Basketball
A GAMBLING MAN? If John Thompson wants in the gambling business, he might have to get out of the coaching business.
The Georgetown coach, an avid Las Vegas slot machine player, applied for Nevada gaming license months ago to join a casino owner Michael Gaughan in the company that operates slot machines at McCarran International Airport.
However, both Georgetown president Rev. Leo O'Donovan and NCAA executive director Cedric Dempsey said they were opposed to the coach having any interest in a gaming operation. Gaughan's son, Brendan, is a senior walk-on guard on the Georgetown team, which Dempsey said could be a further invitation to controversy.
NBA HONORS HILL: Detroit's Grant Hill, who had two triple-doubles in four games last week, was selected the NBA player of the week Tuesday. Hill averaged 21.5 points, 13.3 rebounds and 8.5 assists in leading the Pistons to a 4-0 record.
WHITNEY INDICTED: Former NBA player Charles "Hawkeye" Whitney, already facing charges in the District of Columbia for allegedly kidnapping and robbing a White House aide, was indicted on federal charges in Washington.
U.S. Attorney Eric Holder Jr. said Whitney, 38, was charged with one count of kidnapping, two counts of armed robbery and firearms offenses.
Whitney, a former North Carolina State star, is accused of accosting Mark Fabiani at gunpoint in Alexandria, Va., on Jan. 26.
ALL-STATE CORRECTIONS: Senior Janelle Romney of Cedar City was misidentified in Tuesday's all-state listing. She is a first-team honoree for the Lady Reds. On Monday, Lehi standouts Lance (first team) and Luke (second team) Magnusson had their last name misspelled.
Baseball
NO CHARGES: Prosecutors decided not to file charges against former Los Angeles Dodgers star Willie Davis, who was arrested for allegedly threatening his mother with a samurai sword and throwing stars.
NEW TIGER STADIUM: Voters overwhelmingly approved using $40 million of public money to build a new Tiger Stadium. But whether construction can begin hinges on a lawsuit over the use of state funds.
Football
COWBOYS VS. CHIEFS: The Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys will play the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday, Aug. 5, in Monterrey, Mexico.
The Cowboys, who released their exhibition schedule Tuesday, will play home games against Oakland on July 27, New England on Aug. 12, and Denver on Aug. 17. They will close against Houston on Aug. 24 at Orlando, Fla.
GUILTY PLEA: Former NFL running back Sammie Smith pleaded guilty to two federal charges of possession and distribution of cocaine in Orlando and faces a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison.
NFL SIGNINGS: Free agent receiver Irving Fryar, a three-time Pro Bowl player, agreed to a three-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Fryar, 33, has 562 receptions for 8,916 yards and 57 touchdowns in 12 seasons with the New England and Miami. Financial terms were not disclosed.
- The San Francisco 49ers boosted their rushing attack with the addition of ex-Cleveland fullback Tommy Vardell.
Vardell, the victim of a serious knee injury in 1994, agreed to a two-year, $1.45 million contract.
FSU ON PROBATION: Florida State was spared major NCAA sanctions for a players' shopping spree, instead getting a year's probation. The school plans to appeal the probation, the result of a 1993 agent-sponsored shopping expedition.
Business
PHILLY TEAMS SOLD: Philadelphia's NHL and NBA teams got new owners in a megadeal that includes the CoreStates Spectrum and the new CoreStates Center.
Cable television giant Comcast Corp. agreed to team with Flyers owner Ed Snider in a sale that creates a new company that will own the Flyers, the 76ers and the two arenas. Comcast president Brian Roberts said the company paid $250 million for a 66 percent share in the joint venture.
NEW STADIUMS: Cincinnati voters approved a half-cent sales tax increase to pay for two new stadiums in a $544 million project.
There has been no agreement on the designs of what would likely be two open-air stadiums, and neither the Reds nor Bengals has committed to financial contributions. Bengals owner Mike Brown has said he expects to commit at least $25 million.
Hockey
NHL TRADES: The Philadelphia Flyers, in a flurry of moves before today's trade deadline, acquired three players in deals with Anaheim, Los Angeles and Ottawa.
The Flyers traded center Anatoli Semenov and the rights to defenseman Mike Crowley to Anaheim for 18-year-old right wing Brian Wesenberg. They also obtained right wing John Druce and a seventh-round pick in 1997 from Los Angeles for a fourth-round pick in 1996, and picked up defenseman Kerry Huffman from Ottawa for future considerations.
- The St. Louis Blues landed another former teammate of Wayne Gretzky's from his championship days in Edmonton, acquiring defenseman Charlie Huddy from the Buffalo Sabres.
The Blues, in a deal before today's trade deadline, also got a seventh-round choice in this year's draft. The Sabres received the rights to left wing Denis Hamel.
Boxing
MORRISON IN COURT: Tommy Morrison, whose boxing career ended in February when he was diagnosed with the HIV virus, pleaded no contest to two counts of misdemeanor assault and battery.
Morrison was charged in October following an incident at his former girlfriend's home.
Special Judge Martha Sue Thompson gave Morrison six-month suspended jail sentences and $200 fines on each count, ordered $15 in restitution on one count and $89 restitution on the other as well as 30 hours of community service on each count.
Tennis
ST. PETERSBURG OPEN: Top-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia beat Omar Camporese of Italy 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open. American Jeff Tarango also advanced, beating eighth-seeded Carl-Uwe Steeb of Germany 6-7 (9-7), 6-2, 6-1.