49ers Owner EDWARD DEBARTOLO, JR. was charged with
battery for an altercation with a Packers fan after the
49ers playoff loss in Green Bay on January 4. If DeBartolo
pays a $649 fine, he will not have to appear in Green Bay
court (S.F. CHRONICLE, 1/23)....SHELDON KENNEDY of the
Bruins was given 640 acres of land in British Columbia by a
Canadian business, on which he's going to build a home for
abused Canadian youths. Kennedy came forward to tell of his
history of abuse by former junior hockey coach Graham James
(BOSTON GLOBE, 1/23)....The Raptors' CARLOS ROGERS appeared
on the NBC's "Today" to discuss his plans to donate a kidney
to his sister, if necessary. Rogers' sister, Rene, is on
kidney dialysis and doctors say she most likely will need a
transplant to survive. Rogers said he and his younger
brother are potential matches for Rene. Rogers, on the
career risk of a transplant: "I am a professional basketball
player, but I've always been a family-oriented person and my
sister and my family is first and foremost in my life"
("Today," NBC, 1/23).
