Warriors Suspend Absent Sprewell Without Pay

The Golden State Warriors suspended guard Latrell Sprewell for two games without pay Monday, citing conduct detrimental to the team.

Sprewell, who did not attend an event for Warrior season ticket holders Sunday, repeatedly has violated rules prohibiting unexcused absences from official team functions, Golden State officials said.

Sprewell will sit out games against the Phoenix Suns tonight and the Houston Rockets on Thursday.

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Hakeem Olajuwon and Vernon Maxwell, both suffering from iron deficient anemia, will not accompany the Houston Rockets to Sacramento for tonight’s game. The two players have sat out three games since they were diagnosed last week with the ailment.

Pro Football

Kansas City Chief quarterback Joe Montana reportedly is expected to retire this month after 16 seasons in the NFL. Newsday, quoting sources familiar with Montana’s situation, said he’ll make his decision official within the next three weeks.

John Guy, who has 21 years of coaching experience on the college and pro level, has been hired as a defensive assistant by the Raiders. Guy, 43, is a former special teams coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Rams will take a look at former Washington and Cleveland quarterback Mark Rypien today at Rams Park, but there will be no immediate attempt to sign him. Rypien has been advised that the Rams will work with Chris Miller and Tommy Maddox beginning with Wednesday’s opening to a three-day minicamp under new coach Rich Brooks. . . . Receiver Tom Waddle, known as a clutch receiver for the Chicago Bears, signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. Terms were not disclosed. . . . The Seattle Seahawks acquired wide receiver Ricky Proehl from the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a fourth-round draft choice. Proehl, the Cardinals’ fifth-round draft choice in 1990 out of Wake Forest, accepted a restructured three-year contract for undisclosed terms. . . . Defensive back Terrell Buckley, passed over in the NFL expansion draft, has been traded to the Miami Dolphins for past considerations, the Green Bay Packers said. . . . Herschel Walker’s deal with the New York Giants will pay him $4.8 million over three years.

Jack Kent Cooke, his hopes of building a stadium between Baltimore and Washington dashed by local opposition and zoning problems, is now looking at sites in a different Maryland suburb.

Names in the News

Former world figure skating champion Midori Ito has applied for reinstatement that will make her eligible for future World Championships and the 1998 Winter Olympics in her native Japan. As expected, Olympic gold medalist Oksana Baiul of Ukraine did not apply. . . . Top-seeded Alberto Berasategui of Spain was upset by Portugal’s Nuno Marques, 6-4, 7-5, in the first round of the $575,000 Estoril Open tennis tournament in Lisbon. . . . Fernando Vargas, the youngest national amateur boxing champion ever, has withdrawn from this week’s U.S. Amateur Championships in Colorado Springs for medical reasons. Vargas, a light-welterweight from Oxnard, won a U.S. Amateur title last year as a 16-year-old.

Mike Heideman was named men’s basketball coach at Wisconsin Green Bay. . . . Ballroom dancing and surfing took a first step toward eventual inclusion in the Olympics when they were granted provisional recognition by the International Olympic Committee.