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Jurisprudence

From Staff and Wire Reports

Former LSU basketball player Jamie Brandon, accused of kidnaping and rape by his former girlfriend, surrendered to police. Brandon’s ex-girlfriend accused him of taking her from her apartment early Saturday, slapping and choking her, driving her to Lafayette, La., and raping her.

Two members of the Michigan State wrestling team, including two-time All-American Dan Wirnsberger, have been charged with dealing marijuana from their home near campus. Wirnsberger and Ian Engle, 21, face up to four years in jail and a $2,000 fine.

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Hank Kim shot a four-under 68 and bettered the medalist record by two strokes with a 36-hole total of 132 in the stroke-play qualifying at the U.S. Amateur Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Kim, 21, of Jonesboro, Ga., finished two rounds at 12-under 132 to break the record set by Bobby Clampett in 1979 and matched by Sam Randolph in 1985.

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Steve Jones, a 35-year-old car salesman from Greensboro, N.C., had a 66 and was at 134. Tiger Woods of Cypress was one of three players tied at 137. The top 64 players will begin match play today.

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A disciplinary committee from FIFA, international soccer’s governing body, will hold a hearing on Diego Maradona’s fate today. The Argentine star was withdrawn from the World Cup by Argentina when he tested positive for banned stimulants under the classification of ephedrine.

Joe Juneau signed the most lucrative contract in the Washington Capitals’ history, a four-year, $8.2-million deal. Last season, Juneau had 58 assists and 14 goals with Boston before being traded. . . . Former King coach Mike Murphy, an assistant with the Toronto Maple Leafs the last three seasons, joined the New York Rangers as an assistant. . . . The NHL Players Assn. plans to boycott public appearances on behalf of teams starting Sept. 1, the day owner take-backs resulting from failed talks on a new agreement are to begin.

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Red Sox third baseman Scott Cooper and left fielder Mike Greenwell underwent arthroscopic surgeries to repair torn cartilage in their shoulders and will be sidelined for the season if the strike ends. . . . On the fifth anniversary of agreeing to a lifetime ban from baseball for gambling, Pete Rose said he doesn’t know when he might seek reinstatement so he can become eligible for the Hall of Fame.

Top-seeded Goran Ivanisevic, suffering from a sore hip, withdrew from the $313,750 Waldbaums Hamlet Cup in Commack, N.Y., during a match against Richey Reneberg. . . . Alex Pedersen of Denmark won the men’s amateur road race and Monica Valvik of Norway won the women’s race at the World Cycling Championships in Capo D’Orlando, Italy.

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