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In brief: Former light heavyweight Quarry dies at 55

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Mike Quarry, the younger brother of hard-punching heavyweight Jerry Quarry who lost to Bob Foster in his own bid for the light heavyweight title, has died. He was 55.

Quarry died Sunday night at The Seasons in La Habra, an assisted living community where he had been transferred from another Orange County nursing home in recent months, his sister Wilma Pearson told the Associated Press.

Pearson gave the cause of death as pugilistic dementia, the same disease that had turned Jerry Quarry into a confused, childlike man before he died at 53 in 1999.

Quarry will be buried in Shafter, Calif., near Jerry’s grave.

Tennis

Agassi playing again

Andre Agassi played his first match in more than three months.

The 36-year-old Agassi lost 6-4, 6-4 to Tim Henman in the first round of the grass-court tournament at Queen’s Club, a tuneup for Wimbledon.

Agassi had played only eight matches since the U.S. Open in September because of a bad back, with his last appearance coming at the Indian Wells tournament in March.

Basketball

Huggins haggling ends

Kansas State basketball coach Bob Huggins will earn at least $800,000 in guaranteed compensation the first three years of his five-year contract, provided he does nothing “which results in material injury to the reputation of the university.”

Auto Racing

Dominguez exits team

Forsythe Championship Racing and driver Mario Dominguez announced they have ended their relationship, effective immediately.

The Forsythe team said the departure of Dominguez was because “changes in the engineering structure of the team no longer suit both parties.”

Cycling

Nuyens wins stage

Nick Nuyens of Belgium won the third stage and took the overall lead at the Tour de Suisse.

Nuyens edged Linus Gerdemann and Joerg Jaksch of Germany, completing the 118-mile route from Einsiedeln to Arlesheim in 4 hours, 36 minutes and 52 seconds.

Miscellany

Keane retires

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane retired because of nagging injuries that plagued him the past year.

The 35-year-old Irish midfielder, who played with Celtic this season, said he was quitting based on the medical advice of his surgeon and Celtic doctor.

“Thomas Clayton, Kansas State’s leading rusher last year, has been suspended for one game following a misdemeanor battery conviction and will miss the Sept. 2 season opener against Illinois State, the school announced.

“Mary Lutz, director of competitive riding for the physically challenged at the U.S. Equestrian Federation, died following a fall from her horse.