Pro Basketball

The Phoenix Suns breathed a sigh of relief when Charles Barkley was able to rejoin the team after a battery of tests revealed that the star forward’s collapse was caused by fatigue and not, as first suspected, by a bulging disk in his back.

Barkley had a serious scare Saturday night when his legs went numb and he collapsed while running wind sprints at the team’s practice facility in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Clipper center Stanley Roberts is expected to be sidelined until Wednesday with a strained lower back. Roberts sustained the injury Sunday during a workout at UC Irvine. Roberts was examined Monday by Dr. Tony Daly, the team physician, who placed him on an anti-inflamatory.

Karl Malone, in the midst of contract negotiations with the Utah Jazz, will sit out two exhibition games against the Lakers in Honolulu to attend the funeral of his former brother-in-law, who was murdered.

The Philadelphia 76ers acquired guard Sean Green from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for a second-round 1994 draft choice.

Will Perdue signed a contract extension with the Chicago Bulls.

Jurisprudence

The obsessed fan of Steffi Graf who allegedly knifed Monica Seles on April 30 goes on trial today in Hamburg, Germany.

Guenter Parche, a 39-year-old unemployed lathe operator from Nordhausen, is charged with causing grievous bodily harm.

Miscellany

Peter Jacobsen won his second Skills Challenge with a 40-foot putt in a made-for-television competition at Orlando, Fla. The event will be on NBC this weekend. . . . Golfer Heather Farr was in stable condition at a Newport Beach hospital after surgery to remove a collection of blood from her right chest wall. . . . Forward Bob Sweeney of the Buffalo Sabres was suspended for three games for his part in a fight against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. . . . Marquette University will drop its “Warriors” nickname by the end of the current academic year out of respect to American Indians, the school announced . . . Zambian soccer officials have protested to FIFA that biased refereeing in Sunday’s match against Morocco cost their nation a place in the World Cup finals.