Miscellany

A federal court judge in Albany, N.Y., has thrown out a $4.4 million award a jury returned against Mike Tyson for unjustly firing his former trainer Kevin Rooney. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas McAvoy ruled that the judgment against Tyson is improper because Rooney failed to prove Tyson had a contractual agreement with him.

Rome, Athens and Stockholm are the front-runners to hold the 2004 Olympics, according to the International Olympic Committee.

Wayne Moses, a starting cornerback at Washington in 1976 and ‘77, is returning as assistant coach for running backs, head football coach Jim Lambright said.

Canadian Ben Johnson has applied for reinstatement, and the star sprinter hopes to have his lifetime drug ban lifted in time to compete in events this summer.

Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia broke his own world indoor record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 12 minutes, 59.04 seconds at a track meet in Stockholm, Sweden.

Australia’s Emma George, a former trapeze artist in the circus, broke her own record in the women’s pole vault, soaring 14 feet, 11 inches at the Melbourne Grand Prix meet in Australia.

Kurt Konig of Germany and Australian Belinda Soszyn won the Empire State Building Run-Up, each becoming a three-time winner of the world’s original vertical race. The runners raced up 1,576 stairs.