Hudson moves to injured list as Stockton returns

Utah Jazz All-Star guard John Stockton returned to the Jazz lineup Monday night, a move that left former SIUC standout Troy Hudson on the outside looking in.

Stockton made his 1997-98 season debut with 10 points and seven assists in 20 minutes of play as the Jazz beat Indiana 106-97. Stockton, the NBA’s career assists leader, missed the first eight weeks of the season while recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery.

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Hudson, a Carbondale native, was placed on Utah’s injured list with a sprained right wrist to make room for Stockton. Hudson signed with the Jazz as a rookie free agent Oct. 2, but received little playing time behind point guards Howard Eisely and Jacque Vaughn.

Hudson, SIUC’s all-time leading two-year scorer, has averaged 1.5 points per game and 2.9 minutes in eight appearances for the Jazz this season.

Bears’ Carter arrested for child abandonment

Chicago Bears defensive back Marty Carter was arrested Monday night in his hometown of LaGrange, Ga., on a charge of child abandonment. Carter turned himself in at the Troup County Jail, was arrested, then released on his own recognizance. He faces a Jan. 26 court date for arraignment.

Carter is being pursued by Felicia Strozier, a LaGrange woman who says she had a high school romance with Carter that resulted in the birth of a son, Dionte, now 10 years old. Strozier has been trying to get some kind of child support since October 1996, but has not received any.

A state judge ordered Carter to start paying $9,300 a month in August, but Carter hired new attorneys who have been able to get a stay and two extensions on a case brought by the state on behalf of the child.

Strozier’s attorney, Yasma Patterson, says she would like to reach a settlement out of court with Carter, and is trying to speak with his attorney.

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Woman says Wooten struck, pushed her

New York Giants defensive back Tito Wooten was charged with assaulting a woman several hours after playing in the team’s victory at Philadelphia Sunday.

Wooten was arrested at 2:15 a.m. Monday and charged with one count of simple assault, Hasbrouck Heights police Capt. Michael Colineri told The Star-Ledger of Newark Tuesday.

A woman called police to a Holiday Inn on Route 17 late Sunday night and told them Wooten struck her and pushed her to the floor, Colineri said. Police are not identifying the woman, citing concerns for her safety.

Wooten, who was not at the hotel when police arrived, was arrested when he returned early Monday. He was later released on his own recognizance. Wooten was ordered not to have any contact with the woman, and a domestic violence restraining order was issued against the player.

Wooten has made the hotel his temporary residence during the football season, hotel manager Ralph Molter said. Molter said he spoke to the woman and she is planning to drop her complaint. Bergen County law enforcement officials said that even if the woman requests the assault charge be dropped, prosecutors could choose to pursue it.