Man Says Penguins Beat, Threatened Him in Bar

First Pittsburgh was eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Washington Capitals, then, in the aftermath of a party to drown their sorrows, charges were filed Monday against Penguin defenseman Peter Taglianetti and strength coach John Welday.

A man charged that Taglianetti punched him and that Welday head-butted him at a Pittsburgh bar Friday.

Both face charges of aggravated assault, and goaltender Tom Barrasso faces a charge of making terrorist threats against the man, David Miness. Miness, a student at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, told police Taglianetti struck him after Miness had complained about being bumped repeatedly and that Welday then butted him, breaking his nose.

Miness said he told Barrasso he was going to sue the bar and the Penguins and quoted Barrasso as responding: “What’s it going to be like with broken knees? I’m serious.”

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Jari Kurri of the Kings had a goal and two assists in leading Finland to a 7-2 victory over the United States in the World Hockey Championships at Alba di Canazei, Italy.

The United States, which is coached by the Mighty Ducks’ Ron Wilson and includes six Duck players, still advanced to the medal round, in which it will play Russia in Milan on Wednesday. Russia’s No. 1 goalie has been the Ducks’ Mikhail Shtalenkov.

Jurisprudence

Four German neo-Nazi teen-agers who helped beat up a U.S. Olympic athlete in a racist attack at a winter resort last October were sentenced to probation, fines or community service by a German court Monday.

The court in Suhl said they had helped two ringleaders trap U.S. athlete Duncan Kennedy, a white member of the U.S. Olympic luge team who was protecting black luge teammate Robert Pipkins.

U.S. Magistrate James E. Bradberry, in Newport News, Va., has dismissed a $1-million libel lawsuit stemming from a Sports Illustrated article about a highly publicized brawl involving high school basketball player Allen Iverson.

Julia Weaver alleged that the Oct. 25 story portrayed her as a racist, but Bradberry said that although the article was “riddled with errors” and was “a product of shoddy journalism,” it did not tarnish Weaver’s reputation.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that random drug tests violated privacy rights of University of Colorado athletes, trainers, managers and cheerleaders, leaving intact a state Supreme Court ruling in the case that was filed in 1986.

Football

Texas wide receiver Mike Adams needed 50 stitches to close a wound in the palm of his left hand caused by a knife fight at a university dormitory with former Longhorn basketball player Al Segova, according to authorities.

Adams, who gained 1,854 yards last season as a receiver and kick returner, said he suffered nerve damage and loss of feeling in his ring finger. No charges have been filed.

Cody Carlson, expected to replace Warren Moon as the Houston Oilers’ starting quarterback, signed a restructured contract that will pay him $2.1 million next season. He also got a $1.8-million signing bonus.

Miscellany

The Marquette Warriors became the Marquette Golden Eagles after a vote of students. The school’s old nickname was deemed offensive to Native Americans and not fitting for women’s teams.

CBS sports, which has lost major league baseball and pro football, has laid off 15 employees, including two vice presidents.

Names in the News

Craig Hodges, who played on two championship teams for the Chicago Bulls, was hired as the basketball coach at Chicago State. . . . Irish jockey Declan Murphy, 27, was in critical condition after suffering severe head injuries when he was thrown from his horse, Arcot, then kicked by another horse in a race at Haydock Park in England. . . . Santa Monica College women’s basketball coach Traci Waites resigned to accept an assistant coaching position at Arizona. . . . Paul Hornung, a former sports editor of the Columbus Dispatch, died of cancer at 78. . . . Former boxer Maurice (Lefty) Lachance, 72, died in Lewiston, Me.