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LAS VEGAS -- Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam (Pacman) Jones was sentenced on Thursday to probation and 200 hours of community service under a plea deal for his role in a 2007 strip club melee in Las Vegas.
Clark County courts spokeswoman Mary Ann Price said Jones received a suspended sentence and was also ordered to receive anger management counselling. The sentence requires Jones to undergo random drug testing.
Jones told the Las Vegas Sun after the sentencing that he's glad to finally have the case behind him and has been praying for the victims of the shooting.
"This has been a long, long haul and has affected a lot of families," Jones told the newspaper. "It has affected me personally."
JUPITER, Fla. -- St. Louis Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright will require Tommy John surgery to repair his elbow and he will miss the entire 2011 season, the club confirmed Thursday morning.
General manager John Mozeliak made the announcement at about 10 a.m. St. Louis time after a discussion with the pitcher and the team physician. All parties had been waiting on the results of a second opinion requested Wednesday evening from Dr. Lewis Yocum in the Los Angeles area.
A former member of the Manitoba Moose who turned to coaching has been banished from the Central Hockey League for the rest of the season after throwing his clothes -- almost all of them -- onto the ice in protest.
Greg Pankiewicz, a native of Drayton Valley, Alta., now an assistant coach with the Colorado Eagles, received a 14-game suspension for tossing his tie, jacket, shirt and apparently his shoes onto the ice during a game last weekend.
While his team was leading the Mississippi River Kings, Pankiewicz objected to the tactics of a linesman during an on-ice melee.
He was also fined by the league, as was his team.
Pankiewicz played for the Moose from 1996 until 1998.