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SPORTS
Wednesday, Novr
THE BATTALION
Penn State QB cleared of chart
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State quarter
back Rashard Casey was cleared Tuesday of a charge he
beat an off-duty police officer unconscious outside a New
Jersey bar.
Casey and Desmond Miller were
Hit
charged in May with aggravated as
sault on Patrick D. Fitzsimmons as the
officer left a bar in Hoboken, N.J.
Ed DeFazio, deputy first assistant
prosecutor for Hudson County, N.J.,
said the grand jury did not find proba
ble cause to return an indictment
against Casey, but returned an assault
charge against Miller.
A message left for Miller’s lawyer,
Alfonso Robinson III, was not imme
diately returned Tuesday night.
The grand jury’s action ends the
case against Casey, although the quar
terback could be called as a witness
against Miller, DeFazio said.
Last week, several newspapers re
ported that Casey had been indicted by
They looked at
five days of testi
mony and re
warded my faith
in Rashard
(Casey) and Joe
Paterno's faith in
Rashard.”
the grand jury. Prosecutors said at the time they could not
comment until the grand jury had completed its business.
“Virtually every newspaper in the state erroneously re
ported last week that Mr. Casey had been indicted,” said
Penn State president Graham B. Spanier. “Shame on the
news media for their atrocious handling of this story.”
Casey's lawyer, Dennis D. MeAlevy, saidll
yet been able to tell his client the news becau|
was at practice.
“He never hit anybody,”ii
said. “There’s no questioning
that the chief of police off;
knew' that, and he’s thereasaf
happened.”
Chief Carmen LaBrunowi
what surprised” at the gran#
said "I must respect that day
La Bruno said three eye«|
said they saw Casey hit HkI
who is not yet ready toreturi
MeAlevy praised thegnuT
“They looked at five daysj
mony and rewarded ray
Rashard and Joe PaternoVAi icriji
Rashard,” MeAlevy said, re®tenth
the Penn State coach. oiAlasl
MeAlevy said they willfipth elec
suit against Casey by FitzsMy. Af
who seeks an unspecified anfor the ;
— Dennis D. MeAlevy
Rashard Casey's lawyer.
money as compensation for “severe and painfu izbd leg
Police said Casey punched Fitzsimmons,Jotmari
Casey and Miller kicked Fitzsimmons repeatecBoposi
head after he left a bar on May 14. Police saidisubstan
were angry that Fitzsimmons, who is white, le: went ir
with a black woman. y Ig dru
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Clemens appeals fine
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger
Clemens decided Tuesday to appeal
a $50,000 fine for throwing the
jagged barrel of Mike Piazza’s bat to
ward the Mets’ catcher during Game
2 of the World Series.
Tuesday was the deadline for the
New York Yankees' pitcher to let the
players’ association know whether it
should file an appeal with the com
missioner’s office.
“The excessiveness of the fine
suggests that they believe he intend
ed to hit Piazza when Roger knows
he did not,” said Clemens’ agent,
Randy Hendricks.
Clemens was not ejected by um
pires, but Frank Robinson, baseball’s
vice president in charge of discipline,
decided punishment was necessary.
“It was a reckless type of action on
his part,” said Robinson, who agreed
that Clemens did not intend to throw
the bat at Piazza.
“The size of the fine is a de facto
determination that he did have intent,”
said Gene Orza, the No. 2 official of
the players’ association. “The magni
tude of it is a backdoor way of saying
he did have intent, even though they
said he didn’t have intent.”
The fine matched the largest ever
levied against a player, equaling the
amount Albert Belle was penalized
for his profane tirade toward a TV re
porter during the 1995 World Series.
“In the absence of intent, why is
the fine $50,(XX)?” Orza said. “When
Albert Belle was fined $50,000 for
his confrontation with a reporter, he
did have that intent.”
Appeals of fines and suspensions
this year have been heard by Paul Bee-
ston,-basebaH’s chief operating officer.
As president of the Toronto Blue Jays,
Beeston signed Clemens to a $24.75
million, three-year contract after the
1996 season. Because of that, Beeston
may bow out of the Clemens case.
“We would be amenable to that as
long as it’s not someone from the
baseball operations department who
is designated to hear it,” Orza said.
That would mean the union does
not want Sandy Alderson, executive
vice president of baseball operations,
hearing an appeal of a decision made
by Robinson.
Clemens, who beaned Piazza with
a pitch last July, said he did not delib
erately throw the bat in front of Piaz
za during Game 2 on Oct. 22, but said
he was pumped up with emotion.
“Roger just wants an opportunity
to state his side of the case,” Orza
said. “He wants Piazza to know that
he did not even see Piazza when he
threw the bat.”
Stars goal
pleads gull
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DALLAS (AP) -Dalli .na’un
goalie Ed Belfour pleaded§j row j r
Tuesday to a misdemeanor:^ ou | c |
mg-arrest charge arising
March scuttle with a seJi'j:
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guard at an upscale Dallam., . ,
Belfour, 35, also apologizsj 1
the incident. L,
Dallas County Crimirfr at w
Phil Barker
Judge Phil Barker se:: r |Rj te
Belfour to two years ofr • ^ lls
and a $3,000 fine. He. ^C uaa
dered Belfour to visit -t>T ()mn
high schools within thf •• cr
years to warn students.'^' ' ls ^ an
cohol abuse. , a Loh
“Pm real sorn for/A- VL '
that took place,” Belfour tolc I If t
four Dallas police officers indek
were involved in his arrest,Iaeatir
or the
n the
Thi
were present for the sentencin
won’t let it happen again.’'
Jim Burnham, Belfour'sa:
ney, said the goalie had asked lattle
the officers to be present
could apologize to them.
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