ON THE SIDELINES : Ricky Berry Autopsy Finds No Drugs

SACRAMENTO — Ricky Berry, the Sacramento Kings’ star who shot himself to death following a quarrel with his wife, did not take drugs or alcohol in the hours before his death, the Sacramento County coroner’s office reported today.

Berry was “very clean, there was no evidence of drugs at all,” said Chief Deputy Coroner Bob Bowers, who released the findings of an autopsy and toxicology report.

Police investigators said Berry, 24, shot himself in the head on Aug. 14 within an hour of quarreling with his wife, who left their suburban Sacramento home following their middle-of-the-night dispute and returned hours later to discover the body. Berry reportedly left a suicide note in which he described marital problems. He and his wife, Valerie, had recently moved to their $360,000 home.