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CHICAGO AND SEATTLE IN NBA FINALS.
Tyson and Holyfield Reportedly Agree To Bout
Mike Iyson and Evander Holyfield reportedly are on the verge o f
fighting this fall, five years after their scheduled heavyweight title bout was
I postponed. The New York Daily News is reporting that Holyfield met last
weekend with Tyson promoter Don King. The meeting reportedly took
I place in loronto and included Holyfield, his lawyer, Jim Thomas, Jay
Larkin of Showtime Sports and King. A source from the King camp said the
| talks are in “the final stages”and the bout would be held at the MGM Grand
in Las Vegas. King and Tyson signed a contract to fight on November 8th,
1991 but Tyson was charged with raping a beauty pageant contestant in
Indianapolis less than a month after the deal was completed. Tyson then
withdrew from the fight with a questionable rib injury. Tyson was convicted
| of rape in 1992 and spent three years in prison.
Panthers, Avalanche Begin Stanley Cup Final
In June o f 1993, the Florida Panthers did not exist and there was no
hockey in Colorado. In June o f 1996, the Panthers and Colorado Avalanche
will play for the Stanley Cup. The Florida Panthers try to extend the Year
ofthe Rat injust their third season in the NHL. Their road to the Stanley Cup
Finals has been the shortest since the St. Louis Blues made it in their
expansion season o f 1968. An expansion team was guaranteed a spot in the
Finals th aty earasaresu lt o f a revised divisional alignment. The Avalanche
moved to Denver for the 1995-96 season after 16 campaigns in Quebec
City. They also are making their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The-then Quebec Nordiques made it to the conference championship twice
before, but were swept by the New York Islanders in 1982 and ousted in six
I games by Philadelphia in 1985.
Seles Ousted, Graf Advances,
Sampras Rallies
Co-number one seed Monica Seles o fth e United States suffered her
I earliest exit from the French Open today when she was ousted by I Oth seed
Jana Novotna o f the Czech Republic in quarterfinal action in Paris.
Defending champion and four-time French Open winner Steffi G raf o f
Germany advanced to her I Oth consecutive French Open semifinal by
rolling past fifth seed Iva Majoli o f Croatia, 6-3, 6-1 in ju st 51 minutes.
Men s top seed Pete Sampras o f the United States has rallied from two sets
down to get even with seventh seed and fellow American Jim Courier.
Sampras broke Courier to go up 5-4 in the fourth set, and held to take
I the set.
While the Bulls dispatched the
Orlando Magic in a four-game sweep
in the Eastern Conference finals, the
Seattle SuperSonics and Utah Jazz
battled to the seven-game limit in
the W estern Conference finals.
The Sonics defeated Utah, 90-86,
in the decisive seventh game Sunday
night at Seattle and advanced to the
NBA Finals for the first time in 17
years.
Thebest-of-sevenNBA Finals will
begin Wednesday night at Chicago.
It will be the first game in nine days
for the Bulls, who completed a sweep
o f the Magic last Monday.
Chicago is shooting for its fourth
NBA title in six years. The Bulls, led
by four-time NBA Most Valuable
Player Michael Jordan and Scottie
Pippen, won three consecutive titles
from 1991 to 1993 under coach Phil
Jackson
After winning a record 72 games
in the regular season, Chicago is 11 -
I in the playoffs and is four wins
away from completing the greatest
season in NBA annals. The Bulls
swept Miami three straight in the
first round and defeated New York,
4-1, in the East semifinals.
The SuperSonics shed the tag of
“chokers” after first round playoff
collapses in 1994 and 1995.
S eattle led the W estern C o n
ference with 64 w ins, second only
THE OLYMPIC TORCH REACHES CHICAGO
The 19-cartrain bearing the Olym
pic flame was greeted at its final
destination by thousands o f people
hoping to catch a glimpse o f one of
Illinois’ 77 Olympic torchbearers.
In Chicago, families garbed in
red, white and blue, cheered from
the sidew alks. B usiness people
peered down from highrise windows
and helmeted construction workers,
who had adorned girders with Amer
ican flags stopped w orking and
banged iron tools together as the
torch passed below.
T o rc h b e a re r G len K nauz o f
Waukegan trained for five weeks for
his one-kilometer run. Knauz, a parts
manager for Olympic sponsor BMW,
was chosen by his company because
he displays the desire symbolic of
great athletes.
Kidney failure has forced Knauz
to undergo dialysis for eight months
now. The 36-year-old awaits a do
nor.
“ T here were so m any people
cheering me on that I w asn’t even
thinking about the running,” he said.
“ It really gave me the energy to go
on with the torch.”
The Pittsburgh Pirates are expected to select Clemson pitcher Kris
I Benson o f Clemson with the top pick in the 1996 baseball free agent draft,
which begins today in New York. A last-place finish in 1995 has given the
Pirates the first pick for the first time since 1986, when they selected
I infielder Jeff King. Benson, a 6-foot-4, 182-pound righthander from
Durham, North Carolina, headlines a draft considered rich in pitching
I talent. Benson won his first 14 games this season before losing to Miami in
I the College World Series. He led the nation with a 1.40 ERA and struck out
Marcus Camby Reportedly Took Money,
Gifts From Agent
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The 1996 Torch Relay is an 84-
day, 15,000-mile trek across the
country that will reach Atlanta for
the Olympic Games on July 19.
The O lym pic flam e for the first
tim e w as tra n sp o rte d by rail, on a
U nion P acific train with an 80-
ton cau ld ro n car that could be
seen from m ore than a m ile away.
T he train left Los A ngeles on
A pril 27.
Rick Schwarz greeted the train at
the Chicago terminal in hopes that
he could pass on well wishes from
his mother.
At age 16, Elizabeth Robinson
was the first woman ever to win a
gold medal in track. In 1928, she
won a gold medal in the 100-nieter
dash and helped her team to a silver
medal in the 400-meter relay.
Now 85, she lives in Colorado
and was a torchbearer there earlier
this year.
“ She was hoping th at som e o f
her team m ates who live here now
w ould be part o f the c e le b ra tio n ,”
S chw arz said “ She ju s t w anted
to tell everyone she is still run
ning. ’
W ith A L ittle H elp
F rom T ri -M et ,
T he R ose G arden
A rena N ipped
P arking P roblems
I n T he B ud .
Baseball draft Starts, Pirates Have First Pick
17 batters during a nine-inning outing against Virginia Tech on March 1 Oth.
Baseball America magazine projects that 60 o fth e first 100 selections will
be pitchers.
Sonics Coach George Karl
to C h ic a g o ’s 72. T he S onics beat
S a c ra m e n to , 3 -1 , in th e firs t
round o f the play o ffs and then
sw ept the tw o -tim e d e fe n d in g
ch am p io n H ouston R ockets in
four straig h t.
The Sonics held a 3-1 series lead
over Utah, but the Jazz won the next
two games to even the series. But
Seattle stars Shawn Kemp and Gary
Payton delivered in the decisive sev
enth game win
Kemp had 26 points and 14 re
bounds and Payton added 2 1 points
for the Sonics.
The Sonics last appeared in the
NBA Finals in 1979 and beat the
Washington Bullets, 4-1.
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Marcus Camby, the consensus national college basketball Player o fth e
Year, told a Connecticut newspaper that he accepted cash and gifts from a
Hartford-based agent while playing for the University o f Massachusetts last
season. According to today s Hartford Courant, Camby accepted cash from
one agent and jewelry from friends that another agent purchased. NCAA
officials couldn’t be reached for comment. Camby said that two friends
accepted money, merchandise and rental cars from one o f the agents during
the 1995-96 season. Camby detailed his dealings with agents when ques
tioned by the Courant, which obtained documents and information provid
ed by an unidentified source. Massachusetts coach John Calipari hasn’t
spoken to Cambv and declined comment.
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Belle, Matheny, Tavarez Appeal Suspensions
Controversial Cleveland outfielder Albert Belle and two other players
have appealed five-game suspensions for their roles in Friday’s brawl
between the Indians and the Brewers. Mike Matheny o f Milwaukee and
Julian Tavarez o f Cleveland also were suspended for five games by
American League President Doctor Gene Budig. All three players are
eligible to play pendingahearing. The Indians begin aseries with the Seattle
Mariners tonight while Milwaukee hosts Texas. Players Association spokes
man Richard Weiss said that the appeals have been filed with the league
office in New Yok. A hearing will be scheduled at Budig’s discretion. A
likely scenario has Belle’s hearing taking place next week in New York. The
Indians have a four-game series against the Yankees in New York begin
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