Monday, October 14, 2002

SUSPENDED: Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cleveland Cavaliers CLEVELAND -- Associated Press reports Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas was suspended by the NBA for one game on Monday after being arrested last month for drunken driving. Ilgauskas will be suspended without pay and will miss the regular-season opener on Oct. 29 in Sacramento, the league said. Last week, the 7-foot-3 Ilgauskas pleaded no contest to drunken driving and was sentenced to one year's probation. A 30-day jail sentence was suspended and Ilgauskas was fined $1,000. The 27-year-old Ilgauskas, whose career has been slowed by foot injuries, was stopped in suburban Cleveland on Sept. 15 for erratic driving. He failed field sobriety tests, and his blood-alcohol level was 0.167 -- above Ohio's legal limit of 0.10. 5:21:08 PM

CHARGED: Matt Hooper, Nebraska Baseball LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Daily Nebraskan reports a Nebraska baseball player Matt Hooper was arrested on a charge of assault for fighting outside a bar last weekend. Lincoln Police Capt. David Beggs said officers were watching the bar crowd on O Street when they spotted Hopper, 22, and 21-year-old Peter M. Johnson fighting. Three officers tried to separate the two first by giving verbal commands and then by wrestling Hopper and Johnson to the ground, Beggs said. Hopper would not let go of Johnson and continued to hit him in the face, Beggs said. One officer used pepper spray to make Hopper let go of Johnson, he said. 5:17:41 PM

TICKETED: Jammal Lord, Nebraska Football LINCOLN, Neb. -- Associated Press reports Nebraska quarterback Jammal Lord was ticketed for disturbing the peace. The 21-year-old Lord and Greichaly Cepero, also an athlete at Nebraska, appeared to be drunk and were taken to a detoxification center early Sunday. Both were later released but never arrested, police spokeswoman Katherine Finnell said. Nebraska football coach Frank Solich said the citation does not require suspending Lord from any games, but some form of discipline may be necessary. 5:12:24 PM

CHARGED: Marcus Fizer, Chicago Bulls CHICAGO -- Associated Press reports Chicago Bulls forward Marcus Fizer was charged with having a loaded gun in his car and driving with a suspended license early Sunday morning. Illinois State Police Sgt. Wayne Winterberg said Fizer was pulled over just after 2 a.m. for having tinted windows on his sport-utility vehicle.  Police then found Fizer was driving with a suspended license. While preparing to tow his car, police searched it and found a .40-caliber gun, Winterberg said. 5:10:22 PM

NO CHARGES: Alex Ferguson, Manchester United JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Agence France-Presse reports Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will not be charged with indecent assault, South African police told AFP Sunday. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) rejected claims by Nadia Abrahams the 60-year-old Scotsman had touched her inner thigh while travelling back by car to his Cape Town hotel on early Friday morning. Senior Superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht told AFP the decision not to charge Ferguson had been taken shortly after the police had handed the results of their investigation to the local prosecutor. 5:07:56 PM

CHARGED: Darren Hambrick, Cleveland Browns BEREA, Ohio - Associated Press reports Cleveland Browns linebacker Darren Hambrick has been charged with stealing a check for about $5,700 from the Carolina Panthers. Hambrick is accused of stealing the money three weeks after joining the Panthers in October 2001, according to court records. He flew to Florida last week and surrendered to authorities, who had issued an arrest warrant for the fifth-year linebacker in August, just days before he signed with the Browns. He was released on $10,000 bail. Browns coach Butch Davis said the team did not plan to discipline Hambrick, their starting strongside linebacker. 5:05:24 PM

CHARGED: Denis Arkhipov, Nashville Predators NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Associated Press reports Nashville Predators forward Denis Arkhipov was arrested on drunken driving charges after an exhibition game. Arkhipov, who led the Predators with 20 goals last season, was released after posting $1,000 bond Saturday night following Nashville's 2-0 victory over Columbus. 5:00:39 PM

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