Mistrial Declared in Hurley Case

A motorist who collided with Sacramento Kings’ guard Bobby Hurley could face another reckless driving trial, a prosecutor said Monday.

Judge Roland L. Candee declared a mistrial Monday in Sacramento after jurors deadlocked 10-2 in favor of convicting Daniel Wieland, 38.

Deputy District Attorney A.J. Pongratz called a retrial on the misdemeanor charge “a definite probability.”

Wieland’s station wagon collided with Hurley’s four-wheel-drive vehicle Dec. 12 on a dark roadway near Arco Arena after a King game.

Hurley suffered broken ribs, lung injuries, a compression fracture in his back and other injuries.

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The criminal sexual conduct charge against former Minnesota Viking Joey Browner was dropped.

Colleges

A University of Kentucky baseball player’s mysterious death in June was the result of a hypersensitive reaction to medication that damaged his heart, doctors said.

Troy Trumbo, 20, of Danville, was taking several types of medication for a cough, cold and back pain when he died June 15, team doctors said.

Tennis

Against her father’s wishes, but with his consent, 14-year-old Venus Williams is going to become a professional.

Williams, a Los Angeles native who trains in Delray Beach, Fla., will compete in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, an indoor tournament beginning Oct. 31.

Fifth-seeded Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria struggled to defeat American Pam Shriver, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), on the opening day of the European Indoors women’s tournament in Zurich, Switzerland.

Fifth-seeded Renzo Furlan of Italy lost, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, to Francisco Clavet of Spain in the opening round of the Athens International tournament in Greece.

Baseball

Congress will hold renewed hearings on the baseball strike by the end of January, said Rep. Pat Williams (D-Mont.), chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor.

“I think it’s likely the House will likely pass either or both antitrust legislation or binding arbitration legislation if we have seen no action by January,” Williams said.

Miscellany

A Brisbane man, 63, became the second athlete in three days to die during the World Masters Games in Brisbane, Australia.

The man collapsed during a tennis match at the Jinadalee center, a games spokesperson said. His name was withheld until his next of kin could be notified.

On Saturday, Vent Hansen, a 61-year-old Danish cyclist, died from a massive heart attack after competing in the 60-64 years 16.5-kilometer time trial.

The U.S. soccer team will play an exhibition against Trinidad and Tobago at Port of Spain on Nov. 19.

China’s women won five of their country’s eight golds--two in swimming, three in weightlifting--on the opening day of medal competition at the 12th Asian Games.

Seve Ballesteros, who made up 11 shots in the final two rounds of the German Masters in Motzen, Germany, won by defeating compatriot Jose Maria Olazabal and South African Ernie Els on the first extra playoff hole.

Names in the News

Eight days after suffering a skull fracture in a sprint car race in Rossburg, Ohio, Page Jones, son of 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner Parnelli Jones, remained unconscious in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.

David Earl, editor of the U.S. Golf Assn.’s official magazine, died of a heart attack while on assignment in Paris. He was 48.

U.S. national soccer team forward Roy Wegerle scored his first goal of the season as Coventry City tied Leicester, 2-2, in England’s Premier League.

Alvin Robertson, who did not play in a game for Denver last season because of a back injury, was waived by the Nuggets.

Powerboat racer Don (Rique) Ford, dragged 75 feet when a thief stole his truck, remained in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Riverside General Hospital.