Blackhawks Trade Roenick to Coyotes

The Phoenix Coyotes acquired all-star center Jeremy Roenick from the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday for two players and a first-round pick in 1997.

“We are extremely pleased to acquire Jeremy Roenick,” Coyote General Manager John Paddock said. “He’s 185 to 190 pounds, and he plays like he’s 220 and runs over people. Put that with the skill package he has and the speed he has--that’s why you have a very complete, all-around package.”

Chicago, which would have received five first-round draft picks as compensation if the 26-year-old restricted free agent signed with another team, picked up center Alexei Zhamnov and right wing Craig Mills.

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Center Kris Draper agreed to a four-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Tennis

Pete Sampras ended the surprising run by tour newcomer Tommy Haas with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in the quarterfinals of the RCA Championships at Indianapolis.

Haas, an 18-year-old German, had defeated two seeded players in his first tour event.

In other quarterfinal matches, No. 2 Goran Ivanisevic survived a shaky start to outlast unseeded Lionel Roux, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, and No. 13 Bohdan Ulihrach staged a mild upset of No. 11 Alex Corretja, 6-4, 7-5. Ulihrach will face Sampras today.

Seventh-seeded Slava Dosedel of the Czech Republic upset top-seeded Alberto Costa of Spain, 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the semifinals of the Croatia Open at Umag, Croatia.

Dosedel will face third-seeded Felix Mantilla of Spain in today’s semifinals. Mantilla beat Gilbert Schaller of Austria, 6-3, 7-6.

In the other quarterfinals, fourth-seeded Carlos Moya of Spain defeated countryman Marcos A. Gorriz, 6-2, 6-1, and Christian Ruud of Norway defeated Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil, 7-5, 6-4.

Auto Racing

Jeff Burton, in the same Ford that couldn’t even make it into the March NASCAR race at Atlanta, edged Bobby Labonte and Mark Martin for the inside starting spot in Sunday’s GM Goodwrench 400 at Brooklyn, Mich.

Burton, 29, the rookie of the year in 1994, pushed his Ford around Michigan International Speedway’s high-banked two-mile oval in a qualifying lap of 185.395 mph. Labonte was next with a lap at 185.228 mph.

Bryan Herta, aiming for only the second pole position of his Indy-car career, was fastest in provisional qualifying for the Texaco-Havoline 200 at Elkhart Lake, Wis.

Herta’s fast lap of 140.285 mph on the four-mile, 11-turn road course come as the checkered flag waved for the end of the 30-minute session. That bumped Jimmy Vasser, the PPG Indy Car World Series points leader, to the outside of the front row with a lap of 140.100 mph.

Jurisprudence

A topless dancer indicted with Dallas Cowboy receiver Michael Irvin on drug possession charges has been sentenced to two years probation on a plea bargain.

Jasmine Nabwangu, 21, pleaded no contest to a fourth-degree felony charge of possessing cocaine, which police found in an early March 4 search of a motel room she occupied with another dancer and Irvin.

University of Miami linebackers James Burgess and Jeffrey Taylor, suspended after being charged with felonies, pleaded no contest to reduced charges and could rejoin practice as early as Monday.

Burgess and Taylor had each faced a felony charge of burglary with assault and battery for their involvement in the beating of former track athlete Maxwell Voce at the school in June.

Golf

Former champion Steve Lowery eagled the 14th hole and vaulted past Robin Freeman and into the early second-round lead in the Sprint International PGA tournament at Castle Rock, Colo.

Lowery, who won this event in 1994 thanks to eagles on No. 14 and 17 in the final round, began the day with seven points under the modified Stableford scoring system used in this unusual tournament and finished with 19.

Lowery’s 12-point round included the eagle on the par-five 14th, where he reached the green in two and rolled in a 40-foot putt.

Lowery, 35, also was the 36-hole leader the year he won.

“I have good feelings about this place,” he said. “I like the golf course. It sets up well for me. I can read the greens well. The aggressive nature of the format suits my style. And any time you come back to a place where you’ve won before, it helps your confidence.

Mike McCullough, who got the 16th and final spot out of this year’s Senior PGA Tour qualifying school, shot a six-under-par 66 to share the first-round lead of the $800,000 Northville Long Island Classic at Jericho, N.Y.

McCullough birdied two of the last four holes on the 6,842-yard Meadow Brook Club course to draw even with Raymond Floyd and Larry Gilbert.

After chasing down Karrie Webb last week for her first professional title, American Emilee Klein is running away from her Australian rival in the Women’s British Open at Woburn, England.

Klein, 22, who defeated Webb by two strokes Sunday in the Ping Welch’s Championship at Canton Mass., shot a seven-under-par 66 for a 12-under 134 total.

Webb, the defending champion, was five back, along with Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam and England’s Alison Nicholas.

Miscellany

Donovan Bailey of Canada, the Olympic champion and world-record holder, surged from behind to defeat Dennis Mitchell in the 100-meter dash at the IAAF Grand Prix meet at Cologne, Germany.

Mitchell, who defeated Bailey at Zurich Wednesday, had a quick start and led at 50 meters. But Bailey pulled away in the final 10 meters and won in 10.03 seconds.

Mitchell, who was fourth at Atlanta, was second in 10.07, while Frankie Fredericks of Namibia, the Olympic silver medalist, finished third in 10.14.

In the women’s 100 meters, Merlene Ottey of Jamaica got revenge over American rivals. Ottey, who lost a photo-finish to Gail Devers at Atlanta, won in 10.98.

Gwen Torrence, the Olympic bronze medalist, led most of the way but wound up second in 10.99. Devers was third in 11.12.

Clipper Coach Bill Fitch, who underwent emergency triple bypass surgery on Aug. 9, was released from Columbia Conroe Regional Medical Center.

“He will continue his rehabilitation at his home in nearby Montgomery, Texas, outside of Houston,” the Clippers said in a release. “Fitch’s next medical examination is expected to take place early next week.”. . . Doris Glenn Easterly of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., won her second one-meter springboard title in the National Diving Championships at Moultrie, Ga. . . . FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, will guarantee that soccer balls carrying its logo were not hand-stitched by children, Massachusetts’ Rep. Joseph Kennedy’s office said.