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Franco, 49, Retires From Mexican League, Professional Baseball
Julio Franco, here playing for the New York Mets in 2006, retired after a 23-year major league career with eight teams and professional stops in the Dominican Republic, South Korea, Mexico and Japan.
(By Tom Hood -- Associated Press)
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· HOCKEY: Rangers forward Sean Avery was transferred out of the intensive care unit yesterday and remained hospitalized during recovery from a lacerated spleen.
There was no immediate word when Avery would be released from the hospital, Rangers spokesman John Rosasco said. The rugged winger had been in intensive care since he was injured Tuesday night, with doctors waiting for internal bleeding to stop.
· SWIMMING: Larisa Ilchenko of Russia defended her 10-kilometer open-water world crown and amputee Natalie Du Toit of South Africa qualified for the Beijing Olympics by finishing fourth in Seville, Spain.
Ilchenko swam the four loops of the Guadalquivir River course in 2 hours 2 minutes, 2.7 seconds. Last year, she won the title at Melbourne, Australia.
Britain's Cassandra Patten finished 3.1 seconds behind in second, and Yurema Requena of Spain was 4.5 seconds back in third.
Du Toit was only 5.1 seconds behind Ilchenko. The 24-year-old lost her left leg after being hit by a car in 2001.
-- From News Services
