In Brief

BASEBALL

Bonds' attorneys want details
of his temper kept from jury

Barry Bonds' attorneys are seeking to keep details about the slugger's temper from the jury.

On Monday, they asked the San Francisco-based federal judge overseeing the perjury case to bar testimony from Bonds' former girlfriend, his doctor and others that the former Giants star berated people and treated his former personal trainer disrespectfully.

The defense team also wants to bar testimony about Bonds' relationships with a Playboy magazine model and with his second wife.

Those requests were contained in several court documents that Bonds' attorneys and prosecutors filed seeking to limit what the other side shows the jury during the trial, scheduled to start March 21.

Also: Cecil Kaiser, a diminutive left-hander who made $700 a month at the height of his Negro Leagues pitching career in the 1940s, died at the age of 94 after falling at his home in Southfield, Mich.

COLLEGES

Grand jury: No crime by police
in shooting of football player

A grand jury determined that a Thornwood, N.Y., police officer did not commit a crime when he shot and killed a college football player through the windshield of the student's car.

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore said jurors found "no reasonable cause for an indictment" in the death of 20-year-old Danroy "D.J." Henry Jr., of Easton, Mass.

Henry, a Pace University student, was killed Oct. 17 when officers fired at his car as he drove away from a bar in Thornwood, just north of New York City.

Police had been called to a disturbance that spilled out of the bar after the Pace homecoming game.

Also: An attorney for Weslye Saunders said the NFL has declared the former South Carolina tight end eligible for the upcoming draft.

James "Butch" Williams said Saunders will attend the NFL's combine for draft-eligible players in Indianapolis this weekend.

Saunders was at the center of an NCAA inquiry at South Carolina for potential contact with agents.

Top football recruit Jadeveon Clowney picked South Carolina over Clemson and Alabama, ending an extra 12 days of suspense.

The defensive end from South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, S.C., is considered the country's top prospect and was sought by schools from coast to coast. But the 6-foot-6-inch, 250-pound senior took a different path than other recruits, delaying his decision from national signing day on Feb. 2 until Monday, his 18th birthday.

The Mountain West Conference reprimanded San Diego State basketball coach Steve Fisher after he criticized Wyoming for firing Heath Schroyer last week. Fisher said during a teleconference that it was wrong for Wyoming to fire Schroyer with six weeks left in the season.

Jimmy Hayes scored six minutes into overtime as Boston College beat Northeastern 7-6 in Boston to win the Beanpot hockey championship for the third time in four years.

GOLF

Woods fined, offers apology
for spitting on green in Dubai

Tiger Woods apologized after he was fined an undisclosed sum by the European PGA Tour for spitting on the green during the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic.

The tour said in a statement that tournament director Mike Stewart reviewed the matter and "feels there has been a breach of the tour code of conduct."

"The Euro Tour is right -- it was inconsiderate to spit like that and I know better," Woods said on Twitter. "Just wasn't thinking and want to say I'm sorry."

The tour would not give the amount of the fine, but it was probably between $400 and $16,000 for a minor breach.

Woods spit on the 12th hole after missing a par putt on his way to a 3-over 75.

Also: Ernie Els withdrew from this week's Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles because of a sore neck.

Els' spokesman, Martin Hardy, said he was not sure how Els tweaked his neck. He said doctors advised the three-time major champion to rest it for a week.

Els is expected to return next week for the Match Play Championship in Arizona.

Greg Norman had surgery on his left shoulder for the second time and hopes to get back to his limited golf schedule by July.

MISCELLANEOUS

Forsberg ends comeback bid,
announces NHL retirement

Colorado Avalanche forward Peter Forsberg retired from the NHL after playing in just two games during his latest comeback.

A chronic foot ailment cut short Forsberg's career. He made a brief return in 2008 and didn't play in the NHL again until this month. After a visa delay, he took the ice in just two games, scoring no points, before deciding to call it a career.

Just a week ago, the former league Most Valuable Player signed a $1 million deal to play the rest of the season for the team he helped lead to two Stanley Cup titles.

Also: Art Schlichter, a former Ohio State quarterback whose NFL career was derailed by a gambling addiction, was charged with stealing more than $1 million from an Ohio woman.

Schlichter, 50, who played for the Buckeyes from 1978 to 1981, was charged with theft in Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus.

Schlichter is accused of stealing more than $1 million from a woman in Dublin, Ohio, by deceiving her about the reason he took the money.

Sacramento Kings rookie DeMarcus Cousins was fined by the team for fighting with a teammate after a recent game and will rejoin the squad after missing one game.

Cousins got into an altercation in the locker room with Donte Greene after a 99-97 home loss to Oklahoma City on Saturday. Cousins reportedly was upset that Greene had not passed him the ball for the final shot in the game. Greene passed the ball to Tyreke Evans, who missed a 3-point attempt.

American skiing star Lindsey Vonn pulled out of her remaining events at the world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, to recuperate from a head injury.

The American made the announcement on her Facebook page, saying her plan now "will be to take some time off and try to get 100 percent healthy again."

Meanwhile, in the men's super-combined, Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway recovered from a head-jarring crash to retain his title, while Christof Innerhofer of Italy earned his third medal in three races by taking silver.

Svindal, hurt after skiing into a barrier over the weekend, led comfortably after the downhill portion and hung on down a steep slalom course on the Gudiberg slope to stay ahead.

A federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed David Beckham's libel and slander lawsuit against In Touch magazine over a story that claimed the international soccer star cheated on his wife with a prostitute.