Judge Rejects IAAF Appeal

A federal judge on Tuesday reaffirmed the $27.4 million he awarded to Butch Reynolds, the world record-holder in the 400 meters who was banned by track’s world governing body for allegedly using steroids.

U.S. District Judge Joseph Kinneary rejected an appeal by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. The IAAF argued that U.S. courts have no jurisdiction over the international body.

The legal saga began when Reynolds was banned after testing positive at a meet in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in 1990. Reynolds, who set his 400 meters record in 1988, said the urine test was faulty and insisted he did not take steroids.

The IAAF imposed a two-year ban and extended it by another year when Reynolds participated in the U.S. Olympic Trials last year. Reynolds sued the IAAF for $39.5 million, and Judge Kinneary awarded him $27.4 million, saying the IAAF acted maliciously.

Boxing

Police in two states began searching for former featherweight boxing champion Bobby Chacon, 41, who has not been seen since he left his Pacoima home with a friend, Joe Valdez, on July 2 on the way to Arizona, authorities said.

Valdez was driving Chacon to Lake Havasu, Ariz., to retrieve Chacon’s pickup truck from a repair shop.

On Sunday, Deborah Chacon, who lives in Mesa, Ariz., and has been separated from Chacon for about nine months, reported her husband missing.

Chacon’s truck has not been picked up in Lake Havasu.

Tennis

A judge will decide whether to file charges in a scuffle between tennis player Mary Pierce’s father and her bodyguard at Latina, Italy, a police officer said.

Jim Pierce suffered a cut on his left arm and some bruises in the fight with Michel Bosio, a Frenchman described as a family friend and a bodyguard of the player, Raimondo Del Tufo said.

The officer said Bosio, who also suffered bruises in the scuffle, sprayed Pierce with an aerosol canister of tear gas, which is forbidden even for self-defense in Italy.

Hockey

The San Jose Sharks traded goaltender Jeff Hackett to the Chicago Blackhawks and in return received a conditional selection in next year’s NHL entry draft.

College Baseball

Arizona State baseball coach Jim Brock, who has led the Sun Devils to two national championships and 1,055 victories, will have malignant tumors removed from his colon and liver on Friday. Brock, 56, said a 10- to 12-inch section of his colon will be removed along with more than half of his liver.

Miscellany

Veteran safety Lonnie Young was released by the New York Jets after failing a physical on his injured right knee. The Jets also signed four draft picks--defensive lineman Coleman Rudolph (No. 2); tight end Fred Baxter and wide receiver Kenny Shedd, both taken in the fifth round, and tackle Alec Millen, a seventh-round pick. . . . Seventeen thoroughbreds, each valued between $20,000 and $30,000, died in a fire that destroyed the Fort Plains Horse Farm stable in New Jersey. . . . Federal investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the airplane crash that killed NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki in Tennessee in April. . . . Funeral service were to be held today it Gary, Ind., for Charles Adkins, a gold-medal winner in boxing at the 1952 Olympics. . . . European soccer’s governing body, UEFA, allowed defending champion Olympique Marseille to enter this year’s European club tournaments pending the outcome of an investigation into a bribery scandal.