Ex-PSU player faces trial for stabbing death of friend

A DNA sample on a bloody glove found in the home of a Penn State student stabbed 93 times does not conclusively match the former PSU football player charged with the victim's murder, a police detective testified yesterday.

But tests also don't rule out the defendant, Lavon Chisley, as the source of the DNA, Patton Township (Pa.) Detective Christopher Federinko said at a preliminary hearing yesterday.

A judge ordered Chisley to stand trial on first- and third-degree murder charges at the conclusion of the hearing. Prosecutors said Chisley, 23, of Waldorf, Md., killed his friend, Langston Carraway, last June, with robbery the likely motive.

Defense attorney Karen Muir has said that Chisley denies having anything to do with the killing.

Chisley was kicked off the football team for poor grades before the 2005 season.

* The Atlantic Coast Conference admitted that a timing error was made in the closing seconds of No. 10 Duke's 68-66 win over 19th-ranked Clemson.

The confusion started shortly after Clemson's Vernon Hamilton made a layup to pull the Tigers to 66-63 with 5 seconds left. Josh McRoberts' inbounds pass for Greg Paulus went right to Hamilton. Hamilton hit a three-pointer to tie it with 1.8 seconds left, which seemed to have the game headed for overtime. But officials stopped play to review the time remaining and restored the clock to 4.4 seconds. After reviewing film, the ACC said that appears to have been an error.

* For the first time since a Jan. 27, 2001, plane crash killed 10 people associated with the Oklahoma State men's basketball program, the Cowboys and Cowgirls will play on the anniversary of the tragedy. Oklahoma State will host a doubleheader today in Stillwater. A women's game between the Cowgirls and No. 13 Baylor will be played in the afternoon, with the 13th-ranked Cowboys' game against Iowa State to follow in the evening.

* Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. was charged with driving under the influence after leaving the scene of a freeway crash in Las Vegas. He was arrested after he was identified as the driver of a car that sideswiped another on the Las Vegas Beltway on Thursday, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

Police said Unser, 44, failed several field sobriety tests before being taken into custody. Unser was charged with driving under the influence, misdemeanor hit and run, failure to render aid in an accident and failure to report an accident.

* Brooke Castile and Ben Okolski won their first pairs title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Wash., surging past defending champs Rena Inoue and John Baldwin with an innovative and solid performance.

* Former WBC champion Hasim Rahman is close to a deal to fight Sinan Samil Sam in a bout that would pit two of the organization's top four heavyweight contenders. *