Ruling Lets Driver Off Easier Than Expected

Miscellany

J.D. Drew of Florida State was presented the Golden Spikes award at a ceremony in New York by the U.S. Baseball Federation as the year’s top amateur player. Drew, 21, selected second in June’s amateur draft by the Philadelphia Phillies, hit .455 with 31 homers, 100 RBIs and 32 steals last season, becoming the first 30-30 player in NCAA history. Drew is holding out for a $10-million signing bonus.

The Arena Football League has enacted one of the toughest drug policies in professional sports, prohibiting use of any illegal drug or steroid and calling for a one-year suspension for the first positive test result. A second-time offender is subject to a lifetime ban without any means for reinstatement.

Former two-time International Boxing Federation junior lightweight champion John John Molina scored a lopsided unanimous decision over Moses James in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The Central Hockey League suspended Wichita Coach Bryan Wells for 12 games and Tulsa Coach Ric Seiling for six, and fined each $3,000 for a postgame fight that was triggered by Wells’ taunting of Seiling last Friday. Tulsa’s Jason Rushton was suspended for 10 games and fined $500, and two other players, Tulsa’s Daniel Villeneuve and Wichita’s Pierre Lindahl, were suspended for five games and fined $250 each. The league also fined each franchise $1,500.