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Sports in Brief: Delaware quarterback Trevor Sasek stabbed

Delaware quarterback Trevor Sasek was in stable condition after sustaining multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdomen during a fight early Sunday morning in Newark, Del., according to the website Delawareonline.com.

Normandy Invasion will not run in the Preakness. (Garry Jones/AP)
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Delaware quarterback Trevor Sasek was in stable condition after sustaining multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdomen during a fight early Sunday morning in Newark, Del., according to the website Delawareonline.com.

Sasek, a Spring-Ford High graduate from Limerick, is a fifth-year senior expected to compete for the Blue Hens' starting job this fall. University officials would not comment on the incident or confirm that Sasek was the victim. Delaware football coach Dave Brock, citing university policy, also would not comment.

Newark police were called to the city parking lot behind the Main Street Galleria at about 1:20 a.m. Sunday. A police spokesman said the stabbing took place in the lot after an argument escalated to a fight between Sasek and an unnamed person. Sasek was taken to Christiana Hospital by private vehicle and underwent surgery, the spokesman said.

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