Kennedy Complains About Seahawk Move

The NFL Players Assn. has received a grievance from defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy related to the Seattle Seahawks’ move to Southern California, and one from Sam Adams may follow.

Kennedy has complained that the Seahawks’ moving their training facility and headquarters to the former Rams practice facility in Anaheim has left him without a place to work out in Seattle, the News Tribune of Tacoma said. His contract includes a $200,000 workout bonus.

Adams, also a defensive tackle, reported to the Anaheim facility on Wednesday and has a $100,000 workout bonus. His agent, Angelo Wright, said that the move means he would have to pay about $11,000 in California taxes for training in Anaheim.

David Behring, Seahawk owner Ken Behring’s son, will meet Friday with NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue over the practice sessions. Tagliabue has questioned why the team couldn’t practice in its facility in Everett, Wash.

Football

The San Francisco 49ers bought some insurance at running back, signing former Stanford hero Tommy Vardell to a two-year contract that reportedly calls for $1.45 million over two years.

Lou Holtz of Notre Dame and Bobby Bowden of Florida State will coach in the 1997 Hula Bowl all-star game in Honolulu. . . . The Carolina Panthers re-signed offensive guard Sean Love and added safety Damon Pieri and punter Aaron Kanner to their training camp roster.

Jurisprudence

Prosecutors say Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin will be subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury about why he was in a motel room where a woman was arrested on drug charges. While investigating a motel manager’s complaint early March 4 about possible prostitution and drug use, police in suburban Irving, Texas, said they discovered marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia in a room occupied by four people.

Angela Renee Beck, 22, of Cedar Hill, a south Dallas suburb, was the only person arrested. She claimed all the drugs belonged to her.

Former world champion boxer Donald Curry, 34, is in jail in Ft. Worth, Texas, since being accused of failing to pay more than $4,500 in child support.

The fate of collective bargaining in football, basketball and hockey will be argued before the Supreme Court next Wednesday in a case that could determine whether the sports will have work stoppages in the next few years.

Kenneth W. Starr, working for the NFL Players Assn., will try to persuade the justices that sports unions should be able to file antitrust suits against leagues if owners impose new work rules after collective bargaining agreements expire.

A magistrate in Southampton began hearing evidence against Bruce Grobbelaar, John Fashanu and Hans Segars of the Premier League, who are accused of fixing matches in English soccer’s biggest bribery scandal in 30 years.

Auto Racing

Tony George could have brought Championship Auto Racing Teams to its knees simply by cutting the costs of racing, says three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser. Instead, because of George’s use of his Indianapolis Motor Speedway as leverage in his fight with CART, he has created a rift that may not heal and the Indy 500 may be the victim, Unser said.

George launched the new Indy Racing League this season in competition with CART, which has scheduled a competing race at Michigan International Speedway.

Miscellany

Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic overcame a tenacious Andrei Chesnokov and his home fans for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory in the St. Petersburg Open in Russia.

Soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, ruled out Japan and South Korea jointly hosting the soccer World Cup in 2002.

Juventus of Turin beat Real Madrid, 2-0, to advance to the semifinals of the Champions Cup, Europe’s most prestigious club soccer tournament. Defending champion Ajax Amsterdam won, 1-0, against Borussia Dortmund and advanced.

Eclipse champion Cigar’s job got a little easier when the potential field for the $4 million Dubai World Cup in United Arab Emirates lost Richard Mandella-trained starter Dare and Go because of an ankle injury.

Names in the News

The Long Beach Riptide of the Western Baseball League signed Jeff Burroughs to return as manager and first baseman Don Barbara to return as a player. . . . The Ice Dogs sent left wing Viktor Gordiouk to the Utah Grizzlies for a player to be named later and traded defenseman/assistant coach Mark Hardy to the Detroit Vipers for defenseman Sverr Sears. . . . Services for Ben Foote, for many years publicist and promoter of motor races at Ascot Park, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Neighborhood Church at 415 Paseo Del Mar, Palos Verdes Estates. Foote, 74, died March 9.