SPORTS WIRE: Dodgers pitcher accidentally shot
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor accidentally shot him.
Dr. Eduardo Reguera said Padilla, who signed with the Dodgers in August, didn't need surgery after spending time at Metropolitan Hospital in Managua, Nicaragua.
Police spokesman Vilma Reyes said Wednesday that Padilla's pistol apparently jammed during a target shooting session late Tuesday. Padilla handed the pistol to a shooting instructor, a former police captain, who didn't realize there was a bullet in the chamber and shot himself in his hand, according to Padilla's legal adviser, Roberto Calderon. The bullet also grazed Padilla's leg.
The account contradicts Padilla's agent, Adam Katz, who told the Los Angeles Times that it was a ''hunting accident.''
BASKETBALL:Nancy Lieberman is set to become the first female head coach of an NBA Development League team. A news conference is scheduled today to introduce Lieberman as the first coach of the team that will begin play during the 2010-11 season in Frisco, a Dallas suburb.
• Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was a free man Wednesday after serving most of a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal. Donaghy was released from Hernando County Jail in Brooksville, Fla., where he had been jailed since August after officials said he violated travel restrictions while living at a halfway house in the Tampa area.
A New York judge sentenced Donaghy, 42, in July 2008 after Donaghy said he took thousands of dollars from a pro gambler in exchange for inside tips, including on games he worked. Donaghy pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce.
• Isiah Thomas lost his coaching debut at Florida International when Northwood, an NAIA team coached by Rollie Massimino, posted a 71-61 exhibition-game win in Miami.
AUTO RACING:Toyota, the world's largest automaker, is pulling out of Formula One racing, saying it needs to cut costs and focus on its core business. Toyota follows Honda Motor Co. as the second major Japanese automaker to withdraw from the sport in the last 11 months.
Toyota officials called the withdrawal from F1 complete, making a return to the sport unlikely. Toyota made its F1 debut in 2002 but never won a grand prix, but the company said that was not a factor in this decision.
TENNIS:Roger Federer reached the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland, by beating Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 6-3.
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