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Penn State cornerback Knowledge Timmons must serve a year in a probation program for first-time offenders after being charged with two misdemeanors.
Timmons was charged with disorderly conduct and defiant trespass after an Oct. 7 fight that involved three other Penn State players. One man was injured in the campus fight.
Centre County Judge Thomas Kistler placed Timmons in the accelerated rehabilitative disposition program, which is designed for first-time, nonviolent offenders, defense attorney Karen Muir said yesterday. Timmons also must perform 1 day of community service.
The charges can be dismissed and Timmons' record expunged if he completes the program and does not get into trouble, Muir said.
Timmons was suspended from the team this spring, though coach Joe Paterno recently allowed the backup defensive back and special-teams player to start working out with the squad.
In other college news:
* Florida defensive back Jamar Hornsby was arrested for allegedly using the credit card of a person who has been dead for almost 7 months and dismissed from the team.
* Central Florida cornerback Johnell Neal suffered an unspecified injury during a shooting in his hometown of Baton Rouge, La.
Golf
* Barry Maggert, a Colorado businessman who was the brother of pro golfer Jeff Maggert, died in a plane crash in a rugged, remote area west of Denver while flying to Boulder to attend his son's graduation from the University of Colorado, family friends said. Jeff Maggert withdrew from the The Players Championship tournament in Florida.
* Kenny Perry took a one-shot lead over Bernhard Langer and Paul Goydos after two rounds of The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
* Annika Sorenstam took a three-stroke lead over Lorena Ochoa after two rounds of the Michelob Ultra Open in Williamsburg, Va. Michelle Wie, playing in her first tournament in 2 1/2 months, missed the cut by four strokes.
Auto Racing
* Sprint Cup star Denny Hamlin, who won the past two Nationwide Series events at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, hit the wall during qualifying and did not make last night's Nationwide race. Greg Biffle won the pole for tonight's Sprint Cup Dodge Challenger 500 with a 179.442 mph lap.
* Rookie driver Alex Lloyd did not break any bones in a hard crash during practice for the Indianapolis 500 that left him hospitalized.
Tennis
* Top-ranked Justine Henin withdrew from next week's Italian Open in Rome, citing fatigue.
* Top-ranked Roger Federer lost to 27th-ranked Radek Stepanek in the Rome Masters quarterfinals, his sixth defeat of the year. American Andy Roddick beat Tommy Robredo.
* Serena Williams' 17-match winning streak ended with a loss to Dinara Safina in the German Open quarterfinals in Berlin.
Philly File
* The Soul signed defensive back Nick Ward, a University of Miami product who played in the AFL three games with Kansas City. Philadelphia also added defensive back Stephen Cason to its practice squad.
* Alvernia catcher Dale Curry (Father Judge High) was named the D-III Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Year, as well as Alvernia's Male Athlete of the Year.
Sport Stops
* Samuel Peter will defend his WBC heavyweight title in the fall against unretired former champion Vitali Klitschko.
* American Allyson Felix won the 100 meters (10.93) and 400 (49.83) at the Doha (Qatar) Super Grand Prix. *
