Judge orders Manny Ramirez to stay away from wife
Manny Ramirez, who abruptly retired this year amid allegations of banned-substance use, appeared in court Tuesday on charges that he slapped his wife during an argument.
Ramirez, 39, could get up to a year in jail if convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery charges. He was released on $2,500 bail Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after spending the night in the Broward County Jail, with little to say to waiting reporters.
At a brief court appearance, Broward County Judge John Hurley ordered Ramirez to have no direct contact with his wife. An attorney who attended the hearing on his behalf did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
Ramirez retired in April from the Tampa Bay Rays after he tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Rather than face a 100-game suspension for a second violation of Major League Baseball’s drug policy, the 12-time All-Star left the game.
TENNIS
Hantuchova wins at Quebec tournament
Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova beat Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4, in the first round of the Bell Challenge in Quebec City.
No. 2-seeded Lucie Safarova, No. 3 Tamira Paszek, No. 5 Sofia Arvidsson and No. 6 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova also advanced in the $220,000 WTA tournament. But No. 8-seeded Anna Tatishvili of Georgia lost, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, to French qualifier Julie Coin.
Safarova routed American Jill Craybas, 6-2, 6-1, and Paszek edged American Ashley Weinhold, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.
Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic beat Jamie Hampton of the United States, 6-4, 6-2, and American Melanie Oudin lost, 6-1, 6-3, to Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic.
TRACK AND FIELD
Bolt wins 100 meters in season-best 9.85
Usain Bolt made a cautious start in his first 100 meters since his disqualification at the world championships, and still won in a season-best 9.85 seconds at the Zagreb World Challenge in Croatia.
Bolt, who false-started in South Korea last month to end his hopes of retaining his world title, shaved .03 of a second off his previous fastest time this year — 9.88 at Monaco in June.
Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis ran a season-best 10.01 seconds to finish second, ahead of Trinidad’s Richard Thompson at 10.03.
In the men’s 110 hurdles, Cuba’s world-record holder Dayron Robles ran 13.00 to beat world champion Jason Richardson of the U.S. for the second straight race. Richardson set a personal best of 13.04.
Carmelita Jeter took the women’s 100 in 11.00. The American was pushed hard to the line by Schillonie Calvert of Jamaica.
Calvert won the 200 with a personal-best 22.55, leading a 1-2 Jamaica finish. Sherone Simpson was second in 22.95.
In the women’s 100 hurdles, world champion Sally Pearson followed her success at the Weltklasse in Zurich to claim the gold in 12.67.
LaShawn Merritt of the United States won the men’s 400 in 45.20 seconds after a slow start, finishing ahead of compatriot Greg Nixon (45.73).
Jamaica’s Novlene Williams Mills set a meet record of 50.31 seconds to win the women’s 400.
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USC’s Fontan undergoes surgery
USC guard Jio Fontan is expected to miss the upcoming season after having surgery Tuesday to repair a torn left anterior cruciate ligament.
The school said Fontan had the procedure at the Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center. The senior hurt his knee on Aug. 16 in a game during USC’s exhibition tour in Brazil.
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The Minnesota Timeberwolves announced that the team has an agreement in principle with Rick Adelman to make him the team’s next head coach. An introductory news conference will be held once the contract is signed, but scheduling conflicts appeared to make that unlikely to happen this week.
The 65-year-old Adelman is 945-616 in 20 seasons as coach of the Trail Blazers, Kings, Warriors and Rockets. He will replace Kurt Rambis.
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The LPGA has canceled a tournament in China that was scheduled to be held in two weeks. The LPGA says it received official notice from the China Golf Assn. that the Imperial Springs event scheduled for Sept. 29-Oct. 2 was off.
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