Boxing
SCHMELING FUNERAL: Several hundred people met in a Hamburg church Tuesday to pay tribute to Max Schmeling, the German boxing great who died one month ago.
Schmeling was buried in a small, private ceremony immediately after his death at 99 in his hometown of Hollenstedt, near Hamburg.
Soccer greats Franz Beckenbauer and Uwe Seeler, one of Schmeling's friends, boxer Wladimir Klitschko and former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich were among those who attended the memorial service in St. Michael Church in Hamburg for Germany's only world heavyweight champion.
Schmeling stunned the boxing world when he knocked out Joe Louis on June 19, 1936. But in a rematch at Yankee Stadium on June 22, 1938, Louis knocked out Schmeling in the first round.
The fights on the eve of World War II were two of the most politically charged sports events and sparked a propaganda war between the Nazi regime and the United States.
Football
BUC FACES GUN CHARGE: Buccaneers safety Dwight Smith was arrested early Tuesday and charged with a pulling a pellet gun on two fans who approached his car.
Smith, a star in the Super Bowl two years ago, was inside his car at a McDonald's with a friend at 4 a.m. when a woman in the car ahead of them recognized the player, the Hillsborough County sheriff's office said.
Two men in the car, Trevor Boyce Jr., 19, and Javier Joseph Jr., 22, walked to Smith's car and tried to talk to him, officials added. Smith became annoyed and drew the pellet gun but did not shoot it, officials said. David Roston, Smith's 26-year-old friend, got out of the car and punched Boyce, officials said.
Boyce and Joseph got back in their car and called 911. Deputies arrived and arrested Smith, charging him with aggravated assault with a weapon. Roston was charged with battery. Bail and attorney information was not immediately available.