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BASEBALL

Rod Beck found dead at home

Rod Beck, an All-Star relief pitcher who wore a bushy mustache while earning 286 career saves, has died.

Beck, 38, was found Saturday by police officers responding to a call to his home in suburban Phoenix, police department spokesman Andy Hill said Sunday. Foul play is not suspected, though the cause of death might not be known for several days.

Nicknamed “Shooter,” Beck pitched for the Giants (1991-97), the Chicago Cubs (1998-99) and the Boston Red Sox (1999-2001) before finishing his career with the Padres (2003-04).

TRACK AND FIELD

Arnold, Waltz second in nation

Two second place finishes and a third-place finish for former Washington State Cougars highlighted the local results at the U.S. championships in Indianapolis.

Ian Waltz, a former Cougar from Post Falls, finished second in the discus with a throw of 208 feet, 8 inches, some 15 inches shy of Michael Robertson’s winning throw. University of Idaho’s Russ Winger took seventh.

Former Cougar Dominique Arnold finished second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.17 seconds. Bernard Lagat, another former Cougar, was third in the 1,500 meters in 3:35.55.

See page C4 for more on the championships.

TRACK AND FIELD

Olympic sprinter Jones is broke

Seven years after winning a women’s record five Olympic track and field medals and snagging multimillion-dollar endorsement deals, Marion Jones is broke.

The sprinter is heavily in debt, fighting off court judgments and down to a bank balance of about $2,000, according to recent court records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

Last year a bank foreclosed on her $2.5-million mansion in an area of Chapel Hill, N.C., where Michael Jordan was a neighbor. She was also forced to sell two other properties, including her mother’s house.