May 31, 2008
STEROIDS: 'Sugar' called juicer
Boxer Sugar Shane Mosley's former trainer and the mastermind behind a sports doping ring claimed in court papers filed yesterday that they watched Mosley inject the endurance-boosting drug EPO in the weeks before a title bout.
Trainer Derryl Hudson and convicted steroid dealer Victor Conte said they both saw Mosley take EPO during a meeting in which Mosley was told the benefits and risks of performance-enhancing drugs and how to use them.
The meeting, they said, took place weeks before Mosley beat Oscar De La Hoya in a junior middleweight title bout in September 2003.
NHL: Devs sign Finn Salmela
The Devils have begun stocking up for next season, confirming yesterday the signing of Finnish offensive defenseman Anssi Salmela to challenge for a berth on the varsity backline. - Mark Everson
MLS: Red Bulls face Houston
The Red Bulls will try to rebound from last Sunday's 5-1 loss to Chicago - their worst home loss since 1999 - by beating Houston tonight (8:30 p.m., HDNet). And they'll have to beat the defending MLS champs on the road to do it.
The Bulls also finalized their friendly vs. FC Barcelona for Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. at Giants Stadium.
H.S. BASEBALL: Madison wins
Madison avoided an upset in the first game of the PSAL's best-of-three semifinals yesterday, taking advantage of sloppy play by Gompers to score three runs in the sixth, as the top-seeded Knights beat No. 13 Gompers, 9-7, at the College of Staten Island. Game two is today at 2 p.m.
Sixth-seeded George Washington beat No. 18 Clinton, 2-1, last night in the other semifinal, with game 2 of that series set for today at 11 a.m. In the CHSAA, Stepinac ended St. Raymond's season with a 6-4 win in the playoffs. - Dan Martin
NCAA: St. John's tops Texas
Gino Matias scored on a fielder's choice in the top of the ninth and St. John's beat Texas, 2-1, in the NCAA baseball tournament's Houston Regional.
Matias, who got on when his roller back to the mound ended with a muffed toss to first, scored the go-ahead run on a grounder by Jeff Grantham. Colin Lynch (4-1) retired three straight in the bottom of the inning for the win. St. John's (42-14) will play the winner of the Rice-Sam Houston St. game.
* Nick McCully pitched eight innings of two-hit ball as top-seeded Coastal Carolina (48-12) defeated Columbia 10-2 in the Conway (S.C.) Regional.
GOLF: Webb gem at Ginn
Karrie Webb shot a 66 yesterday at the Ginn Tribute in Mount Pleasant, S.C., and shared the lead at 13-under with Sophie Gustafson (65) after two rounds of the LPGA tournament.
* R.W. Eaks and Lonnie Nielsen shot 5-under 66s to share the first-round lead at the Principal Charity Classic in West Des Moines, Iowa. Joey Sindelar, Tom Purtzer, Kirk Hanefeld and Mark McNulty were a stroke back.
