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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 19, 2007

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

RB Is 6th Texas Player Arrested

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas freshman running back James Henry has been charged with two felony counts of obstruction and tampering with evidence, making him the sixth Longhorns player arrested since June.

Henry, arrested Monday, is accused of beating up one of the victims of a July home invasion that allegedly involved two other players, Andre Jones and Robert Joseph.

Henry was booked into Travis County Jail where bond was set at $30,000. He was released Tuesday morning and coach Mack Brown said he was suspended indefinitely from the team.

Henry, who redshirted last season, has played in two games on special teams for the No. 7 Longhorns. Travis County jail and court administration officials did not immediately have a record of an attorney for him.

'It was a mishap,' Henry told the San Antonio Express-News after his release. 'They just came and got me, and said they had a warrant for me. I'm trying to figure out what's going on.'

Brown defended the integrity of his team and football program when he met with reporters after practice Tuesday.

'When someone is accused of trouble or has trouble, it is devastating to me personally,' he said. 'It's really all on me. It's on me alone.'

GOLF

Man Who Defused Racial Dispute Dies

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Louis J. Willie Jr., 84, a black businessman who helped defuse a racial dispute surrounding the 1990 PGA Championship by becoming an honorary member at the all-white Shoal Creek club, died Sunday night.

. Shoal Creek Country Club, in suburban Birmingham, was the site of the 1990 PGA Championship. Protests mounted after the club president said Shoal Creek would not be pressured into accepting black members. Willie helped quiet the situation by accepting an offer of honorary membership.

Afterward, the Professional Golf Association and other golf groups said they would no longer hold tournaments at clubs that lacked minorities or women as members. An advertising executive became Shoal Creek's first dues-paying black member in 1996.

COLLEGES

Player Charged With Baby's Death

PITTSBURGH - A Mercyhurst College volleyball player was charged with killing the baby she secretly gave birth to in her campus apartment bathroom.

Teri Rhodes hid the pregnancy from friends and teammates, told a doctor two days before the Aug. 12 birth that she didn't think she was pregnant and did Internet research on topics including 'what can kill a fetus,' Erie police said.

After giving birth, the 18-year-old Rhodes put the newborn in a plastic bag and left it on the floor of a bathtub as she showered, according to the criminal complaint.

TENNIS

Hingis Advances At China Open

BEIJING - Martina Hingis advanced to the second round of the China Open beating Sun Tiantian of China 6-2, 6-3.

SUNFEAST OPEN: At Calcutta, India, 18-year-old Californian Vania King upset top-seeded Marion Bartoli of France 6-1, 7-5 in the first round.

LEGAL

Witness: Thomas Changed Attitude

NEW YORK - Months after berating her in expletive-filled tirade, New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas moved from cursing to courting a fellow executive now suing the basketball Hall of Famer for sexual harassment, a former team employee testified Tuesday.

Jeffrey Nix, a 15-year employee of the NBA team, took the stand in U.S. District Court to recount a series of conversations he had with his friend and co-worker, plaintiff Anucha Browne Sanders, throughout 2004.

Sanders, in tones of disgust, detailed how Thomas initially treated her with contempt shortly after his December 2003 arrival in New York, Nix testified.

By the end of the year, though, Nix testified that he saw Thomas embracing Browne Sanders in Madison Square Garden after a Knicks' victory, and watched as his friend pushed the coach away.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

2 Pitchers Transfer To South Florida

TAMPA - Former Miami left-handed pitcher Teddy Kaufman and former Louisville right-handed pitcher Andrew Salgueiro have transferred to the University of South Florida.

Kaufman, a sophomore, will be eligible this season. Since Salgueiro transferred from another Big East school, he must sit out this season and will have two years eligibility remaining.

At Miami last year, Kaufman was 0-0 with a 6.48 ERA. Salgueiro was 2-1 with a 5.46 ERA in two years at Louisville.

A Tribune staff, wire report

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