Miscellany
Ohio State offensive tackle Korey Stringer, a 6-foot-5, 320-pound, two-time All-American, announced he will skip his senior year and make himself available for the NFL draft.
Chinese weightlifters Li Dan and Wang Shen, deprived of their gold medals from the world championships on Thursday, have been banned for life by the International Weightlifting Federation after testing positive for anabolic steroids.
Alberto Tomba, dedicating his performance to the victims of the war in nearby Bosnia, earned his sixth World Cup victory of the season in a giant slalom race at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.