Man pleads guilty to theft of Jackie Robinson statue

A man pleaded guilty to helping steal a bronze statue of Jackie Robinson from a Wichita, Kansas, park.

Ricky Alderete, 45, was charged in February with felony theft valued at over $25,000, aggravated criminal damage to property, identity theft, and making false information.

He will be formally sentenced on July 1 after pleading guilty to aggravated burglary, aggravated criminal damage to property, interference with law enforcement, criminal damage to property, theft, making a false writing, and identity theft. A district judge told Alderete the maximum sentence is 229 months, or over 19 years, in prison. Alderete will also have to pay $41,500 to League 42, a youth baseball league named for the Hall of Famer's uniform number.

The 275-pound statue was taken from Mcadams Park in Wichita on Jan. 25, and only its feet were left after thieves dismantled it.

Alderete admitted to being part of a crew that stole the statue from the park and putting it in a pickup truck.

Five days later, the Wichita Fire Department responding to a fire call, found parts of the statue in a trash can. Authorities said there was no evidence of a hate crime, but the motive was to sell the metal for scrap.

No. 1 Djokovic ousted by Chile’s Tabilo in Rome

Alejandro Tabilo of Chile upset World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-3 to move to the fourth round of the Internazionali BNL d'italia in Rome on Sunday.

Djokovic, who has won six times in Rome, had just 14 winners against 12 unforced errors in the 68-minute match. Eight of those winners came on aces, and he also had five double faults and his serve broken four times.

It was the first time Tabilo, the 29th seed in Rome, had played the top-seeded Serbian. He didn't face a break point.

“It's incredible,” the 26-year-old Tabilo said. “I came on court just looking around, just trying to soak it all in and trying to process everything. I'm just trying to wake up right now.”

Ellis, Stanley Cup winner with Maple Leafs, dies at 79

Ron Ellis, a longtime member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 79.

Ellis was part of the 1967 Maple Leafs team that won the Stanley Cup. Toronto hasn't won another since. The Maple Leafs announced his death on Saturday. The cause was not disclosed.

Ellis, a two-way forward, played one game with the Maple Leafs in the 196364 season, then made his final appearance in 1980-81.

He took two seasons off from 197577 as he confronted mental health issues.