For The Record

Died
After a fall from a seaside cliff in San Pedro, Calif., USC kicker Mario Danelo, 21. Danelo's body was found last Saturday afternoon on a beach at the bottom of the cliff; as of Monday police were unsure what caused the fall but didn't believe it was the result of any criminal behavior. (Autopsy results were unavailable.) Danelo (above), a junior and the son of former NFL kicker Joe Danelo, missed only two field goals in two seasons as the Trojans' kicker and set an NCAA record for extra points (83) in 2005. He was last seen around midnight on Friday. Said a Los Angeles police spokesman, "It was fairly apparent that this was either an accident or suicide."

Taken
By defenseman Chris Chelios, a leave of absence from the Red Wings, after two employees of his Detroit restaurant were fatally stabbed on Jan. 2. According to an official in the Wayne County prosecutor's office, Justin Blackshear, 17, who was recently fired as a Cheli's Chili Bar busboy, admitted to the killings; he was charged with first-degree murder and faces life in prison. But on Monday, Blackshear's lawyer, Corbett O'Meara, told SI his client didn't confess and is innocent. Last Thursday a shaken Chelios said, "I've never been through anything this difficult in my life," and called the slain employees "the sweetest people you'll ever meet." The 23-year veteran was expected to rejoin the Wings for their game in Colorado on Tuesday.

Taken
By Heat coach Pat Riley, a leave of absence to undergo surgery on his right hip and right knee. Riley has been in pain much of the season and had cartilage removed from the knee last Friday. After winning its first NBA title last season, Miami sputtered to a 13--17 start under Riley and lost its first two games under assistant Ron Rothstein, who is serving as interim coach. Riley, 61, expects to return this season. "I'm just tired of the pain and the medication," he said.

Folded
After 10 seasons, the WNBA's Charlotte Sting, one of the league's eight original franchises. The Sting reached the WNBA finals in 2001 but made the playoffs just twice after that and drew an average of 5,783 fans last season, 13th among 14 teams. The NBA's Charlotte Bobcats announced last month that they were giving up control of the franchise, and an effort to find a buyer failed. "It's sad to see them go," says Greg Economou, the Bobcats' chief marketing officer. "They meant a lot to the people of the city, but by the same token, not enough people."

Sailed
Across the Atlantic Ocean, 14-year-old Mike Perham of Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England, the youngest person to make the solo voyage. Perham (above), who was followed by his father, Peter, in another boat (they were allowed to speak by satellite phone), left Gibraltar on his 28-foot yacht on Nov. 18 and arrived in Antigua on Jan. 3, a 3,500-mile journey. "At home in England you can't even climb a tree without a safety certificate," said his father. "So I hope it will ignite a little spark in some families."

Invited
To return to Duke, juniors Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, two of the three lacrosse players accused of rape by an exotic dancer after a team party last March. The rape charges were dropped on Dec. 22 after the accuser waffled on her account of the incident. Finnerty and Seligmann, who were suspended by the university, are still charged with sexual assault and kidnapping but are free to return to class. (The third player accused, David Evans, graduated last May.) "The circumstances in this case have changed substantially," said Duke president Richard Brodhead, "and it is appropriate that the students have an opportunity to continue their education." Finnerty's mother, Mary Ellen, told the Baltimore Sun that the family is "happy this is an option," but that until the case is finished, "it's probably not a realistic one." Seligmann said he is unsure if he will return.

Owed
To the state of Wisconsin by Hall of Fame pitcher Rollie Fingers, more that $1.4 million in back taxes, interest and penalties. Last week the state's Department of Revenue released a list of the top 100 delinquent taxpayers; Fingers, 60, who is eighth on the career saves list with 341, ranked seventh. On Monday, Fingers said on his website that the Brewers withheld state tax from all his checks when he pitched for them (1981--82 and 1984--85).

Arrested
On suspicion of domestic abuse and for violating a restraining order, sportscaster Jim Lampley, 57. Lampley, HBO's lead boxing commentator, allegedly threw his girlfriend, Candice Sanders, 29, the 2003 Miss California USA, against the wall of her apartment in Encinitas, Calif., on New Year's Day. The incident prompted Sanders to file for a temporary restraining order on Jan. 2; Lampley was arrested when he showed up at her home the next day, a violation of the order. Lampley posted $35,000 bail and said he is "innocent of the charge of domestic abuse" and "will vigorously defend myself."

Stripped
Of his Bahraini citizenship because he competed in Israel, distance runner Mushir Salem Jawher. Jawher (left), a native Kenyan who changed his name from Leonard Mucheru when he moved to Bahrain in 2003, was a hero in the Arab country after he won the 5,000-meter silver medal at the Asian Games last month. But last Thursday he won the Tiberias Marathon in Israel, a nation with which Bahrain has no official ties. "This is outside the rules," said Mohammed Abdul Jalal, the head of the Bahrain Athletics Association. Jawher told The Jerusalem Post that he was "very proud" to have run in Israel and that "people should live together in harmony."

Died
At age 49 of cancer, NASCAR driver Bobby Hamilton. The Nashville native came into the sport long before the current generation of media-savvy young guns, and he never lost his old-school roots or his forthrightness. In 2001, after then rookie Kevin Harvick—who had taken over the car of Hamilton's friend Dale Earnhardt after Earnhardt died—got into a few on-track scrapes, Hamilton said, on live TV, "He thinks he is Dale Earnhardt. But right now he wouldn't be a scab on Dale Earnhardt's butt." Hamilton won four Nextel Cup races, and in 2004 he won the Craftsman Truck Series championship. He drove the first three races of the 2006 season before turning the seat over to his son Bobby Jr. and beginning treatment for cancer in his head and neck.