Soccer
Cobi Jones returned to the United States from England to join the U.S. national team for its World Cup qualifier Feb. 28 against Mexico, but his agent, Cory Clemetson, said negotiations with Ipswich Town of the English Premier League will continue. Jones, a Galaxy winger who became a Major League Soccer free agent on Jan. 1, spent eight days in England and trained four times with Ipswich.
Forward Eric Wynalda agreed to a contract with Major League Soccer and will return to the New England Revolution.
Jurisprudence
A warrant has been issued, charging one suspect in the fatal drive-by shooting of Herbert Cleaves Jr., brother of Detroit Piston rookie Mateen Cleaves, the Genesee County prosecutor in Flint, Mich., said.
No one was in custody by Monday afternoon, but prosecutor Arthur Busch said he expected the suspect to turn himself in. He will be charged with four counts, including murder and conspiracy to commit murder. A second suspect was being sought, he said.
Police said two vehicles passed a Flint home about 2 a.m. Sunday and opened fire, shooting Herbert Cleaves, 27, in the abdomen. He was taken to Hurley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Mateen Cleaves did not play Monday night against the Clippers.
North Carolina State linebacker Corey Lyons was charged with domestic violence in Raleigh, N.C., while awaiting trial on a charge from last year of assaulting his girlfriend.
Police were called Saturday to an apartment shared by Lyons and a 21-year-old woman. Police said Lyons grabbed the woman’s arm and threatened to hurt her.
The 20-year-old player was charged with assault and making threats, both misdemeanors. In May, Lyons was charged with misdemeanor assault of the same woman, according to court records.
He has a December trial date on that charge and a March 29 court date on the latest charges.
Miscellany
George Bastl of Switzerland defeated Justin Gimelstob, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, in the first round of the Kroger St. Jude tennis tournament at Memphis, Tenn.
The UCLA football team has hired R. Todd Littlejohn as a defensive assistant responsible for coaching cornerbacks. He coached defensive backs at San Jose State last season and before that coached receivers at Utah State. The Bruins’ new defensive coordinator, Phil Snow, will oversee the safeties.
Estonia’s Andrus Veerpalu edged Norway’s Frode Estil by two-tenths of a second in a 30-kilometer cross-country ski race at Lahti, Finland--one of the closest finishes in the history of the Nordic World Championships.
Veerpalu was timed in 1 hour 14 minutes 17.9 seconds in the classic-style event. The gold medal was Estonia’s first in world championship skiing.
Preliminary ratings for UPN’s third XFL telecast fell 26% from the previous week, 52% lower than the new football league’s first weekend, Nielsen Media Research Inc. said.
Nielsen said 2% of homes in the top 49 U.S. media markets tuned in to watch the Orlando Rage defeat the New York/New Jersey Hitmen, 14-3.
The Long Beach Ice Dogs defeated the Phoenix Mustangs, 4-1, in a West Coast Hockey League game at Phoenix.
Passing
Jon Warga, who at Wittenberg in 1990 ran for more yards than any other college football player, has died. He was 31.
Warga died Friday after a heart attack at his home in Skippack, Pa.
