For The Record

Announced
That she has breast cancer, Olympic figure skating gold medalist Dorothy Hamill (below). The 51-year-old, a three-time U.S. champion who won Olympic gold at age 19 in 1976, is taking time off from her starring role in the Broadway on Ice tour while undergoing treatment at Johns Hopkins's Kimmel Cancer Center; she said that her prognosis for recovery is favorable and she hopes to return to the ice later this month. "I'm O.K.," Hamill told The Baltimore Sun . "I'm still a little woozy. It's been kind of a hit in the head."

Banned
By the International Tennis Federation for two years, Martina Hingis , who tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon last year. Hingis , 27, retired on Nov. 1, the day she announced the positive test result. At the time she denied ever using cocaine, but the ITF said an independent antidoping panel had found that the failed test was accurate. Hingis , a former world No. 1 who returned to tennis in 2006 after a four-year injury hiatus, will forfeit $129,481 in prize money she won at Wimbledon and subsequent tournaments last year. "It makes no sense for her to challenge the judgment," said her manager, Mario Widmer. "She just isn't going to play anymore."

Canceled
For the first time in its 30-year history, the Dakar Rally, because of terrorist threats made against the race. The 5,760-mile race from Lisbon to Dakar was to have passed through the Mauritanian desert, which has been used as a hideout by an al-Qaeda --linked terrorist group that has been blamed for the Dec. 24 killing of a vacationing French family near the town of Aleg. The French government urged rally organizers to avoid Mauritania, and Daniel Bilalian, an official at France Televisions, one of the race's sponsors, said there had been "direct threats aimed at the race by terror groups." The rally was to begin last Saturday and finish on Jan. 20.

Killed
In the violence that followed Kenya 's disputed Dec. 30 presidential election, Lucas Sang, a member of the country's 4 � 400-meter relay team at the 1988 Olympics. Sang, a prominent farmer in the town of Eldoret , was stoned to death by rioters near his home last week. ( Eldoret , where much of the political unrest has taken place, is in a section of Kenya that has produced scores of elite runners.) Earlier that day world marathon champion Luke Kibet was attacked in the same town and suffered a concussion. He told The New York Times that he will not be able to train for three weeks.

Died
At age 87, three-time All-Star pitcher Gerry Staley (above). From 1947 to '61 the righthander went 134--111 for six teams, mostly with the Cardinals and the White Sox . His first two All-Star nods came with St. Louis in '52 and '53; he was an All-Star again while with Chicago in '60. In '59 he led the AL with 67 appearances and had a 2.16 ERA in four World Series games. After retiring, Staley was superintendent of the Clark County (Wash.) Parks and Recreation Department, and he was inducted into the Washington State Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame. Said his son, Brian, "He had to find something to pitch after baseball."

Applied
For a trademark for the phrase I Love Me Some Me, Terrell Owens . The blog Trademork.com reported that the Cowboys ' receiver said in his application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last month that he plans to use the phrase on cups, a potential restaurant and "clothing, namely shirts, T-shirts, pants, shorts, caps, dresses, skirts." Owens first uttered the phrase during a postgame interview while he was with the 49ers and has used it often since.

Died
Of a heart attack at age 81, Gerald Astor, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 's first photo editor. An original staff writer when the magazine was born in 1954, Astor became photo editor in '55. During his tenure he spearheaded the use of color and hired or developed several of the magazine's top photographers, including Walter Iooss Jr. , Neil Leifer and John Zimmerman . After he left SI , Astor worked at Look, The Saturday Evening Post and TIME, and he wrote histories of World War II and, in 1974, a biography of boxer Joe Louis .