Wednesday, September 25, 2002

ARRESTED: Rashad Anderson, UConn Basketball STORRS, Conn. -- The Daily Campus reports UConn freshman basketball player Rashad Anderson was arrested on Sept. 16. for threatening and breach of peace. The police report stated there was a complaint of a person hiding in the woods near the Hilltop dormitories dressed in black and wearing a mask. The report also stated the person was scaring pedestrians. Officers, who arrived on scene, found Anderson hiding in the woods wearing a blue jump suit, mask and he was holding what appeared to be a bloody knife. The knife was a 14-inch plastic knife with fake blood on it. 8:45:07 PM

BISON DELE UPDATE: Sea Search Ends PAPEETE, Tahiti -- Associated Press reports investigators have stopped searching for the bodies of former NBA player Bison Dele and two companions who disappeared at sea, and the case now is focused on interviewing witnesses and searching Dele's sailboat. Dele, his girlfriend and a skipper were last seen July 8 near the tiny island of Maiao, west of Tahiti. Investigators in the French territory believe they were killed by Dele's older brother, Miles Dabord. Authorities have little hope of hearing Dabord's version of events firsthand. He has been in a coma since being found on the California-Mexico border on Sept. 14. He is at a San Diego-area hospital. 8:26:06 PM

ARBITRATION RULING: Players' Union vs. NBA NEW YORK -- Associated Press reports an arbitrator handed the NBA a victory Wednesday that should help keep team payrolls down, ruling that the 29 owners can redistribute luxury tax and escrow funds any way they please. The players' union filed a grievance in August, arguing that the league's plan to withhold funds from high-spending teams amounted to circumvention of the collective bargaining agreement. 8:23:13 PM

UPDATE: Ted Williams Litigation MIAMI -- Reuters reports the court battle waged by a daughter of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams to remove her father's body from a cryonic freezing process begun by other family members may collapse because she is struggling to pay legal fees, her lawyer said on Wednesday.  Barbara "Bobby-Jo" Williams Ferrell, Williams' eldest daughter, has spent about $50,000 over the last four months to dispute her half-siblings' stance that their father wanted to be frozen, rather than cremated as stated in his will, her lawyer John Heer said. Ferrell will need roughly another $50,000 to continue with the case, he added. But despite Ferrell's efforts to raise funds for the highly publicized case, she has only collected $2,500 to date. 8:19:39 PM

FBI QUERY: Olympic Skating Officials NEW YORK -- Associated Press reports three international skating officials have been interviewed by the FBI about the scandal-plagued pairs competition at the Salt Lake City Olympics. U.S. agents almost certainly will be talking to others involved in the case, including each of the judges. 8:14:01 PM

IRKED: Columbia Halftime Gibe Irks Some at Fordham NEW YORK -- New York Times reports Fordham University students and alumni say a Columbia University band announcer apparently referred to the priest sex scandal during a football game on Sunday. 3:10:31 AM

ARRESTED: Randy Moss, Minnesota Vikings MINNEAPOLIS -- Star Tribune reports Vikings star receiver Randy Moss was arrested Tuesday evening after he allegedly pushed a traffic control agent for a half-block with his car before knocking her down during rush hour in downtown Minneapolis, police said. Moss, 25, of Eden Prairie, was booked into the Hennepin County jail for alleged second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon after striking Amy Elizabeth Zaccardi, 27, of Coon Rapids. She suffered minor injuries when she fell to the street. As of 9 p.m., Moss had not been charged and was being held without bail. 2:52:36 AM

LITIGATION: Kitaen Seeks $12 Million From Finley SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Associated Press reports actress Tawny Kitaen has filed a $12 million lawsuit against her estranged husband, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chuck Finley. In the lawsuit, made public Monday, Kitaen accused her husband of breach of contract, saying Finley broke his promise to financially support her for the rest of her life. Finley filed for divorce in April, three days after Kitaen, 41, was arrested for spousal abuse. Kitaen, who appeared in the feature film "Bachelor Party" and the television movie "California Girls," was accused of attacking her husband April 1 as the two were returning home from dinner. Police said they saw cuts and scrapes on Finley's body. Kitaen pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of spousal abuse and was ordered to undergo a year of counseling, avoid contact with her husband and make a $500 donation to a battered-women's shelter. 2:51:59 AM

LITIGATION: Duece Staley Added to Brian Mitchell Lawsuit PHILADELPHIA -- Associated Press reports a police officer who filed a lawsuit claiming Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Mitchell assaulted her is also suing one of his teammates for defamation. Karen Haley says Eagles running back Duce Staley ruined her reputation by saying last year that she was harassing him. Her lawsuit was amended last Friday. She is seeking an additional $2 million in damages from Staley, making the total damages $13.2 million. The suit says Staley told team security director Butch Buchanino that Haley was harassing him, a complaint that was passed on to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester M. Johnson. Haley claims that she has suffered physical and emotional distress as a result. 2:50:36 AM

NO BILLED: Tony Stewart, NASCAR BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. -- Associated Press reports Tony Stewart won't face criminal assault charges stemming from an accusation by a fan that the NASCAR driver shoved her at an August race in Bristol. The Sullivan County grand jury declined to indict Stewart after hearing a report on the sheriff's investigation following the Sharpie 500 Winston Cup race Aug. 24, District Attorney Greeley Wells said. 2:48:48 AM

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