30 SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009
NFL
Marc Anthony buys minor rights to Miami Dolphins
NEW YORK - Singer Marc Anthony is the latest music star to join forces with the Miami Dolphins.
The team announced Tuesday that he will become a minority owner. Singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, producer Emilio Estefan, also bought a small stake
in the club last month.
Anthony will also perform the national anthem on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" on Oct. 12 against the New York Jets as part of the NFL's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Anthony is married to singer- actress Jennifer Lopez. He has sold more than 10 million albums and is also an actor.
Stephen Ross, a New York real estate billionaire, completed his
purchase of the Dolphins in January from Wayne Huizenga and quickly set out to rebrand the franchise. He has said he wants to fill up the stands with "a blend of entertainment and winning football."
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SPORTS
BY JAMES HANNAH
Violence by baseball could result in felony
DAYTON, Ohio — A minor-league pitcher accused of throwing a baseball during a brawl that struck and injured a fan in the stands had been angry and decided to hurt someone, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Associated Press
In opening statements during the trial of Julio Castillo, assistant Montgomery County prosecutor Jon Marshall said the evidence would show that Castillo, 22, of the Dominican Republic, committed felonious assault.
Castillo, who was pitching for the Peoria Chiefs, is accused of throwing a baseball into the stands during a 10-minute, bench-clearing brawl last July when the Chiefs played the Dayton Dragons.
Dennis Lieberman said that as tensions between the two teams escalated, Castillo threw the ball at the Dayton dugout to keep Dragons' players from rushing the field.
"He decided he was going to hurt someone, anyone," Marshall said. "He had in his hand a hard dense object, a baseball. He decided to hurl that baseball, that object, with great force."
"He throws it at the dugout — at the fencing in front of the dugout — to hit an inanimate object to scare
them away,” Lieberman said. “He does it because he can't talk. He can't speak English. ... He wasn't throwing it at an individual.”
Castillo has been charged with two counts of felonious assault — felonious assault with a deadly weapon and felonious assault causing serious physical harm. He has pleaded not guilty. If convicted on both charges and sentenced to consecutive terms, he could face up to 16 years in prison.
Castillo is on the roster of the Boise Hawks, a Class A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, but is not allowed to play. The Cubs are awaiting the outcome of the trial to determine whether that status will change.
Prosecutors say Castillo was attempting to hit a Dayton player in the dugout, but instead struck the fan in the head. Montgomery County Prosecutor Mathias Heck Jr. has said Castillo threw the baseball to purposely hurt someone, putting spectators that included children in danger. Defense attorney Dennis Lieberman has said the charges aren't justified by the circumstances.
Video from the game shows Castillo throwing a ball, but doesn't show where the ball landed.
Officials in the Midwest League suspended and fined 15 players and both managers for the fight.
TENNIS
Rafael Nadel trains after sidelined knee injury
MADRID — Rafael Nadal is training for the first time since being sidelined by a knee injury. Nadal has been out of action with tendinitis in his right knee since losing to Robin Soderling in the fourth round of the French Open, where the Spaniard had been the four-time defending champion.
Nadal is hoping to resume playing at next month's Montreal Masters. He was unable to defend his Wimbledon title, and Roger Federer won his record 15th Grand Slam trophy and retook the No.1 ranking. Nadal is returning from a leg problem for the third time since October.
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