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Government rests case
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Using
phone and bank records, prosecu
tors wrapped up their case of try
ing to link a wealthy businessman
to a $150,000 payoff a high school
coach says he received to send a
top football recruit to Alabama.
The defense of wealthy
Memphis businessman Logan
Young immediately asked for a
judgment of acquittal, which U.S.
District Court Judge Daniel Breen
said he would rule on Friday.
A government witness testified
Thursday that Young made numer
ous cash withdrawals, all under
the SIO,OOO reporting threshold for
the IRS, between late 1999 and
early 2000.
Young is charged with bribing
former Trezevant High School
head coach Lynn Lang to get
defensive lineman Albert Means
to sign with the Crimson Tide in
2000.
Another witness said numerous
calls were made between phones
belonging to Lang and Young as
well as between Young’s phone
and ones listed to two former
Alabama assistant coaches.
A scandal over Means' recruit
ment broke in 2001 and his sign
ing with Alabama became part of
an NCAA investigation that led
to sanctions against the Crimson
Tide in 2002, costing scholarships
and opportunities for bowl appear
ances.
Lang has testified he took
cash payments from Young that
began while Means was deciding
on a college in 1999 and contin
ued into 2001, some for paying
legal expenses after the scandal
became public.
Lang also told the trial jury he
got promises of money or jobs
by other colleges wanting to
sign Means, including Arkansas,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Memphis, Michigan State and
Tennessee. Lang said in addition
to Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky
were the only other schools that
actually paid.
Palmer, Gawthrop marry
KAHUKU, Hawaii (AP) - Arnold
Palmer married fiancee Kathleen
Gawthrop in an intimate beach
side ceremony on Oahu's North
Shore.
The couple exchanged nuptials
Wednesday evening in a beach
cottage near the Arnold Palmer
Course at the Turtle Bay Resort,
where the 75-year-old four-time
Masters champion will play at
this weekend's Champions Tour
event.
Judge rejects effort
KENT, Wash. (AP) - A judge
rejected an effort by Rick
Neuheisel's lawyers to disallow
tape recordings made by NCAA
investigators as evidence in
the coach’s lawsuit against the
University of Washington and the
NCAA.
The tapes came from
Neuheisel's interview with NCAA
investigators on June 4, 2003,
in Seattle. Early on the tapes,
Neuheisel is heard denying that
he gambled on NCAA basketball
games.
Later, after consulting with a
lawyer, Neuheisel admitted doing
so. He was fired later that month
as Washington's football coach,
with university officials saying
he wasn’t fully honest when first
questioned.
Agent make counteroffer
DETROIT (AP) - Magglio
Ordonez's agent made a coun
teroffer to the Detroit Tigers, who
impressed the free-agent out
fielder when they met earlier this
week.
Ordonez and agent Scott Boras
met Monday with Tigers owner
Mike Hitch, team president Dave
Dombrowski and manager Alan
Trammell.
Nomo agrees to contract
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)
- In the market for an experi
enced starting pitcher, the Tampa
Bay Devil Rays turned to Hideo
Nomo.
The former NL Rookie of the
Year agreed to a minor league
contract after spending more than
two months on the disabled list
and going 3-11 in 18 starts for Los
Angeles in 2004. He would get an
SBOO,OOO, one-year deal if added
to the major league roster and
have the chance to make an addi
tional $700,000 in performance
bonuses.
Yankee players reach deals
NEW YORK (AP) - Outfielder
Doug Glanville and utility player
Damian Rolls reached preliminary
agreements on minor league con
tracts with the New York Yankees.
Glanville would get a $550,000,
one-year contract if he is added to
the major league roster and Rolls
would receive a $600,000, one
year deal.
Americans sweep moguls
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Jeremy
Bloom led an American sweep
in men's moguls and U.S. skier
Michelle Roark won her first World
Cup freestyle event in six years.
Bloom finished with a score of
27.05.
Glitz to accompany All-Star game
By CHRIS WALSH
Scripps Howard News
Service
DENVER-
Shaquille O’Neal.
P Diddy. Michael
Jordan. Maybe even
Paris Hilton.
For an ever-so-brief
moment in time next
month, the glitzy aura of
celebrity-centric cities such
as Hollywood and Aspen will
descend over Denver when
the NBA All-Star Game and
its high-profile entourage
rolls into town.
Aside from some of the
world’s top basketball play
ers, the event will attract
plenty of big-name movie
and music stars, free-spend
ing business executives and
frenzied basketball fans who
will make the rounds in the
Mile High City.
And while the outcome of
the All-Star Game is uncer
tain, one thing is very clear:
Visitors for the event are
going to spend money. Lots
of it.
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said. “I got discouraged.
With the breaststroke, I got
good times.”
Williams said she is
excited about going to state
and credits her Aquanauts
coaches Parker and Tracy
Burkholder, her family and
her God for her success.
“Swimming is an individ
ual sport,” Williams said.
“It’s nice to know God’s
with me. God and I are
working together.”
She said she received her
inspiration from a Bible
verse she saw at a YMCA
swim meet.
“'When you pass through
waters, I will be with you.
And through the rivers,
they will not sweep over
me.'” (Isiah 43:2)
“I think it's appropriate
for swimmers,” she said.
Her real name is Mary
Margaret Williams. She
made the move to Meg
because, as a family friend
put it, with a name like
Mary Margaret, she’ll be
the first Baptist nun. Her
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Denver tourism officials
estimate that All-Star week
end, Feb. 18-20, will attract
up to 100,000 visitors and
generate S3O million in
economic benefits, rivaling
some of the biggest events
and conventions ever held
in the city.
The game and related
events could strain some of
the city’s resources, create
serious traffic congestion
and present some security
problems for several days.
But the expected concen
tration of deep pockets and
open wallets in Denver that
weekend is good news for a
host of businesses.
“From everything we’ve
heard, we’re expecting this
to attract a lot of high roll
ers and big spenders,” said
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an for the Denver Metro
Convention & Visitors
Bureau. “I’d really be sur
prised if the economic
impact isn’t higher than S3O
million.”
Denver also will get a
as well as the bad. Now it’s
the good.
Williams plans to go even
farther than just qualifying
at state. She wants to make
the finals, i
She also wants to attend
Georgia after graduation
and become a veterinarian.
And, she wants to practice
in Australia.
Williams carries a 3.78
grade point average at Perry
and takes mostly AP and
honor classes. She credits
her experience in swimming
for giving her the focus she
needs to succeed.
“Swimming and life mix
together,” Williams said. “If
you work hard in swimming
it leads to working hard in
school.”
Moving in the pool and
moving from place to place
have also had positive
affects on her.
“Adapting to new places
made me stronger and more
adaptable to change,” she
said. “When you’re stuck
with your family in a new
place, it really brings you
together.”
Swimming has taught
Williams that winning isn’t
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strong dose of exposure. The
All-Star Game commands a
strong audience across the
globe. The game will be
broadcast on TV in more
than 200 countries, from
Brazil and Poland to Yemen
and Macau.
Local businesses already
are gearing up - scheduling
promotional events, meet
ing with NBA representa
tives and making plans to
increase staff and security.
While most official All-
Star events will take place
in the Pepsi Center and
the newly opened conven
tion center, there also will
be 200 related “unofficial”
parties and other gatherings
around town.
“Everybody’s looking
to host these events,” said
Troy Johnston, president of
Brauns Bar & Grill, located
close to the Pepsi Center.
“We’re going to have a lot
of celebrities and other bas
ketball players around, and
I imagine it’s going to be a
pretty good week.”
the end in itself. She knows
that she won’t always come
in first.
“It’s not about winning
and losing,” Williams said.
“It’s about improving
times. Swimming (showed)
me there’s always tomor
row. The past is the past.”
Swimming also made her
stationary.
She doesn’t plan to move
on until her high school
aquatic career is over.
When she competes it
becomes a family event.
Williams says that aunts,
uncles, cousins, sister and
parents all show up to cheer
her on. But other swimmers
are also part of her family.
“I think people see me as
really outgoing, always smil
ing and have a good relation
ship with God,” she said. “I
love swim meets. I hang
out with swimmers from
Warner Robins, Houston
County and Perry.”
That means that when
she moves on, Williams will
make new friends because
as she moves on in life,
swimming will always be a
part of it - after God.
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