Gordon Injured in Qualifying

Robby Gordon was knocked unconscious Friday in a high-speed crash during practice for Sunday’s Marlboro 500 Indy-car race in Brooklyn, Mich.

Gordon, 26, had to be cut out of his car after the hard crash. Dr. Steve Olvey, IndyCar’s director of medical affairs, said Gordon awoke in the ambulance on the way to the infield medical center and was awake and alert when he left the speedway by helicopter for a 20-mile trip to Jackson, Mich.

Gordon, from Orange, was in stable condition in W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital. IndyCar officials said a CAT scan and X-rays turned out negative.

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Damon Hill ignored the booing of the crowd and drove to the provisional pole position for the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim. Formula One champion Michael Schumacher had to settle for third in qualifying for Sunday’s race.

Tennis

Mats Wilander, once the world’s No. 1 ranked tennis player, pulled off another surprise in the Canadian Open, beating fourth-seeded Yvgeny Kafelnikov, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), in their quarterfinal match in Montreal. Also advancing to the semifinals were Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and Thomas Enqvist.

College Football

Carl Galmon, who forced the Sugar Bowl Committee to integrate more than 20 years ago, has renewed his fight, claiming the bowl has done little since then to diversify its membership. Although the organization’s current director is black, there are no women and only eight blacks on the 99-member committee which coordinates the Sugar Bowl football game and related events.

Hockey

The Mighty Ducks have agreed to terms with left wing Garry Valk on a three-year contract, winning their gamble that they could re-sign him as a free agent without offering a 10% raise on his $430,000 arbitration award.

Valk won a $130,000 retroactive raise in July, but to retain his rights the Ducks would have had to offer him at least $474,000. General Manager Jack Ferreira decided to take his chances on signing Valk for less in the open market.

The Ducks announced the signings of four players, including left wing Denny Lambert, who had a goal and three assists in 13 games late last season after being called up from San Diego of the International Hockey League.

Miscellany

Two members of Montreal outfielder Moises Alou’s family were murdered in a bloody shootout at a New York bodega Thursday night.

The incident occurred at about 10 p.m. when the suspect, Kareem Fauntleroy, allegedly tried to rob Junior’s Grocery Store in Brooklyn at gunpoint. Alou’s father-in-law, bodega owner Peccio Melo, 54, apparently responded by drawing his own pistol. In an exchange of gunfire, Melo was hit several times in the upper body, police said. He died at the scene. Also struck was Alou’s brother-in-law, Julio Melo, 33, who died about an hour later at Kings County Hospital.

Alou learned of the news Friday morning and left Montreal with his wife, Austria, for New York.

Vernon Maxwell has filed a grievance with the NBA against the Houston Rockets for terminating his contract after they waived him, the players’ agent said. The Rockets maintain Maxwell voided his contract when he faked an injury late in the season.

Former Tennessee assistant football coach Jack Sells and T.J. Kinko’s Inc. announced this week a settlement of Sells’ $3-million lawsuit against the Ventura-based company. Sells sued Kinko’s in 1992, accusing the business of violating his privacy, damaging his reputation and destroying his career.

The United States, leading after the first day of Admiral’s Cup racing, struggled to keep pace with the head of the fleet in the first of two offshore races. Tactician Jon Kolius, coach of the U.S women’s America’s Cup campaign, helped lead the Irish big boat Jameson I out of the Solent off the Isle of Wight in the English Channel with a three-minute lead over German boat Pinta.