Wind No Problem for Herron in Florida

His first-round score was 62, but that was without wind and everybody said PGA Tour rookie Tim Herron would come back to the Honda Classic pack in Coral Springs, Fla., when the afternoon breeze picked up for the second round.

It blew from the northwest Friday, but Herron had a four-under-par 68 and extended his lead from two strokes to six.

Olin Browne is at 136, farther behind than any runner-up halfway through a PGA event since Jose Maria Olazabal led by nine shots in the 1990 World Series of Golf.

“I’m on the tour now,” Herron said. “It’s time to step up to the plate and get some experience.”

Browne also shot a 68 and was one stroke ahead of Michael Bradley, New Zealand’s Michael Campbell and Mark McCumber.

Tennis

Pete Sampras, ranked No. 1 in the world, defaulted his quarterfinal match to unseeded Tim Henman in the ABN AMRO indoor tournament in Rotterdam because an ankle he sprained in a match the day before hadn’t responded to overnight treatment. Second-seeded Goran Ivanisevic served 18 aces in a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Martin Damm.

South Africa’s Wayne Ferreira ended the run of UCLA sophomore Justin Gimelstob, and Sandon Stolle eliminated Stefan Edberg in the quarterfinals of the Franklin Templeton Classic at Scottsdale, Ariz.

The top-seeded Ferreira defeated Gimelstob, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, and Stolle defeated Edberg, 7-5, 6-3, to reach the semifinals of an ATP event for the first time since 1992.

Pro Football

The Miami Dolphins, who have lost three free agents, kept one when they signed guard Keith Sims, a three-time Pro Bowl player, to a five-year contract.

Free-agent safety Lorenzo Lynch--released because the Arizona Cardinals had salary cap problems--was signed by the Oakland Raiders. Terms were not announced. . . . Linebacker Ricardo McDonald, who started every game last season for Cincinnati, agreed to a two-year contract with the Bengals. . . . Offensive lineman Mike Devlin, who played the last three seasons with the Buffalo Bills, agreed to a one-year contract with the Cardinals.

After intense debate, the Cleveland City Council approved an amended version of the proposed NFL deal that could bring pro football back to the city by 1999.

Jurisprudence

San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Judith Kozloski cut the support Sun Bonds is getting from her former husband, San Francisco Giant outfielder Barry Bonds, from $20,000 to $10,000 a month and told her to look for a job because the support would not be indefinite.

A federal magistrate refused to release former NBA player Charles “Hawkeye” Whitney, 38, on bond after he was jailed on drug-related robbery and kidnapping charges in Washington. A lawyer for John Lucas, the coach-general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, said she will ask that Whitney go to Lucas’ drug treatment center in Texas.

A Washington State student has been arrested for allegedly throwing a glass salt shaker from the stands during a men’s basketball game Feb. 29 against Arizona.

Miscellany

Julius Achon and Ibrahim Aden, George Mason’s 1-2 punch in the mile, swept into the final as the Patriots began a bid to end Arkansas’ 12-year reign as men’s team champion in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis. UCLA shotputter Jonathan Ogden, an offensive tackle who is being projected as a top pick in next month’s NFL draft, had the best throw of his career, 63-8 1/4, in leading a 1-2 UCLA finish.

Martin Buser, a two-time winner, earned a $3,500 bonus and a seven-course gourmet meal for reaching the Yukon River village of Ruby, Alaska, first in the Iditarod sled dog race.

Finland’s Jari Mantila soared 94.5 and 97.5 meters for 251.5 points to win the normal hill competition in the World Cup Nordic combined in Falun, Sweden.

Heini Baumgartner of Switzerland and Elena Batalova of Russia had solid acro-ski victories in a World Cup freestyle meet in Salen, Sweden.

The United States has no plans to prevent athletes from Cuba or other nations considered pariahs by Washington from attending this year’s summer Olympics in Atlanta, the State Department said.

Auto Racing

Jacques Villeneuve will start from the pole in his first career Formula One race after leading qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne. His lap of 92.371 seconds (128.401 mph) was .138 faster than Williams-Renault teammate Damon Hill.

Within 24 hours of becoming a father for the first time--wife Debbie had a 7-pound 14-ounce girl, Katelyn--NASCAR rookie Johnny Benson won the pole by turning a 185.434-mph lap at Atlanta Motor Speedway in qualifying for Sunday’s Purolator 500.

Names in the News

Bill Shumard, 45, was named interim athletic director at Long Beach State by university President Robert Maxson.