FootballINJURED CADET RECOVERING: Cadet Kevin Galligan is expected to make a full recovery after breaking a bone in his neck during a railing collapse that injured nine spectators late in the Army-Navy game.

"I can't believe I got out of here so early," the 21-year-old West Point cadet said Sunday as he left the Philadelphia hospital where he was treated for a 15-foot fall from the first row of stands. "I mean, they were telling me that I was in bad condition."

ANOTHER ACCIDENT: A six-foot section of steel mesh and concrete blocks along an end zone walkway gave way late in Sunday's Pittsburgh Steelers' game and tumbled to field level, but several fans reported only bumps and bruises.

The accident at Three Rivers Stadium marked the second time in as many days a fence had collapsed at a football game in Pennsylvania.

Boxing

TYSON REPORT DUE MONDAY: Nearly four years ago, a judge freed Mike Tyson from an Indiana prison after he had served half of a six-year sentence for raping a beauty pageant contestant.

Today, Tyson could be one step closer to returning to an Indiana prison cell when a probation officer is expected to submit a report to the same judge on the former heavyweight champion's latest legal trouble.

Tyson pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault charges in Maryland last week, and that could be used as evidence of a possible parole violation.

TAPIA BEATS KONADU: Unbeaten Johnny Tapia survived a knockdown to win the WBA bantamweight title from Ghana's Nana Konadu with a 12-round majority decision Saturday night in Atlantic City.

Tapia, also the IBF and WBO junior bantamweight champion, is 45-0-2. Konadu is 39-4-1.

Also, James Page retained his WBA welterweight title, overcoming two knockdowns to outpoint Mexico's Jose Luis Lopez.

Figure skating

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NHK TROPHY: At Sapporo, Japan, Russia's Evgeny Plushenko won the men's title Sunday in the NHK Trophy, the 16-year-old's second Grand Prix victory in four weeks. On Saturday, Uzbekistan's Tatyana Malinina won the women's title.

Horse racing

JOCKEY DIES: At Brisbane, Australia, Australia's first female Aboriginal jockey, Leigh-Anne Goodwin, died Monday from injuries sustained in a fall during a race at a country meeting this weekend.

Goodwin, 27, suffered severe head injuries when she fell from her mount Bachelor King in the Class 1 Handicap at Roma, in western Queensland state, on Saturday.

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