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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 -j 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. • * 116 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. portlan 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 ning June 13th. 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