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Hank Kim, a senior at North Carolina State, matched the U.S. Amateur record with an eight-under 64 in the opening day of qualifying at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Kim matched the mark set by PGA Tour star Phil Mickelson in 1990. Kim took a one-stroke lead over 18-year-old Tiger Woods of Cypress. Defending champion John Harris of Edina, Minn., opened with a 69.

The low 64 after two rounds of qualifying advance to match play.

College Basketball

Rollie Massimino said he intends to remain as Nevada Las Vegas basketball coach, despite being told again that he won’t be paid the remainder of nearly $2 million secretly promised by former school officials.

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Massimino emerged from an hour-long meeting with UNLV interim president Kenny Guinn to say he believes he still will be paid the extra $375,000 per year called for in the supplemental contract.

Guinn, however, said he told Massimino that only his base salary of $511,000 would be paid.

The USC men’s basketball team began its Asian exhibition tour by posting two victories against Hung Fu in Hong Kong.

Last Thursday, Lorenzo Orr scored 19 points and Tremayne Anchrum grabbed 14 rebounds as the Trojans won, 81-66.

In the rematch with Hung Fu on Friday, USC won, 83-54, as Brandon Martin scored 20 points.

The Trojans play Taiwan on Wednesday.

Baseball

Darren Daulton had a cancerous mole removed from his stomach last week and doctors declared the Philadelphia Phillies’ catcher in good health.

Daulton is the second Phillie player to undergo a cancer operation this year. First baseman John Kruk had a cancerous testicle removed March 8 and underwent several weeks of low-dose radiation treatment.

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Pittsburgh city officials will meet Thursday with Penguin board chairman Howard Baldwin and hope to learn if he will be a serious bidder for the Pirates, who are for sale.

Baldwin initially approached the Pirates’ board of directors last February about buying the team, but the board unanimously rejected his reported $85-million offer.

Boxing

Tommy Morrison will try to recapture the World Boxing Organization heavyweight championship from Herbie Hide of Britain in Hong Kong’s first world title fight on Oct. 23, organizers said. Morrison (41-2-1, 35 KO’s) lost the title to Michael Bentt in October of 1993 and Bentt then lost it to Hide (26-0, 25 KO’s) in March.

The Danish Professional Boxing Federation said it is quitting the World Boxing Organization.

Soccer

Roberto Baggio, whose missed penalty kick in the World Cup final clinched the championship for Brazil, has not been a leader for Juventus in the Italian league, team owner Gianni Agnelli said.

Baggio, the world player of the year in 1993, has spent four seasons with Juventus, one of the largest clubs in the league, leading the club in scoring over that span.

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“He has given Juventus moderate achievements, but (French star Michel) Platini was something else. He offered more as a team player,” Agnelli said, referring to the captain who led Juventus to the 1985 European Champions Cup title.

Stan Collymore scored in the 26th minute as newly promoted Nottingham Forest rallied to tie defending champion Manchester United in England’s Premier League match in Nottingham, 1-1.

Names in the News

The Mighty Ducks met with Paul Kariya, their top pick in the 1993 NHL draft, for two hours in Vancouver. Kariya, who will turn 20 in October, will be too old to re-enter the draft next July, so he would become an unrestricted free agent if he does not play this season.

Mats Wilander, the 1988 U.S. Open champion, is among 13 tennis players to receive wild-card entries for next week’s U.S. Open. In the women’s draw, USTA girls’ 18 national champion Meilen Tu received a wild-card entry.

Odessa Lee Grady Clay, 77, the mother of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, died Sunday in Louisville, Ky. Clay, disabled by a stroke in February, died at a suburban Louisville nursing home.

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