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Case against running back begins
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS Jury selection began yesterday in a civil case alleging that St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk abused the mother of three of his children.
Fauik has countersued the accuser, Helen Dunne, saying the charges are false and that she is abusing the legal system by taking the case to court. Both were present at the hearing.
The trial is expected to last up to a week. Both Dunne and Faulk are seeking unspecified damages. No criminal charges were ever filed.
Faulk was the NFL's most valuable player in 2000 and is widely considered one of the game's best players.
Last month, Judge Barbara Wallace ordered Faulk to turn over to experts for Dunne's attorneys a financial report of his assets and last year's income
tax return. She also ordered Faulk to provide the names of the mothers of Faulk's three other children.
Dunne, 27, now of Houston, claims Faulk was abusive over the course of an on-again, off-again relationship.
Faulk and Dunne met at a party in 1996 and lived together in Indianapolis when Faulk was with the Colts.
In October 1999, court records show Dunnie was treated at a St.
Louis area hospital. She said Faulk had hit her, bit her and grabbed her by the neck.
In a sworn statement, Faulk denied hitting her. "Whether I pushed her or pulled her, I mean, that might be so," he said.
On Oct. 28,1999,Dunne submitted an affidavit to police saying "It is my serious belief that I was the aggressive party in the incident,and I wish not to prosecute Mr.Faulk in any capacity."
St. Bonaventure hires basketball coach
The Associated Press
OLEAN, N.Y. Anthony Solomon was introduced as St. Bonaventure's basketball coach yesterday, ending a chaotic two months marked by league sanctions, a player boycott and the ouster of three top school officials.
Solomon, a 38-year-old former
Notre Dame assistant; replaces Jan van Breda Kolff, who was fired last month. This is Solomon's first head coaching job in college, and he becomes the first African-American head coach of any sport at St. Bonaventure.
"Anthony Solomon has the leadership experience and character that are critical to St.
Bonaventure," athletics director Paul Grys said.
A special committee determined van Breda Kolff violated NCAA rules in connection with a player eligibility scandal that abruptly ended the team's season in March.
Solomon broke into coaching in 1988 at Delaware after completing his college playing career
at Virginia, where the Cavaliers reached the Final Four in his freshman season.
"St. Bonaventure is a tradition-rich basketball program that really excites me," Solomon said. "With my 15 years of experience in the coaching profession, I feel that I have prepared myself for this opportunity."
NCAA BASKETBALL Lane width, 3-point line may change next season
INDIANAPOLIS — The three-point line in men's college basketball would be moved back 9 inches to 20 feet, 6 inches under a recommendation from an NCAA rules committee yesterday.
The current distance, 19 feet 9 inches, has been in place since 1986.
The panel also suggested
expanding the 12-foot-wide college lane by adopting the trapezoid used in international play. At its widest point, the trapezoid lane's width is 19-feet-8 and three-fourths inches.
The changes could take effect as early as next season, if approved by the NCAA championship committee next month.
The NCAA women's basketball rules committee recommended that the international 3-point line be used in the
women's game, too, and that the trapezoid lane be tried experimentally in selected games during the season.
BIG 12 BASEBALL Wildcat baseball coach resions after 17 seasons
resigns after 17 seasons
Clark, 50, told school officials he was resigning for personal reasons, said Tom Gilbert, the school's assistant sports information director.
Clark, who did not say what his plans were, will finish out the season at Kansas State, Gilbert said. The Wildcats (12-33) have seven games remaining.
The Associated Press
Indiana may release info on coach's firing
Bv Adam Aasen
Indiana Daily Student via U-wire Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Information on the decision to fire former Indiana University men's basketball coach Bob Knight might be released to the public, as the Indiana State Court of Appeals ruled that the university might have to turn over records to the media.
Friday's unanimous 47-page decision favored the plaintiff, The Indianapolis Star, but left many complicated rules regarding what information must be released and what must not.
Information regarding the university's decision to fire Knight, following his violation of the zero-tolerance policy when he allegedly had inappropriate physical contact with Indiana freshman Kent Harvey, will be available to the press. Other information may be kept confidential if it involves students' personal information.
Fred Eichhorn and John Walda, former president of the board of trustees and current vice president for public affairs.
Still, all of this information may remain secret if the university can successfully argue that all of the documents are to be confidential under attorney-client privilege. This is because the investigation was led by two trustees who are also lawyers: Indiana board of trustees President
Knight
The appeal judges ordered a Morgan County Special Judge to make that decision.
The Indianapolis Star sued the university in October 2000 in order to force the university to release any documentation supporting Knight's firing on Sept.10,2000.
Editor in chief of The Indianapolis Star, Dennis Ryerson, said any information regarding the dismissal of a public official should be made open to the public.
"Not only could the information be very valuable, but it is important that the public challenge any attempt to hide public information," he said.
Ryerson said despite the fact the lawsuit has dragged along for three years, he believes the information can be very important to the public.
"Since we haven't seen it, there is no way to know if it's newsworthy or not," he said. "With a figure such as Knight, this information can be very important."
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