Holland Is on Texas Tech List

Judith Holland, senior associate athletic director at UCLA, is among five finalists for the position of athletic director at Texas Tech, an advisory search committee at the Southwest Conference school announced.

The other finalists are athletic directors Bob Bockrath of the University of California, Rick Dickson of Tulsa, Jerry Hughes of Central Missouri State and associate athletic director Nora Lynn Finch of North Carolina State.

All but Bockrath applied for the job, said Sam Curl, dean of agricultural sciences at Texas Tech and chairman of the search committee.

The committee turned over its short list to President Robert W. Lawless on Tuesday. Lawless said he may begin interviewing candidates as early as this week.

Holland also reportedly is a candidate for the vacant athletic director’s job at Texas A&M.;

Pro Basketball

No progress was made in A.C. Green’s negotiations with the Lakers after Marc Fleisher, Green’s New York-based agent, spoke with General Manager Jerry West. Fleisher said talks concentrated on the direction West plans to take the Lakers.

Green, an unrestricted free agent, also is negotiating with several other NBA teams, including the Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns.

Fleisher said another discussion with West was not scheduled.

Hockey

The Mighty Ducks acquired left wing Patrik Carnback and right wing Todd Ewen from the Montreal Canadiens for a third-round pick in the 1994 NHL entry draft. It was the first trade by the NHL expansion franchise.

Jurisprudence

Malpractice lawyer Bruce Fagel of Beverly Hills said he advised representatives of Reggie Lewis’ family that they should not file a lawsuit in connection with the death of the Boston Celtic star.

Fagel, who represented the family of the late Hank Gathers in litigation stemming from the death of the Loyola Marymount star in 1990, said a lawsuit in the Lewis matter would open difficult and potentially painful issues and wouldn’t be justified by the family’s financial situation.

When Lewis died after collapsing at Brandeis University on July 27, he had three years left on a guaranteed five-year, $16.5-million contract. The Celtics have said they will honor the contract.

Rutgers quarterback Bryan Fortay charges in a lawsuit that his old school, the University of Miami, hurt his chances for a professional career by not making him the starting quarterback.

Miami failed to keep a promise to make Fortay the starter and also failed to supervise an academic adviser who involved Fortay and teammates in a Pell Grant scandal, according to the lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J. Fortay is seeking $10 million.

Miscellany

Cal State Long Beach will face Memphis State on Feb. 21, 1994, in the first college basketball game to be played in the Anaheim Arena, officials representing Long Beach and the arena said.

Names in the News

Don Chaney of the Detroit Pistons, Pete Gillen of Xavier University and Rick Majerus of the University of Utah were chosen as assistant coaches for USA Basketball’s 1994 men’s world championship team. . . . A one-year suspension of Argentine soccer star Claudio Caniggia for cocaine use was confirmed by FIFA, the world soccer governing body. . . . Belgian rider Serge Baguet outsprinted Dutch rival Maarten Den Bakker to win the second, 117-mile stage of the Tour of Britain cycle race, but Australian Phil Anderson remained the overall leader.