■ Baseball
Jeff Reardon gets busted
Jeff Reardon, one of the top relief pitchers in Major League Baseball history, was charged with robbing a jewelry store, then blamed his arrest on medication he was taking for depression. The 50-year-old Reardon, retired since 1994 and sixth in career saves, walked into Hamilton Jewelers at the Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on Monday and handed an employee a note saying he had a gun and the store was being robbed, police said Tuesday. Reardon fled the store with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police found him at a nearby restaurant, recovered the stolen money and charged him with armed robbery. Reardon made a brief appearance in court Tuesday and was to be released on US$5,000 bail, said his attorney, Mitchell Beers. "He asked me to apologize to his fans and friends," Beers said. "This bizarre incident is completely uncharacteristic of Jeff Reardon."
■ Soccer
Pele's son put in program
Pele's son will enter a drug rehabilitation program while he awaits trial on drug-related charges, media in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil reported on Tuesday. Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, 35, was released from prison on Dec. 17 and decided to seek treatment after consulting with Pele and his family, the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported. Nascimento, a former professional soccer player known as Edinho, was among 50 people arrested on June 6 when police dismantled a drug gang based in Santos, a port city 300km southwest of Rio de Janeiro.
■ Soccer
US adds players to roster
Kansas City midfielder Chris Klein and MetroStars goalkeeper Zach Wells were added on Tuesday to the roster for the US national team training camp that starts Jan. 4 in Carson, California. The pair replaced Chicago midfielder Justin Mapp and Columbus goalkeeper Jonny Walker, who are injured, the US Soccer Federation said. The US team, which will play in its fifth straight World Cup in June, is preparing for friendlies against Canada on Jan. 22 at San Diego; Norway on Jan. 29 at Carson; and Japan on Feb. 10 in San Francisco.
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