Miscellany

Former Miami Dolphins star Mercury Morris lost his bid for a new trial in a cocaine case that tainted his career after his 1982 arrest.

Former University of Nebraska football player Riley Washington, 23, was acquitted of attempted murder and weapons charges. He’d been accused of shooting and injuring Jermaine Cole outside a Lincoln convenience store Aug. 2, 1995.

Cleveland Indians pitcher Jose Mesa, 30, pleaded innocent to a rape charge stemming from a complaint by two women he met at a nightclub Dec. 22, surrendered his passport and was freed on $10,000 bond two weeks before spring training.

Former world champion Thomas Hearns, 38, knocked out Ed Dalton at 2:38 of the fifth round in their scheduled 10-round light heavyweight bout in Inglewood, Calif.