TYSON WILL NOT FACE ANY CHARGES
Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said it has closed the case and decided against pursuing charges based on “the circumstances surrounding the confrontation.”
“These include the conduct of the victim leading up to the incident, the interaction between Mr. Tyson and the victim, as well as the requests of both the victim and Mr. Tyson that no charges be filed in this case,” District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said in a statement.
Police previously said that the victim had provided few details about the altercation and refused to cooperate with the investigation.
Representatives for Tyson previously said the boxer was on a flight with “an aggressive passenger who began harassing him and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his seat.”
The April 20 video shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head, drawing blood. The footage was first shared by TMZ, which said it was recorded on a Jet Blue plane bound for Florida.
Prior to the physical altercation, the other passenger was seen on the video standing over Tyson’s seat — waving his arms and talking animatedly while the former boxer sits quietly.
Local colleges
Cal State San Marcos first baseman Paige Donnelly was named to the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Year Top 25 list.
• Four UC San Diego pitchers combined on a onehit, 3-0 win over host Oregon (28-20) as the Tritons baseball team improved to 22-24.
Crew Robinson finished 2for-4 with a run scored and
Blake FitzGerald knocked his fourth homer of the season.
• San Diego State’s Sara Kjellker shot 3-over 75 in the second round of the NCAA Albuquerque (N.M.) Regional and is tied for 18th and three strokes back from the final individual spot to advance to NCAA Championships. Aztecs teammate
Bernice Olivarez Ilas bounced back from an opening-round 80 to shoot 74.
• Abby Prohaska , a 5foot-10 guard from Notre Dame, signed with SDSU as a graduate transfer.
Soccer
Manchester City agreed to sign Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, bringing in one of the world’s most exciting young players as a belated replacement for club great Sergio Aguero.
Haaland, 21, will join City on July 1, subject to personal terms being finalized.
The Norway striker will cost $63.2 million. He is set to sign a five-year contract with the club he supported as a kid and for whom his father, Alf-Inge, played from 2000-03.
• After giving up an early goal, Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-1 and move level on points with Manchester City in the Premier League title race. Man City plays today.
WNBA
Elena Delle Donne scored 12 of her 19 points in the second half, Myisha Hines-Allen had 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and the Washington Mystics used a big third quarter to beat the visiting Las Vegas Aces 89-76.
• Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points, Crystal Dangerfield had 10 points and six assists against her former team and the host Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-76 to snap a sixgame losing streak in the series.
Also
Veteran French players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon have been handed wild cards to play in the main draw at the French Open. A former Australian Open runner-up, Tsonga announced earlier this season that he will retire after the clay-court Grand Slam event. Play begins on May 22. Simon said he is retiring at the end of the season after 20 years of professional tennis.
• Former NFL placekicker Josh Lambo filed a lawsuit against the Jacksonville Jaguars seeking more than $3.5 million in salary and damages for emotional distress caused by former head coach Urban Meyer.