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BASKETBALL
Missouri player Clemons slapped with 60 days in jail
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri basketball player Ricky Clemons was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail for his earlier guilty pleas to misdemeanor charges of assault and false imprisonment of a woman at his apartment.
Clemons, 22, who pleaded guilty to the reduced charges April 21, reported to the Boone County Jail on Monday. He will also have two years of unsupervised probation.
Jessica Bunge, of St. Clair, Mo., alleged Clemons pushed her down, bloodied her nose and choked her the night of Jan. 16 after she refused to watch the movie Roots with him. Clemons was arrested the next day and was suspended from the team for one game.
Clemons would still have a year of eligibility left after sitting out next season. Missouri has said it would honor Clemons' scholarship, "provided he continues to progress toward his degree and meets his academic and social responsibilities."
Rutgers to lose 20 scholarships with self-imposed probation
Many of the violations involved tardy paperwork and no coaches were involved, said Thomas Yeager, chair of the committee and commissioner of the Colonial Athletic Conference.
The probation period began April 1, 2002,the date Rutgers reported the results of its investigation to the NCAA.
NEWARK, N.J. — The NCAA accepted Rutgers' self-imposed penalties of two years probation and the loss of 20 total scholarships in 10 sports for violating eligibility and financial aid rules.
The school was publicly reprimanded by the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions, in a ruling announced yesterday. The committee also commended the university for "detecting and vigorously pursuing the violations."
It is the first time that Rutgers, a member of the Big East Conference, has been on probation.
NBA Finals draw fewer viewers according to Nielson ratings
NEW YORK — The final ratings for the NBA Finals between San Antonio and New Jersey were the lowest since the Nielsen ratings service began using the current method 27 years ago.
The six games, all aired in prime time on ABC, drew a 6.5 with a 12 share.
By contrast, last year's finals, between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Nets, had a 10.2 rating on NBC, even though it went
four games and was less competitive. That series, however, featured two of the game's biggest stars — the Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.
Michael Jordan's final game for Chicago against Utah in 1998 drew a rating of 18.7, more than three times the overall rating for this year's series.
The Nets-Spurs series also was a defensive struggle with long scoring droughts and low shooting percentages by both teams.
The rating is the percentage of all homes with televisions, whether they are in use. The share is the percentage of sets in use tuned to a particular program.
RACING
NASCAR calls on Nextel to become next cup sponsor
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nextel has reached a deal to become the title sponsor of NASCAR's premier Winston Cup series, NASCAR and team sources said yesterday.
Two NASCAR sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the wireless communications giant would be announced as the title sponsor Thursday at a news conference in New York's Times Square.
Two Winston Cup team sources, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said NASCAR officials called them Monday to tell them a deal with Nextel was complete.
Although it's unclear what the exact new title of the series will be, the Winston Cup name will disappear after 31 years in existence. Before 1972, it was known as the Grand National Series.
TENNIS
Wimbledon pairings put Serena Venus in opposite brackets
WIMBLEDON, England — Serena and Venus Williams were placed on opposite sides of the Wimbledon women's draw yesterday and could meet in another Grand Slam final.
Serena Williams, who won Wimbledon for the first time last year, and older sister Venus, the 2000 and 2001 champion, have met in four of the last five Grand Slam championship matches.
Defending men's champion Leyton Hewitt was dealt a tough draw that included a potential quarterfinal match against Andy Roddick. Hewitt will play a qualifier in the first round next Monday.
Andre Agassi, seeded second, will open against British wild card Jamie Delgado, and could face No.18 Marat Safin or big-serving Mark Philippoussis in the fourth round.
The Associated Press