Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 29

ar UitfH 'ar iota 4w aiyia LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER LEXINGTON KY THURSDAY JUNE 24 1993 C3 Sports mM Arkansas probe targets two athletes Miss Basketball back despite bruised lung steps" Chancellor Dan Ferritor was on vacation and could not be reached for comment a spokeswoman said yesterday Jacob Flournoy director of internal audits for the University of Arkansas system went to Fayetteville on Tuesday to investigate the matter Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE Ark The University of Arkansas is investigating the possibility that two athletes were paid for work not done or overpaid for work that was done The investigation involves a football player and a former player the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported yesterday The two students were employed by the admissions telephone information center which Patrick McEnroe fined for swearing in defeat By Cara Anna Herald-Laader itaff writer She wanted to get back in the game She had been helped from the court after a collision that left her stunned but Miss Basketball Brandi Ashby of Webster County felt ready to return She was not allowed to She could only watch the final minutes as the Kentucky All-Stars lost 113-51 to the Indiana All-Stars Saturday night in Freedom Hall Although frustrated by missing the action she briefly found some humor in the situation Briefly was laughing because I had bumped into my own teammate but then I started coughing up Ashby said She attended the news conference after the game but was then taken to the hospital where she was told she had a bruised lung She was told to take 12 days off By Tuesday she was back on the court practicing for the second game against the Indiana All-Stars scheduled for 630 pm (EDT) Saturday in Market Square Arena in Indianapolis If she took the advice she'd miss everything she said not one of those players who gives up very said Louisville Tootie Shaw who had collided with Ashby It has slowed Ashby down Tuesday she said she was running up and down the floor in practice and had to sit down for a minute Sometimes it hurts when she breathes The pain is not the problem afraid she might get hit digain think if I get hit very hard 'She's used to getting bumped and getting back She's resourceful at rehabilitating' All-Star assistant coach Phil Gibson on Brandi Ashby my lung might she said hope And she had wanted to return to game? hated that a lot of people came down from my county to see me she said felt like I was wimping out I felt fine other than coughing up She is being kept out of heavy contact in practice said All-Stars assistant coach Phil Gibson of Webster County used to getting bumped and getting he said resourceful at Ashby said she thinks she will play Saturday when Kentucky will try to come back from the worst loss in the history of the All-Star series just have to take it one day at a said All-Stars head coach Leslie Scully of Louisville Male Ashby said (the collision) happened after the beating we took Saturday that's enough motivation right there Either one is pretty motivational" She easily led the team in rebounds in that game (10) and 1 was second in scoring (eight points) but by the time she left the game she had also collected four fouls She wants to do better and that includes being a leader on the floor She had begun taking charge in the second half Saturday just like to get she said that means yelling at someone to get in place I'll do it Two other people involved with Razor back athletics have been noti- fied: Kandy Cede the i 'I? FX -I- NCAA compliance officer and Dr A1 Witte the faculty representative to the NCAA David Berst NCAA assistant executive director for enforcement said if athletes are paid for work they didn't perform or are overpaid for work it is generally considered an NCAA infraction football program has faced two minor improprieties in the last year wia ft- kfc -'J 1 (S fr Associated Pres Crum took in a tryout for the Kentucky All-Star team Sims signed a letter of intent the following Monday The development left all sides happy like to watch Louisville on Sims said was a Milt Wagner fan Ike was a guard and I wanted to be a guard I liked the way he Eades and Givens see Sims fitting in well At 6-foot-4 and powerfully built Sims can be the trademark big guard in scheme Even Morehead State Coach Dick Fick came away pleased that Sims can play for Sims' favorite school both gig what we wanted' Fk'k said wanted a national school And I signed one of the top junior colk'ge guards (Willie Perry of Tallahassee Community Coi-leger Villanova runner wins two academic honors STAMFORD Conn (AI1) Vil-Innova middle distance runner Nncnna Lynch was Refected for the GTE Academic All-America Women's All-America team and was named its Member of the Year yesterday Lynch was the Big East Conference Srholar-Athknc of the Year ami is a Rhodes Scholar recipient She is a suiology major with a 392 grade-point average deals with prospective student contacts A school spokesman said Tuesday the students under investigation no longer work in the admissions office The spokesman would not say when they had worked there is strictly the said Terry Don Phillips the associate senior athletic director it laps (over) into possible NCAA infractions then we will take the appropriate Wimbledon notes because of the two World Wars the event was not played for several years Wimbledon is not letting the milestone go unnoticed This female competitors will receive a gold bracelet with a pendant that features the 100th Championships logo The 19 living past champions will receive the gold bracelet inscribed with their name For sake Pete Sampras the top seed and top-ranked player in the world started Wimbledon as co-favorite at 9-2 and has cruised through the first two rounds So why according to licensed bookmaker Ladbrokes is he now a 7-1 shot? are just not taking any money on spokesman Paul Austin said just nut popular with the betting Ladbrokes now has two-time champion Stefan Edberg as the 3-1 favorite with 1991 winner Michael Stich the second favorite at 4-1 and Goran Ivanisevic and Boris Becker a three-time champion next at 5-1 Defending champion Andre Agassi went from 16-1 to 12-1 even before his second-round victory over Joao Cunha-Silva grass-court players at the past he said won it last year His return of serve is the best in the game and that's a gixx example of how important the return of serve is I didn't kise my serve at all today but amid have lost the second-set tiebreaker The return of serve if I am going to win it here the Agassi displayed tlut same return -of -serve prowess and more in his 5-7 6-3 6-2 64) victory over Joao Cunha-Silva At the end of the second set Agassi pulled off his shirt exposing a newly shorn midsection The women in the crowd whooped loudly and Agassi hammed it up by raising his arms and turning around to model for them Asked later why he removed his body hair formerly so visible with his cut-off shirts lie deudpanned: makes me a little more aerodynamic out there on llie When the laughter subsided someone asked wliat met In id he used Agassi say how only tlut he sometimes does it himself and sometimes has somebody else do it All of which remains secret main I cant give it Agassi said continuing the joke "Everybody is going to start doing it The girls like me lx-tter with sliorter luir I want tlum to start liking other guys you Watch Showing off his shave Defending Wimbledon champion Andre Agassi displayed his newly shorn chest and stomach at Court No 1 Central Ky Sportscard Comic Book Show Friday Saturday Sunday TURFLAND MALL Dealers from 6 States-50 Dealer Tables Boxes Sets Cases Supplies Coins Non Sports Card Comics Associated Press WIMBLEDON England Patrick McEnroe and two other players were fined yesterday for swearing during their first-round losses at Wimbledon Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands was fined $1500 for swearing at the umpire at the end of his five-set loss to Michael Chang on Tuesday McEnroe whose older brother John was notorious for his temper was fined $1000 also for swearing at the umpire during his straight-sets loss Tuesday to Chris Bailey Alan Mills the Wimbledon referee said the obscenities uttered by Haarhuis and McEnroe were carried over the BBC telecast Patrick Kuhnen of Germany was fined $500 for cursing during his four-set loss Tuesday to Magnus Larsson Mills said the baseline judge and spectators could hear Kuhnen's swearing Each player has until July 14th to appeal the fines which are to be deducted from their prize money and contributed to the Grand Slam Development Fund Ladies laurels The Ladies' Championships is celebrating its 100th year at Wimbledon 1 The actual centenary of the singles came in 1984 but SAMPRAS: Top big serve returns From Page Cl drive a backhand perfectly down the line for a winner Sampras made it 6-5 with a low backhand barely over die net that Morgan scooped up on a half-volley and knocked back into the net Sampras then ended the set with a service winner that bounced off outstretched racket In those three points and in the set that followed Sampras showed not only his health but his increasing confidence cm grass as he seeks to improve on a semifinal finish hist year his best at Wimbledon This was only his third match on Centre Court in five years and he reveled in the experience Court out of all the Grand Slams is the most enjoyable and he said the court it's dark so you cm pick up the ball really easily It's really a great court to play on 1 feel my grass-court tennis is getting better is the biggest tournament in llie world If you ask 90 percent of the players on the tour they will say Wimbledon is the one tournament tluy would like to win and I'm one of those The key to him winning he juiid is less in his serves tlun in his returns He'll get his aces if healthy Imt he'll have to improve on his ability to handle die low hard skidding serves of the top Tape Rentals Sales 4 Tapes as vf low as i95 COWBOYS ACXJIT ENTERTAINMENT AT fTS BEST! SIMS: All-Star from Paris lets play do talking From Page Cl The plan fell into place over the winter Sims had a stellar senior season He averaged a career-high 294 points and became Iaris High's all-time leading scorer with 2195 points felt he had something to Taris Coach Bob Hades said tried to show he was cajxible of playing Division I basketball the best player I've Katies has coached at Paris for 15 years and 23 seasons overall Interest from college coaches ballooned after Sims scored 38 points and grablied 16 rebounds against Ixxington Catholic in the All Classic a tournament for small schools A motlicr's faith was rewarded Recruiting lettiTS filled four drawers in (lie Sims lumic Ixniisville assistant coach Scooter McCray arranged to see Sinis play in the district tournament He liked wlut hi saw Sims scored a season-high 42 points But McCray said UofL Coach lVnny Crum needed to see Sims play before a scholarship could be offered One problem: Harrison County lient Paris that night to end the Greyhounds' season SPECIAL INCLUDES: i Replace Filter 1 0 Point Safety Check Change Oil Drive-Thru Service 1 Fill Fluid Levels Chassis Lubrication Offer Expires 731 93 with coupon Lifetime Brake Special I SPECIAL INCtUPES: I Install Pads or Shoes Resurface Rotors or Drums jl Repack Wheel Bearings Metallic Pads Extra Offer Expires731 93 with coupon Rgg 179 Transmission Service I SPECIAL INCLUDES New Gasket Up to 5 Quarts New Filter Offer Expires73193 with coupon I I I I I I I I I I this seven-footer sink a few twenty footers Come out to Greenbrier Country Club to see NBA pro Sam Bowie and your favorite celebrities play golf for a worthy cause our children 12:45 pm Saturday June 26 Greenbrier Country Club 5f WHkVKJ By FVpsi Cota Bottling Co of Lexington GTE WKYT-TV loxlnqfon HorcMLeadnr WVLK AM A FM Control bank ValvoNno OH Co Ptc-miis Ctuwty und ol the Dlurgtnss mottwhidei ISCOUNT MUFFLERS it I I I I I I I I I Man oWar ft Boston I SS J' Kevin Deglor Mgr Kenny Bailey Mgr Due to ttie fir at our eieter chib the Red Lion Lounge we have 2 ahilta of dime ere storting at noon tor 13 Hour of antertoiiHnontl DRINK SPECIALS NIONTLV Mtnutet from KeeratandoH New Circle Rd In RueceS Ceve Rite wi-tmi CHARITY CLASSIC 1312 Winchester Road 259-1236 1330 Versailles Road 252-3718 I I.