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■ Baseball
Yankees hearing scheduled
A hearing Nov. 7 will determine whether Yankees reliever Jeff Nelson and right fielder Karim Garcia should be charged with beating a Fenway Park worker. Police filed paperwork Tuesday in Roxbury District Court requesting the hearing. Nelson and Garcia can appear to counter accusations by Paul Williams, a 24-year-old part-time groundskeeper. The two Yankees and Williams got into a fight during Game 3 of the AL championship series after the worker started cheering for the Red Sox in the New York bullpen. Police are seeking assault and battery charges.

■ Football
McNair case continues
Steve McNair's case on drunken driving and weapons charges will go to a grand jury. Judge Leon Ruben ruled Tuesday that there was sufficient evidence for the case to move forward but there was no word on when the grand jury would convene. The Tennessee Titans' quarterback left with his lawyer after the hearing and did not talk to reporters. McNair was pulled over by police while driving a sport utility vehicle in Nashville just after midnight May 22. Officer Shawn Taylor said he saw McNair's vehicle swerve across the center line. According to police, McNair's eyes were bloodshot, his breath smelled of alcohol and he acknowledged drinking. "There was no doubt in my mind he was impaired and a dangerous driver," Taylor testified during the preliminary hearing Tuesday.

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