Originally created 02/01/05

Overtime

Administration

Bryant chosen as council president

Augusta State athletic director Clint Bryant has taken over as president of the Greater Augusta Sports Council and will serve a two-year term. He replaces local attorney Doug Batchelor.

Bryant, in his 17th season as AD with the Jaguars, is also chairman of the NCAA Issues of Diversity Project Team, a member of the NCAA Legislation Committee, and is third vice president of the Black Coaches Association Board of Directors.

ECHL

Boardwalk Bullies heading out west

The ECHL announced Monday that the Atlantic City (N.J.) Board¤walk Bullies will move to Stockton, Calif., for the 2005-06 season.

The league's board of governors approved a transfer of controlling interest from the Atlantic City Hockey, LLC to Stockton Hockey Franchise Group, which is headed by Michael A. Reinsdorf, son of Chicago Bulls and White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf.

The membership was pur¤¤chased and moved from Bir¤ming¤ham, Ala., to Atlantic City before the 2001-02 season.

Baseball

Surgery will make Bonds miss spring

Barry Bonds is expected to miss much of spring training following arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, but the San Francisco Giants slugger should recover in plenty of time to resume his chase of Hank Aaron's home run record in April.

The seven-time National League MVP had a "minor arthritis cleanup," the Giants said in statement. Dr. Arthur Ting also fixed a tear in Bonds' meniscus.

Giants trainer Stan Conte expects Bonds to return for at least the final two weeks of spring training, and the 40-year-old should be back to full strength before opening day.

The trade that would send Sammy Sosa from the Chicago Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles took a step forward when the players' association approved a key change to his contract that is required to complete the deal.

Chicago would receive Jerry Hairston Jr. and a pair of minor leaguers, second baseman Mike Fontenot and right-handed pitcher Dave Crouthers, in exchange for Sosa and $12 million. The trade is likely to be finalized Thursday or Friday.

Victor Conte Jr., the man at the center of the BALCO Lab¤oratories drug case, said fed¤eral agents violated his Sixth Amendment rights when they raided his home last week.

In an e-mail to the San Jose Mercury News, Conte said agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation violated "my attorney/client privilege by confiscating all of the legal documents exchanged by my attorney and myself, including all of the draft copies."

As part of the investigation that led to Wednesday's raid, Conte was ordered to turn over the hard drive of his BALCO computer to a grand jury by this morning.

Augusta Lynx Gamenight

When: 7:30, tonight

Where: Germain Arena, Estero, Fla.

Radio: WRDW-AM 1630

Webcast: www.augustalynx.com

This season: The Lynx are 1-2 against the Everblades. Louis Goulet scored the game-winner in Augusta's 3-2 shootout win in Florida on Jan. 18. This is the first of four consecutive games between the two teams.

About the Lynx

Coach: Stan Drulia

Record: 14-23-5, 33 points, 10th place in the American Conference

Key Player: Forward Jamie Johnson is third in the ECHL with 32 assists.

About the Everblades

Coach: Gerry Fleming

Record: 22-13-6, 50 points, third place in the American Conference

Key Player: The Everblades signed rookie goaltender Terry Dunbar on Monday to sub for Craig Kowalski and Rob Zepp, who both went on injured reserve after suffering injuries Saturday. Dunbar was 12-4-0 with a.928 save percentage and 2.49 goals against average this year for Knoxville of the Southern Professional Hockey League.

- Kristy Shonka