Michael Irvin Leaves Team Meeting

Barry Switzer’s first team meeting with the Dallas Cowboys went fine for 20 minutes, until wide receiver Michael Irvin spoke up and then walked out.

Irvin, demonstratively upset at coach Jimmy Johnson’s departure last week, spoke out when Switzer credited team owner Jerry Jones for building the Cowboys into two-time Super Bowl champions.

Irvin interrupted by talking about the difficulty players had in contract negotiations. Switzer reportedly asked Irvin to let him continue and asked for them to meet later, but Irvin marched out.

“I’ve got nothing to say to nobody,” Irvin said later. “I don’t know anything. Don’t even bring those cameras over to my locker, because I’m not talking.”

Irvin told the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram that he and Jones will meet today.

Baseball

Eric Show, former pitcher for the San Diego Padres, died of an overdose of heroin and cocaine according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner.

Autopsy results revealed Show died of a self-administered, accidental overdose of the two drugs, George Dickason, investigator for the San Diego County medical examiner, said.

Show was found dead in his bed on March 16 at the Rancho L’Abri drug rehabilitation center in rural San Diego County.

Jurisprudence

Linebacker Tony Bennett, who left the Green Bay Packers for the Indianapolis Colts last week, was arrested after a female friend accused him of battery.

Forward Chris Mullin of the Golden State Warriors will play while police investigate a complaint that he assaulted a woman in a Seattle hotel room Saturday.

Linebacker Derek Burnette of Clemson was suspended for the semester for violating team rules.

Hockey

The Mighty Ducks called up defenseman Scott Chartier. Chartier, 22, has two goals and six assists in 49 games with minor league affiliate San Diego.

Buffalo forward Yuri Khmylev has a broken leg and will likely miss the rest of the regular season.

Pro Football

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed free-agent defensive lineman Blaise Winter. . . . The Indianapolis Colts signed free agent Mike Cook, a 6-foot-4 wide receiver who played at Stanford and Saddleback College.

Names in the News

Kathy Rinaldi advanced to the second round of the Bausch and Lomb Tennis championships at Amelia Island Plantation, Fla., with a 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory over 15th-seeded Barbara Rittner of Germany. . . . Patrick Lynch, general manager of the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, N.Y., was named GM of the Coliseum and Sports Arena. Lynch replaces Jay Hagerman, who was named general manager of the Mobile Civic Center in Alabama. . . . Former baseball star Jack Clark, who has campaigned the Taco Bell top-fuel drag racer with Tom McEwen, John Andretti and Ed McCulloch as drivers, plans to drive the car himself in National Hot Rod Assn. events starting at Atlanta on April 24. . . . Scott Hamilton withdrew from the Hershey’s Kisses Pro-Am figure skating Thursday and Friday at the Sports Arena, citing the recent death of his father. Two-time U.S. champion Todd Eldredge has been named to the field. . . . Thomas Hamilton, 88, an All-American halfback in 1926 for the U.S. Naval Academy all-time football greats, died of pneumonia. . . . Eric Campbell, 16, a pole vaulter at El Paso Montwood High in Texas, died after suffering head and neck injuries when he bounced off a padded mat and struck asphalt during a practice jump last weekend.