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© St. Petersburg Times, published April 17, 2003
Florida redshirt freshman quarterback Patrick Dosh is transferring. Dosh, who showed flashes of strong play during the spring, went 5-of-18 for 30 yards in Saturday's spring game, also throwing two interceptions.
"Patrick Dosh has informed me that he wishes to transfer to another school," coach Ron Zook said Wednesday. "It has been a pleasure coaching Patrick and he has always done everything we've asked -- both on and off the field. He is a quality person who comes from a great family and we wish him the best of luck in the future."
RUNNER DIES: Alabama distance runner David Kimani, a six-time NCAA champion, died Wednesday after collapsing at a university dining hall while eating lunch. He was 25. The cause was not immediately known. Kimani, from Nairobi, Kenya, won the 5,000-meter outdoor championship last season. He is survived by his wife, Chamis.
TENNIS: Florida players Alexis Gordon, Jennifer Magley, Julie Rotondi and Zerene Reyes were named first team All-SEC.
ARKANSAS CASE: The NCAA said it would discuss the results of an investigation into the Razorbacks' athletic program today. The NCAA Infractions Committee has spent months looking into overpayments to athletes by a Dallas businessman.
QB to leave early for USC
John David Booty, considered by some to be the No. 1 prep quarterback in the nation, will announce today he is forgoing his senior year of high school and will attend USC this fall. Booty, 18, learned he can graduate early if he passes an English class this summer, according to his father, John. He will take the class at his high school, Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, La. Booty, the younger brother of Cleveland Browns quarterback Josh Booty, decided to leave Evangel Christian early after his father was fired as the school's quarterbacks coach.
More blame for USOC
Documents purporting to show that a number of American athletes were allowed to compete in the Olympics after failing drug tests prove long-held suspicions of U.S. drug coverups, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said. Dr. Wade Exum, former USOC director for drug control from 1991 to 2000, released more than 30,000 pages of documents to Sports Illustrated that he said show athletes tested positive but were allowed by the U.S. Olympic Committee to compete anyway. "It's what many people suspected about the U.S. Olympic Committee, that it was being covered up," WADA head Dick Pound said said. The USOC called Exum's accusations baseless.
U.S. Fed Cup team named
A U.S. squad led by Serena and Venus Williams will compete in the Fed Cup next week against a Czech team whose top player is ranked No. 44. Meghann Shaughnessy and Alexandra Stevenson were announced as other team members. The best-of-five first round will be played April 26-27 in Lowell, Mass. Daja Bedanova, at No. 44, is the highest-ranked player for the Czech Republic. She is joined by No. 73 Klara Koukalova, No. 74 Iveta Benesova and No. 163 Eva Birnerova.
BAUSCH & LOMB CHAMPIONSHIPS: In her first match after a seven-week layoff, and troubled by a crick in her neck, Monica Seles struggled to defeat Anca Barna 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3. This week was supposed to be an opportunity for the sixth-seeded Seles to play on the cushy, green clay at Amelia Island and see how her left foot would respond after a stress fracture in February.
BOXING: Roy Jones Jr. notified the World Boxing Association he will remain a heavyweight and relinquish his light heavyweight crown. Jones recently defeated John Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title.
OBITUARY: Don Bunce, who led Stanford University to an upset Rose Bowl victory over Michigan in 1972 as the starting quarterback, died Monday of a heart attack. He was 54. Mr. Bunce was an orthopedic surgeon at the Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation.