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SPORTS News Herald, Port Clinton, Ohio Sports Editor Mark Griffin, 734-3141, ext 219 Tuesday, March 1 4, 1 995 A6 Basketball NBA Washington 106, Charlotte 103 Houston 97, Atlanta 86 L.A. Lakers 93, Indiana 91 Dallas 130, Golden State 125 mmnm Owners cancel meeting plans after NLRB summons Gannett Newt Service Baseball owners pulled the plug Monday on strike talks planned for this week after the National Labor Relations Board asked to meet with both sides today in Washington, D.C. NLRB general counsel Frdd Feinstein, who will meet with management lawyers in the morning and union representatives in the afternoon, is expected to disclose how he will rule on the players' unfair labor practice charges. The owners' negotiating committee was already at a Disney World hotel in Florida, formulating its "best offer" requested by special mediator Bill Usery to present to the union Tuesday or Wednesday. "When the situation has been clarified, a determination will be made when negotiations should resume," Usery said Monday night.

Said union chief Don Fehr: "No matter what happens tomorrow, we want to resume negotiations as soon as possible, hopefully Thursday." "It's fruitless to prepare a best offer when the NLRB thing is hanging over our heads," John Harrington, chairman of the owners' negotiating committee, said. The union claims management illegally eliminated salary arbitration and individual bargaining last month and seeks an injunction to restore the old rules. If a complaint is issued against owners held. If an injunction is granted the old work rules relating to free agency, salary arbitration and signing policies would be restored while the case is being decided. Fehr has said if that happens, the players will end the strike.

Owners then would have to decide whether to lock them out. An injunction would be only temporary. What follows after a complaint is issued is a hearing before an administrative law judge a full-blown trial, with sides presenting evidence. The judge then will either uphold or dismiss the complaint. The losing side can appeal to the NLRB, which will review the case and issue a decision.

by Feinstein, it would be only the first step in what could be a long process. Here's how the process will work: Feinstein will probably ask the five members of the NLRB for permission to seek an injunction in U.S. District Court in New York. This will take several days. Although unlikely, Feinstein could ask the court for a temporary restraining order against the owners, which could be granted much faster than an injunction.

Once the NLRB approves Feinstein's request, one of the 39 judges in New York's Southern District would be chosen to hear the case. Before a decision is handed down, an injunctive hearing would be No. 1 ran rang all hype' Top-rated Bruins look for first NCAA title since Wooden era -J 5 i usl Prison talk may lead to ring battle Associated Press PLAINFTELD, Ind. Riddick Bowe and Mike Tyson spoke to each other at the prison where Tyson is nearing the end of his sentence for a 1992 rape convic-. tion.

The next time the two meet, it could be in the ring. "Hopefully if things go right, I'll get my opportunity," Bowe said Monday night following a 45-minute meeting with Tyson at the Indiana Youth Center. "But I want Mike at this point to relax and just take it easy and hope-' fully we can get together. "Mike is the best heavyweight out there, as far as I'm concerned. It will be a dream for myself to face Mike.

Not to mention there will be a whole lot of money involved." Bowe stopped Herbie Hide in the sixth round Saturday night in a WBO heavyweight title bout in Las Vegas, but he had to knock down the much, smaller Briton seven times to accomplish it. Once Tyson, 28, leaves the Indiana Youth Center, his home since he was convicted of rape in 1992, he plans to return to Cleveland. After that, he will remain on probation for three years. Tyson is scheduled for release March 25. There are no legal restrictions that might prevent him from resuming his boxing career.

"Mike looks in excellent shape," Bowe said. "He's in a good state of mind and I think he'll be a force to be reckoned with." Bowe said no definite plans were made. "I think he's just eager to go, I think it would be beneficial to. Mike I think Mike has grown up," Bowe said. Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison bufearned one day off his sentence for day of good behavior.

i-, Mr' Associated Press LOS ANGELES UCLA is the hottest team in the country, with a No. 1 ranking, a 13-game winning streak, a 25-2 record and a No. 1 seed in the West Regional of the NCAA tournament. It's been 20 years since the Bruins entered the tournament ranked No. 1 and won their 10th and last national championship.

Now in their third week at the top of the rankings, the novelty definitely has worn off. Ed O'Bannon figures the top spot doesn't translate into much more than extra television coverage. "All of the rankings are put aside once the ball is thrown in the air," he said. "To me, it's all hype. I'm sure everyone else in the country feels the same way." O'Bannon projects the polite, yet weary, attitude of someone who's been here and answered all the questions before.

Having yet to play a tournament game, he admits, "This whole thing can get kind of old." But the fifth-year senior knows the Bruins have to win their first-round game against 16th-seeded Florida International on Friday in Boise, Idaho, for anyone to pose different questions. For UCLA, it's always been a matter of what-have-you-done-lately? And the answer is, a couple of Pac-10 Conference championships. That doesn't wow the Bruin alumni, who still are mesmerized by John Wooden's mag Hockey NHL Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 2 Washington 3, Tampa Bay 0 Los Angeles 4, Toronto 1 Dallas 4, Chicago 2 Baseball Exhibition Chi. W. Sox 2.

NY Yankees 0 Houston 6, Kansas City 4 Minnesota 1, St. Louis 0 Atlanta 5, New York Mets 1 Cincinnati 8, Philadelphia 7 Montreal 7, Los Angeles 3 Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2 (11) Texas 9, Boston 3 Milwaukee 6, California 4 Oakland 6, Colorado 3 Chicago Cubs 4, San Fran. 3 Seattle 2, San Diego 1 (10) Cleveland 4, Detroit 1 All-Big Ten men's teams PARK RIDGE, III. Michigan State senior guard Shawn Res-pert and Indiana senior forward Alan Henderson were unanimous choices for the all-Big Ten men's basketball team, the conference announced Monday. Respert and Henderson were unanimous choices of both a media panel and of Big Ten coaches.

Both panels also selected players for the second and third teams. All-Big Ten list, A7. Stobart added to OSU staff COLUMBUS Ohio State has chosen former Memphis and Toledo coach Chuck Stobart to be wide receivers coach at the Big Ten Conference school. Stobart, a native of Bradbury, replaces Mike Stock, who left Ohio State to be special teams coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, the university said in a news release Monday. Stobart compiled a record of 29-36-1 at Memphis from 1989-94.

His teams at Toledo went 24-31-1 from 1977-81 and he was chosen the Mid-American Conference coach of the year in 1979 and 1981. From 1982-84, he was head coach at Utah, where his teams went 16-17-1. He also was an assistant coach at Marshall, Cincinnati, Miami of Ohio, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Arizona and Southern Cal. Adult Softball teams needed OAK HARBOR Oak Harbor adult softball is looking to expand the Men's League, which plays doubleheaders on Sundays. The Co-Ed league, which played on Fridays last summer, is also looking to add more teams.

Also, Over-30, Church, and Women's leagues may be formed if there is enough interest. More umpires also are needed. For more information, contact Lenny Appelhans at 898-0353. Meetings will begin soon. Harbor Lanes student bowling PORT CLINTON Harbor Lanes will have student specials Thursday from p.m.

and Friday from noon to 6 p.m. Students may bowl for $1.25 per game including bumpers. Rock Bowl will be held from p.m. Friday. TV Today NBA Basketball Denver at New York, 8 p.m., TNT.

Boxing Featherweights, Wayne McCullough (15-0-0) vs. Geroni-mo Cardoz (22-6-2); mid-dleweights, Paul Vaden (21-0-0) vs. Fitzgerald Bruney (11-5-0), Kenner, 9 p.m., USA. Associated Press file photo UCLA COACH John Wooden wears a smile and the victory net after the Bruins won their 10th NCAA title with a 92-85 victory over Kentucky on March 31, 1975. The Bruins are ranked No.

1 heading into this year's 64-team tournament. like bringing it up." "You know you're going good On Sunday, several national when people criticize you," sportscasters expressed doubts reserve guard Cameron Dollar about UCLA, with one saying said. the Bruins are ripe for an early exit Final polls. A7 ical run of 10 titles in 12 years. O'Bannon doesn't hesitate in putting the fans' silent mantra into words: "If you don't win, you had a bad season," he said.

UCLA has two first-round losses in the last five years, most recently against Tulsa last March. The Bruins trailed by 29 points before losing 112-102, and the image of point guard Tyus Edney slamming a towel to the floor as the clock ticked down is again being resurrected on TV. Asked if that loss still motivates the Bruins, O'Bannon lets out a long sigh and throws his hands in the air. "We have enough motivation and enough push to just play as hard as we can. Our priorities this year are different," he said.

"Last year, we looked ahead to Oklahoma State in the second round and Arkansas in the third round. Tulsa got overlooked. That's not the case this year. "Last year, I don't think we understood or we were ready mentally or anything. It was just kind of a blind thing.

It was almost like we wanted to just hurry up and end our season so we could start over again." Freshman guard Toby Bailey, who was born eight months after UCLA beat Kentucky 92-85 on March 31, 1975, recalls cringing after the Tulsa loss. As a Bruin recruit out of Loyola High School in Los Angeles, it didn't look too good. "We don't really talk about what happened last year. It's in the mind of everyone," he said. "It's something that's always going to be there, but we don't en by the time the owners leave on Thursday, the Rams would interpret it as a "no" vote.

Shaw said the move is justified legally, morally and every other way. The owners, meanwhile, spent the day on a number of issues and after nine hours many were waiting to be heard on the move. Tagliabue, asked if he agreed with Shaw's assessment on no vote, replied "yes." And asked if the thought there would be a vote at these meetings, he replied: "To have a vote, first you need a consensus, "Right now, we have no consensus." While Tagliabue said his reservations were not entirely financial, money remained at the heart of the issue, particularly television money. Fox, which carries NFC games, based its $1.58 billion four-year payment on getting the conference in the form Tagliabue described as "the most attractive package in sports." But he noted that if the Rams moved from the nation's No. 2 television market to No.

18 in St. Louis, its percentage of television homes would qEgBiaMgEiij-MiaaB Owners leave Rams Projected top draft pick tests positive for drugs Associated Press PHOENIX Warren Sapp, projected as a possible No. 1 pick in next month's NFL draft, failed drug tests at the league's scouting combine in February, sources said. The New York Times, citing several unidentified club executives, reported Tuesday that SanD failed marijuana tests in Indianapolis. two league executives, said Sapp guessing drop from 58 percent to 52.5.

Asked how much money that involved, he replied: "You can't figure that totally in terms of money." Shaw, meanwhile, seemed to remain adamantly opposed to turning over to the league any revenue from the personal seating licenses. Tagliabue and some owners have contented that the PSLs, which are essentially payments by fans for the right to purchase tickets, are ticket revenues and thus to be shared. But Shaw disagreed, saying the money belonged to FANS the St. Louis group that wooed the Rams. Tagliabue also noted that a move by the Rams would create realignment problems leaving the NFC West with only San Francisco on the West Coast plus St.

Louis, Atlanta, Carolina and New Orleans. "Most or all of St. Louis' home games would have to start at 3 p.m," he said. "And would West Coast fans be satisfied watching eastern teams? All of this factors in, not only with Fox but with NBC, too." rI cocaine and ESpN, citing SAPP If I it iwtvu uoiuvc Several asked not to Press at the that Sapp and tests. Sapp, the draft after All-America Award Associated Press PHOENIX The Rams say that the absence of a vote on their proposed move to St.

Louis would be interpreted as a "no" vote. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue says that without a consensus on the move, there will be no vote. And, Tagliabue says, there's no consensus right now. So where does that leave the Rams? Probably somewhere between Anaheim and St. Louis, with the word "lawsuit" hanging in the air Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon is already threatening an antitrust suit if the NFL turns down the move.

But the NFL owners don't seem to care. "If they think that's going to scare us, they're dealing with the wrong people," said Carmen Policy, president of the San Francisco 49ers and a member of the finance committee that will make its recommendations on the move. John Shaw, the president of the Rams, held a news briefing early and said that if no vote were tak iui max ljudila. club and league executives, who be identified, told The Associated NFL meetings on Monday night up to seven players failed marijuana who declared himself eligible for his junior year at Miami, was an defensive tackle. He won the Lom-bardi as the nation's best lineman.

"I really don't have anything to sav until I talk to the league and the people surrounding this issue, and once I do Warren and myself will have a comment," said Sapp's agent, Drew Rosenhaus. NFL policy says that any college player who makes himself eligible for the draft and later tests positive for a banned sustance is automatically entered into the league's drug program once he signs a contract. Testing positive, however, does not prevent a player from entering the league. ESPN said Sapp was one of seven players who tested positive for marijuana. 73SG5.