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Olympian Montgomery given 46 months
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months in prison yesterday for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme. The former Norfolk State track star, 33, hung his head as Judge Kenneth Karas imposed the sentence. Montgomery pleaded guilty last year to in the bank fraud and money laundering plot.
Prosecutors said he had a hand in depositing bogus checks worth $1.7 million. Montgomery retired in 2005 after he was banned from track and field for doping. He has a child with Marion Jones, the track superstar who is in prison for lying about the check scam and about her use of performance-enhancing drugs. After the sentencing, Montgomery nodded and smiled at his parents, siblings and a girlfriend. Montgomery still faces drug-dealing charges in Virginia. In deciding on the prison term, the judge did not hold the new charges against Montgomery.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Stepheson leaving North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Forward Alex Stepheson is transferring from North Carolina because he wants to be closer to his family in California. Stepheson, a Los Angeles native, was the backup to Deon Thompson at power forward. He averaged 3.1 points and 3.4 rebounds in two seasons in Chapel Hill, and as a sophomore this season was a key role player on a North Carolina team that won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, reached No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll issued before the NCAA tournament and reached the Final Four. In other college basketball news:
HOCKEY
Russia advances to world title game
QUEBEC CITY - Sergei Fedorov scored the opening goal and Russia never looked back in advancing to the final at the hockey world championship with a 4-0 win over Finland. Danis Zaripov, Alexei Morozov and Maxim Sushinskiy also scored for Russia, which avenged a 2-1 semifinal loss to the Finns at last year's world championship in Moscow. Evgeny Nabokov made 23 saves. In the final tomorrow, Russia will meet the winner of the semifinal late yesterday between Canada and Sweden.
Flyers' Timonen back for Game 5?
VOORHEES, N.J. - Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen's return from injury suddenly seems much closer. The all-star was all but ruled out for the season a week ago, on the eve of the Eastern Conference finals, when it was revealed he had a blood clot in his left ankle. But after a visit to his doctor Thursday, the prognosis got a whole lot better. If Timonen gets through practice without any problems today, and can deal with numbness and pain in his injured foot, he expects to be in the lineup tomorrow in Pittsburgh when the Flyers try to stay alive in Game 5. In other NHL news:
AUTO RACING
Briscoe uninjured in crash at Indy
INDIANAPOLIS - Veteran driver Ryan Briscoe, a front-row qualifier last week, crashed hard in the second turn but was uninjured during practice for the Indianapolis 500. One of the fastest on the final full day of practice before the May 25 race, Briscoe, 26, spun into the wall with the rear of his backup car. After climbing out on his own, he was checked at the infield hospital and cleared to drive. In separate crashes, rookie drivers E.J. Viso and Will Power also hit the wall but were not hurt.
NFL
Owners may opt out of labor deal
NEW YORK - NFL owners could opt out of their agreement with the players union next week, leaving open the possibility of a 2010 season without a salary cap. The labor agreement is on the agenda for the league meetings in Atlanta on Tuesday. "If they don't do it next week then it will be soon after that," Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, said Friday. "They want to opt out and we don't." In the agreement signed in March of 2006, both sides were given the right to get out of the deal by Nov. 8, 2008. League officials noted that doesn't mean that a decision could not be made earlier.
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