THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008
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O.J. appears in 'Jail' segment
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LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson told jailers he had been planning to host a poker game at his home in Miami before he was brought to Las Vegas to spend several nights behind bars, according to a television program transcript released Monday.
"I didn't expect to be back here so soon," Simpson laughed as he was greeted by a Las Vegas police jail officer, according to the transcript from producers of the MyNetworkTV show "jail."
A crew was already filming at the Clark County Detention Center when the former football star was brought in by his former bail bondson on Jan. 11, said Morgan Langley, an executive producer.
"It was not something we were expecting," Langley said of Simpson's appearance, which Langley said drew cheers from other people in an intake waiting room at the jail. "It was a little bit strange."
The segment is scheduled for broadcast
tonight at 9 p.m.
Simpson's lawyers did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Monday.
Simpson and two other men are due for trial April 7 on charges including kidnapping and armed robbery stemming from a Sept. 13 confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel.
He was brought back to Las Vegas for allegedly violating terms of his release on $125,000 bail by trying to contact a codedefendant in his armed robbery case. A judge doubled his bail.
According to the transcript, Simpson said he was having a good day until he was brought back to Las Vegas.
"I used to love coming to Vegas," Simpson tells a jailer. "Now [I] hate it."
"I had a poker game tonight at my house that I was hosting and today I finally found my golf swing," he says.
Simpson returned to Miami after posting the new bail amount.
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The MyNetworkTV show "Jail" films O.J. Simpson as he returns to Las Vegas for allegedly violating terms of release in his armed robbery case. The segment is scheduled to run at 9 p.m.
Pitcher may face federal inquiries
》 COURT CASE
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NEW YORK — A lawyer for Brian McNamee believes the Justice Department will open a criminal investigation into Roger Clemens' denials of doping.
Meantime, the chairman of a congressional committee said comments attributed to one of the pitcher's lawyers could be interpreted as trying to intimidate a federal law enforcement official.
Clemens gave a five-hour deposition last week to staff lawyers of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform prior to Wednesday's public hearing. McNamee, former personal trainer to the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, gave a seven-hour deposition.
"I think there will be a criminal prosecution after Wednesday, and that means there will be grand jury proceedings and subsequent proceedings," Richard Emery, one of McNamee's attorneys, said Sunday. "I don't see there any possibility that Brian has any inroads." Only one
has any jeopardy. I or bility of Clemens getting investigated by Justice, whether or not Congress refers it."
Told of Emery's comments, Rusty Hardin, Clemens' lead lawyer, said: "They have consistently acted and indi-
A message left Sunday night requesting Justice Department comment was not immediately returned.
"Our position is very simple: Roger did not take steroids, he did not use human growth hormone, and he has demonstrated that he is willing to repeatedly testify under oath as to the truth of those matters," Hardin said.
accusations Clemens has repeatedly denied. Both are set to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill in what figures to be a day of high drama.
cated that they have a pipeline to agents of the Department of Justice. Whether they do or not, it certainly raises a lot of questions of whether what's going on here is proper. So I'm not going to express any predictions of what will or will not happen."
McNamee says he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone at least 16 times in 1998, 2000 and 2001.
McNamee last month gave the Justice Department what he
says are needles from times Clemens used performance-enhancing drugs, evidence that the pitcher's legal team says is manufactured. Emery said he thinks there will be a Justice Department investigation of Clemens even if the committee doesn't ask for one.
"I only see the possibility of Clemens getting investigated by justice, whether or not Congress refers it."
Rep. Henry Waxman, the committee chairman, wrote a letter to Hardin
part of its probe into the Mitchell Report, in which McNamee went public with his accusations against Clemens. The same com-
"It certainly raises a lot of questions of whether what's going on here is proper."
RICHARD EMERY McNamee's attorney
on Sunday saying that some comments by Hardin and McNamee's lawyers were "inadvisable."
official duties." Waxman wrote. "It is not your client's prerogative to dictate who attends or does not attend the hearing. ... I trust you did not intend your comments to be a signal that there could be adverse repercussions to a federal law enforcement official for attending the hearing or taking other official actions."
"I do not know your intent in making this statement, but under one interpretation it can be seen an attempt to intimidate a federal law enforcement official in the performance of his
The committee called this hearing as
that inquiry.
mittee last month asked the justice Department to investigate whether former AL MVP Miguel Tejada lied when he told staff in 2005 that he never took illegal performance-enhancing drugs and had no knowledge of other players using or talking about steroids. The FBI's field office in Washington is handling
Barry Bonds, baseball's career home run leader, was indicted in November on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with grand jury testimony in which he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.
Clemens spent two days visiting congressmen last week and may again on Tuesday.
"By comparing Clemens only to those who were successful in the second act of their careers, rather than to all pitchers who had a similarly successful first act, the report artificially minimizes the chances that Clemens' numbers will seem unusual. Statisticians call this problem selection bias," professors Eric Bradlow, Shane Jensen, Justin Wolters and Adi Wyner wrote in Sunday's Times.
They compared Clemens' ERA and walks plus-hits-per-inning with those of 31 pitcher since 1968 with 3,000 innings and 10 or more starts in at least 15 seasons.
"The available data on Clemens's career strongly hint that some unusual factors may have been at play in producing his excellent late-career statistics," they said, while adding, "in any analysis of his career statistics, it is impossible to say whether this unusual factor was performance-enhancing drugs."
DOG SHOW
Beagles make a comeback during the Westminster show
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Now that's one great beagle.
NEW YORK — Uno barked at his handler, bayed at the crowd, tried to grab his leash and took a flying leap at a piece of filet mignon. Oh, and he gnawed away at a newly printed sign.
His white-tipped tail in perpetual motion, Uno turned the green carpet of Madison Square Garden into his own personal backyard. On Monday night, he became the first beagle to win the hound group at the Westminster Kennel Club show since 1939 — that's 483 years, in dog years.
Uno, a 15-inch beagle, looks up at his handler during the hound group competition at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Uuno won best in the hound group.
"Snoopy would be proud," handler Aaron Wilkerson said earlier. "He was being his merry little hound self."
Westminster has presented best in show 100 times and a beagle has never won. Uno's victory assured him a place in the final seven Tuesday night at America's No. 1 dog event.
Beagles are always among the most popular dogs in the country, yet Wilkerson was at a loss to explain why they've never done better here.
While best in show will be presented later, the precocious package of personality certainly deserved one title: noisiest in show.
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"Ah-roo! " his hows echoed all over the arena. It didn't take much to get Uno going, either. A click of a spectator's pen, a wave of the judge's hand, any effort by Wilkerson to hush him. "Ah-roo!"
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Tennessee inches by Rutgers in championship rematch
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Nicky Anosike sank two free throws with two-tenths of a second left and No. 1 Tennessee rallied to beat No. 5 Rutgers 59-58 on Monday night in a rematch of last season's national championship game.
Trailing 58-57. Anosike grabbed an offensive rebound and was grabbed by Kia Vaughn from behind. Unclear whether the foul had come before time expired, the Rutgers bench began to celebrate, but officials reviewed the play and determined that the foul had been committed just before the buzzer.
Also roaming around the rings: a niece of Vivi, the award-winning whippet who ran away at John F. Kennedy International Airport two years ago, and the daughter of Rufus, the colored bull terrier that won the 2006 Westminster with a football-sized noggin.
Television replays showed the game clock seemed to pause as Anosike came down with the ball and two-tenths remained on the clock, leading to the controversial finish.
A perfectly trimmed toy poodle, a top Sealylam terrier and a prized Akita were among the 2,627 entries at this year's show. The dogs came in 169 breeds and varieties, and there were four newly sanctioned types — the Tibetan mastiff, Beauceron, Swedish hallvand and Plott.
Candace Parker, who bruised her knee in the Lady Vols' last game, had 27 points and 10 rebounds, and Angie Bjorklund added 13.
Anosike canly stepped up and hit the two free throws to seal the victory.
Though the movie "Underdog" was a big winner last year, a beagle is forever a long shot at the Garden. Tri-colored and nearly 3.
The terrier, nonporting and herding groups were also to be judged Monday night. Judge J. Donald Jones, formerly a dean at Emory University, will point to his choice as best in show right before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
Epiphanny Prince had 21 points for Rutgers, and Essence Carson added 18.
The Lady Vols shot a perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line in the first half, but went 11-for-18 from the line in the second half for an unusually low 61.1 percent.
with pleading, golden-brown eyes and a most playful nature. Uuno hoped to break out of the Westminster doghouse. His official name is K-Run's Park Me in First, and he tapped 12 other entries in the 15-inch beagle category
It was the first time in history the Scarlet Knights have played four ranked opponents in a row, having also faced No. 18 Pittsburgh and No. 11 West Virginia.
Not that he lorded it over his fellow pooches, the way a Lhasa Apsos or Saluki might. Instead, Uuno tried to join in when the other beagles were excused from the ring. Wilkerson held him still on the trophy stand and it worked, for about 10 seconds.
Beagles also come in the 13-inch variety, though both types can come from the same litter.
In show terms, Uno is a "big beagle."
ranked show dog in the nation.
Uno already has won 32 best in show titles and finished 2007 as the sixth-
He retreated to the safety of his cake after this latest win, complete with his favorite stuffed frog toy and a fluffy pillow sporting a Hollywood star.
Judge Ralph Lemcke picked Uno over 25 others in the hound group, praising his "soft expression" and the perfect "brush on his tail".
"He could run all day in the field," Lemcke said.
In December, Uno won the hound group at the big AKC/Eukanuba show in Long
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The winner of that event,
a Sealyham called Charmin,
also advanced in breed competition.
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