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IN BRIEF
Hearns accused of hitting son, 13
UNION-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
January 4, 2006
Former boxing champion Thomas Hearns has been accused of striking his son during an argument, and faces misdemeanor assault and battery charges.
Police in the Detroit suburb of Southfield said they were called to Hearns' home by his wife on Sunday evening and told that the 47-year-old boxer struck his 13-year-old son.
When police arrived, they found the teenager with a small cut and a bruise over one eye, Detective John Harris said. Hearns was arrested without incident and jailed until his arraignment Monday morning.
Hearns, who had a comeback fight in July, was released on $10,000 personal bond. Magistrate Eugene Friedman ordered him not to have any contact with his son. A pretrial hearing has been scheduled for Friday.
More sports and courts
TCU freshman kicker Kasey Davis was shot to death early yesterday, his body found in his car by police in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Conroe, Texas. The 20-year-old player had a gunshot wound to his chest and was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. Police arrested a suspect near the apartment minutes after getting a description from witnesses. Jeffrey Clay Lasiter, 40, had a rifle in the front seat of his car when he was pulled over. He was charged with murder and is in the Montgomery County Jail . . . Former Ohio State All-America running back Maurice Clarett posted bond and was released after facing a judge for the first time since he was accused of robbing two people with a gun in an alley behind a downtown Columbus bar early Sunday . . . UCLA place-kicker Justin Medlock, 22, pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges in connection with an accident last month that seriously injured Hannah Jun (Torrey Pines High), a member of the women's golf team who was a passenger. Jun, 20, was hospitalized for a week with a fractured neck vertebra but is expected to make a full recovery, said UCLA spokesman Marc Dellins . . . Nathan Mallett, 24, a fan whose romp on the field at Cleveland Browns Stadium ended in a body slam by a Pittsburgh player, was convicted of disorderly conduct.
College football
Virginia Tech officials said they would review and deal with Marcus Vick's apparent stomp on the leg of a Louisville player just before halftime of the Gator Bowl. Athletic Director Jim Weaver said the school was embarrassed by Vick's behavior in stepping on the left calf of NCAA sacks leader Elvis Dumervil after a tackle . . . Maryland tight end Vernon Davis will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft, as will North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams. And Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said junior wide receiver Santonio Holmes probably will enter the draft.
Baseball
Outfielder Jeromy Burnitz was attempting to finalize terms on a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, less than a week after it appeared he had a two-year deal with the Baltimore Orioles. Also, right-hander Ryan Vogelsong and Pittsburgh agreed on a $555,000, one-year contract . . . The Astros and outfielder Preston Wilson agreed to a $4 million, one-year contract.
Et cetera
Martina Hingis won her second straight match since returning after a three-year absence, beating seventh-seeded Klara Koukalova 6-3, 6-2 at the Australian women's hardcourt tennis championships in Gold Coast . . . Lynn Swann, the former Pittsburgh Steelers star and veteran football commentator for ABC Sports, is expected to declare his candidacy for Pennsylvania governor today . . . Canada advanced to tomorrow's final of the world junior hockey championship in Vancouver with a 4-0 victory over Finland and will meet Russia, which routed the United States 5-1 in the second semifinal.
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