Two Shot at Dennis Scott Party

A gunman opened fire early Sunday at a birthday party for Orlando Magic forward Dennis Scott at a hotel ballroom in Tysons Corner, Va., leaving two people seriously wounded.

The shooting occurred at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel near Washington, D.C., after the ballroom filled to capacity with 1,000 partygoers and was closed to additional guests, police said.

Authorities said they had no description of the gunman, who escaped.

Several hundred people who had bought tickets for the basketball player’s 29th birthday rushed the ballroom and overwhelmed about a dozen security officers, a Fairfax County police spokesman said.

Golf

Steve Jones won a spirited exchange of birdies and bogeys with Greg Norman that went down to the last putt to win the Canadian Open for the second time at Montreal.

“I really have never been more nervous on a golf course,” said Jones, who finished five under par at 275, one stroke better than Norman and two shots in front of Phil Tataurangi.

Chris Johnson’s eight-foot birdie putt on No. 18 capped a two-stroke comeback over the final two holes and gave her the LPGA Safeway Championship at Portland, Ore. She had a six-under-par 66 to finish at 10-under 206, one better than Lisa Hackney and Kim Saiki.

Italy’s Constantino Rocca fired the lowest round of his career, a nine-under-par 62, and won the European Masters by one shot at Crans-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland.

Vicente Fernandez recorded a five-under-par 67 to win the Bank One Classic at Lexington, Ky. by one stroke. Fernandez finished with a 13-under 203 total ahead of runner-up Isao Aoki, who also had a final-round 67.

Pat Bates shot a five-under-par 66 for a one-stroke victory over J.L. Lewis in the Nike Colorado Classic at Brighton, Colo.

Kerry Postillion, 34, of Burr Ridge, Ill., shot a two-over-par 74 to take medalist honors in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Northfield, N.J.

Soccer

In a game postponed one day as a mark of respect for Princess Diana, Scotland defeated Belarus, 4-1, at Aberdeen, Scotland regained the top spot in Group 4 in a World Cup qualifying match.

Deon Burton scored in the 55th minute to lead Jamaica to a 1-0 victory over Canada and moved the Jamaicans into a third-place tie with Costa Rica in World Cup qualifying. Jamaica (2-2-2) has eight points, three behind Mexico and one behind the United States.

Track and Field

Kenya’s Daniel Komen, bothered by cold, windy conditions, failed in an announced attempt to better the world 1,500-meter mark in the Bupa Grand Prix meet at Gateshead, England.

Komen, the world-record holder for 3,000 and 5,000 meters, didn’t even win the race. He was beaten at the finish by Graham Hood of Canada in 3 minutes 39.44 seconds. Komen clocked 3:39.51, far off the world record of 3:27.37 held by Algerian Noureddine Morceli.

In the 100 meters, Jon Drummond closed quickly in the final 20 meters to beat Ato Boldon of Trinidad & Tobago in 10.11. Boldon clocked 10.12 in a swirling wind. Drummond also won the 200 in 20.60.

Pro Basketball

The proposed trade that would send Chris Dudley from the Portland Trail Blazers to the New York Knicks is valid, an arbitrator ruled, saying it was not an attempt to circumvent the salary cap.

“It’s a major victory for the association and the player,” said Bill Hunter, executive director of the National Basketball Players Assn. “The players have abided by the agreement and the arbitrator ruled that our interpretation was correct.”

Arbitrator Kenneth Dam also ruled that Dudley should be paid the $1.13 million salary he was originally offered, not the NBA minimum $272,250.

Rowing

A crew team of Garrett Miller, Robert Cummins, Timothy Richter, Robert Kaehler, Michael Wherley, Philip Henry, Sebastian Bea, Christian Ahrens and Pete Cipollone led the United States to a victory over Romania in the premier men’s eight event on the final day of the World Rowing Championships at Chambery, France.

Gymnastics

Romania won the team gold medal and three of four event finals and Svetlana Chorkina of Russia defended her uneven bars title at the World Gymnastics Championships at Lausanne, Switzerland.

The United States men and women failed to win a medal, the men’s fifth-place finish matching their Olympic placing. The women’s team, with only one member of last year’s Olympic gold medal team, finished sixth in the team final, and no higher than 13th in the all-around.

Miscellany

Former Michigan football player Tom Goss is expected to be named today as the ninth athletic director in school history. He will be the fourth athletic director in the last nine years at Michigan.

The son of Oklahoma Athletic Director Steve Owens was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in Norman, Okl. Police discovered the body of Steven Blake Owens, 25, Saturday.

More than 200 people cast ballots in the San Francisco 49ers’ stadium election victory even though they were no longer residents, according to the San Francisco Examiner.