Marion Jones Ends Season With 100 Win

Olympic triple gold medalist Marion Jones was tired but triumphant at 100 meters Thursday, ending her season with a $150,000 payday at Doha, Qatar.

Angelo Taylor, also slower than his Olympic winning time, gained enough points from his victory in the 400-meter hurdles to finish atop the men’s 2000 season standings in the IAAF Grand Prix.

That earned him $200,000 on top of the $50,000 for winning his race.

Taylor trailed Saudi Arabia’s Hadi Soua’an Al-Somaily after the last hurdle but overtook him just before the tape in a replay of their 1-2 finish at the Olympics. Taylor won by 0.04 seconds in 48.14.

Jones was too far behind to overtake Norwegian javelin gold medalist Trine Hattestad for first in the women’s standings, even though Hattestad lost by less than half an inch to Cuba’s Sonia Bisset on Thursday.

Hattestad, who had gained bonus points with two world records this season, finished with 110 points to 104 for Jones. Gail Devers also had 104, but a tiebreaking formula gave Jones the $100,000 second prize and Devers the $50,000 third prize.

Jones won the 100 in 11 seconds, .09 ahead of U.S. teammate Chryste Gaines but well behind her Olympic winning time of 10.75.

Soccer

A Bayern Munich official demanded Christoph Daum undergo a test to prove he isn’t using drugs as the feud between the club and Germany’s designated national team coach continued to shake German soccer before Saturday’s key match against England.

Munich vice president Fritz Scherer said Daum should have a hair analysis to refute charges leveled two days ago by Bayern’s club manager, Uli Hoeness.

It was the latest attack by the powerful Bayern Munich faction, spearheaded by Hoeness, who was quoted in newspapers last weekend as saying Daum used drugs, went to prostitutes and was subject to blackmail. He has since denied making the remarks.

Catalin Haldan, a 24-year-old soccer player who had played for Romania eight times, died during an exhibition match in a southern Romanian town after collapsing during the second half. Doctors suspect a cerebral stroke might be the cause of the death. Haldan had earlier complained of feeling dizzy. . . . Lauren Nealle-May of Portola Valley, Calif., a 14-year-old student at a private school, was killed when she collided with another soccer player during a junior varsity game at Bethel, Maine.

Miscellany

The ABA 2000 is scheduled to begin play Dec. 26 with a red, white and blue basketball, with NBA stalwarts George Gervin and Paul Westhead serving as coaches, organizers said during a news conference at the Forum.

Initially announced in mid-1999, the ABA 2000 will have teams in eight cities, including Inglewood, and expects to add a ninth shortly in Anaheim. Westhead will coach the Los Angeles Stars.

The league will play a 60-game season and plans to stock its teams with players unable to make NBA rosters, European players and Americans playing overseas. It will have a $900,000 salary cap for its 10-player rosters.

The University of Minnesota wants the 17 former basketball players charged with academic misconduct to respond to accusations they cheated or risk losing class credits and degrees.

A faculty panel concluded there was cheating by the 17 students, as well as by one faculty member who has since retired. Each of the students, no longer on campus, faces one to six charges of misconduct.

Unseeded Sergi Bruguera of Spain defeated sixth-seeded Marcelo Rios of Chile, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4, to reach the quarterfinals of the Salem Open at Hong Kong.

Earlier, top-seeded Gustavo Kuerten advanced with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Sargis Sargsian of Armenia and seventh-seeded Patrick Rafter of Australia struggled past Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Second-seeded Conchita Martinez of Spain edged Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, and third-seeded Nathalie Tauziat of France ousted wild-card entry Barbara Rittner of Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix at Filderstadt, Germany. . . . Qualifier Daja Bedanova of the Czech Republic upset third-seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals of the Toyota Princess Cup at Tokyo.

Ivan Abadzhiev, Bulgaria’s longtime weightlifting coach, resigned, complaining about the lack of support in the wake of a drug scandal involving three Bulgarian lifters at the Sydney Olympics. Many Bulgarians credit Abadzhiev with bringing the nation to international prominence in weightlifting.

Bob Arum and Cedric Kushner could be banned from staging boxing matches in Atlantic City, N.J., if state gaming regulators agree their admissions of bribery make them unfit for casino business licenses. Prosecutors asked the Casino Control Commission to revoke the licenses, based on testimony that Arum and Kushner gave during the trial of International Boxing Federation head Bob Lee.

Olympic bronze medalist Jermain Taylor said he plans to turn professional soon with a goal of accomplishing what he could not do as an amateur--become a world champion boxer. Taylor, 22, said he has an empty feeling after losing a decision to eventual gold medalist Yermakhan Ibraimov of Kazakhstan in the 156-pound semifinals at the Olympics.

Matt Kenseth, a surprise winner in a Winston Cup race at the same track in April, won the pole for a Busch Grand National event at Concord, N.C. Kenseth ran a qualifying lap of 178.608 mph on the 1 1/2-mile, high-banked tri-oval at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, shattering the track’s Busch Series qualifying record.