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 World Series of Golf in 1990.

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

He was on the tour in January when he opened the tournament at Tucson with a 66, then shot a 79 and missed the cut.

“I feel I have enough talent,” Herron said. “I don’t know if it’s all come out yet. It has the last two days.”

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

Tennis

Second-seeded Goran Ivanisevic served 18 aces in a 7-5, 6-2 quarterfinal victory over Martin Damm in the ABN AMRO indoor tennis tournament in Rotterdam.

Ivanisevic is the top-seeded player remaining in the field since Pete Sampras, ranked No. 1 in the world, defaulted his match to unseeded Tim Henman because an ankle that had been sprained in a match the day before hadn’t responded to overnight treatment.

Jurisprudence

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.

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.

Whitney admitted to District of Columbia police that he and an accomplice forced White House aide Mark Fabiani into a car near a subway stop in suburban Arlington, Va., on Jan. 26, and forced him to withdraw $1,600 from two automated bank machines. Police said Whitney tested positive for drugs after his arrest.

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.

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.

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 Arizona Cardinals.

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. Achon, the world leader this season with a time of 3 minutes 57.66 seconds, toyed with the field in his preliminary heat, winning easily in 4:03.78. Aden, who had the second-fastest collegiate time this year, 4:00.92, was fourth in the second heat.

D’Andre Hill of Louisiana State won her semifinal in the 55 meters in 6.70 seconds and her 200-meter heat in 23.43. LSU is seeking its fourth consecutive women’s title.

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

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 gave Pontiac its first pole in 2 1/2 years, turning a 185.434-mph lap at Atlanta Motor Speedway in qualifying for Sunday’s Purolater 500.

Damon Hill overhauled his Williams-Renault teammate, rookie Jacques Villeneuve, with five minutes remaining for the fastest time in practice for the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide. Hill clocked 1 minute 32.159 seconds over the new 3.274-mile Albert Park track, an average speed of 128.696 mph.

Names in the News

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