HowardCounty Circuit Judge Diane Leasure ruled Tuesday that Tripp's immunity deal with Starr was not approved by a federal judge until a month after the agreement was reached, in February 1998, and did not cover the playing of the tapes for Newsweek earlier in January.
Not only has he arranged the sixth transfer of prolific former non-league man Hayles' 10-year pro career, but he gthen followed that up by bringing in big target man Steve Howard from Derby County.