NOMO'S NO-NO
Japanese sensation HIDE NOMO of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies Tuesday night, leading the Dodgers to a 9-0 victory. He pitched the third no-hitter in the majors this season, joining Florida's Al Leiter, who also did it against the Rockies on May 11, and Dwight Gooden of the Yankees, who did it against Seattle three days
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later. It was the 23rd no-hitter for the Dodgers, the 10th since they Los Angeles and
moved to Los Angeles and the first since Ramon Martinez no-hit the Florida Marlins on July 14, 1995.
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NFL UPDATE
Kansas City's MARCUS ALLEN and Ricky Watters of Philadelphia were selected AFC and NFC offensive players of the week yesterday. Alfred Williams of Denver and Green Bay's Lerov Butten
won AFC and NFC defensive honors. The special teams players of the week were Indianapolis kicker Cary Blanchard and Green Bay's Desmond Howard.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996
KEVIN ROOENY, Mike Tyson's former trainer, is lifting the heavy weight for $49
TROUBLE FOR TYSON
million, alleging breach of
million, alleging breach or contract. The suit was filed eight years ago, but jury selection did not begin until Tuesday. Rooney claims Tyson's late mentor, Cus D'Amato, promised him 10 percent of the fighter's winners for as long as Tyson fought. At issue is whether D'Amato, who died in 1985, made the promise in 1982 and if so, whether it was binding on Tyson because he was younger than 18 at the time
Mike Tyson
De La Hoya to postpone fight because of shoulder injury
LAS VEGAS — Undefeated Oscar De La Hoya has tendinitis in his left shoulder and his Oct. 12 title defense will have to be postponed, a representative for the promoters, Top Rank, said.
Todd duBoef said the fight with Miguel Angel Gonzalez for the World Boxing Confederation super lightweight crown would probably be delayed until January, the Las Vegas Review-Journal in yesterday's editions. A formal announcement was expected yesterday.
De La Hoya, of Los Angeles, will begin six weeks of therapy before he resumes training for the Gonzalez fight. Top Dob Arrabo, told
Rank represents the Los Angeles Times.
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"It's getting a little acute, and he's getting nervous about it." Arum said. "This should clear it up."
A medical examination Tuesday in Los Angeles confirmed the rotator crimp problem, which
began a year ago, Arum said. The problem did not become acute after his June victory against Julio Cesar Chavez.
'Husker linebacker to face drunken driving sentence
The delay also pushes back De La Hoya's planned match against Chavez, which had been planned for Jan. 18 at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Terrell Farley, a preseason All-American linebacker for Nebraska, will be sentenced Oct. 25 on a charge of first-offense drunken driving
Farley, 21, was arrested Aug. 30 after police saw him driving erratically, according to police reports. His blood alcohol level was .177 percent, said City Prosecutor Norm Langenach. The legal
limit is .1 percent.
Kansas senior June Henley has rushed for an average of 194 yards a game this season, making ranking him first in the Big 12 Conference.
Farley pleaded guilty to the drunken driving charge at his first court appearance Friday. The prosecutor agreed to dismiss tickets for negligent driving and
missing on an expired license.
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Terry Dougherty, Farley's attorney, said he would request probation for Farley.
Farley was suspended for at least two games. ...
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said his young star defender would be evaluated for alcohol dependency.
NBA star faces charges for clash with Detroit police
The Associated Press
Coleman is charged with disorderly conduct in connection with a June 1995 disturbance outside a downtown nightclub in Detroit. The Philadelphia 76ers forward was expected to testify on his own behalf.
DETROIT — Derrick Coleman was goaded into a confrontation with a police officer who wanted to sue one of the NBA's wealthiest players, Coleman's lawyer told a jury Tuesday.
Sgt. John Peltzran and other officers arrested Coleman after he allegedly swore at them and refused to move his truck, which was blocking traffic.
Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor John Charles Scott told jurors that he man swore at police after they asked him several times to move his truck
Pietrzak swore at Coleman first and ignored the player when he said he couldn't move his truck because a parking attendant had the keys, said Miriam Blanks-Smart, Coleman's attorney.
If convicted of disorderly conduct,
Coleman could face up to 90 days in jail
and a $100 fine.
In a separate legal action, Pietrzak has sued Coleman, claiming he sustained back injuries when the basketball player resisted arrest.
Henley's numbers spark Heisman hype
y Dan Gelston
Kansan sportswriter
June Henley is having an easier time evading opposing defenders than he is the media these days.
Three interviews in one hour, including one for an all-sports radio talk show in California, leave him more worn out than he is after a game.
game. But it's a small price for Henley, the No. 22 Jayhawks' senior running back, to pay. The demands on his time have grown as Henley has caught the attention of not only the Big 12 Conference but all of college football with the numbers he's posted this season.
In two games Henley has gained 388 yards, an average of 194 a game. He's first in the conference and second nationally in rushing, and his seven touchdowns rank first in the conference and in the nation. No Kansas running back has ever rushed for more combined yards and touchdowns in the first two games of the season than Henley.
Did somebody say Heisman?
It may be too early for the Heisman hype to begin, but talk that Henley may be making a trip to the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City is beginning to circulate.
Henley said he had thought about the Heisman.
"It's kind of surprising," he said. "It's in the back of my mind right now. It makes you feel good. When it's actually in sight down the line, I'll probably start thinking about it more. Right now, I just have to play my game."
how Kansas sophomore right tackle Justin Glasgow said Henley was worthy of Heisman consideration.
situation.
"With the numbers he's putting up, I don't know how he can't be considered as long as he keeps doing what he's doing."
keeps Henley has come full circle in his Kansas career. He started out as a highly touted freshman in 1983 who rushed for 1,127 yards and 12 touchdowns. But in the last two years, Henley has split time with former Jayhawk L.T. Levine and he gained only 1,365 yards combined.
buffed.
"My freshman year, I was just trying to prove that I could play fullback," said Henley, who also played cornerback in high school.
Although this year's numbers are comparable to his freshman year statistics, Henley has changed. He's gotten stronger, and his approach to the running game is different.
"I understand the offense a lot better," he said. "Coming in as a freshman, I just came running as fast as I can. Now I understand things a lot better. I don't always have to go where the ball is supposed to go. I used to try and force it, like on a certain play or something, but now I know I can change if I have to."
to.
Henley didn't expect to split time after his remarkable first year. He said he just had to make the most of his opportunity.
"It was kind of tough on me," he said. "You
never get into the rhythm of the game. It was L.T. then me, L.T. then me. You really couldn't complain because we were having success with it."
But the success Henley is having this year almost didn't come to fruition. He nearly left Kansas at the end of last season to turn pro.
"I thought about it a lot," he said. "Everybody would like to go to the pros. I wanted to go, but I thought it would be best to come back here."
Henley said he had given turning pro the most thought when Kansas coach Glen Mason announced he was leaving Kansas for Georgia. But after Mason did an about-face, Henley did the same.
"Coach Mason was the big factor," he said. "Once I got back coach, I knew it would be all right. I didn't have to worry about proving myself to another coach."
Assault on the record book
CAREER RUSHING LEADERS
1. Tony Sands 1988-91 3,788
2. Laverne Smith 1973-76 3,074
3. June Henley 1992-now 2,880
CAREER TOUCHDOWNS
1. June Henley 1992-now 32
2. Tony Sands 1988-91 32
CAREER SCORING LEADERS
CAREER SCOUNTER LEADERS
1. Dan Eichloh 1990-93 302
2. Bruce Kallmeyer 1980-83 233
3. John McCormack 1980-92 192
3. John Hornsby
CARFER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS
1. Laverne Smith 1973-76 4,406
2. Gayle Sayers 1962-64 3,917
3. Tony Sands 1988-91 3,894
4. June Henley 1992-now 3,820
Historic baseball sold for $500,000
500th home run ball of Baltimore's Murray will be shown in hotel
The Associated Press
BALTIMORE — Eddie Murray wanted to put it in a display case for his daughter.
The man who runs the Psychic Friends Network wants to put it on display in his new hotel.
In the biggest deal ever made publicly for a piece of sports memorabilia, Michael Lasky has agreed to pay $50,000 for the home run ball Murray hit Sept. 6.
The home run allowed Murray to join Willie Mays and Hank Aaron as the only players to hit more than 3,000 hits and 500 home runs.
Dan Jones, who caught Murray's ball, met with Lasky yesterday to discuss terms.
what will Jones do with the money?
"I haven't really had time to think about it." he said.
Lasky took out an ad in The Baltim-
mar Sun making the offer.
A representative for Lasky said minor details were being negotiated. Lasky took out an ad in *The Balti-*
more than managing Lasky, president and CEO of Inphomation Communications Inc., the informercial company behind the Psychic Friends Network, claims he's neither a memorabilia collector nor much of a baseball fan.
But the former New Yorker who lives in suburban Baltimore says he likes Baltimore and he wants to keep the ball in the city. He says he will display it at a downtown hotel he owns.
Eventually, Lasky says, he will give the ball to the Babe Ruth Museum in west Baltimore.
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The deal has drawn incredulous responses from people in the sports memorabilia business.
"I can't believe what would possess somebody to pay that much money for that ball," said Donald Flanagan, a consultant to Christians. "A collector wouldn't pay 10 percent of that for that ball."
Flanagan said he thought the Murray ball was worth $10,000 to $15,000. Other experts have said it might be worth as much as $20,000. Jones says he was told it was worth $50,000 to $100,000 by memorabilia dealers.
"It's worth what someone's willing to pay for it," Jones said.
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Former coach becomes a professional
Former Kansas women's assistant basketball coach Renee Brown left Lawrence to become director of player personnel for the Women's National Basketball Association. Brown will scout talent and recruit WNBA players.
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Kansan sportswriter
Former Kansas women's assistant basketball coach Renee Brown got a couple of phone calls in New York City from Lawrence on Monday.
Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington and assistant coach Maggie Mahood called Brown to welcome her in her new job as director of player personnel for the Women's National Basketball Association.
"That means a lot to me, to know that they are thinking about me in the big city," Brown said.
Brown was an assistant coach at Kansas for four years. Last season she took a leave of absence to be an assistant coach for the U.S. Women's National Team during its exhibition matches before the Olympics, but she was not one of the team's Olympic coaches.
Brown's new job will be similar to her assistant coaching job. She will still scout basketball talent, but she also is in charge of all player recruitment for the WNBA and will help design and implement assorted player-related
Unlike the NBA, in which teams select players through a draft, the WNBA will decide which players go to which of the eight inaugural teams.
"Market-wise, we're going to look for an area that's strong fan-based," Brown said.
"My job is to go out and scout and assess talent," Brown said. "WBA will sign on the players to the WONLA."
policies and programs.
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She said players probably would play on teams that were closer to their homes and where they had fans.
The cities and teams have not been picked yet, Brown said, but about 17 cities are contending for the eight franchises.
Brown said she was going to miss being a member of the Jayhawk team.
"Here I am going to catch the subway to work," Brown said. "That alone is shocking, but yet exciting."
Brown used to drive five minutes to work in Lawrence, but in New York, her type of transportation has changed.
"I really enjoyed living in Lawrence, she said. "I'll miss our players. I miss not working and sitting next to Coach
Another Jayhawk who will miss Brown's presence is Kansas senior guard Tamecka Dixon.
Washington on the bench."
"If she helped me with nothing else, she helped me with my confidence," Dixon said. "She was just a great inspiration for everybody. Always willing to go the extra mile, if that meant watching film with you for hours, or going on the court and showing you some stuff or rebounding. We have that in our coaching staff now, but for me it's going to be a personal loss because Coach Brown recruited me."
Brown said the NBA, which runs the WNBA, was committed to making professional women's basketball prosperous in the United States. The first game is scheduled for June 21, 1997, and the first WNBA Championship game is scheduled for Aug. 30, 1997.
Dixon said she would continue to keep in touch with her former coach.
"She's always going to be one of my coaches, even if she's on the sideline," Dixon said. "She's a great person for the job. I think (NBA commissioner) David Stern hit the nail right on the head when he hired her."
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