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judge grants James’ claim
By Tom Withers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AKRON, Ohio — LeBron James was cleared to
iy Wednesday by a judge who temporarily
blocked a state ruling that stripped the high school
iketball star of his eligibility.
James, expected to be the No. I pick in the NBA
draft, can rejoin his team but must sit out one more
game this season, Summit County Judge James
Williams ruled.
St. Vincent-St. Mary was allowed to decide what
me James will miss, and it picked the one on Feb.
Elhe Fighting Irish, No. 1 in the USA Today
tankings for the fourth straight week, have four
ties left before the playoffs.
James already sat out a game after the Ohio High
School Athletic Association declared him ineligible
for the rest of the season because he accepted two
free sports jerseys worth a total of $845.
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I regain his eligibility and the school would
itgain a victory it had to forfeit as part of the athlet-
icassociation ruling.
The team’s next game is Saturday in Trenton,
Nl, and three of its remaining regular-season
fames are before the next hearing.
Lawyers for the athletic association and James
[rated their arguments to the judge during a one-
tar hearing.
James did not attend. OHSAA commissioner
Clair Muscaro was at the hearing but did not imme-
l comment on the ruling.
“He wants to finish what he started,” James’
attorney, Fred Nance, told the judge. “He didn’t
want to let himself down. He didn't want to let his
team down. He didn’t want to let his school down.
“He’s made mistakes,” Nance said. “He’s an 18-
year-old kid but he didn’t deserve the ultimate sanc
tion of losing his eligibility.”
Nance argued in court documents filed Tuesday
that the 6-foot-8 senior did nothing wrong when he
accepted two retro jerseys from the owner of a
Cleveland clothing store. James has since returned
the jerseys.
“All LeBron did was receive a gift from a
friend as congratulations for his academic
achievements,” said Nance, referring to James’
3.5 grade-point average. “Had LeBron wished to
capitalize on his fame, the recompense could be in
the millions of dollars.”
The state athletic association found that the store
gave James the Gale Sayers and Wes Unseld jerseys
in exchange for posing for pictures to be displayed
on its walls.
Muscaro ruled that James broke an amateur
bylaw “by capitalizing on athletic fame by receiv
ing money or gifts of monetary value.”
The decision came four days after the athletic
association cleared James of any wrongdoing for
accepting a $50,000 sport utility vehicle as an 18th
birthday gift from his mother.
Gloria James provided proof she obtained a bank
loan to buy the vehicle. She said Wednesday that she
is pleased her son can keep playing.
”1 look forward to getting the final hearing
behind us so that LeBron can focus entirely on his
schoolwork. basketball and his friends, just like any
other teenager, as much as possible,” she said.
The private Roman Catholic school defended
James and said the punishment was too severe.
In a statement, the school said it “was gratified
by the decision which will immediately return
LeBron James to competition with his teammates.”
“Although we had hoped there would be no
additional sanction, we understand and accept the
courts’ imposition of a one-game playing suspen
sion,” it said.
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win of the year, giving
run in four innings of
wkwhile striking out four.
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(Mance,” Evans said.
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was given a rest
day starter, junior
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r. Fresh off the no-hitter,
er sent down the
Roadrunners for the final two
innings, relinquishing only a
walk and extending her consec
utive scoreless and hitless
innings streak to eight to start
the season.
The Aggies were able to put
the game away before Slataper
ever had to step on the field,
thanks in part again to some
timely long balls.
Martin led off the fourth
inning with her second home-
run of the year, matching her
previous season total, which
she accomplished in 58 games.
The home run started an
onslaught for A&M that
spanned the final three innings
of the game. Martin’s homerun
was followed by freshman
Kristin Gunter’s first career
long ball in the fifth and back-
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Sherah Atkins and sophomore
Adrian Gregory in the bottom
of the sixth. The runs gave
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invoked the mercy rule and
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“I’ve been working really
hard with coach,” Martin said.
“And things are just falling
into place.”
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