Camby Arrested; Police Say Marijuana Found in His Car

Former University of Massachusetts basketball star and Toronto Raptor forward Marcus Camby was arrested on a marijuana charge near his home at South Windsor, Conn., after police spotted his car drifting across a road.

Police said they suspected a drunk driver when they pulled Camby over about 2 a.m., about 10 miles from where he went to high school in Hartford. Camby told police he had not been drinking, but the officer smelled burned marijuana in the car, said Sgt. Matthew D. Reed.

A search of Camby’s rented car turned up one marijuana cigarette and burned stubs of two others in an ashtray, police said.

Camby, 23, was taken into custody on charges of possession of marijuana and failure to drive in the proper lane. He was released after posting $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Manchester Superior Court on June 25.

Pro Football

Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Michael Irvin denied that he assaulted a man in a San Francisco club and said he is willing to discuss the case with police.

San Francisco police spokesman Jim Leach confirmed Irvin was named in a complaint filed Thursday by a man who said the Cowboy receiver punched him and held him captive in a club basement.

Irvin, 31, allegedly forced Aaron Waller, 30, into the basement of the 1015 Folsom club, hit him in the chest and refused to release him until security guards arrived, according to a police report.

In a brief news conference in Dallas, Irvin denied that account. “No, there was no exchange. I did ask an individual if he took my phone,” Irvin said. “Kill me today, God, if I’m lying.”

Miami Dolphin receiver Yatil Green became the second NFL first-round draft pick to sign when he agreed to a five-year, $6.25-million deal. Also, quarterback Dan Marino signed a one-year extension through 1999. . . . Former New Orleans Saint safety Greg Jackson signed a one-year contract with the San Diego Chargers.

Tennis

Pete Sampras’ struggles continued when he was ousted by Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the Queen’s Club tournament at London.

The eighth-seeded Bjorkman advanced to a semifinal matchup against No. 16 Greg Rusedski, who overcame Australian Patrick Rafter, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, to become the first British player ever to reach the semifinals at Queen’s.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Boris Becker, both searching for their first title of the year, won to advance to a semifinal showdown in the Gerry Weber Open at Halle, Germany. The top-seeded Russian edged Germany’s Michael Stich, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (6-3), 6-3, and fourth-seeded Becker cruised past American Jeff Tarango, 6-4, 6-2.

Australian Kristine Kunce served three aces in the final game to upset third-seeded Lisa Raymond, 6-4, 6-7 (9-7), 6-3, and advance to the semifinals of the DFS Classic at Birmingham, England. . . . Belgium’s Filip Dewulf, a semifinalist at the French Open, and Gigi Fernandez were granted wild-card entry into Wimbledon.

Track and Field

Olympic women’s 100-meter champion Gail Devers pulled out of the U.S. track and field championships at Indianapolis in an apparent dispute over possible wild-card entries to the world championships.

Bob Kersee, Devers’ coach, expressed displeasure over talk of giving world championship wild-card entries to double Olympic and world champion Michael Johnson and three-time decathlon world champion Dan O’Brien, who are both sidelined by injury and unable to compete in this qualifying event.

“Why should I risk injury to my athletes here if they are going to grant wild cards,” Kersee said.

Hurdler Stephon Flenoy, given an opportunity to compete in the championships though recently suspended by track and field’s world governing body, finishedseventh and last in his preliminary heat of the 400-meter hurdles.

Donovan Bailey of Canada ran his fastest 100-meter race of the season, clocking 9.94 seconds, to defeat archrival Linford Christie at Nuremberg, Germany.

Distance runners Mebrahtom Keflezighi of UCLA and Amy Skieresz of Arizona have been named Pacific 10 Conference track and field athletes of the year. Pac-10 men’s coach of the year is USC’s Ron Allice; honored as women’s coach was UCLA’s Jeanette Bolden.

Boxing

Lawyers for promoter Don King are trying to keep his testimony at an insurance fraud trial two years ago from being introduced at his retrial on the same charges. King and his company, Don King Productions Inc., will be tried next month in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where a jury two years ago deadlocked on charges that he cheated Lloyds of London.

Polish-born German Dariusz Michalczewski (34-0) scored a unanimous decision over Virgil Hill (43-2) at Duesseldorf, Germany, to become the first man to hold three light-heavyweight titles.

Miscellany

Bill McGillis, interim athletic director at Houston, has been named general manager of the Long Beach StingRays of the women’s American Basketball League. . . . The U.S. Auto Club denied protests filed by A.J. Foyt Enterprises and Team Menard, reaffirming its decision to declare Arie Luyendyk the winner of last week’s True Value 500. . . . A judge ruled that the University of Michigan must release a letter that reprimanded men’s basketball Coach Steve Fisher for his handling of several incidents involving a booster to the Ann Arbor News. A Washtenaw County Circuit Court judge rejected the university’s argument that releasing the document would be an invasion of Fisher’s privacy.