Billups Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison

Former Cincinnati Bengal Lewis Billups was sentenced to 12 months in prison by a federal judge in Lexington, Ky., and fined $10,000 Friday for threatening guard Rex Chapman of the Washington Bullets in calls to Chapman’s sister.

Judge Karl Forester gave Billups credit for five months already served. He said Billups would serve the remaining seven months in a minimum-security prison.

Billups pleaded guilty in June to making phone calls to former girlfriend Jenny Chapman, in which he threatened to ruin Rex Chapman’s career if she talked to another man. In one call, Billups threatened to have friends break the NBA player’s knees.

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Attorneys in the case of two teen-agers accused of killing James Jordan, Michael Jordan’s father, have been ordered by a judge to stop talking publicly about the case.

Robeson County District Judge Robert F. Floyd delayed arguments until Sept. 17 on defense motions to exclude the media from some courtroom hearings and to silence law enforcement officials.

Meanwhile, bail was denied for defendant Daniel Andre Green and a hearing on bond for Larry Martin Demery was delayed. Both 18-year-olds are charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and conspiracy in the death of Jordan.

Basketball

The Charlotte Hornets announced they have acquired guard Hersey Hawkins from the Philadelphia 76ers for Dana Barros and forward Sidney Green.

The Hornets also sent the rights to first-round pick Greg Graham to the 76ers as well as the option to switch first-round picks with Seattle.

The Hornets had acquired Barros, Eddie Johnson and the possibility of switching 1994 draft picks with the SuperSonics in a deal that sent guard Kendall Gill to Seattle on Wednesday.

Hawkins, 26, a five-year veteran, finished sixth among the NBA’s shooting guards in scoring last year with a 20.3-point average.

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Tony White scored 23 points to lead the United States to an 87-73 quarterfinal victory over Canada in the COPABA World Championship qualifying tournament at San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In today’s semifinals, the United States (4-1) will play Argentina (4-1), which beat Venezuela, 93-82, in the quarterfinals. The championship game will be Sunday.

Twelve players from teams in the Continental Basketball Assn. make up the roster for the United States, which has already clinched a berth in next summer’s World Championships with its gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics. This 10-team tournament will send on four nations from North, South and Central America.

Track

Michael Johnson, Noureddine Morceli, Sonia O’Sullivan, Maria Mutola and Trine Hattestad each earned four kilograms of gold by winning their events at a meet in Brussels to sweep the Golden Four meets.

A total of 20 kilograms of gold, worth about $265,000, was offered as a reward to be won outright or shared by anyone winning the same event at Oslo, Norway; Zurich, Switzerland; Berlin, and Brussels.

Johnson came from behind to beat 1992 Olympic champion Quincy Watts in the 400. Johnson was timed in 44.45, with 1988 Olympic gold medalist Steve Lewis second in 44.85, Watts third in 44.89 and world record-holder Butch Reynolds fourth in 45.05.

Morceli, of Algeria, won the mile in 3:47.30, only .98 seconds off the world record held by Britain’s Steve Cram. O’Sullivan, of Ireland, beat Yvonne Murray of Scotland in the women’s 3,000 meters in 8:30.87. Maria Mutola of Mozambique won the women’s 800 meters in 1:57.90.

College Baseball

University of Miami baseball Coach Brad Kelley, accused of buying drinks for four 21-year-old players in violation of team policy, has resigned. Kelley, 38, was replaced by assistant Henry (Turtle) Thomas, 40, who has been the Hurricanes’ recruiting coordinator since 1987.

Golf

Harry Taylor had six birdies to share the lead with Billy Mayfair after two rounds of the Greater Milwaukee Open at Tuckaway Country Club. Taylor and Mayfair each had six-under-par 66s and 36-hole scores of 133.

College Basketball

Nevada Las Vegas is wrapping up one of its last tasks before finally resolving a six-year NCAA investigation of its basketball program.

University officials plan to finish a 70-page document today to send to the NCAA, outlining what the school believes penalties should be for the 28 violations it and the NCAA have agreed on.

The case is on the agenda for the NCAA’s infractions committee meeting Sept. 17-19 in Denver, and UNLV could learn its fate by late October.

The case stems from allegations that surfaced in 1987 over the recruitment of former New York City prep star Lloyd Daniels by former UNLV Coach Jerry Tarkanian.

Pro Football

The NFL and the NFL Players Assn. have reached agreement on rookie salary rules that will permit first-round draft picks Rick Mirer and Garrison Hearst to play under their 1993 contracts with incentive clauses. Their contracts contained easily reached incentives the league thought circumvented the rookie salary pool. Under a compromise, the incentives in the multiyear contracts of Seattle’s Mirer and Phoenix’s Hearst will be allowed and not counted against the rookie salary pool, but will be applied to any future salary cap.

Names in the News

Nelson Cullenward, a former USC baseball player, champion golfer and a sports writer for San Francisco newspapers for 43 years, died of a heart attack at 80.

UCLA softball player Lisa Fernandez, who led the Bruins to two national titles, has been selected the NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of California.