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Andrew Gallo, a 24-year-old construction worker who killed Nick Adenhart, a promising rookie pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, and two other people in a drunken driving crash, was sentenced to 51 years to life in prison yesterday. In Santa Ana, Judge Richard F. Toohey gave Gallo 15 years to life on each of the murder counts and six additional years for other related crimes. Prosecutors said Gallo, who was on parole for a felony DUI conviction, had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit when he blew through a red light at 65 m.p.h. on April 9, 2009, and T-boned the car carrying Adenhart and three friends. Also killed were 20-year-old Courtney Stewart and 25-year-old Henry Pearson. A fourth passenger, Jon Wilhite, had his spine separated from his skull by the impact and survived . . . The Brewers finalized infielder Craig Counsell’s $1.4 million contract and reached a one-year agreement with righthander Sean Green . . . Former Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland joined Tampa Bay as a special assistant . . . Cardinals assistant general manager John Abbamondi was hired by San Diego as vice president of strategy and business analysis.Horse racing
Md. agreement ensures Preakness The Maryland Racing Commission approved an agreement that will keep the Preakness Stakes, a state tradition and the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown, in Baltimore. The commission voted, 5-0, to support an agreement reached by horse racing representatives and Maryland’s governor Martin O’Malley’s administration earlier in the day in Annapolis, Md. It calls for 146 days of live racing at the state’s horse racing tracks. The deal would redirect $3.5 million to $4 million in state slot machine revenue, using money now set aside for capital improvements at the tracks to defray operating costs. That portion of the deal would require lawmakers’ approval in budget legislation. Horsemen would contribute $1.7 million.hockey
No waffling: Maple Leafs fan banned A frustrated Toronto Maple Leafs fan who threw waffles on the ice at the soccer
Davies plans to stay with French team Charlie Davies is expected to stay in Sochaux (France) although his coach advised him to seek a loan to another club. Fourteen months after a near-fatal car crash, Davies, who played at Boston College, was included on the squad last Sunday for a French league match but didn’t play, and he didn’t dress for yesterday’s game . . . Philadelphia signed 15-year-old midfielder Zach Pfeffer as the team’s first homegrown player under Major League Soccer rules . . . MLS rookie of the year Andy Najar, at 17 the youngest rookie in league history, signed a multiyear contract with D.C. United.Tennis
Nadal beats Federer; charity series tied Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-1, in Madrid to square a two-match exhibition series for charity between the world’s top-ranked tennis players. Federer beat Nadal, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, Tuesday in the opening match in Zurich . . . Wayne Odesnik can return to competition next week after the ITF suspended the remaining 12 months of his two-year ban for importing human growth hormone into Australia. The International Tennis Federation said the ban was cut in half because the American cooperated with its anti-doping program. The ITF banned Odesnik in May for possessing HGH, even though he denied using it and never tested positive for the banned substance . . . The Austrian Tennis Federation said Austria will play France on a clay court in an aircraft hangar in the first round of the 2011 Davis Cup.Miscellany
Ex-boxer Martin hires celebrity lawyer The former women’s boxing champion who police said was attacked by her husband last month in Orlando, Fla., has hired celebrity attorney Gloria Allred. Allred accompanied Christy Martin to court where her husband, James Martin, was denied bond. Deputies said James Martin stabbed and shot the 42-year-old boxer during a fight at their house last month after she told him she was leaving him for a woman. James Martin was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a weapon after being on the lam for almost a week . . . Police in Troy, Mich., said Ben Green, the 27-year-old cousin of Hornets guard Willie Green, had a blood alcohol level three times Michigan’s legal limit at the time of a crash Monday that killed him and the basketball player’s sister. Green’s blood alcohol level was 0.24. Michigan’s legal limit is 0.08. Green and Tamara Green, 30, died at the scene . . . Television ratings for NBA games on ESPN and TNT are up more than 30 percent this season compared with last year.
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