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Pro Wrestler Killed
During WWF Pay-
Per-View Event
W ith thousands o f pro wres-
I tling fans w atching, a 33-year-old
scion o f a Canadian w restling fam
ily plunged 50 feet to his death as
he w as being low ered by cable
from K em per A rena’s ceiling into
| the ring.
O w en Hart, w ho w restled un-
I der the nicknam e “ Blue B lazer,”
was given CPR inside the ring as
the announcer haltingly told S un
day night’s crowd the incident was
I not scripted.
The event was on pay-per-view
I national television, draw ing an es
tim ated audience o f 400,000, but
I the fall was not shown.
T he W orld W re stlin g Fed-
I e ra tio n event resu m e d ab o u t 15
m in u tes later, a fte r H art w as
ta k e n to a h o sp ita l an d p ro -
In o u n c e d dead.
‘W e at the W W F are sad-
I den ed by the tragic accid en t that
o ccurred here to n ig h t,” fed e ra
tion president V ince M cM ahon
Jr. said. “W e have no answ ers as
to how this hap p en ed yet. W e
| w ill sh o rtly .”
Bulls Win Top Pick
In NBA Draft
A fter the dism antling o f their
I dynasty and the w orst season in
franchise history, the C hicago
Bulls won the N BA draft lottery
Saturday and earned the right to
pick first in next m onth’s draft.
“W e didn’t w in a w hole lot o f
I tim es,” general m anager Jerry
I K rause said after the B ulls’ big
gest w in in the post-M ichael Jor
dan era. “ It feels very good and
I’m happy for our fans and ow ner,
| Jerry Reinsdorf.”
C hicago’s fans and ow ners had
I very little to cheer about this sea
son following the retirem ent o f
Jordan and the departures o f S cot
tie Pippen, Dennis Rodm an, Steve
K err, Luc Longley, Jud Buechler
I and Scott Burrell.
Dunleavy Voted NBA
Coach Of Year
A fter leading the Portland Trail
Blazers to their first division title
in seven years, M ike D unleavy
today was voted as the NBA Coach
| o f the Year.
D unleavy rec eiv ed 48 o f a
p o ssib le 118 votes from a m edia
p a n e l th ro u g h o u t th e U n ite d
I S tates an d C anada.
L an y Brown o f the Philadel
phia 76ers finished second with
23 votes and Jerry Sloan o f the
| Utah Jazz was third w ith 15 v otes.
” I t ’s a little e m b a rra ssin g to
m e b ec au se o u r team is a team
and th is is an in d iv id u al aw ard,
D u n le a v y sa id a t a new s c o n
feren ce in P o rtlan d today. “ T his
I is re a lly not a b o u t m e. I h o p e
m y p la y e rs u n d e rsta n d th is is a
team aw ard an d th is is re a lly
¡a b o u t th e m .”
Tyson released from
prison after Indiana
approves parole
to be w ith his w ife M onica and
t h e ir c h i l d r e n , ” s a id P e te r
S e lig m a n , a s p o k e s m a n fo r
T yson. “ W e w ill be an n o u n cin g
v ery sh o rtly p la n s on M ik e ’s
retu rn to the rin g .”
(Fije IJnrtlanò ©bseruer
Browne
Wins
Colonial
by One
Stroke
B y DOUG FERGUSON
© T he A ssociated P ress
FORT W ORTH, Texas (AP) —
The night before the final round at
Colonial Country Club, O lin Browne
celebrated his 40th birthday and then
tried to imagine him self making up
three strokes and wearing the plaid
jacket awarded to the champion.
“ I w ent to sleep thinking that,
and I w oke up thinking that,” Brow ne
said. "B ut the reality is, there w as a
lot o f steps to get th ere.”
E v en afte r c lo sin g w ith a 4-
u n d er 66 for a o n e -stro k e v ic to ry
S u nday in the M a sterC a rd C o lo
nial, B row ne h ad a h ard tim e e x
p la in in g the ro ad h e to o k to his
seco n d PGA T o u r v ic to ry .
For starters, he was 3-over par after
the first round. The last time a Colonial
champion started with a round that
high was when M ike Souchak opened
with a 4-over 74 in 1956.
A nd Brow ne is not exactly a p ic
ture o f health. He had surgery in
O ctober to repair a to m tendon in his
left elbow and d id n ’t so m uch as grip
a club until the second w eek o f Feb
ruary. Even now, he is not allow ed to
hit m ore than 50 balls a day.
B 1
Blazers Attempt to "Close Door"
P O R T L A N D , O reg o n (T ick er)
— T he U tah Ja z z have th e e x p e ri
ence w hen it co m es to p u llin g out
crucial p la y o ff gam es. T o n ig h t, the
P o rtlan d T ra il B lazers lo o k ed like
th e p o stse a so n v eteran s d o w n the
stretch.
Isaiah R id er scored se v en o f his
24 points in th e final 30 seco n d s as
the T rail B lazers push ed the tw o-
tim e d efen d in g W estern C o n fer
ence ch am p io n s to the b rin k o f
elim in atio n w ith an 81 -75 victory.
U tah fell in to a 3-1 d e fic it in
th is sem ifin al series w ith P o rtlan d ,
w h ich can c lin c h its first trip to the
co n fe re n ce fin als since 1992 w hen
it v isits th e D elta C e n te r on T u e s
day for G am e Five.
T he Ja z z h ad a g o ld e n o p p o r
tu n ity to e v e n th is se rie s o n the
ro ad , b u t fa ile d to tak e a d v a n ta g e
o f a q u e s tio n a b le call an d c o m
m itted a p a ir o f tu rn o v e rs in th e
fin a l m in u te.
W ith U tah d ow n 7 2 -7 0 , Jo h n
S to ck to n d ro v e the lane an d G reg
A n th o n y ste p p e d in front to tak e
th e ch a rg e w ith 49 seco n d s left.
R id er b le w p ast A d am K eefe
and flo ated a la y -in o v e r S h an d o n
A n d erso n w ith 30 seco n d s rem a in
in g to g iv e th e B lazers a 7 4 -7 0
lead. K arl M a lo n e, w ho w as v irtu
ally invisible for m uch o f the gam e,
an sw ered w ith a ju m p e r from the
top o f th e key.
B u t P o r tla n d m a d e its fre e
throw s d o w n th e stre tc h , in c lu d
ing a p air b y Jim Ja ck so n w ith 21
Greg Anthony, Guard for the Trailblazers, may be the difference.
for a foul d esp ite rep la y s show ing
no co n tac t.
S to ck to n san k th e free th ro w to
seconds rem ain in g . S to ck to n cam e
back an d slid aro u n d Ja ck so n for a
layup, w ith Ja ck so n g ettin g called
m ake it 76 - 75, b ut P o rtla n d g ot
the in -b o u n d s p ass to R id er, an 82
p erc en t free th ro w sh o o te r in the
p o stseaso n . R id er ste p p ed to the
line w ith 14.7 seco n d s left and
m ade b o th attem pts.
B ryon R ussell looked for Stock-
ton on the en su in g in -b o u n d s p lay
but his pass en d ed up in the hands
o f R ash eed W allace. H e g ot the
ball back to R ider, w ho m ade B laz
ers fans n erv o u s by m issin g his
first free th ro w b efo re h ittin g the
seco n d to m ake it a tw o -p o sse s
sion g am e w ith 8.6 se co n d s left.
S tockton then forced a 3 -p o in ter
th at w as w ell o f f the m ark and
R id er se ale d the v ic to ry w ith tw o
free th ro w s.
R id e r m a d e 1 0 - o f - 1 2 fre e
th ro w s an d the B lazers san k 33-
of-42 o v e ra ll, co m p ared to a 16-
o f-2 6 e ffo rt by the Jazz. T h e team
th at has g o n e to the line m o re has
w o n each gam e o f th e series.
M a lo n e m a n a g e d ju s t se v en
p o in ts th ro u g h the first 40 m in u tes
b efo re fin ish in g w ith 17. H e also
add ed 11 reb o u n d s, b u t A rv y d as
S ab o n is g rab b e d 15 an d led the
b ig g e r B lazers to a 4 4 -3 4 ed g e on
the glass.
R u ssell sco red 17 p o in ts and
S to ck to n h ad 16 and 10 a ssists for
the Jazz, w h o faced a 2-1 d e fic it
ag ain st S acram en to in th e o p en in g
round. T h is tim e, th ey w ill h av e to
w in th ree straig h t g am es facin g
elim in a tio n to g et b a c k to th e c o n
ference finals.
De La Hoya Wants Trinidad in Ring
B y T IM DAHLBERG
© T he A ssociated P ress
LA S V E G A S (A P ) — O sc a r D e
La H oya c a n ’t w ait to g et F elix
T rin id a d into the ring.
H e should get h is w ay Sept. 18,
assum ing Trinidad does a little w ork
w ith both his g loves an d a pen.
“ L et’s get it on,” D e La H oya said.
“ It will be the fight o f the century.”
A fter find in g o u t his h an d w as
m e re ly sprain ed an d n o t m o re se
rio u sly in ju red d u rin g S atu rd ay
n ig h t’s w in o v er O b a C a rr, D e La
H oya w ill get som e tim e to rest
and re c u p erate b efo re b e g in n in g
train in g for the m e g afig h t th at w ill
earn him $15 m illio n .
A b o u t all th a t rem a in s in the
w ay o f the clash o f w e lte rw e ig h t
ch am p io n s is T rin id ad w in n in g his
IB F tit le f ig h t n e x t S a tu r d a y
ag a in st H ugo P in ed a an d o ffic ia lly
sig n in g a c o n tra ct th a t h is p ro
m o te r, D on K in g , h a s a lre a d y
ag re ed to.
“ T he fight is o n ,” p ro m o te r B ob
A rum sa id S u n d ay . “ T h e fig h t w ill
h ap p en , assu m in g T rin id a d w in s
his fig h t.”
D e L a H o y a sto p p e d C a rr in the
11 th ro u n d to reta in his W B C w e l
te rw e ig h t title , b u t ca u se d A rum
som e te n se m o m en ts u n til X -ray s
at a h o sp ital a fte r the fig h t sh o w ed
the left h a n d w a s n ’t b ad ly in ju red .
D e L a H o y a ’s h an d w as p u t in a
sp lin t, an d h e w ill n o t b e ab le to
use it for fo u r w eeks. B u t his d o c
to r said it w ill b e h ea le d in p le n ty
o f tim e to b eg in tra in in g for th e
T rin id ad fight.
“ I th in k h e ’ll be ju s t fin e ,” said
D r. T o n y D aly , an o rth o p ed ic su r
geon. “ I t’s a sp rain in th e b ase o f
th e han d , n o t really in th e w rist.
I t ’s p re tty co m m o n in b o x e rs.”
W hile D e La H oya d id en ough
to m ake sure the fight w ith T rinidad
com es o ff, T rin id a d ’s, K ing w ill
have to settle som e d ifferen ces with
the fig h te r’s fath er b efo re finally
getting a sig n atu re on the contract.
Felix T rinidad, Sr., said in Puerto
R ico that the fighter w ill n o t sign
Kansas City
Spoils the
Party
K A N S A S C IT Y , M is s o u ri
(Ticker) — Carlos Febles and Rey
Sanchez stroked consecutive run
scoring singles in the eighth inning
as the Kansas City Royals rallied for
a 5-4 victory over the Seattle M ari
ners, snapping their six-gam e w in
ning streak.
Jermaine Dye, who scored the win
ning run, added four hits and has
recorded multi-hit games in six straight
contests. It was his third career four-
hit game and extended his hitting streak
to a career-high 12 games.
“ It’s m ainly ju st in m y head,” said
D ye o f the reason for his success. “1
am having fun and trying not to
overdo it. I’m seeing the ball well,
really all year.”
A fter Scott Service blew K evin
A ppier's opportunity for a victory,
M att W hisenant (1 -0) got the final
out in the eighth. Je ff M ontgom ery
recorded the final three outs for his
fourth save in six opportunities.
Follow ing the gam e, Royals first
basem an Je ff King, w ho has been
plagued by chronic back problem s
throughout his 11 -year career, an
nounced his retirement.
Jose Paniagua (2-4) surrendered
both singles in the eighth for Seattle,
w hich had w on the opening two
games o f the series.
“I felt pretty good,” said Appier.
"All my pitches were working pretty
w ell. The slider was breaking and run
ning and the fastball had velocity.”
Ken G riffey Jr. had an RBI single
in the eighth to extend his hitting
streak to a career high 12 gam es. He
has reached 12 gam es on five occa
sions in his illustrious career
“W e played good and they played
good,” said Seattle m anager Lou
Piniella. “A ppier is still a real dom i
nant pitcher."
Kansas City trailed 4-3 to begin
the eighth. Mac Suzuki w alked M ike
Sweeney and Paniagua cam e on in
relief. A fter a groundout m oved
Sweeney to second. D ye reached on
an infield single. Chad Kreuter popped
out but Febles singled to right to knot
the game. Sanchez followed with a
single to right for a 5-4 edge
until K in g forks o v er som e o f the
iex tra $50 0 ,0 0 0 he n eg o tiated from
A rum th is w eek for the fight. As it
now stands, T rin id ad w o u ld get $8
m illio n an d K ing $2.5.
A ru m , th o u g h , s a id h e h a d
K in g ’s w o rd th e fig h t w o u ld h ap
pen, a n d said T rin id ad w ould never
risk th e h u g e p a y d a y o v e r a r e la
tiv e ly sm a ll am o u n t.
“ N o b o d y is th a t c ra z y ,” A rum
said . “ D o n w ill h an d le it.”
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M ik e T y so n w as re le a s e d
from prison tod ay afte r Indiana
o fficials ruled that the em battled
form er heav y w eig h t cham pion
has com pleted his probation.
O n Friday, the M aryland P a
role C om m ission voted 5-1 to
grant Tyson early parole in his
o n e -y e a r se n te n c e o n a ssa u lt
charges. The release w as co n tin
gent upon T yson com pleting his
probation for a 1992 rape convic
tion in Indiana and M arion S upe
rior C ourt Judge Patricia G ifford
said today that T yson had satis
fied those requirem ents.
“ W e are h ap p y to rep o rt th at
¡M ike is ec sta tic to retu rn hom e
r.
M a y 26, 1999
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