The Dallas Mavericks' hopes of rebuilding behind talented buttroubled forward Roy Tarpley took another tumble Friday when he wassuspended indefinitely without pay for violating his NBA-mandatedaftercare program for substance abuse.
Tarpley, 26, admitted having three beers before his arrest lastweekend on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Because the 7-foot, 245-pound Tarpley was sidelined for theseason because of a knee injury in the fifth game, the suspensionwith 10 games left likely won't affect his playing status.
Tarpley had not been expected to return to the team untilpre-season workouts in the fall. But the suspension definitely willcost him money. Tarpley reportedly earns $765,000 a year, or $63,750a month. GOLF TOURNEY RAINED OUT: PGA Tour and tournament officials canceledthe $1 million Independent Insurance Agent Open and rescheduled itfor Oct. 23-26 after rain had washed out the first two rounds at TheWoodlands, Texas. It was the first PGA Tour event canceled since the1966 Houston Open won by Arnold Palmer. RODGERS LEADS SENIORS: Phil Rodgers shot a 5-under-par 67 to build asix-stroke lead over five players with a 12-under-par 132 after tworounds of the PGA Seniors' The Tradition at Scottsdale, Ariz. GeorgeArcher, Jim Colbert, Ben Smith, Jim Dent and Chi Chi Rodriguez wereat 138. KERDYK TIES FOR LEAD: Tracy Kerdyk shot a career-low 6-under-par 66for a 36-hole total 136 to catch Chris Johnson for a share of thesecond-round lead of the $350,000 PING-Welch's Championship atTucson, Ariz. NAVRATILOVA TRAILS: Three of the semifinalists in the Family CircleMagazine Cup were decided, but defending champion Martina Navratilovatrailed No. 9 Leila Meskhi 6-4, 2-6, 5-4 in the third set when rainsuspended play at Hilton Head Island, S.C. The match is to becompleted today.
Second-seeded Gabriela Sabatini beat No. 7 Helena Sukova 6-0,6-1, No. 3 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario elimi nated Federica Bonsignori 6-3, 6-2 and No. 8 Natalia Zvereva oustedNo. 4 Jana Novotna 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. SAMPRAS, ROSTAGNO WIN: Second seed Pete Sampras blitzed No. 8 DavidPate 6-3, 6-3 and No. 4 Derrick Rostagno dominated sixth-seeded JimmyArias 6-1, 6-4 in quarterfinal matches and will meet in thesemifinals of the Prudential Securities Classic at Orlando, Fla. CHANG UPSET: Top-seeded Michael Chang, the last seed left in theHong Kong Open, was beaten in the quarterfinals by Gary Muller ofSouth Africa 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1). Felix Barrientos of thePhilippines was dispatched by Australian Wally Masur 6-0, 6-1. McENROE IN ROW: John McEnroe and news photographers scuffled in aHong Kong bar early Friday morning, the manager of the bar said, butno one was hurt. MONACELLI LEADS PBA: Amleto Monacelli, the reigning PBA Player ofthe Year, took the top spot in the PBA $200,000 True Value Open atPeoria. George Branham III, Kelly Coffman, Del Ballard Jr. andCurtis Odom also reached the stepladder finals. MORRIS, SHULER SUE NFL: NFL players Joe Morris and Mickey Shulerhave filed a $5 million lawsuit against the NFL and commissioner PaulTagliabue, according to a published report. CFA ACCEPTS TULSA: The College Football Association's executivecommittee voted to accept the University of Tulsa, a move that couldmean an added $250,000 a year in television revenues for the school.The CFA's full membership must approve the move at its June meeting. CORDOBA WINS TITLE: Panama's Victor Cordoba stopped France'sChristophe Tiozzo in the ninth round to win the WBAsuper-middleweight title at Marseille, France.
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