LOCAL

LOCAL
Cuevas anchorswinning relay
DELAWARE -- Monica Cuevas of Boardman High School anchored an Ohio All-Star girls 4x800 relay to victory in 9 minutes, 9.809 seconds in the Midwest Meet of Champions Saturday at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Cuevas' split in the relay was 2 minutes, 13 seconds. She also finished sixth in the open 800 run (2:16.60).
Michelle Rossio of Warren JFK threw the discus 145 feet, 1 inch to take first place.
Allison Brager of Boardman cleared 10-10 to set a Spartans' school record, which bettered her old mark of 10-8. She placed fourth.
Anna Marie Ricciardi of Western Reserve took fifth place in the high jump (5-4). Jacquie Travis of Struthers finished eighth (5-0).
Cameron Widget of Chaney took second place in the long jump (22-9).
Coach Dave Pavlansky of Boardman helped lead the Ohio All-Star boys team to victory with 175 points. Indiana was second with 130 and Michigan was third with 120.
Michigan's girls won with 164. Indiana was second with 146 and Ohio third with 144.
REGION
Burks decides to have season-ending surgery
CLEVELAND -- Ellis Burks knows his season is over. He's not ready to give up on his career, though.
Burks said Saturday that he will have season-ending surgery to correct a nerve problem in his right elbow, which has bothered him since spring training and caused muscle degeneration in his hand.
Burks will have the operation on June 23, when the Indians return from their next road trip.
Doctors are hoping to remove a bone spur or chip from Burks' elbow and transpose his nerve. Burks has experienced numbness and tingling in his arm for months and some of the muscles in his right hand have atrophied.
The 38-year-old Burks finished the season batting .258 with six homers and 28 RBIs, not the type of year he is accustomed to having and certainly not one he'd like to finish his career with.
"I don't want to end it on something like this," said Burks, who is in the final year of a three-year contract with the Indians. Cleveland has a club option for 2004.
Burks' numbers plummeted before he finally told the Indians about the pain and discomfort in his elbow. Before going on the DL June 10, he batted .179 (10-for-56) with no homers and two RBIs in 16 games since May 19.
Indians agree to terms with first-round pick
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians agreed to terms with Ball State outfielder Brad Snyder, one of the club's three first-round draft picks this season.
Snyder, selected with the No. 18 overall pick, was the Mid-American Conference's player of the year after batting .405 with 14 homers and 61 RBIs for the Cardinals.
The Indians said Snyder, who grew up an Indians fan in Bellevue, Ohio, will report to their Class A Mahoning Valley (A) affiliate.
The club continues negotiations with Tulane first baseman Michael Aubrey, the No. 11 overall pick. Aubrey took pregame batting practice with the Indians on Saturday.
Aubrey, a 6-foot, 193-pounder, will report to the Indians' Lake County (A) team.
NATION
Brett Bodineinjured in crash
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Brett Bodine crashed during practice Saturday at Michigan International Speedway and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Bodine was briefly unconscious, said brother Todd Bodine, who was on the track and saw the accident.
Brett Bodine was able to get out of his battered car on his own before being carried by safety workers to an ambulance and taken to the infield care center. He then went to a hospital for further evaluation.
Todd Bodine parked his car at the side of the track and ran to help his brother.
Brett Bodine, the only owner-driver in the Winston Cup series, was practicing for Sunday's Sirius Satellite 400.
Earlier this week, Hooters said it would not sponsor Brett Bodine Racing after Sunday's race. Before the crash, Bodine said Hooters was supposed to sponsor his team at Daytona.
Bodine is 44th in points this season and has qualified for just six of 14 races. Last year, he was 36th in points. He has not finished better than 24th since starting his own team in 1996.
Ten cars burnedafter bomb threat
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Police said there was no connection between a bomb threat against Continental Airlines Arena and a fire that damaged 10 cars in a parking lot during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Friday night.
The fire likely was caused by tailgaters who left coals burning on a portable grill, said Trooper John Quinlan of the New Jersey State Police.
Canine units investigated the bomb threat and nothing unusual was found at the arena, said State Police Spokesman Steve Jones. The threat was called in to the East Rutherford Police Department at 10:15 p.m., according to Police Lt. Dennis Rivelli.
The fire was in Lot 12C of Giants Stadium, an overflow lot for those attending the game between the New Jersey Nets and the San Antonio Spurs.
The lot is hundreds of yards away from the arena, separated by a four-lane road and only accessible by a long pedestrian tunnel.
WORLD
Frankfurt winsWorld Bowl
GLASGOW, Scotland -- Jonas Lewis ran for a World Bowl record 126 yards and added a touchdown as the Frankfurt Galaxy beat the Rhein Fire 35-16 in NFL Europe's championship game Saturday.
The Galaxy won the championship for a record third time, while the Fire lost in the title game for the second straight season.
Lewis, a former San Francisco 49er, was the game's MVP. He had 87 yards on eight carries in the first half, when the Galaxy took a 25-9 lead.
Teammate Robert Gillespie of the Washington Redskins had 88 yards on five carries and a touchdown. The Galaxy had 418 total yards.
The Fire gained 371 yards, but struggled in the red zone. They kicked two short field goals in the first half and turned the ball over early in the third quarter on a fourth and goal.
Vindicator staff/wire reports