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2 Section 3 Chicago Tribune, Saturday, August 2T, 1998 LOCAL TEAMS AT A GLANCE Home i AUG: 10 p.m. JUmiRO GATTI VS. IVAN ROBINSON, JUWOR MIDDLEWDCKTS HBO 10 p.m. JUAN MANUEL MARQUE2 VS. LUIS FRETRS, FEATHERWQCHTS Pay-per-view Away The Press Box Compiled by Jack Thompson GOLF PGA champion Singh battles elements, leads International Sat.

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CHAMPIONSHIPS WMAQ-Ch. 5 (delayed) HORSE RACING 3:30 p.m. THOROUGHBREDS: ALABAMA STAKES ESPN 6:30 p.m. POST TIME AT HAWTHORNE WJYS-CX 62 SOCCER 3 p.m. MLS: LOS ANGELES AT NEW ENGLAND WLS-Ch.

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'7 p.m. 7 p.m, vviii, i jammmmmmmmmmmmLmmmtimmm ing, David Sutherland had 22 points through 16 holes, and Carter stood at 19 through 14. Tiger Woods, who accumu- lated 14 points in the opening round, struggled early with a double bogey and four straight bogeys. But he rallied with five birdies to finish at 17. The scoring format awards five points for an eagle, two for birdie, zero for par, minus-1 for bogey and minus-3 for double bogey or worse.

Only the first game is televised Vijay Singh, overcoming two tee shots into water, birdied seven holes and widened his lead Friday in the weather-interrupted second round of the Sprint International in Castle Rock, Colo. Singh, the PGA champion, had 27 points under the modified Stableford scoring system used in this event. He leads Steve Flesch by four points. For the second straight day, lightning and rain invaded Castle Pines Golf Club. After a delay of 2 hours 25 minutes, play resumed, but 31 players were unable to finish.

Singh, who began the day as the co-leader with Jim Carter at 15 points, added 12 points to his total tying the 36-hole tournament record set by 1997 winner Phil Mickelson. Brandt Jobe finished with 22 points and Jesper Parnevik had 21. Among those not finish AUTO RACING AROUND TOWN SATURDAY Dog racing Dairyfand, 1 7:15 p.m. Geneva Lakes, 1 7:15 p.m. Harness racing Balmoral, 7:40 p.m.

Thoroughbred racing Hawthorne Race Course, 1:10 p.m. SUNDAY Cycfing Batavia, Dog Daze 630-990-2394. Running Heartland Heat Of The Summer, 5K, 8 a.m., 773-465-8005. Springfield, Abe's Ambie, Illinois State Fairgrounds, 217-787-4400. Thoroughbred racing Hawthorne Race Course, 1:10 p.m.

Doubles, Engstrom Park, 2562100124mile, 708-802-B-l-K-L Dog racing Dairyland, 1:30 p.m. Geneva Lakes, 1 p.m. Harness racing Balmoral, 6:30 p.m. Polo Oak Brook Polo Club, 31st Mark games start at 1 3 p.m., AUTO RACING 'Z7IIZ, "1 "2 p.m. NASCAR: COCA-COLA SHOOTOUT TNN p.m.

NASCAR WINSTON CUP: GOODrS 500 ESPN, WKRS-AM 1220 BASEBALL 11a.m. AMATEUR BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL ESPN 12:15 p.m. HOUSTON AT CUBS WFLD-Ch. 32, WGN-AM 720 7p.rn. COUGARS AT WISCONSIN WKKD-FM 95.9 7:30 p.m.

NEW YORK YANKEES AT TEXAS FX 8:05 p.m. WHITE SOX AT SEATTLE WGN-Ch. 9, WMVP-AM 1000, WIND-AM 560 PRO BASKETBALL .1 3 m. WNBA PLAYOFFS, SEMIFINALS: HOUSTON AT CHARLOTTE, GAME 1 WMAQ-Ch. 5 7 p.m.

WNBA PLAYOFF SEMIFINAL CLEEIAHD AT PHOENK, GAME 1 Lifetime BOXING 1 7 p.m. FIGHT TIME ON FOX Fox Sports Chicago 9 p.m. BOXEO WSNS-Ch. 44 ON THE INTERNET Updated prep scores, schedules, features, championship archives and seasonlong high school sports coverage at SOCCER FIRE 2, RAPIDS 0 Once again, rookie Wolff provides spark off bench Hot: Jeff Gordon signs autographs at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on Friday. Gordon, going for his record fifth straight NASCAR victory, qualified in the seventh position for Saturday's Goody's 500.

Rusty Wallace earned the pole. wmm Wolff found himself with the ball on the far left side of the Colorado goal with his back to the goal. Wolff turned and made a run into the penalty area and was tripped by Rapids defender Peter Vermes, drawing the penalty. Kubik calmly slotted his shot to the right of goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann for his fifth goal of the season. Kubik has both Fire penalty-kick goals this season.

The Fire (15-10) scored an insurance tally just three minutes later. 135 Skokie Valley Rd. 2020 HOCKEY NHL rights go to Disney NEW YORK-The NHL Board of Governors has voted to approve the Walt Disney five-year, $600 million offer for the right to televise league games beginning in 1999 on its ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 networks. The $120 million a year the NHL will receive is 2.6 times more than ESPN and Fox Sports paid under the contract that expires after this season. Fox is looking to sell the final year of its deal back to the league.

Ratings are down 33 percent since 1996. The Blackhawks have traded left wing Brian Felsner to the Ottawa Senators for defenseman Justin Hocking. The 6-4, 205-pound Hocking, 24, played at Worcester of the AHL last season and had five goals, 12 assists and 198 penalty minutes. Felsner played in 12 games for the Hawks last season and had a goal and two assists. Walter Hall's 7-under-par 65 1 gave him a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Northville Long Island Classic in Jericho, N.Y.

1 1 Michelle Estill, whose only tour victory came as a rookie -seven years ago, birdied the final three holes to take the first-round lead with a 7-under 65 in the LPGA Rainbow Classic in Maple Grove, Minn. AP photo COLLEGE BASKETBALL NCAA probing Alabama coach TUSCALOOSA, Ala. In a letter made public Friday, the NCAA accused Alabama of two major rules violations involving a former basketball assistant According to the NCAA's official letter of inquiry, the assistant allegedly sought $5,000 from boosters to pay the coach of a high school recruit and then lied about it to investigators. The inquiry, which centers around ex-Tide coach Tyrone Beaman, raised the possibility that Alabama's basketball program could be eligible for the NCAA "death penalty" since the football program was on probation recently. Gene Marsh, faculty athletic representative for Alabama, said he anticipated something much less severe since the charges involve a coach who was fired and the school reported the case on its own.

Jana Novotna won her 19th -consecutive match, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1, over 19-year-old upstart Magui Serna of Spain in the du Mau-rier Open in Montreal. Anna Kournikova of Russia lost a rain-delayed third-round match to Spain's Conchita Martinez 6-0, 6-3. Martinez later lost 6-3, 6-4 to third-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, who meets Novotna in the semifinals. Top-seeded Martina Hingis of Switzerland reached the semifi- 1 1 nals with a 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 64 vie- -tory over Sandrine Testud of France. Hingis will face fifth-seeded Monica Seles, seeking her record fourth consecutive Canadian title.

Seles beat Ger- many's Anke Huber 6-3, 6-4. Gymnastics: Blaine Wilson, performing on one healthy arm, became the first three-time repeat all-around winner in 20 years in the U.S. champi- -onships in Indianapolis. Com- '1 peting with a torn right rotator cuff, Wilson blew away the field with a two-day combined score of 112.425. Kurt Thomas strung together successive titles from 1976-1978.

Track and field: Iwan Thomas'' won the 400 and Doug Walker led a 1-2-3 British finish in the 200 meters at the European championships in Budapest (One block west ofHivy. 41) (Next to Home Depot PetsMartf (847) 579-0219 (630) 495-4880 Mon. 9am 8pm; Sunday, 10am 6pm By Bob FoKman Tribune Staff Writer it Fire coach Bob Bradley is going to find it harder and harder to keep Josh Wolff on the bench. The Project-40 rookie didn't score Friday in the Fire's 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids in Denver but played a key role in the first goal. It was Wolffs explosiveness with the ball that led to a penalty-kick goal by Lubos Kubik in the 64th minute.

905 E. Golf Road (fust west of Woodfteld Mall) (847) 969-0347 STORE HOURS: THE LARGEST Check out i nix flfi 1 Clubs pictured may not Pnx'uc'' t4 aWa Roman Kosecki took the ball on the left outside the Rapids' penalty area and beat three defenders while making a run into the area. Koseski then sent a perfect cross which midfielder Chris Armas flicked with his head past Hahnemann. The goal was Armas' first of the season. The two goals were more than enough" for Fire goalkeeper Zach Thornton, who recorded his seventh shutout to tie for the league lead.

After three straight starts, 1 Butterfield Rd. AUGUST 30th! by location) THE VOWD!" HAND Nil 5 Bradley gave keeper Jorge Campos the night off. Also getting the night off was defender Francis Okaroh, who has been playing with cracked ribs. Tom Soehn filled in for Okaroh. The victory moved the Fire three points closer to an MLS playoff spot.

Depending on the weekend results from the Dallas and Kansas City matches, the Fire could clinch a bid next Saturday with a victory in Kansas City. Gambling Continued from Page 1 gambling and placed numerous bets on behalf of himself and his friends, his lawyers said. He sometimes acted as a bookie himself, and other times laid off bets with other bookies. "Like many other students, I began gambling because I found it fun and exciting," Ballarini said in the statement. "Unfortunately, I allowed it to take over my life." In late 1994 and early 1995, Ballarini pressed NU basketball player Kenneth Dion Lee to pay a $4,000 gambling debt with another bookie.

At one point Lee's mother flew to Chicago from her Kentucky home to pay off $2,000 of the debt, according to court documents and sources. By February 1995, Ballarani told Stemberk of Lee's continuing debt. According to his plea agreement, Ballarini accompanied Stemberk to a nearby pay phone and listened as Stemberk allegedly threatened Lee. Lee pleaded guilty in the point-shaving scandal After talk of gambling surfaced in fall 1994, Ballarini was eventually forced out of Northwestern. By June 1995, he enrolled at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and according to his plea agreement resumed his gambling activities.

Ballarini took bets from a number of Colorado students, including at least one student-athlete, authorities said. He also continued to accept bets from two of his Illinois bettors. One was publicly identified in the plea agreement as Stemberk, but in court Ballarini let slip out the other's name, Brendan P. Behan, as U.S. District Judge Ann Williams questioned him.

Behan is a Cook County sheriffs police officer. Bill Cunningham, a spokesman for the sheriffs office, said the office's inspector general would look into whether Behan violated any department rules or laws. Stemberk was charged with trying to minimize his role in the illegal gambling business in two grand jury appearances, the first in 1995 and the second last March, just a week before Ballarini's indictment The charges alleged that Stemberk regularly placed wagers of $50 to $5,000 each with Ballarini several times a week on college and pro sports. Stemberk, 24, of North Riverside, attended Loyola University between August 1991 and May 1996, according to the university's office of registration and records. Stemberk is likely to plead guilty to perjury charges, sources said.

BRIEFS Agassi advances with ease at RCA P) Andre Agassi routed Wayne Ferreira 6-2, 6-1 Friday in the quarterfinals of the RCA Championships in Indianapolis. Agassi, the tournament's fifth seed, will play unseeded Ramon Delgado of Paraguay, a 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 winner over Byron Black, in Saturday's semifinal round. The other semifinal pits 15th-seeded Todd Martin against No. 6 Alex Corretja. Martin defeated unseeded Hicham Arazi of Monaco 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (13-11), while Corretja overcame third-seeded Greg Rused-ski 64, 6-3.

Goran Ivanisevic advanced to the semifinals of the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven, needing only 55 minutes to beat Leander Paes 6-2, 6-4. Paes defeated top-seeded Pete Sampras in straight sets Thursday. Ivanisevic will play defending champ Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semifinals. Kafelnikov, the No. 5 seed, defeated No.

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