MONTEMAYOR (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
ization that none of us are immune to this. We are all at risk of having unflattering exploits circulate over the Internet. Current or prospective employers can choose to fire or not hire us should our own damning content be made available. Just this week, eight arrests have been made in connection to Phelps' pot party
— seven on possession and one on distribution. It could just as easily be us.
- At your fingertips is one of the most useful technological tools any generation has had — the Internet. It is frequently evolving and also must be put to good use and proper perspective. It is far
too easy to lament our current sporting idols. Too easy to declare baseball forever tainted and every major accomplishment in the Olympics more deserving of an asterisk than a medal. It is as if generations past — ones we never were a part of — were so much more right and true than the one
we live in now. This is wrong. If blogs and cell phone cameras were rampant in the 1950s and 1960s what exploits of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali and Mickey Mantle would have been captured? We'll never know.
In sum, there are those in sports as in any part of society—who
wish to do injustice. Yet I can think of few deterrents as effective as the watchful eye of the Web. One can cut corners to get ahead one day only to find themselves rolling out a tearful apologetic press conference the next.
There are still games to be played and memories to be made.
The highs will be as fervently documented as the lows. And for us students (sports fans or otherwise), a chance to realize that how we carry ourselves outside our homes can be watched, rewarded or punished quicker than ever.
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Edited by Realle Roth
Alomar accused of endangerment
Ex-girlfriend files suit against former star
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NEW YORK — An ex-girlfriend of Roberto Alomar filed an explosive lawsuit alleging the former baseball star insisted on unprotected sex for four years despite having AIDS.
The lawsuit, filed Jan. 30 and transferred to U.S. District Court
contains accusations that could not be corroborated but portrait Alomar as someone who demanded sex without a condom despite showing obvious signs of HIV.
ed and tested positive for HIV in February 2006.
Dall said she was angered by the disclosure and was tested herself; the result was negative. She said follow-up exams determined that Alomar had full-blown AIDS.
Dall said the ordeal caused her severe emotional and mental distress and fear she may one day test positive for HIV herself.
By then, she said Alomar had purple skin, was foaming at the
Ilva Dall is seek
ing at least $15 million in punitive damages from the 41-year-old former infielder. Alomar spent 17 years in the majors and was one of the game's great second basemen.
Chelsea's Frank Lampard, left, and Hull City's Deiberson Geovanni battle for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge, London, on Saturday. The match ended in a 0-0 draw. Chelsea dismissed Brazilian manager Luiz Felipe Scoli on Monday after falling behind league leaders Manchester United by seven points over the weekend.
Calls seeking comment from lawyers for Alomar and Dall were not immediately returned. Alomar lawyer Charles Bach told the New York Daily News the allegations are "frivolous and baseless."
Hands-on defense
Dall said the two began dating in spring 2002 and had unprotected sex for the next four years. She said that on several occasions during that time, Alomar refused to get tested for HIV, despite severe fatigue, sores on his mouth and throat, a constant cough and an infection of the esophagus that is associated with AIDS.
mouth and was too sick to walk, forcing him to use a wheelchair to get around at an airport.
She said Alomar finally relent-
Dall said the ordeal caused her severe emotional and mental distress and fear she may one day test
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She called the conduct of Alomar "outrageous with wanton reckless disregard of the health, safety and well-being" of Dall.
positive for HIV herself.
The lawsuit does not say why Dall continued to have unprotected sex with Alomar. Dall said the couple lived together until last year.
Alomar was one of baseball's best players in the 1990s, making 12 straight All-Star appearances and winning two World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays.
A career .300 hitter with 10 Gold Gloves, Alomar broke in with the San Diego Padres in 1988 and also played for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago White Sox. He was out of baseball by 2005.
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Bloomquist hoping to fill hole at second base for KC
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Willie Bloomquist, a former utilityman for the Seattle Mariners, is hoping to become the Kansas City Royals' new second baseman.
"I'm very excited about this season," Bloomquist, who spent the past six years with Seattle, playing every position but pitcher and catcher, said Wednesday. "I haven't been this excited to report to camp in a long time, just knowing the situation and the opportunity that is going to be
presented. For me, it gives me a little bit of extra motivation, so I am excited."
Although Kansas City does not officially open spring training until Friday, when pitchers and catchers report, they have a weeklong volunteer mini-camp before that. Bloomquist, who
signed a two-year $3.1 million contract with Kansas City in January, was among the early arrivals.
The Royals have a vacancy at second base because Mark Grudzielanek, who had handled that position the past three years, filed for free agency. Bloomquist will compete with Alberto Callaspo, who hit .305 in 74 games,
and Mark Teahen, who started primarily in the outfield last year, for the job.
"I saw that opportunity with a chance to possibly evolve into maybe a starter and win a job." Bloomquist said in explaining why he signed with Kansas City.
Bloomquist hit .279 with a 377 on-base percentage and 14
stolen bases in 17 opportunities last season with the Mariners, but his season ended on Aug. 9 with a right hamstring injury, which has healed. Bloomquist, 31, has a career .263 batting average, but never had a position to call his own with Seattle.
With the Mariners infield set in the early 2000s with proven veterans, Seattle began to move Bloomquist around.