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Cleveland State basketball standout Jamal Jackson, 22, was fatally stabbed early in the morning at Boston, hours before he was due back on campus. Jackson’s body was found face down outside a Tremont Street clothing store about 4:25 a.m., Boston police Lt. Robert O’Toole said. No arrests have been made. … At Cologne, Germany, South African Okkert Brits cleared 19 feet, 9-1/4 inches at the Weltklasse track and field meet to become only the second pole vaulter after Sergei Bubka to go higher than 19-8-1/4. … Dale Jarrett grabbed his first NASCAR Busch Grand National pole in six years in qualifying for the Detroit Gasket 200 at Michigan International Speedway at Brooklyn, Mich. He lapped the 2-mile oval at 174.199 mph in a Ford… . The Chicago Blackhawks signed forward Denis Savard, their leading scorer in the Stanley Cup playoffs… . Stu Grissom, a restricted free-agent forward who finished last season with the Detroit Red Wings, signed an offer sheet with the New York Rangers. The Red Wings have seven days to match it… . Neal Broten, arrested and charged with drunken driving Wednesday morning in River Falls, Wis., re-signed with the Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils.