Overtime

Soccer

Three fans fined, banned for taunting

In Blackburn, England, three soccer fans were fined and banned from attending games in England or Wales until 2009 after pleading guilty Thursday to racist taunting of Birmingham City striker Dwight Yorke.

Shaun Baxter, 35, Andrew Roberts, 19, and Brian Hargreaves, 20, appeared before Blackburn magistrates and pleaded guilty to "racially aggravated" public order offenses.

Each admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior.

The men taunted Yorke, who is black, with racist chants and gestures at a game between Black­burn and Birmingham on Nov. 21.

Defense lawyer Richard Prew said all three defendants were "ashamed" of their actions. One, Baxter, has written a letter of apology to Yorke and both teams, he said.

Women's College Basketball

Shaw gets revenge on Augusta State

In Raleigh, N.C., Shaw Univer­sity made sure there would be no repeat of its upset losses to Augusta State last season.

Shaw, which fell to the Lady Jaguars in the Division II South Atlantic Regional, won the rematch 106-58 on Thursday night at Spaulding Gymnasium.

Shaw (6-0) lead 32-9 at the 11:39 mark of the first half and took a 55-21 halftime lead.

Brandi Hollingsworth led Augusta State (6-4) with 16 points.

- In Jefferson City, Tenn., unbeaten Carson-Newman overcame double-digit deficits in both halves en route to a 73-70 overtime victory over USC Aiken on Wednesday night.

Carson-Newman (6-0) trailed 23-7 in the first half and 43-33 with 15:37 left in the game.

Benazura Serbecic had a career-high 23 points for USC Aiken (9-4) to go with 12 rebounds.

Skiing

Coach, starter face charges in France

In Annecy, France, the coach and starter present when French skier Regine Cavagnoud was fatally injured during a practice session in 2001 will be charged with manslaughter, judicial officials said Thursday.

Coach Xavier Fournier and starter David Fine are to appear before a court in the alpine town before the summer.

Cavagnoud, the 2001 super-G world champion, collided with German coach Markus Anwander in Austria in October 2001 while training with the German team.

Fine allegedly cleared Cavag­noud to start without being sure his German counterpart, Tjesimir Peranic, had warned Anwander that Cavagnoud was beginning her descent. Peranic will not be charged.

Cavagnoud, who allegedly wasn't warned of Anwander's start either, crashed into him at 50 mph. She died of her injuries two days later.

Boxing

De la Hoya to return as a welterweight

Instead of retiring, Oscar de la Hoya plans to fight in the welterweight division.

De la Hoya said he has no immediate fight plans but ruled out fighting as a middleweight.

He lost his previous fight in a ninth-round knockout against undisputed champion Bernard Hopkins.

"I'm not retired at all," de la Hoya told El Nuevo Dia newspaper in Puerto Rico.

Pro Football

'95 Super Bowl ring is on auction site

Lee Woodall's 1995 Super Bowl ring is on the eBay auction block.

The size-13, diamond-studded ring of the former San Francisco 49ers linebacker is being auctioned by a former business partner as collateral for a $79,000 court judgment.

Eric A. Garonzik, who attended Carlisle (Pa.) High School with Woodall, put the ring on sale Tuesday.

Garonzik's lawsuit said Woodall hired him last year to help establish health clubs in Pennsylvania and Delaware that never opened.

As of Thursday morning, 52 bidders had driven the price to $49,900.