Basketball
RODMAN GETTING HITCHED?: Dennis Rodman says he's tying the knot today. His stripper girlfriend isn't so sure.
"Dennis has proposed to me a million times," Stacy Yarborough told the Daily News for a story in today's editions. "But he's just going through so much right now. His life is out of control.
"I'm just saying, if I said, `Yes,' I think I'd just be setting myself up for one heartache after another."
The Chicago Bulls star said Tuesday on "The Late Show With David Letterman" that he is getting married at 12:30 p.m. today in Rockefeller Center.
Rodman, sporting green hair, fishnet pants, and black fingernail polish, did not identify Yarborough, saying only that "She's a beautiful and intelligent girl."
The Daily News said Rodman proposed Saturday night after Yarborough, who also has been linked to rock star David Lee Roth, got off stage at the Manhattan club where she works.
Rodman, 35, won his fifth consecutive rebounding title last season. He signed a one-year contract this month for more than $8 million.
"I'm kind of burned out at this point," he told Letterman. "After this year I might retire."
Rodman also plugged a film, "The Colony," in which he says he co-stars with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mickey Rourke, and his book, "Bad As I Want to Be."
The Daily News said Rodman planned to wear a wedding dress - complete with veil - to a midtown book signing today.
Meanwhile in Salt Lake City, a Delta Center usher has filed a suit seeking $750,000 in damages against Rodman, claiming he humiliated her by pinching her on the buttocks during an NBA game.
Lavon Ankers, an usher at the May 5, 1994, game between San Antonio and Utah, alleges Rodman chased a loose ball out of bounds, then pinched her buttocks while returning to the court.
Golf
FRED MEYER CHALLENGE: Greg Norman and Brad Faxon successfully defended their title in the Fred Meyer Challenge, shooting a 10-under-par 61 for a one-stroke victory in the best-ball tournament.
Norman and Faxon, who split $100,000, had an 18-under 124 total on the Oregon Golf Club course. Mark Calcavecchia and Billy Mayfair closed with a 63 to finish second. Calcavecchia missed a 3-foot par putt on No. 18.
Football
WHO'S LYING?: Dallas Cowboys star Deion Sanders and a former security guard accused each other of lying about an argument following a Cincinnati Reds game.
Police detective Herb Kohus is suing Sanders, an outfielder with the Reds at the time of the incident, for $1 million. Sanders was acquitted of criminal charges stemming from the August 1994 confrontation.
IRVIN SUED: The North Texas Toyota Dealers sued suspended Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin for about $1.4 million in damages, alleging he misrepresented himself in an endorsement contract.
Irving police found Irvin, a former teammate and two topless dancers in a motel room March 4, along with marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Last month, Irvin pleaded no contest to a felony cocaine possession charge.
BOISE ST. QB INJURED: Tony Hilde, the only experienced quarterback Boise State has as it enters its first season of competition at the I-A level in football as part of the Big West Conference, has a bruised leg and will miss at least a few days of practice.
Baseball
LABOR TALKS: The lead negotiators for players and owners met for less 30 minutes and union head Donald Fehr said bargaining probably will resume today.
Some owners, notably H. Wayne Huizenga of the Florida Marlins and Jerry Reinsdorf of the Chicago White Sox, are opposed to credit for service time for the 75 regular-season days wiped out by the 1994-95 strike and allowing a second year in the deal without a luxury tax.
Tennis
HAMLET CUP: Third-seeded Richie Reneberg beat Shuzo Matsuoka of Japan 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Hamlet Cup.
French Open champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov, the No. 2 seed from Russia who is ranked fourth in the world, withdrew because of a rib injury and is not sure if he will play in the U.S. Open, which begins Monday.
DU MAURIER OPEN: Alex O'Brien, who won the Pilot Pen last week in Connecticut for his first ATP Tour title, beat 16th-seeded Magnus Gustafsson of Sweden 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) in the first round of the du Maurier Open.
TOSHIBA CLASSIC: Venus Williams, the 16-year-old sensation who won three match to reach the main draw, lost 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to Slovakia's Katarina Studenikova in the first round of the Toshiba Classic.
Hockey
SHARKS-RANGERS TRADE: The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Marty McSorley from the New York Rangers for defenseman Jay More, center Brian Swanson and a 1998 fourth-round pick.
McSorley, 33, who joined the Rangers late last season in a trade with Los Angeles, has 98 goals, 223 assists and 2,892 penalty minutes in 13 seasons with Pittsburgh, Edmonton, Los Angeles and New York.
Boxing
CAMACHO STILL MACHO: Hector Camacho kept on course for a showdown with Ray Leonard - should the boxing great come out of retirement - with a unanimous decision over Arturo Nina at Madison Square Garden.
Camacho, 34, improved to 63-3-1 in the 10-round junior middleweight bout.
On the undercard, Kathy Collins outpointed Andrea DeShong in the first women's fight at the Garden.
Soccer
FANS RIOT WITH POLICE: Soccer fans rampaged through Dhaka, Bangladesh, clashing with riot police after a referee ended a match early. One person was crushed to death and 100 others injured, witnesses said today.
The fans were outraged when the referee decided to end a soccer division title match 12 minutes early Tuesday night. The mob torched a motorcycle, damaged 100 vehicles and ransacked shops around the stadium.