Deep Sea Detectives

The line of retired jerseys on the Franklin gymnasium wall begins with Jason Terry, then continues through Alvin Snow, Aaron Brooks, Lyndale Burleson and, most recently, Venoy Overton.

With each standout Franklin guard who leaves, another is ready to take his place.

“It’s been a bit of a tradition around here,” boys basketball coach Jason Kerr said. “It has been one great guard after another, passing it down to the next.”

Junior Peyton Siva followed the Quakers as a child and came to Franklin to be that next great guard. And with Overton now at the University of Washington, the line now moves on through the 5-foot-11 Siva.

“It’s very important,” Siva said, “to keep that tradition alive.”

The past two years, the Quakers relied on Overton to lead. Siva was comfortable in the background, swishing long-range jumpers and swiping passes.

Overton pushed Siva in practice, forcing him to find and fix the flaws in his game. Siva shined, and Franklin won the Class 4A title in 2006 and finished third in 2007.

In his freshman year, Siva averaged 13.2 points. He improved to 18.7 last season. In the Quakers’ semifinal loss to Ferris, Siva wowed the Tacoma Dome crowd with 35 points.

“It’s a snapshot of his talent,” Kerr said of that game. “But I don’t think points by themselves come anywhere near to describing what he’s capable of. You could let a Peyton Siva go every night and he could score 40 points a night. The question is, will that help his team win? I don’t think it will.”

Siva hasn’t been able to shake the memory of that semifinal defeat. The Quakers were so focused on winning the state championship, Siva said, they overlooked the semifinals.

“We had state on our minds,” he said.

Franklin should challenge for the state title again. The Quakers start the season ranked second - behind Ferris - by The Seattle Times.

Franklin received national hype when Ferris’ DeAngelo Casto, who scored 27 points against the Quakers last March, transferred to Franklin this fall. But in late October, he returned to Ferris, where he has been ruled ineligible at the district level because of transfer rules.

“There’s not a whole lot of conversation about it,” Kerr said.

Roosevelt coach Bart Brandenburg sees Franklin’s success boiling down to Siva, whom Brandenburg said is one of the state’s best players with the ball at the end of a game.

“He makes plays,” Brandenburg said. “He makes a steal, and within three seconds, he’s scored.

“But can he step in and be that leader guy? “If he can’t do that, there are teams out there that have as much talent as them.”

Kerr is in no hurry to rush him into a leadership role.

“For him to balance being our best player and being a good teammate is a difficult thing for anyone in that position,” Kerr said. “Right now, he’s doing it well.”

Tom Wyrwich: 206-515-5653 or twyrwich@seattletimes.com

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Doctors examining Cleveland reliever Juan Lara found he had a spinal fracture, plus severe brain trauma from a weekend car accident.

Lara, who pitched in one game for Cleveland last season, was returning from a winter-league game Saturday night in San Pedro de Macoris when the sport-utility vehicle he was driving was hit by a motorcycle, killing both its rider and passenger.

“Juan’s condition is very fragile. In the last medical report we found that he has a severe brain trauma, and we also found a fracture in the spinal column, with the D2 [vertebra] in an unstable condition,” hospital spokeswoman Dashira Martinez told The Associated Press.

Martinez said doctors have not determined whether there will be paralysis.

“For the moment, the doctors’ prognosis is reserved, which means we should give it time to see how it evolves before making reference to that possibility,” she said.

The 26-year-old Lara remains hospitalized, in critical condition.

Lara, who was stopped at an intersection, was struck on the driver’s side and pinned inside the vehicle.

The Indians sent Lino Diaz, director of Latin American operations, to the Dominican Republic to check on Lara.

“We’ll go to the hospital to see how he is, and we will talk with the doctors, the Dominicans as well as those from the Indians, to determine the path to take,” said Winston Llenas, the team’s representative in the Caribbean nation.

Lara spent most of last season with Class AAA Buffalo.

Notes

• Mike Hampton’s latest comeback lasted all of one inning. Hampton, who hasn’t pitched for the Atlanta Braves since 2005 because of injuries, hurt his right hamstring during the first inning of his first start in the Mexican Winter League.

The former 20-game winner will need up to a month to recover, which ends his stint south of the border. The Braves must wait until at least February to get a realistic assessment of Hampton’s chances of returning to the mound.

• The Los Angeles Angels have added Minnesota ace pitcher Johan Santana to their winter shopping list, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The New York Yankees, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers also reportedly are interested in Santana.

• According to Newsday, if the Yankees want Santana, they might have to give up right-hander Phil Hughes along with center fielder Melky Cabrera and another prospect - possibly pitcher Alan Horne or outfielders Jose Tabata or Austin Jackson.

The Yankees would be reluctant to give up either pitcher Joba Chamberlain or second baseman Robinson Cano, the paper said.

• The Arizona Diamondbacks offered a contract to Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, joining a handful of teams to express interest in the right-hander. The Mariners are thought to be leading contenders to sign Kuroda.

• Ex-Colorado pitcher Dan Serafini, 33, was suspended for 50 games, the second player to fail a test for a performance-enhancing drug this season under Major League Baseball’s testing program.

Serafini is a free agent.

• Catcher Jason Kendall, 33, will be guaranteed $4.25 million under the one-year contract he and the Milwaukee Brewers intended to finalize today.

• Pitcher Doug Brocail, 40, and the Houston Astros agreed to a $2.5 million, one-year contract.

Serves 10 as an appetizer

2 pork tenderloins (about 1 ¼ pounds each)

2 teaspoons Thai red curry paste

2/3 cup coconut milk

4 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, divided

2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce

1 tablespoon lime juice

1 teaspoon brown sugar

2 cloves garlic, crushed

¾-inch fresh ginger, sliced

Wooden skewers

¼ teaspoon kosher salt

Fresh ground black pepper

1. Cut pork into 1-inch chunks, then cut each in half.

2. Put the curry paste in a bowl and add a little of the coconut milk. Mash together with the back of a spoon until well blended. Whisk in remaining coconut milk, 2 tablespoons cilantro, fish sauce, lime juice and brown sugar. Stir in garlic and ginger; pour over pork, cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours.

3. Soak wooden skewers in water 20 minutes before threading with pork. Put 3 pieces of pork onto each skewer and place on a large platter. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to cook. Discard remaining marinade.

4. If cooking on a grill: When coals are glowing red, after about 15 to 20 minutes, cover with the grate. After 5 minutes, use a wire brush to thoroughly clean grate. Coals are ready when covered with a pale gray ash. Sprinkle skewers with salt and pepper. Place on grate and grill, turning every 1 ½ minutes, until pork is browned on the outside and no longer pink in the middle, about 8 minutes total cooking time.

5. If broiling skewers: Place oven rack on top shelf and heat broiler. Arrange half of skewers on a broiling pan and broil about 4 minutes on two sides until pork is browned on the outside and no longer pink in the middle. Repeat with remaining skewers.

6. Transfer skewers to a serving platter and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons cilantro.

From “Kebabs: 52 Easy Recipes for Year-Round Grilling” by Sally Sampson

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed at an international conference Tuesday to launch their first formal peace negotiations in seven years, but they failed in tortuous private discussions to resolve important questions about the upcoming series of talks.

Before a gathering of world diplomats, President Bush read a joint statement saying Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had pledged to begin discussions next month and hoped to resolve the 59-year-old standoff before the end of Bush’s term.

Bush has held Mideast peacemaking at arm’s length for most of his nearly seven years in office, arguing that conditions in Israel and the Palestinian territories were not right for a more energetic role. Arab allies, among others, have warned that the Palestinian plight underlies other conflicts and feeds grievances across the Middle East and have urged the White House to do more.

Bush seemed to be answering that criticism Tuesday, giving detailed reasons that the time is now. He said Israeli and Palestinian leaders are ready to make peace, there is a wider and unifying fight against extremism fed by the Palestinian conflict and the world understands the urgency of prompt action.

Olmert and Abbas, speaking after Bush to the gathering at the U.S. Naval Academy, each vowed that his side was prepared to sacrifice in the interests of peace. But the joint declaration attests to the challenges before them.

Although it sets a date, Dec. 12, for the beginning of talks, it sets no deadline for a peace deal, saying only that the two sides would “make every effort” to reach a deal by the end of next year. The declaration leaves vague what role the Americans will have, even though the Palestinians and many European and Arab nations have been hoping the United States will be active in pressing the two sides to compromise.

The declaration also does not address the substance of the core issues - including borders, refugees, Jerusalem and settlements - and says nothing about what the Palestinian state that would emerge from talks would look like. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began the effort to organize these talks early this year with a goal of spelling out the contours of that state.

The agreement commits the United States to be an arbiter of whether both sides are living up to promises unfulfilled in the peace “road map” that Bush outlined in 2003, such as corralling militants and freezing construction of Jewish settlements. Israel has resisted outside monitoring.

To attract Arab backing, the Bush administration also included a session in the conference devoted to “comprehensive” peace questions - a coded reference to other Arab disputes with Israel. Syria came to the conference intending to raise its claim to the strategic Golan Heights, seized by Israel in 1967, and Lebanon wanted to talk about its border dispute with Israel. Rice told reporters that Syria and Lebanon spoke up, but she gave no details.

In a sign of the difficult road ahead, Abbas’ speech was immediately rejected by Hamas, the militant Palestinian faction that stormed to power in the Gaza Strip in June, a month before Bush announced plans for the peace conference. Hamas now governs the tiny territory and roughly a third of the people on whose behalf Abbas would negotiate a state. Hamas has refused to drop its pledge for Israel’s destruction, and the United States and Israel consider the group a terrorist organization.

Abbas “has no mandate to discuss, to agree, or to erase any word related to our rights,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in Gaza. “He is isolated [and] represents himself only.”

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters chanted “Death to America” in a Gaza City rally, denouncing the Annapolis conference as a sellout of Palestinian dreams.

In the face of such resistance, Arab support for a new peace process is deemed essential.

The vagueness of the declaration tends to suit the Israelis, who have wanted to leave all tough decisions unresolved going into the negotiations. Olmert is under attack from his right for even embarking on the talks.

But the blandness of the document is a setback for Abbas, who needs to show his constituents that he can win something in return for undertaking a risky negotiation.

Bush planned to play host to Olmert and Abbas at the White House for a third day of meetings today, including a rare session with both Mideast leaders at once.

Standing on the banks of the Skykomish River near the Reiter Ponds hatchery outside Gold Bar last week, nearly a dozen people were casting their lines, waiting for that single moment when solitude turns into sport-fishing ecstasy.

It’s more than enthusiasm for a fish that grills well that draws them to the Skykomish for the winter steelhead run. For the uninitiated, the Skykomish, along with most of the Snohomish River system, is considered one of the best waters in the Northwest to catch the often-elusive fish.

Fishing any Washington river now through January can be a challenging endeavor. Wintry weather is not for the meek, as fishing requires standing - or boating, for the lucky - for hours, often in a cold wind and rain. One can sometimes wonder why one does it.

“Bringing in that fish is enough of a draw,” says Buzz Bauman, who describes the action on the end of the line as a “thrill.” Think of it: The only thing between you and a fish weighing 5 to 10 pounds is a thin line and a hook. Add to that the rushing current of the white-capped river, and it’s enough to make anyone’s adrenalin flow.

With fishing rod tip bent nearly double, you snap to attention, beginning to slowly reel in that line, and that’s when the game begins. No fish is ever ready to give in.

Those fishing lift, they pull, they contort, they draw the fish around rock after rock, fighting the fish, fighting the water, fighting their own doubt that they’ll ever land their quarry.

And then, only minutes after it began, it’s over. Either you have the proof - a solid catch - or the story, a broken line and a tale worth telling. Both can be addictive.

On this day, Bauman already has snagged one silver-gray winter steelhead, while another man laments the one that got away. Still others have pulled in late summer-run fish, a deeper, ruddy gray with a red line down the middle from gill to back fin. Summer steelhead are considered a bit juicier, when cooked, than the winter-run steelhead, which are full of vim and vigor.

State limits allow two fish a day during a season that begins for winter steelhead around Thanksgiving weekend and shuts down the end of February.

Bauman says he retired early to have more time for fishing, and others standing along the shoreline would give up work in a heartbeat for the chance to cast a line.

“In a couple of weeks, you’ll see dozens of men out here vying for a spot to fish,” said Nate Bisson. “They’ll stand out by the hatchery gate in the dark and wait until they can get in, running to any rock they can. It’s time to find another spot when that happens.”

With decent habitat along the free-flowing river, steelhead hatcheries help annual numbers in the Snohomish River system, of which the Skykomish is a part. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, more than 442,000 winter steelhead smolts, raised from eggs, were planted in the Snohomish River system in 2006. About 195,000 of those 7- to 10-inch smolts were planted in the Skykomish, with almost 38,000 more planted in its tributaries.

“As a result of those plants, you get a pretty good return of hatchery fish,” said river guide Rob Endsley of Steelhead University, which offers fishing classes. “It may only be a 1 to 3 percent return for north Puget Sound rivers, but you can do the math.”

At 3 percent, almost 7,000 fish would return to the Skykomish and its tributaries to spawn after the two to three years the steelhead will spend at sea.

This year, the Department of Fish and Wildlife says, the predicted return in the Snohomish River system is 6,300 hatchery-run winter steelhead, similar to last year, and about 5,300 wild winter steelhead, an improvement.

But there are still those who mourn long-term declines in the winter run.

“Steelhead numbers are down from the 1980s and ’90s,” said Jim Strege, who runs Triangle Beverage, a bait and supply shop in Snohomish. “Winter business is one-third what it used to be during the winter, and we now rely on the humpy run to see us through.”

The humpy, or pink salmon, run occurs every odd year on the Skykomish, but the numbers are in the tens of thousands, drawing seasoned anglers and novices alike. It’s here, Strege acknowledges, that the lure of a tougher catch, such as a coho salmon or winter steelhead, begins to grow.

Regardless of how it used to be, Strege says one thing has always been the same.

“My sister came in here one day, and I’ll bet there were about 20 guys in here buying fishing supplies, all with smiles on their faces,” Strege said. “My sister works for a doctor, and she looks at me and says, ‘You try finding the same any day in my office.’ ”

Christopher Schwarzen: 425-745-7813 or cschwarzen@seattletimes.com

All-league football

(Selected by coaches or players unless otherwise noted.)

KingCo 3A

Offensive player of year - Gino Simone, Skyline

Defensive player of year - Eric Biege, Skyline

Lineman of year - David DeCastro, Bellevue

Special teams player of year - Peter Nguyen, Bellevue

Coach of year - Steve Gervais, Skyline

Assistant coach of year - Chad Barrett, Skyline

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

QB Jake Heaps, So., Skyline; RB Peter Nguyen, Jr., Bellevue; RB Tyler Washburn, Sr., Skyline; WR Gino Simone, Jr., Skyline; WR Phil Tushar, Sr., Skyline; TE Riley Gervais, Sr., Skyline; OT David DeCastro, Sr., Bellevue; OT Tom Swanson, Sr., Skyline; G Brandon Barron, Sr., Skyline; G Ryan Ransavage, Jr., Mount Si; C Nathaniel Willingham, Sr., Skyline; K Curtis Stensland, Sr., Newport.

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

DL Grant Engel, Jr., Skyline; DL Jeff Chapman, Sr., Mount Si; DL Evan Bull, Sr., Skyline; DL Jake Luwe, Jr., Newport; ILB Riley Gervais, Sr., Skyline; ILB Blake Gibbs, Sr., Newport; OLB Eric Biege, Sr., Skyline; OLB Tyson Riley, Jr., Mount Si; CB Mitch Gottschalk, Sr., Skyline; CB Bobby Wenger, Sr., Newport; S Gino Simone, Jr., Skyline; S Collin Bennett, Sr., Newport; P Paul Vanderwulp, Sr., Skyline.

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

QB Patrick Rooney, Sr., Sammamish; RB Brett Kirschner, So., Interlake; RB Blake Gibbs, Sr., Newport; WR Brian Biccum, Sr., Sammamish; WR Jacob Kemmerer, Sr., Issaquah; TE Alex Hiebert, Jr., Mount Si; OT Robbie Marlow, Sr., Liberty; OT David Slingwine, Sr., Interlake; OT Jack Gala, Sr., Mercer Island; G Jared Warren, Sr., Issaquah; G Ned Schooler, Sr., Newport; C Dillion Reagan, Jr., Issaquah; K Gavin Schumaker, Fr., Issaquah.

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

DL David DeCastro, Sr., Bellevue; DL Jaren Warren, Sr., Issaquah; DL Nathaniel Willingham, Sr., Skyline; DL Michael Nelson, Jr., Mount Si; DL Peter Becker, Sr., Liberty; ILB Graham Maxwell, Sr., Mercer Island; ILB Robbie Marlow, Sr., Liberty; OLB Ryan Somers, Jr., Skyline; OLB Rusty Haehl, Sr., Bellevue; CB Parker Griffin, Sr., Mount Si; CB Justin Whitman, Sr., Liberty; S Robby Chavez, Sr., Skyline; S Grant Gellatly, So., Issaquah; P Justin Evans, Sr., Interlake.

HONORABLE MENTION

Mount Si - Sean Snead, Frank McLaughlin. Mercer Island - Phil Seda, Chris Kaestle. Interlake - Matt Allan, Dylan Amell, Patrick Lindsley, Josue Rodriguez, Frank Silva, Alan Lampe, Evan Spading, Chris Motley. Issaquah - Sean Stuby. Newport - Alex Kairis, Jacob Anderson, Reece Anderson, Blake McDonald. Sammamish - Billy Mitchell, Cameron Akana, Chris Lider. Bellevue - Jack Gervais, Eric Nelson, David Kanongataa, Cam Warren, Jamal Atofau. Skyline - Jon Hardwick, Anthony DeMatteo. Liberty - Josh Spurgeon, Shane Brown, Greg Ericksen, Alec Ernst.

UW notebook |

Wilson Afoa came to Washington to be part of a Huskies defense that Rick Neuheisel once referred to as “Hawaiian punch.”

Afoa only hopes Saturday that Hawaii doesn’t hit back too hard.

A native of Waipahu, Afoa is one of four Huskies who will return to their home state Saturday when Washington takes on Hawaii at Aloha Stadium.

Hawaii (11-0) needs a win to secure its first BCS bowl berth. Afoa, who has attended many games there, knows the atmosphere will be raucous.

“Basically you are going against the state of Hawaii when you are in that stadium,” said the senior defensive tackle.

The other Huskies making a homecoming are sophomore defensive end Daniel Te’o-Nesheim of Waikoloa, walk-on safety Jay Angotti of Honolulu and true freshman Kalani Aldrich of Hilo.

It is the final college game for Afoa, who also finished his high-school career at Aloha Stadium. His Saint Louis High team played there to win a state title in 2002.

Afoa, Aldrich and Te’o-Nesheim had scholarship offers from Hawaii but elected to come to Seattle.

“I wanted to get outside the islands and experience something new,” said Afoa.

Although UW never played in the postseason during his time here, Afoa said he has no regrets.

“We have a chance to spoil their BCS bowl,” he said. “And that’s a goal for us.”

NOTES

• Coach Tyrone Willingham said again Monday that WSU’s final touchdown, a 35-yard pass from Alex Brink to a wide-open Brandon Gibson, was the result of a miscommunication.

“From coaches to players,” he said. “So if you’re looking to point a finger, coaches, that was us.”

Some of the players apparently thought a blitz was called and weren’t in position in the secondary when Gibson ran through. UW coaches and players had discussed the play during a timeout before the snap, but the proper call still didn’t get through.

• LB Mason Foster suffered a broken nose during the game, Willingham said, but should be able to play this week. The status of CB Jordan Murchison (ankle) and LB Donald Butler (knee) is uncertain.

• Hawaii coach June Jones said UW QB Jake Locker and RB Louis Rankin “might be the two best athletes we have played this year.” Of Locker, Jones said, “Everybody can talk about [Florida QB Tim] Tebow all they want, that quarterback at Washington is the real deal.”

Bob Condotta: 206-515-5699 or bcondotta@seattletimes.com

A woman believed to be the mother of a 2-year-old whose body was found in Galveston Bay told police she and the girl’s stepfather beat and tortured the child to death, court documents show.

The details in an arrest affidavit paint a chilling picture of the last days of the girl investigators called “Baby Grace” as they worked for weeks to learn her identity.

Investigators said Monday they are “fairly confident” the body found in a plastic box Oct. 29 is that of Riley Ann Sawyers. Her mother, Kimberly Dawn Trenor, and stepfather, Royce Clyde Zeigler II, were arrested Saturday on charges of hurting the girl.

An autopsy revealed that Riley suffered three skull fractures, but the cause of death has not been determined.

In a statement to police included in court documents, Trenor, 19, said she and Zeigler, 24, killed Riley on July 24.

West Palm Beach, Fla.

Suspect will testify about attack on pair

A teenager charged in the horrifying gang rape and beating of a woman and her son agreed to a plea deal Monday that will send him to prison for 20 years.

Jakaris Taylor, 16, pleaded guilty to sexual battery and burglary and will testify against three other teens charged in the June attack, according to the state attorney’s office.

Three other teens - 18, 17 and 14 - face charges including sexual battery, kidnapping and burglary. They could face life sentences if convicted.

Norristown, Pa.

Professor pleads guilty in wife’s death

An Ivy League professor pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter for beating his wife to death with a chin-up bar as she wrapped Christmas presents last year, telling a judge he “just lost it” during an argument.

Rafael Robb, a tenured economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faces a likely prison sentence of 4 ½ to seven years for the Dec. 22 bludgeoning of his wife, Ellen. She had been planning to move out the next month and seek a divorce after a rocky 16-year marriage.

Robb, 57, testified Monday he argued with his wife about a trip she and their 12-year-old daughter were taking over the holiday break.

“We started a discussion about that. The discussion was tense,” Robb said. “We were both anxious about it. We both got angry. At one point, Ellen pushed me. … I just lost it.”

Chicago

3 die after bus goes across median

Three people were killed Sunday when a Chicago-to-Dallas passenger bus crossed the median and was sandwiched between two trucks on a rain-slicked interstate in eastern Arkansas, officials said.

Bus passengers Raul Lopez, 58, and an unidentified middle-aged woman were killed, as was the driver of a pickup hit by the bus, operated by Dallas-based Tornado Bus, authorities said.

Twenty-six people from the crash were in Arkansas and Tennessee hospitals Monday evening, three in critical condition, said Andres Chao, Mexican consul of Little Rock, Ark.

Arkansas State Police had not determined the cause of the crash nor issued any citations or charges Monday night.

Also

New York: Striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers returned to the bargaining table Monday, 12 hours after ending a marathon negotiating session aimed at settling a labor dispute that has kept most of Broadway dark for more than two weeks.

Polygamy: A lawyer for polygamous-sect leader Warren Jeffs, convicted in Utah for arranging a marriage between an underage woman and her cousin, said Monday that he will ask for a change of venue for his client’s related trial in Arizona.

Fort Dix plot: Three of the five men charged with plotting an attack on the Army’s Fort Dix have asked a judge to move them out of a high-security prison unit in Philadelphia, saying they were being illegally denied the right to see all of the evidence against them.

Seattle Times news services

Notable DVDs being released today include:

“The Namesake” (PG-13). A talented cast and lovely design carry director Mira Nair’s film, based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.

“Mr. Bean’s Holiday” (G). If a little of Rowan Atkinson is more than enough, you should avoid this, but longtime fans will find it amusing.

“Waitress” (PG-13). The camera loves Keri Russell, and you may well, too, after seeing her in this comedy-romance by slain writer-director Adrienne Shelly.

“Drunken Angel” (Unrated). This 1948 film from Akira Kurosawa stars Takashi Shimura as a doctor who treats a young gangster (Toshiro Mifune). This is a restored high-definition digital transfer.

“First Snow” (R). Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo and J.K. Simmons are in this thriller, the directorial debut of Mark Fergus.

“Official 2007 World Series DVD” (Unrated). Matt Damon narrates this story of 2007’s Boston Red Sox vs. Colorado Rockies championship matchup. Includes interviews with players and coaches.

“Hot Rod” (PG-13). This Andy Samberg comedy about a would-be stuntman comes with bonus features.

“I Know Who Killed Me” (R). Reviewers used such words as “sleazy,” “inept,” “ludicrous” and “incomprehensible.” It’s just a theory, but maybe this is what drove Lindsay Lohan to drink. Nah, but you may want to after watching this.

“Who’s Your Caddy?” (PG-13). Remember “Caddyshack”? This is the same story only instead of “slobs vs. snobs” it’s “rappers vs. snobs.” The stereotypes outnumber the jokes by at least 4 to 1.

“Bratz” (PG). This doll-inspired movie’s overriding lesson will be that when all else fails, go to the mall.

“The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends” (G) and “The Land Before Time: Good Times & Good Friends” (G).

TV on DVD:

“Happy Days: The Third Season”

“Laverne & Shirley: The Third Season”

“Mork & Mindy: The Third Season”

University of Washington officials apologized Monday to runners in the Seattle Marathon who mistakenly believed that part of their race fee would go toward charity.

UW Medicine spokeswoman Tina Mankowski said comments made by race announcers and promotion surrounding the Sunday event may have created a mistaken impression. She wanted to make it clear that only money given in addition to race fees - which cost up to $120 - goes to the UW Medical Center Patient & Family Housing Fund. The UW also is the primary event sponsor.

“Judging from the e-mails we are getting today, it was not clear to a number of people in the community, and we apologize for that,” Mankowski said. “Moving forward, it will be very well spelled out for people. I don’t think there’s any question about that.”

The Seattle Times reported Monday that the Seattle Marathon brings in revenue of more than $1 million each year but last year gave just 1 percent of that - $12,000 - to charity, despite statements by race announcers and a logo on the marathon Web site which say the run benefits UW Medicine.

At this year’s event, the UW Medical Center found itself in the unusual position of being both the main sponsor and the sole benefactor from the race. The UW is two years into a four-year contract with the Seattle Marathon Association.

As well as providing medical staff for the event, the UW this year paid $125,000 to help put on the race. That goes up to $155,000 by 2009. In 2006, the UW paid $110,000 toward marathon costs. With the money the UW received back to help patients, it resulted in a net loss of $98,000.

“We weren’t looking for $12,000 back. We were really looking for an opportunity to talk to the public about organ donation,” Mankowski said. “The marathon has been a huge Seattle tradition. From my perspective, it’s been a very well-respected marathon in the community.”

Seattle Marathon Association President John Kokes said it was never the organization’s intent to create an impression that race fees would benefit a charity. He said that keeping donations separate from race fees can encourage entrants who may not wish to donate to the chosen charity, and can also help runners with their tax returns.

Mankowski said the UW gets value through media coverage and a public focus on transplant issues. But in future years, Mankowski said, the UW and marathon officials will pick a small, outside charity that could more substantially benefit from an infusion of $12,000.

Dozens of readers contacted The Times on Monday. Many were upset. “The Seattle Marathon is clearly misleading people with regard to the extent of its charitable contributions,” wrote one. “Why is the City of Seattle closing streets when the purpose is to line the pockets of the organizers?” wrote another.

Others were more circumspect. “The run itself is the purpose, for Olympians and those back in the pack. Raising money for a good cause is just an extra bonus,” wrote one reader.

The marathon association’s way of doing business has changed, Kokes explained. In the two years ending with the 2006 tax returns, employee costs tripled to $330,000 as the organization shifted from volunteer labor to paid labor, especially for tasks like unloading trucks and setting up equipment.

Meanwhile, officials at the previous beneficiary of the marathon said Monday that they had involved a lawyer after they became concerned about the small amount of money - also about 1 percent - that they received from the event.

Attorney Paul Carpenter said he worked pro bono for the then-named Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Puget Sound, which was the beneficiary of the Seattle Marathon for four years ending 2005. He asked marathon officials for an audit of all four years but they refused, he said. The Candlelighters couldn’t afford to pursue litigation, he said.

Kokes said the marathon association was happy - and remains happy - for the Candlelighters to conduct an audit, but it would have to be at the Candlelighters’ expense, something that organization had balked at.

Nick Perry: 206-515-5639 or nperry@seattletimes.com