Barkley, Oakley Suspended for Participating in Fight

Charles Barkley’s regular-season debut for the Houston Rockets has been delayed.

Barkley was suspended for a game and fined $5,000 Monday for a fight with New York’s Charles Oakley in an exhibition game last Friday. Oakley, who started the fight by slamming Barkley to the floor, was set down for two games and fined $10,000.

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The Portland Trail Blazers suspended Isaiah Rider for their season opener Friday night for failing to show up for Sunday’s final exhibition game.

Jurisprudence

A man accused of trying to set up a $1-million drug deal for former NFL defensive back Darryl Henley pleaded guilty to a narcotics charge in Los Angeles.

Jimmy Washington, 49, faces a minimum sentence of 10 years after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics. He will be sentenced Jan. 27.

Julie Pound, the wife of International Olympic Committee vice president Dick Pound, has been fined $2,000 for a run-in with an Atlanta police officer during the Olympic Games.

Julie Pound, who was arrested July 31, pleaded guilty last week to charges of failure to comply with traffic instructions and disorderly conduct.

Boxer Tommy Morrison pleaded guilty to transporting a loaded firearm at Jay, Okla. The plea bargain allowed Morrison to receive a six-month suspended sentence.

Names in the News

Stefan Edberg, playing in his next-to-last pro tennis tournament, beat Michael Stich in the first round of the Paris Open, 6-2, 6-4.

Craig Breedlove narrowly averted injury when his jet-powered car reached 675 mph, then tipped on its side and careened across the desert at Gerlach, Nev. The crash, however, ended Breedlove’s attempt to regain the land speed record this year.

Long Beach State basketball guard James Cotton broke a rib landing on a teammate’s foot in practice Sunday but said he will be ready to start the regular season.

Steve Pederson, associate athletic director at Nebraska, will succeed Oval Jaynes as Pittsburgh’s athletic director.

Roy Jones Jr. will meet former champion Mike McCallum for the soon-to-be-declared vacant WBC light heavyweight title on Nov. 22 at the new $160 million Ice Palace in downtown Tampa, Fla.

Promoter Peter Broudy will move his monthly boxing program from the Olympic Auditorium to the Reseda Country Club starting Nov. 21.

Mark Lewis surprised top-ranked World Boxing Organization junior-welterweight contender Carlos Gonzalez of Mexico on a fifth-round split technical decision at the Forum. The scheduled 10-round bout was stopped at 1:58 of the fifth when the fighters’ heads unintentionally collided.

Lewis, of Mira Loma, improved to 15-2 with 12 knockouts. He knocked down Gonzalez (45-3-1) in the third round.