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Show IJl~ NAT'L SPORTS •THE UNIYERSITYJPURN.!U. •'S0UTHERN UTAl{.UNIVERSITY : - ER1DAYI _D IGEST WRIGHT ADMITS TO CRUDE REMARKS: Ben Wright, the form er CBS golf analyst, .has admit ted to Sports Illustrated that he made remarks about lesbianism on the LPGA Tour and crude com ments about wom en 's bodies dur ing the 1995 LPGA C hampionship. Wright, suspended indefin itely by CBS in January Ben Wright 1996, a lso said,network officials rold him to deny the remarks he m ade to.forme r . Wilmington {Del.) News Journal reporter Valerie He lmbreck. "l was so bloody stupid; stupid, naive and weak. A day doesn't go by that 1 don't regret how 1 reacted," Wright is quoted as saying in Sports Illustrated's May 18 "Golf Plus" edition. Helmbreck quoted Wright as saying that lesbianism on the LPGA Tour hurt corporate sponsorsh ip and t hat · women were hampered, in their golf swings by their "boobs." Wright denied making the remarks and CBS issued a strong statement backing W rig}:it, including o n-air remarks by anchor Jim Nantz. ~ NAGY RE-SIGNED BY INDIANS: Charles ~agy is guaranteed $24 million in his new four-year cont.ract extension with the C leve lancl"lndians. The 31-year-old right-hander is 3-2 with a 5.79 ERA in eight starts this season. He has allowed 67 hits in 5 1 1-3 innings, including a major league-high 16 ho mers. In his major league career, all with the Indians , N agy is 92-67 with a 4.00 ERA. N agy is in the fin al year of his present contrac t and could have been a free age nt after this season. The deal ca lls for him t0 get $6 miU ion per season. NEW TRIAL FOR MAD MAX DENIED: Verno n Maxwe ll's appeal for a m:w trial on a m arij uana posses sion cha rge has been rejected. The T exas 14th Court of Appeals on We dnesday denied the Charlott e Hornets reserve guard's bid t0 escape a 90-clay ja il sentence he is serving for the 1995 convic t ion . Maxwell had been free on $25,000 bond s inc e t he convicdon, which was on appeal. But the U.S. Supre m e Co u rt decline d to hear his case in February, forc ing Maxwe ll to surrendered t0 Harris County a uthorit ies las t m o n t h to begin serving h is time. Maxwell had aske d fo r a ne w trial, cla iming he h ad inadequate counse l and that t he searc h of his car during? traffJc stop w as illegal. Maxwe ll could be released by next week. He re ceives two clays credit for every day spent in custody - focluding any time s pent incarcerated at the time of the arrest. · TO ALBERT: Marv Albert will not:be involved in Miami H eat· telecas'ts next season - at the request of Pat Riley, the team:s geJ.?-eral ~nanager and coach. The parent companY. of the TV station that will carry Heat games next season ended negotiations with former NBC broadcaster, who has been o ut of work since his legal problems last fall. Riley decided to keep TV announcer Eric Reid, who has been with the team for 10 years . " Eric Reid is our guy," Heat spokesman Tim Donovan said yesterday. "We're looking to re -sign ·h im." Albet t was fired by NBC and resigned from Madison Square Garden network in Septe mber alte r pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault charges in a sex case. HEAT SAY NO CHANG UPSETS SAMPRAS AT ITALIAN OPEN: When little Michae l Chang hits more aces than big Pete Sampras, you k now it's not the No. 1 player's day. Chang defeated Sampras 6 -2, 7 -6 (8-6) yesterday in the third round of the Italian Open, ending Chapter One in Sampras' latest adventure o n clay courts. Chapter Two begins May 25 when Sampras bids for the Michael French Open title, the only Grand Slam he Chang has not won. The task won't be easy judging - - -- - by his final performance on the red clay of the Foro Italico. After getting by in his first two matches of the tournament, he made too many unforced errors - 37 to only 13 by Chang - and could not depend on his favorite weapon - his serve - to pull out the match against the N o. 15 seed. MAY 15 J!J28 ~ I ~ ~1 Jazz in verbal war with L.A. SALT LAKE CJTY (AP) - Karl Ma lo ne says injury factor regardfog M a lone 's kicking comme nts from Los Angeles La kers coach D el techniques," H arris said. " It used to be the H arris rem ind him of ano ther one of his knee he threw into you . Now, it 's the foo t. It's favorite sports . developed over th e season." " It's like WCW Wrestling," Malone said. Malone brushe d off the ac cusa tions as "That's w hat you say to t ry to get the o ther another in a long line of verba l tactics intended guy riled up." to take his mind off the task of winning games. T he Utah Jazz will " It w ouldn't be a host the Lakers in t he series unless firs t gam·e of t he somebo dy had something nega tive Weste rn C onfe re nce finals t omorrow. The to say," M alone said. Jazz returned to " I've been playing practice with .an like this for 13 years. intense two-hour I'm not going to workout yesterday change jus t because after finishing off the somebody said San Antonio Spurs s6mething." earlier in the week. Harris claimed that •. The two teams will "' the kick is a new be meeting in the ~ addition to Malone's ,I?lay,offs for the second o game designed to straight·year. Utah : ; ~ intimidate his eliminated Los· opponents. Angeles in the ~ "It's something conference semifinals h h ' d11 1 d ~' as t at e s eve ope · last, seaso11. The ..._......:u.........!:...!1..~:...i..:::...:a.a:i__...":!l~ :............c.::...:!:l;;;:_...:J 1a habit, Harris Utah· Jazz forward Karl Malone, right, .knocks the said. "Somebody's Lakers accused Malone, Jeff Hornace k ball loose from Los Angeles Lakers center going to ge t hurt. It's and o ther Jazzmen of Sha qui lle O'Neal (34). Th e Utah Jazz will a dangerous play, d irty play. entertain the Lakers in the first gam e of the both for him and the On Wednesday, Western Conference finals wmorrow in Sal t Lal<e oppone nt. He doesn't Harris fired the fi rst City. need it ; he's a great s hot in the Lakcrs' - - - -- - -- - -- - -- - - - -- - player." latest verbal battle when he accused Malone of Whe n Utah coac h Jerry Sloan was ~is ked committing flagrant fou ls and endangering abo ut Malo ne 's kicks, he stifled a la ugh. other players with his kicking technique on "Tell Del we'll line the m u p here at d rives and jump s hots. half court, and let's play foo tball," Sloan said "I'm more co ncerned about the potentia l jokingly. 8 Bulls gearing up for Pacers bea ting the Hornets 4-1 to make it to the CH1C AG O (AP~ - The leave-it-to-Michae l offense was fine for the New Jersey Nets and the conlerence finals for the eighth time in 10 years, but they looked vulnerable. C harlotte Hornets. "We're very capable o~ play_ing up to_the level But use that fomrnla against the Indiana of our competition, but as wi::. ge t deep into the _Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals, and the playoffs, that's a dangero"us way to play," said ' Chicago Bulls know they're in for big problems. Jordan, who is "We need tO get into averaging 32 points the flov.r offensively, in the playoffs. " We we have to flow h~ve to play to a consistently," Michael certain level and Jordan said. "This force teams to play series (against up to oui.: leve l. We Eharlotte) we didn't have ;yet to do that." have that flow Part of the problem consistently is injuries. Luc offensively. That's not Longley missed the going to carry us in the first round with a next round." bruised knee and is The conference till working his way s start Sunday at finals back into the offense. the United Center. The Bulls know they so sore he spent m ost can count on Jordan to Toni Kukoc's back is of Game 5 carry them when Wednesday lying on things get rough, like a Michael fordan (23) diives on Anthony Mason the floor, his feet security blanket in during the second quarter of the Eastern propped on a chair. gym shorts. But the Conference Semifinal Game 5 in Chicago. The Then there's the five-time NBA Bulls will meet Indiana in the Eastern Conference bench. Or lack champions could Finals starting Sunday. thereof. Chicago has usually make it usually had someone through the first two step up and take some of the pressure off Jordan. rounds without needing too many heroics from But the Bulls' bench has been silent this year. Jordan. While Steve Kerr did score 15 points in Game 5, Not this year. Chicago was pushed to matching his career high for the playoffs, the overtime in the opening game by the N ets in other Chicago reserves accounted for only 4 the first round, and lost Game 2 to Charlotte. points. Sure, the Bulls ended up sweeping the Nets and blli~~'t]i~:=i~:~!~J~ |