was charged with assaulting a woman with a weapon. Toronto Detective Peter Harmsen said Heredia assaulted the mother of one of his children at about 5 a.m. Thursday morning. Harmsen said alcohol was involved.
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BANNED FOR LIFE: Tammy Thomas, American cyclist
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado -- Reuters reports American Tammy Thomas, a silver medallist in the sprint competition at the 2001 World Championships, has received a lifetime ban from cycling for failing a dope test. The 32-year-old Thomas tested positive for for the prohibited substance norbolethone in an out-of-competition check in Chula Vista, Calif., on March 14.
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