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June 26, 2006

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Admitted
That he was named in an affidavit released in connection with a June 6 federal raid on the home of Diamondbacks reliever Jason Grimsley , former first baseman David Segui (above). The document alleges that Grimsley received a shipment of human growth hormone at home in April and that Grimsley identified at least half a dozen major leaguers--the names were redacted--as users of banned performance enhancers (SI, June 19). Last Saturday, Segui, 39, who played for seven teams between 1990 and 2004, told ESPN that he was one of those players: He said he used HGH obtained with a doctor's prescription while playing. "It was perfectly legal," said Segui.

Signed
By Notre Dame receiver Jeff Samardzija , a five-year contract with the Cubs worth up to $7.25 million. Samardzija, who caught a school-record 15 touchdown passes as a junior last season, was chosen by Chicago in the fifth round of the major league draft earlier this month. (He went 8--2 with a 4.33 ERA for the Notre Dame baseball team this spring.) He will play for the rookie league Boise Hawks this summer--then return to South Bend to play football this fall. A potential NFL first-round pick next year, Samardzija says he wants to go pro in both football and baseball.

Ended
The season of pitcher turned outfielder Rick Ankiel , who underwent knee surgery on May 26. The Cardinals minor leaguer, 26, was a mound star as a rookie in 2000, but he gave up pitching last season after trying for four years to control his chronic wildness. He was on track to make St. Louis 's roster--he hit 21 home runs in 85 minor league games last year--but injured his knee in spring training and never played a game this season. "You feel terrible," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "I just don't know how much resilience he's got and if he feels it's worth it."

Died
At age 88, Bill Moffitt, a former scout for the Brewers and the father of tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King and former major league reliever Randy Moffitt. A basketball player at Long Beach City College and a longtime firefighter in Long Beach , Calif. , Bill was a far cry from the manipulative stage fathers that are common in women's tennis. But he and his wife, Betty, were always supportive of their children's athletic ambitions. "They didn't push us; Randy and I pushed them," King told the Chicago Tribune in 1990.

Undergone
By prized Ohio State recruit Greg Oden , 18, surgery to repair a torn wrist ligament. The 7-foot center (above), the national high school player of the year last season, was injured in an Indiana state playoff game on Feb. 28. He played six more postseason games, but when the wrist failed to heal he decided to go under the knife. Oden started summer school at Ohio State on Monday, but it was too soon to tell if he would be ready when practice starts in October. Said coach Thad Matta , "We look forward to getting ... him back as quickly as possible."

Pleaded
Not guilty to providing alcohol to three underage women, Bengals receiver Chris Henry, 23. Henry turned himself in to authorities in Kenton County, Ky., last Thursday after an investigation into a claim by an 18-year-old woman that he sexually assaulted her at a hotel. She recanted her story, but the probe led to charges that could land Henry in jail for three years. The case caps a troubled off-season for Henry , who has been arrested four times in seven months. In March he pleaded guilty to marijuana possession (he avoided prison time by completing drug rehab), and in August he will stand trial on a concealed weapon charge stemming from a January arrest in Orlando . He was also cited for drunken driving in Clermont County, Ohio , on June 4 and faces a court date for that charge later this month.

Requested
By Lance Armstrong , that Dick Pound be removed or suspended as head of the World Anti-Doping Agency , in a letter to IOC president Jacques Rogge . Last month an independent Dutch investigator cleared Armstrong (right) of allegations printed in a French newspaper that he used the banned substance EPO when he won his first Tour in 1999. Pound was dismissive of the Dutch investigator's efforts, however, and a WADA statement labeled them "farcical." In his letter Armstrong said Pound's conduct was "reprehensible" and urged that Rogge remove him from office. An IOC spokeswoman said the committee would probably discuss the matter at its meetings in Lausanne , Switzerland , this week.

Bought
With debit cards that the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued to Gulf Coast residents displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita last year, Saints season tickets. FEMA issued debit cards to help storm victims pay for housing and other necessities last September. Last week a congressional audit showed that up to $1.4 billion was instead spent for such things as a sex-change operation, a Caribbean vacation and five season tickets for the Saints , who will return to the Superdome in September. Said Representative Michael McCaul, chair of the House Homeland Security investigations subcommittee, "This is an insult to the victims of Katrina."

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