• Phelps gets 18 months probation • Dizon, ‘Buffs end season on high note Phelps gets 18 months probation By Associated Press SALISBURY, Md. — Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps was sentenced to 18 months’ probation Wednesday after pleading guilty
• Phelps gets 18 months probation
• Dizon, ‘Buffs end season on high note
Phelps gets 18 months probation
By Associated Press
SALISBURY, Md. — Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps was sentenced to 18 months’ probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to drunken driving.
Judge Lloyd O. Whitehead granted Phelps probation before judgment, meaning his record will be expunged if he follows the terms of probation.
Phelps pleaded guilty to driving while impaired, and prosecutors dropped charges of driving under the influence, underage drinking and failure to stop at a stop sign.
The 19-year-old Phelps was fined $250 and ordered to pay $55 in court costs, must attend a meeting sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and must give speeches to students at three local schools by June 1, advising them about making choices and warning them about the dangers of alcohol.
Dizon, ‘Buffs end season on high note
HOUSTON -— Joel Klatt threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns and Mason Crosby kicked four field goals, leading Colorado to a 33-28 victory over Texas-El Paso in the Houston Bowl on Wednesday night.
Klatt keyed a fourth-quarter comeback by the plodding Buffaloes (8-5), who tried to keep pace with UTEP, which is ranked eighth in the nation in scoring offense.
Colorado led 3-0 midway through the first quarter and trailed until seizing the lead late in the game.
Facing a fourth-and-3 at its own 35, Colorado used a bit of trickery.
Punter John Torp raced 22 yards around the left end on a fake punt for the first down. Two plays later, Klatt threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Evan Judge for the go-ahead score with 8:43 left.
Klatt was flattened by UTEP defensive end Ibok Ibok as he released the ball and didn’t see the touchdown. He got up off the turf slowly and wobbled off the field into the arms of celebrating teammates. Klatt completed 24 of 33 passes, five to Joel Klopfenstein for 134 yards. Bobby Purify rushed 80 yards on 22 carries.
The Miners (8-4) still had a chance to win the game in the final minutes. On third-and-4 from the UTEP 25, Jordan Palmer completed a 15-yard pass to Johnnie Lee Higgins, keeping a late drive alive.
But Palmer misfired badly on his final four passes, and the comeback try fizzled. Colorado coach Gary Barnett was doused with a Gatorade cooler in the waning seconds, and dozens of players came over to embrace their leader. Colorado’s first bowl victory since the 1999 Insight.com Bowl ended a campaign where the Buffs won their last three games of the season to earn a share of the Big 12 North title, and Barnett was voted the Big 12 coach of the year. UTEP came very close to pulling off its first victory over a Big 12 opponent in 12 tries, but couldn’t hold off the faster, stronger Buffs in the second half.
