Tyson Ordered to Spend 20 More Days in Solitary

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will spend an additional 20 days in solitary confinement for throwing a TV set in a jailhouse recreation room.

After a hearing Wednesday, a two-member disciplinary panel ordered Tyson to remain isolated from other prisoners until March 16. He has been in solitary confinement since his outburst Friday.

He also has lost phone and visiting privileges and won’t be allowed to participate in group activities at the Montgomery County jail in Rockville, Md. He will be in an isolated environment for 23 hours a day.

Tyson, accompanied by a senior jail staffer, appeared before the panel after officials accused him of disorderly conduct, destroying property and assaulting a correctional officer who was allegedly struck with shards of plastic from the shattered TV set.

Tennis

Hometown favorite Tim Henman, seeded second, and Croatia’s Goran Ivanisevic, seeded seventh, were upset in the first round of the Guardian Direct indoor tournament at London.

Jan Kroslak of Slovakia beat Henman, 2-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4, and Hicham Arazi of Morocco defeated Ivanisevic, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, despite his 24 aces.

Boris Becker withdrew because of a stomach virus.

Serena Williams defeated second-seeded Nathalie Tauziat of France, 6-1, 6-4, in the second round of the Gaz de France at Paris. In another match, world No. 1 Martina Hingis of Switzerland beat Sandra Nacuk of Yugoslavia, 6-1, 6-1.

Anna Kournikova of Russia, showing no rust while playing her first match in two weeks, defeated Kristina Brandi, 6-3, 6-1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the IGA SuperThrift Tennis Classic at Oklahoma City.

Pro Football

Denise DeBartolo York, seeking to clarify the lines of power in the San Francisco 49er organization, put her husband in charge of the team and moved to cut off co-owner Eddie DeBartolo’s access to club coffers, according to the San Francisco Examiner.

The newspaper said it obtained a memo detailing the team’s new command structure. The development is the strongest sign yet that DeBartolo’s exile from the team, which arose because of legal problems in Louisiana, is not over.

Oakland Raider Coach Jon Gruden was fined $750 after pleading no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving in a move to avoid drunk-driving charges. Gruden was stopped by police in Pleasanton last October after leaving a team party. His blood-alcohol level was slightly above the legal limit.

The Minnesota Vikings re-signed free safety Orlando Thomas to a four-year contract worth $11 million. The deal includes a $2.75-million signing bonus. . . . Running back Lawrence Phillips, whose NFL career ended after two seasons, will try to play again this summer in NFL Europe. He was chosen in the 10th round of the NFL Europe draft by the Barcelona Dragons.

Miscellany

Steve Loomis, 55, who was the primary captain of the Royal Polaris when an accident involving powerful explosives claimed the life of the “second skipper” three weeks ago off Baja California, has surrendered his operator’s license to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Coast Guard Lt. Chris Palmer said Loomis voluntarily surrendered the license to avoid appearing in federal court to face charges of negligence, misconduct and violation of federal law (allowing explosives on a passenger vessel).

James “Rollo” Heyn was killed on the deck of the 113-foot luxury sportfisher when one of the homemade bombs he and others were lighting and throwing overboard went off in his hands.

Mike Rupp had 30 kills and Donnie Rafter had 28 as the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team upset second-ranked UCLA, 15-12, 9-15, 4-15, 15-13, 15-13, the Anteaters’ first win over the Bruins in 37 tries.

Anita Wachter of Austria capitalized on teammate Alexandra Meissnitzer’s mistake to win a World Cup giant slalom at Are, Sweden. Wachter had a two-run total of 2 minutes 16.36 seconds. It was her 12th giant slalom victory. A few minutes after Wachter finished her second run, Meissnitzer fell halfway down her second run.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he was delaying his plan to hold the World Cup every two years instead of quadrennially, saying soccer must first reorganize its competition schedule.

NASCAR announced that it will consolidate its broadcast rights and not allow race tracks to negotiate separate TV deals, returning to the arrangement it had until 1978--when it was in charge of the sport’s television rights.

Randy Harvey is on assignment.