TOUGHMAN EVENT SLATED

AUSTINTOWN -- A toughman event, the Xtreme Fighting Championship, will debut Sept. 12 at The Mill.
A special toughman master bout will feature Austintown's Chris Koval and Dave Bowers.
Tickets cost $10 and go on sale Aug. 30 at Brier Hill Pizza in Austintown, Granny's Cycle in Warren, Skinethics in Girard, Audio Extreme in Boardman and Youngstown Clyde Supply.
Lakeview setsteam night
CORTLAND -- Lakeview High will sponsor a Meet the Team Night Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the renovated football stadium. The new band shell will be dedicated.
IBF boutset Friday
CHESTER, W. Va. -- IBF world champion Vernon Forrest (32-0, 26KO's) of Augusta, Ga., will face Edgar Ruiz (18-4-1, 11 KOs) of Mexico City in a 10-round welterweight bout Friday at Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort.
The fight card will have seven bouts with proceeds to be given to the southern West Virginia Flood Relief Fund.
NATION
Lindros dealfinalized
VOORHEES, N.J. -- The Flyers and Rangers have finalized a deal that would send Eric Lindros to New York and are awaiting approval from the NHL.
The final sticking point -- getting insurance on the contract -- was solved Friday, a source close to the negotiations told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
Flyers general manager Bob Clarke lifted the Friday deadline for the Rangers to sign Lindros, clearing the way for the Rangers and Lindros to work out the final details regarding the contract and the insurance.
"I expect it to be resolved on Monday," Clarke said Friday.
Clarke had said Thursday night that another team was interested in trading for the restricted free agent.
The Rangers and Flyers agreed on the players involved in the deal earlier in the week. Carl Lindros, Eric's father and agent, and New York GM Glen Sather also have agreed on a contract reportedly worth about $37 million over four years.
NASCAR racetops ratings
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- NASCAR's Winston Cup race at Watkins Glen was the highest-rated sports program last weekend.
Sunday's race drew a 4.7 national rating on NBC, 62 percent higher than last year's race on ESPN.
Through six races, NASCAR coverage on NBC and TNT is averaging a 5.1 rating -- 36 percent higher than over the same time period last year.
Each ratings point represents a little more than 1 million TV households.
Tyson won't facerape charge
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Prosecutors declined Friday to file rape charges against former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson, saying the case could not be proved.
The San Bernardino County district attorney's office reviewed the case and conducted a follow-up investigation before reaching a decision.
"It's precisely because of Mr. Tyson's reputation for violence and his notoriety and his previous conviction for rape that we really, really looked at this case very careful," said Deputy District Attorney David Whitney.
"We concluded after reviewing everything we currently know about the case that it cannot be proven beyond reasonable doubt."
Whitney said it was unlikely charges could be filed in the future.
A 50-year-old woman maintains she was sexually assaulted by Tyson on July 16 at a home he rented while training in this resort in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles.
Tyson, who said he was innocent, left Big Bear for Phoenix to train for a Sept. 8 fight with Danish boxer Brian Nielsen in Copenhagen.
"There was never a doubt in my mind that, when the authorities took a hard look at the case, the truth would serve to vindicate me," Tyson said in a written statement. "Now I am just looking forward to fighting and regaining the heavyweight championship of the world."
Vindicator staff/wire reports