Montgomery gets 5 years in heroin case
track and field
Disgraced former Olympic track star Tim Montgomery, once dubbed "the world's fastest man," was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for dealing heroin to an informant. "I was blind. I never had a job in my life," Montgomery told U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Friedman in Norfolk, Va. "I did the wrong thing." Montgomery, 33, will serve the five-year sentence after he completes a 46-month prison term for an unrelated conviction in New York. Under an agreement with the government, he pleaded guilty in July to possession and distribution of more than 100 grams of heroin. He received the minimum term under federal sentencing guidelines. A prosecutor described Montgomery's athletic skills as "super-human" but said he had squandered his talent and the acclaim and money that came with it. Montgomery won an Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter relay at the 2000 Games and a silver in the same event four years earlier. A doping scandal wiped his achievements from the books.
Radio hosts accuse Johnson of faking AIDS
nba
Magic Johnson criticized a pair of talk show hosts for accusing him of faking AIDS but said he didn't want them to be fired. Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of KTLK in Minneapolis made the remarks during Baker's conservative radio show Wednesday. After the former NBA star condemned the statements, the station said it regretted "some offhand remarks" by the pair. "We can't have people out here making false statements and putting out bad information, because this battle is too big when it comes to HIV and AIDS," Johnson told the Associated Press in a telephone interview. Johnson said he hadn't heard from the station. He said he wants the hosts to keep their jobs. "I would rather they educate their audience," he said. Johnson was diagnosed with HIV in 1991 and then retired from the NBA at 32. Johnson, 49, said his health is "wonderful."
Pacers-Mavericks: : Indiana traded forward Shawne Williams to Dallas for 14-year veteran Eddie Jones, future draft picks and cash. Williams, the Pacers' first-round draft pick in 2006, was dogged by three incidents involving police in the past 13 months.
More Pacers: : Veteran center Jeff Foster signed a contract extension with Indiana. The 6-foot-11 Foster has spent his entire 10-year career with the Pacers.
