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Wednesday 16 January 2019
Former major leaguer

Wetteland charged

with child sex abuse

DENTON, Texas (AP) — For-
mer major league pitcher
John Wetteland has been
charged in Texas with con-
tinuous sex abuse of a child
under age 14.
Denton County jail records
show the 52-year-old Wet-
teland was arrested Mon-
day and freed on $25,000
bond.
Authorities have not re-
leased details of the investi-
gation into the Texas Rang-
ers Hall of Famer. This booking photo provided
The Associated Press was by the Denton County Jail
not able to contact Wette- shows John Wetteland. Syracuse players celebrate as time expires during overtime in an NCAA college basketball game
land or his attorney to ask Associated Press against Duke in Durham, N.C., Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.
for comment. The Denton Associated Press
County district attorney's New York Yankees. The All-
office hasn't returned a Star closer was 48-45 with Orange land a plum: $150,000
phone message requesting 330 saves and a 2.93 ERA
details. from 1989-2000, also play- donation follows Syracuse upset
Wetteland was MVP of the ing for Montreal and the
1996 World Series with the Dodgers.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A the donation if Syracuse the donation came to him.
central New York business- won. The visiting Orange Weitsman's grandfather
man says he's following upset the Blue Devils 95-91 was a founding member of
through with a pledge to in overtime Monday night. a Boys & Girls Club in New
donate $150,000 to area Weitsman tells the Post- York. Also, the foundation
Boys & Girls Clubs in the af- Standard of Syracuse that of Syracuse coach Jim Boe-
termath of Syracuse's upset on the way to the game heim and wife Juli supports
of No. 1 Duke. at Cameron Indoor Stadi- branches of the organiza-
Adam Weitsman, a well- um he was reading about tion. Weitsman was among
known Orange fan and a Syracuse recruit who a group of Syracuse fans
owner of recycling and learned to play the game that sat behind the team
shredding business, posted at the Boys & Girls Club in bench for the victory. He
on Facebook before the Rochester, New York. says "it's amazing to be
game that he would make That's when the idea of able to help them out."q

Al-Attiyah headed for Dakar win;

In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo, host/executive producer Steve Price new motorbikes leader
Harvey participates in the “Steve” panel during the NBC Televi-
sion Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Nasser world's toughest rally for a "Maybe there are other
Steve Harvey to host Al-Attiyah looks set to win third time on Thursday after drivers that are faster, but
the Dakar Rally again while taking the title in 2011 and our main target is Stepha-
NFL Honors when AP Toby Price was the latest 2015. He's been runner-up ne," Al-Attiyah said. "Now
rider to take the motorbike three other times, including he is behind, so we'll try
awards are announced lead after the eighth stage last year. to manage the next two
on Tuesday.
The man he regards as days."
Apart from a slow punc-
his biggest rival, 13-time Peterhansel can still fight
ture, Al-Attiyah stayed champion Stephane Pe- for a podium place with
By The Associated Press daytime talk show "Steve," remarkably blunder-free terhansel, found trouble Nani Roma and Sebastien
TV personality Steve Har- the children's variety series again on the 360-kilometer, along with the likes of de- Loeb, who are only seven
vey will host the NFL Hon- "Little Big Shots" and the four-hour course from San fending champion Carlos minutes ahead of him. The
ors show on Feb. 2, when game show "Family Feud," Juan de Marcona north up Sainz and Cyril Despres in rest of the dwindling field is
The Associated Press hands as well as a syndicated the Peruvian coast to Pisco. the dunes of Ica. Peterhan- more than an hour behind.
out its individual league radio show. While hosting He extended the lead he's sel got stuck in the sand Loeb won the stage, his
awards. the Miss Universe pageant held for all but one day twice and lost half an hour, fourth of the rally, by seven
The two-hour prime-time in 2015, Harvey accidently from 29 minutes to 46. dropping him from second minutes from Al-Attiyah.
show airing on CBS will be named the wrong woman Barring a major mistake in the general standings to Loeb endured an early
held at the Fox Theatre in as the winner during the he hasn't looked like mak- fourth, 53 minutes behind puncture but otherwise en-
Atlanta. Harvey hosts the live broadcast.q ing, the Qatari will win the Al-Attiyah. joyed a clean stage.q