Marshall, Eisley Included in Four-Team NBA Trade

The Utah Jazz was expected to complete a four-team trade Monday that would bring Golden State Warrior forward Donyell Marshall to Salt Lake City.

According to the Deseret News, the Jazz also was going to acquire Bruno Sundov, a 7-foot-2 center from Dallas, and Bill Curley, a free-agent power forward from Golden State.

Utah was to give one-time starting forward Adam Keefe to Golden State and send forward Scott Padgett, a rookie last season, to Dallas along with a draft pick.

Howard Eisley was to become part of the deal in a sign-and-trade agreement with the Mavericks, who planned to sign the guard anyway. Eisley, the primary backup to John Stockton, passed on a five-year, $20-million contract offer last week.

The trade also includes Boston, which will give up power forward Danny Fortson to Golden State and guard Dana Barros to Dallas. The Celtics will land Dallas guard Robert Pack, forward John Williams, and one of two first-round draft picks from the Jazz.

Hockey

The Colorado Avalanche and captain Joe Sakic avoided salary arbitration by agreeing on a one-year contract that will pay Sakic $7.9 million next season.

One day before a scheduled arbitration hearing in Toronto, the Kings and center Bryan Smolinski agreed to a one-year, $1.7-million contract that means he will be playing for the same money he played for last season.

A bonus structure was also included that could increase his compensation to $1.95 million.

Uwe Krupp and the Detroit Red Wings will meet with an arbitrator Thursday in New York to determine if the club owes the injured defenseman the $12.3 million left on his contract.

Krupp, who signed a guaranteed four-year, $16.4-million contract before the 1998-99 season, injured his back shortly into his first season with the Red Wings. Krupp hasn’t played since, saying the injury ended his career.

Chicago Blackhawk defenseman Bryan McCabe won his salary arbitration case and was awarded a one-year contract worth $2.15 million, the team said. . . . The Vancouver Canucks signed free-agent defenseman Scott Lachance. . . . Left winger Michel Picard signed a two-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.

Olympics

U.S. Olympic officials will go to the International Olympic Committee in a last-ditch effort to allow former Cuban kayaker Angel Perez to compete for the United States in Sydney.

Cuba’s refusal to allow Perez on the U.S. team will be appealed to the IOC’s executive board when it meets in two weeks in Sydney, said William Hybl, chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

A bad bet on the value of the Australian dollar cost the U.S. Olympic movement $500,000 that would have been used to fund the American delegation next month in Sydney.

The loss resulted from the purchase of several million dollars in Australian dollars last year in a “hedge bet” that the Australian dollar would be stronger by the time the Olympics began. Instead, the U.S. dollar is stronger against the Australian dollar, making the purchase a losing bet, the USOC executive committee was told.

Matt Lindland defeated Keith Sieracki, 8-0, in a rematch at Colorado Springs, Colo., for a slot in the 167 1/2-pound Greco-Roman division on the U.S. team for the Sydney Games. The rematch was ordered by an arbitrator after two other appeals by Lindland were denied. . . . Mika Halvari, Finland’s No. 1 shot putter, tore his Achilles tendon and will miss the Olympics.

Jurisprudence

A federal grand jury indicted former Indianapolis Colt quarterback Art Schlichter on 10 counts of money laundering and fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to sell sports tickets he never had.

The indictment accuses the 40-year-old former Ohio State football star with accepting payment for nonexistent tickets to such sporting events as the NCAA Final Four and Indiana Pacer and Colt games, according to court papers in Indianapolis.

Former Kansas City Chief running back Bam Morris, 28, pleaded guilty in federal court on two of four counts to charges he sold marijuana and laundered money.

He admitted to attempting to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana in the Kansas City area between Jan. 1, 1998 and May 10 of this year.

Tennis

Albert Costa of Spain focused on Goran Ivanisevic’s serve during warmups, and the extra effort paid off with a 7-5, 6-2 victory in the opening round of the RCA Championships at Indianapolis.

In other matches, No. 9 Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco advanced with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Sweden’s Thomas Johansson, and Italy’s Gianluca Pozzi ousted No. 15 Andrei Pavel of Romania, 7-6 (0), 2-6, 6-2.

Five-time Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg said he would play in the Atlanta Champions tournament next month in what could be his final appearance in the United States. Borg, 44, has been on the senior tour for seven years and plans to retire at the end of the year.

Anna Kournikova jumped to a 4-0 lead and defeated Cara Black, 6-3, 7-6 (4), in the first round of the du Maurier Open women’s tennis tournament at Montreal. In other first-round matchs, Nathalie Dechy of France beat Alexandra Stevenson, 6-3, 6-4, and South African Amanda Coetzer defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand, 6-2, 6-2.

Andre Agassi, playing doubles at the Legg Mason Classic in Washington, had to quit because of a bad back. But it wasn’t his bad back. Partner Peter Nyborg was the one who couldn’t continue after a brief rain delay. In singles play, Chris Woodruff was upset by Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Miscellany

Seventeen high school-age football players across the country died last year, five from head injuries suffered on the field, according to a University of North Carolina study.

One college player also died from an on-field head injury, the study found. The head-injury deaths resulted from brain injuries such as severe concussions or hematomas.

Proposed Anaheim and Los Angeles franchises in ABA 2000, a revival of the American Basketball Assn. that hopes to begin play in December, made their two territorial draft selections. Anaheim selected Ronnie Coleman, a former USC player, and Mark Neal, who played at South Alabama and Long Beach College. Los Angeles chose former UCLA players Ed O’Bannon and Tyus Edney. ABA 2000 franchises are scheduled to draft additional players today.

A U.S. entry in the 2002-2003 America’s Cup competition, headed by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, is trying to lure New Zealander Chris Dickson, who could become the first skipper to win the Cup for a country other than his own.

Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor, who had his two-year ban for a positive cocaine test reduced to one year this month, is making his comeback today at a track meet in Montauban, France.

South Carolina pitcher Kip Bouknight, Louisiana State catcher Brad Cresse, Georgia Tech third baseman Mark Teixeira, Texas pitcher Beau Hale and Stanford pitcher Justin Wayne are finalists for the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the top amateur baseball player.

Marcia Fletcher became Clemson’s first black head coach when she was named track and field coach.