For The Record

Threatened
By former U.S. Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding , 31, a lawsuit against Made In Oregon , distributors of Tonya Hot Sauce. The label features an unflattering caricature of Harding smoking a cigarette outside a trailer, with ice skates in one hand and a hubcap in the other. It reads, "A sauce not for the weak-kneed" and "Guaranteed to assault your taste buds." It also includes a quote from an N. Kerrigan exclaiming, "It's a lead-pipe cinch you'll love it!" The five-ounce bottles retail for about $5. Harding 's lawyer, William Markham, says Harding is a "world-class athlete" and that the company is misappropriating her image.

Awarded
To ex-Flyers defense-man Dave Babych, $1.37 million, by a New Jersey court. Babych, 41, had sued former team doctor Arthur Bartolozzi, contending that the Flyers and Bartolozzi pressured him to play on a broken left foot in the 1998 playoffs, which exacerbated the injury and forced him to retire prematurely, in 2000. The jury found that Bartolozzi had "deviated from accepted standards in treating the injury." Babych who says his foot is still "not right," had sought $2.3 million.

Banned
By the Massachusetts Inter-scholastic Athletic Association, aluminum bats, from its state baseball tournament. In the 2001 season two pitchers suffered serious injuries after being struck in the head by a batted ball; the MIAA evaluated other anecdotal evidence and ruled that balls fly off aluminum bats at dangerous speeds. Last month Massachusetts ' executive board of baseball coaches voted 17-1 against the proposed ban. "We're in shock," says David Ettinger, legal council for Easton , the U.S. 's largest aluminum bat manufacturer. Ettinger also says the company is considering taking legal action against the state.

Ordered
To lose weight or lose his job, Mets first baseman Mo Vaughn , 34. According to reports, Mets executives have warned Vaughn that if he does not lessen his girth—he was listed at 6'1", 275 pounds last year—he could be in violation of a standard contract clause that requires a player to stay in "first-class physical condition" and obey his team's training rules. Vaughn , who batted .259 with 26 home runs in 2002, often had trouble bending to field ground balls and made 18 errors, the most in the majors by a first baseman. A nutritionist, physician and personal trainer have reportedly been hired to oversee his off-season regimen.

Stabbed
In the left thigh, Wisconsin 's star tailback Anthony Davis , by his girlfriend Tiffany Spears during a dispute in Davis 's apartment early Sunday morning. Badgers coach Barry Alvarez says Davis , a junior who had rushed for 1,001 yards on 204 carries, might not play this week against Illinois . The incident capped a rough weekend for Wisconsin : Last Friday senior wide receiver Lee Evans was arrested for possession of marijuana. On Saturday the Badgers lost 20-3 to Iowa .

Offered
By the ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones, a 15-game tryout to forward Hayley Wickenheiser , 24, the Canadian Olympic star regarded as the world's best female hockey player. Wickenheiser , who would be the first female non-goalie to play in a pro men's league, has also talked to men's teams in Austria and Germany and would prefer to play in Europe , where the sport is less violent than in North America . "My place in the male game would be as a finesse player," she says. "I don't know if [the notoriously rough ECHL] would be in my best interest, but I can't totally say no."