NBA Suspends Suns’ Dumas

The NBA has suspended Phoenix Sun forward Richard Dumas and told him to report to a substance-abuse center in Texas or California.

A league spokesman said Wednesday the referral to the Houston clinic of San Antonio Spur Coach John Lucas or the NBA’s Adult Substance Abuse Program in Van Nuys constitutes a first “strike” against Dumas under the NBA’s three-strike program against drug offenders.

The league also said Dumas has been uncooperative and must serve an indefinite suspension without pay. The league did not elaborate on Dumas’ conduct.

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Former Duke point guard Bobby Hurley signed a $16.5-million, six-year contract with the Sacramento Kings, making him the team’s second highest-paid player behind shooting guard Mitch Richmond.

The Kings waived their rights to unrestricted free-agent forwards Kurt Rambis, Anthony Bonner and Rod Higgins.

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Leonard (Truck) Robinson, a two-time All-Star, will join the Cleveland Cavaliers as an assistant coach, the team announced. . . . The Boston Celtics signed free-agent guard Chris Corchiani, who last season played for Rapid City of the CBA, Orlando and Washington in the NBA and Bennetton Treviso of the Italian League.

Soccer

The U.S. national soccer team defeated a select team from Cameroon, 3-1, in a closed scrimmage at the team’s training center at Mission Viejo.

Cameroon’s team had only three members of its national A team and consisted mainly of players from its under-23 team.

Janusz Michallik scored first in the 15th minute, on a pass from Thomas Dooley. Mike Burns scored on a cross in the 71st minute and Jean-Pierre Mbroun of Cameroon scored two minutes later.

Cobi Jones scored the final goal, a tap-in in the 84th minute.

College Sports

The NCAA Infractions Committee will meet this weekend in Denver to review alleged rules violations by the Nevada Las Vegas basketball program, despite threats of lawsuits by former coach Jerry Tarkanian and former Rebel players.

Any penalties assessed by the committee will probably be announced in three to four weeks.

Tarkanian filed suit against UNLV last week, charging a conspiracy to ruin his college coaching career. He also has a suit pending against the NCAA.

Hockey

Center Pierre Turgeon signed a four-year, $11-million contract with the New York Islanders to become the highest paid player in team history. Turgeon had 58 goals and 74 assists last season and won the Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship. . . . Goaltender Felix Potvin signed a three-year, $4-million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Potvin had a 2.50 goals-against average last year with a 25-15-7 record. . . . Right wing Alexander Mogilny, the Buffalo Sabres’ leading scorer last season, may miss the first 10 games of the regular season while recuperating from a broken right leg suffered in the playoffs in May.

Jurisprudence

A deaf man who says blackouts of home football games discriminate against deaf people has filed a $1.4-billion federal lawsuit in Cleveland against the NFL and the three major television networks.

Former UNLV basketball star J.R. Rider is free on $5,000 bail after being arrested in Alameda on a traffic warrant for failing to appear in court.

Miscellany

In a rematch of the 1992 NCAA championship final, the third-ranked UCLA women’s volleyball team will play host to top-ranked Stanford tonight at 7 at Pauley Pavilion. . . . U.S. Open champion Pete Sampras will play an exhibition against Andre Agassi at 7 p.m. Friday at the Forum. In the first match, Cecil Mamiit of Los Angeles plays Paul Goldstein of Rockville, Md., in a rematch of the USTA 18-and-under title match, won by Goldstein. . . . Forty-eight of the top women’s billiard players in the world will compete in a 9-ball tournament at the Bicycle Club Casino in Bell Gardens this weekend. The tournament, which begins today and ends Sunday, has a purse of $30,000.

Names in the News

Davis High Coach Laura Hall has been appointed assistant women’s basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton.