JurisprudenceWhile testimony in Michael Irvin’s drug trial...

Jurisprudence

While testimony in Michael Irvin’s drug trial enters its second week today, a hearing in the same Dallas courthouse is scheduled on the evidence against Johnnie Hernandez, a former policeman accused of plotting to have the Cowboy wide receiver killed.

Hernandez has claimed that Irvin had threatened Rachelle Smith, a topless dancer scheduled to testify against him in the case in which he is accused of possessing cocaine and marijuana while in the company of two other dancers and former teammate Alfredo Roberts in an Irving, Texas, motel room.

Smith is Hernandez’s girlfriend.

Motor Racing

Scott Kalitta won the top-fuel competition in the Western Auto Nationals at Topeka, Kan., for the third consecutive year, beating Kenny Bernstein with a quarter-mile run of 4.664 seconds at 314.68 mph.

John Force beat Cruz Pedregon in the quickest side-by-side funny car race in NHRA history. Force finished in 4.930 at 303.54 for his seventh victory of the season, with Pedregon at 4.942 and 304.36.

Warren Johnson won the Pro Stock event, beating Jim Yates in 7.104 at 194.38.

Roy “Buckshot” Jones won his first NASCAR Busch Grand National race, holding off Mike McLaughlin by 0.002 seconds in the Sears Auto Center 250 in Milwaukee.

Jones, 25, took the lead when Dick Trickle lost control of his Chevrolet on Lap 246 of the 250-lap race.

The victory was worth $30,075 for Jones, who averaged 82.237 mph and did loops on the front stretch in his Ford to celebrate.

Ralf Waldmann led the competition on his home turf, beating France’s Olivier Jacque to win the German 250cc motorcycling Grand Prix in Nuerburgring on a Honda.

Pro Football

A day after signing quarterback Jim Harbaugh to a $4-million contract, the Indianapolis Colts signed speedy receiver Marvin Harrison, their first-round draft choice from Syracuse. The Colts made the 5-foot-11, 180-pound receiver the 19th overall pick in April’s NFL draft.

The Indianapolis Star reported that Harrison’s contract was worth $5.825 million over five years, including a $2-million signing bonus.

Miscellaneous

Greg Walker and Greg Lewis, who missed out on selection for the Olympics, cruised to a three-length victory over Switzerland’s Jurg Habermayr and Gunter Schneider to win the Double Sculls Cup at the 157th Henley Royal Regatta in London.

Yale, marking the 100th anniversary of its first appearance at Henley, won the Temple Cup for eights, beating England’s Imperial College “A” team by 1 3/4 lengths in the final.

Victor Cooley, with Emile Ramsammy up, put Stephanotis away in the deep stretch and won the Queen’s Plate, Canada’s top horse race for 3-year-olds, by 1 1/2 lengths at Woodbine in Toronto.

The gelding stalked the pace throughout the 1 1/4-mile race, which was being run for the 137th time, and won $255,400, finishing in 2:03 4/5 and paying $7.10 as the co-favorite in a field of 13.

Adam Johnson and Jose Loiola split $25,000 for beating Olympians Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes, 15-11, in the final of the Miller Lite/AVP beach volleyball tournament in Minneapolis.

Soccer

Faustino Asprilla and Carlos Valderrama scored first-half goals for Colombia, which moved to the top of its World Cup qualifying group with a 3-1 victory over Uruguay in Barranquilla.

In other games in the South American group, Argentina played Peru to a scoreless tie in Lima despite being a player short for the final 60 minutes; and Marco Etcheverry and Juan Berthy Suarez scored for Bolivia, which routed Venezuela, 6-1, in La Paz.

Romario says he won’t play for a FIFA all-star team against Brazil next Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J., because he doesn’t want to play against his own country.

Boxing

Nigel Benn, who twisted his ankle and limped to defeat Saturday in four rounds to World Boxing Organization super-middleweight titlist Steve Collins, announced from ringside in Manchester, England, that he had quit.

About 20 minutes later, he was contemplating a rematch.

His second retirement was a bit shorter than his first. In March, Benn retired for 26 days after losing the World Boxing Council title to South Africa’s Thulane “Sugar Boy” Malinga.