Alleged Bookie Received Fresno State Tickets

Fresno State basketball Coach Jerry Tarkanian’s personal business agent turned game tickets over to a suspected sports bookie, the Fresno Bee reported Thursday.

Athletic department records show that the bookie got at least 42 tickets and his brother eight from Jose Elgorriaga Jr. during the season. Tarkanian receives 90 tickets to each home game as part of his contract and said he gives Elgorriaga four to six tickets for each game.

University officials and the FBI are investigating rumors of point-shaving. The investigations have focused on guards Dominick Young and Chris Herren. Both have denied shaving points. The Times reported that members of a Southern California bookmaking ring were told Fresno State players were fixing games.

Horse Racing

After Gary Stevens opened the door, Jerry Bailey rode Singspiel to victory in the Dubai World Cup, giving him the winning mount in the $4-million race for the second consecutive year. Siphon was second and Sandpit third.

Football

Leroy Hoard, who revived the Minnesota Vikings’ running game after they resuscitated his career last season, agreed to a $1.6-million, two-year contract.

Defensive end Al Fontenot joined the Indianapolis Colts with a four-year contract believed worth $4 million. . . . The Pittsburgh Steelers re-signed defensive end Kevin Henry. . . . Running back Tshimanga Biakabutuka has recovered faster than expected from major knee surgery and has been cleared to take part in a mini-camp Carolina is holding this month.

Jurisprudence

Washington Redskin owner Jack Kent Cooke’s wife, Marlena Ramallo, should be deported because of her guilty plea in a drug case, the Justice Department argued before a federal appeals court panel.

A 26-year-old woman testified that Cleveland Indian relief pitcher Jose Mesa raped her by forcing his hand into her pants while driving from a bar to a motel.

The woman also acknowledged under cross-examination that she was drunk at the time and did not leave Mesa despite several opportunities to get away.

Golf

Defending champion Scott McCarron got off to a good start in the Freeeport-McDermott Classic in New Orleans. He shot a first-round 65, seven under par, on the 7,116-yard course, tying him with David Toms and Larry Rinker.

John Jacobs, Isao Aoki, J.C. Snead and Gil Morgan birdied five of the last nine holes to finish at six-under-par 66 in the Tradition at Scottsdale, Ariz. Simon Hobday also had a share of the five-way tie for the lead.

Calvin Peete withdrew after a car taking him to the tournament was involved in a collision. Peete, 53, told officials he was not injured.

Noelle Daghe, a non-winner in her seven-year LPGA career, played her way through back pain to shoot a five-under-par 67 for a three-shot lead over Tammie Green and Sharon Barrett after the first round of the Longs Drugs Challenge in Lincoln, Calif.

Miscellany

The Galaxy will play exhibitions against Aston Villa of England’s Premier League on May 20 in the Rose Bowl and the A-League’s Minnesota Thunder on July 16 at Blaine, Minn.

Ricky Craven was in serious but stable condition after hitting the wall during the opening session of Winston Cup practice at the new Texas Motor Speedway. Rain postponed the opening round of qualifying for Sunday’s Interstate Batteries 500.

Marquette’s Mike Deane became the first coach suspended from the NCAA tournament when he was banned for one game for his behavior during a first-round game.

World-class triathlete Judy Flannery, 57, was killed Wednesday in Poolesville, Md., when a car driven by an unlicensed 16-year-old swerved across a center line and hit her, according to police.

Sports filmmaker Bud Greenspan won a George Foster Peabody Award for his Olympics documentary.

Karen Bye scored three goals and Cammi Granato two for the United States, which outshot Sweden, 73-4, in a 10-0 rout in a Women’s World Ice Hockey Championship game in London, Canada. It clinched an Olympic berth for the Americans.

Tennis

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario became the first defending champion in a quarter-century at the Family Circle Cup at Hilton Head, S.C., to lose before the quarterfinals, falling to 13th-seeded Amanda Coetzer, 6-2, 5-7, 6-0. . . . Defending champion Pete Sampras withdrew from the Salem Open in Hong Kong because of a wrist injury. . . . Defending men’s national champion Stanford (14-1) will play top-ranked UCLA (18-1) today at 1:30 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.

Names in the News

The Dallas Stars signed left wing Greg Adams, their third leading scorer with 20 goals, to a one-year contract with an option for the 1998-99 season. . . . Washington forward Mark Sanford said he will make himself eligible for the NBA draft.