суббота, 6 октября 2012 г.

HAYES, EX-COWBOY AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, DIES AT 59 - The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)

NAMES 'Bullet' Bob Hayes, the Olympic gold-medal sprinter andformer Dallas Cowboys star who was once considered the world'sfastest man, died at age 59. Hayes died of kidney failure at ShandsHospital in Jacksonville, Fla., late Wednesday, his daughter, WestineLodge, said. He was hospitalized earlier this month and had battledliver ailments and prostate cancer. Obituary, Page C28 . . . TampaBay defensive tackle Warren Sapp was fined $10,000 for slammingBaltimore running back Chester Taylor to the ground during Sunday's25-0 victory over the Ravens . . . Investigators in Tahiti scouredthe boat of Bison Dele for bullet marks as they looked into thedisappearance of the former NBA player and two others while sailingin the South Pacific. Also, the FBI arrested Dele's older brother,Miles Dabord, on fraud charges. Dabord was traveling with the groupaboard the boat before the disappearances. FBI supervisor JohnSteiner in San Rafael, Calif., said Dabord was found comatose inChula Vista near the California-Mexico border Saturday night and wasimmediately transported to a San Diego area hospital. He wasidentified yesterday and remained in intensive care. Steiner refusedto say whether Dabord was a suspect in his brother's suspected death. . . Sarah Fisher will become the first woman in 10 years to drive aFormula One car during a demonstration run at the Indianapolis MotorSpeedway next week. Fisher will drive a McLaren Mercedes Sept. 27,the first day of practice for the United States Grand Prix. Fisher,21, the only female driver in the Indy Racing League, became thefirst woman to win the pole in any major racing series earlier thisseason at Kentucky . . . A US request to extradite the man accused offixing Olympic figure skating arrived in Italy. But Luca Saldarelli,the lawyer for Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, said extradition hearingsmight not begin for several weeks . . . Alessandro Petacchi of Italywon the 12th stage of the Tour of Spain while Spain's Oscar Sevillakept the overall leader's jersey.

MISCELLANY HARVARD'S FUSCOS TO US HOCKEY HALL Former Harvardstars Mark and Scott Fusco of Burlington will become the firstbrothers to be inducted together the same year in the US Hockey Hallof Fame Dec. 4. Dartmouth's Joe Riley of Medford also will beinducted, joining his brothers, Jack and Bill . . . Former BostonBreakers assistant Phil Wheddon was hired as goalkeeper coach for theUS women's national soccer team . . . Landon Donovan, Brad Friedel,and Claudio Reyna have been selected as finalists for the HondaPlayer of the Year award, given annually to the top player on the USnational soccer team . . . CBS Sports informed a women's group thatit intends to go ahead with coverage of next year's Masters. TheNational Council of Women's Organizations had asked that it notbroadcast the Masters until the club opens its membership to women.