CBA Loses Battle to Remain Afloat
Teams of the cash-strapped Continental Basketball Assn. scrambled Friday to consider their options for survival, while some called it quits.
The league suspended play Thursday, less than a week after eight of the 10 teams failed to meet player payrolls.
“In my opinion, the CBA as a league is gone,” said Bill Ilett, former majority owner of the Idaho Stampede.
The Sioux Falls (S.D.) Skyforce and the Gary (Ind.) Steelheads both said Friday that they have joined the International Basketball League and will play each other today in Sioux Falls, IBL vice president Greg Burke said. He expects other teams to follow.
Reportedly at least $1.5 million in debt, the CBA’s value plummeted when the NBA decided to operate its own developmental league.
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Former NBA player Darryl Dawkins re-signed as coach of the United States Basketball League’s Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs.
Jurisprudence
Jan Gangelhoff, the former tutor who sparked an investigation into academic cheating at Minnesota, is accused of taking money from a cash register at a liquor store in Webster, Wis.
Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe posted $2,500 bail and pleaded innocent to assault charges after his arrest for allegedly hitting his wife in the head, dragging her across their Long Island home.
Anesa Beard, 16, a top-ranked high school diver in Indiana who was denied a shot at today’s state finals for wearing a hairband on her wrist, will compete after a state athletic association reversed the ruling.
The International Amateur Athletic Foundation backed off threats to suspend shotputter C.J. Hunter, but pressed U.S. officials to take action soon in his drug case. . . . Alexander Leipold, the wrestler stripped of his Olympic gold medal on drug charges, was temporarily banned from competing in Germany.
Miscellany
Ralph Barahona scored the go-ahead goal to lead the Ice Dogs over the Bakersfield Condors, 5-3, at Long Beach, in a West Coast Hockey League game that was delayed late in the second period because of an on-ice melee that resulted in 29 penalties.
One week after raising her indoor world record by an inch in the women’s pole vault, Stacy Dragila broke the mark again at Pocatello, Idaho, clearing 15 feet, 3 1/4 inches.
Quarterback Kurt Warner, who skipped the Pro Bowl because of lingering effects from a concussion, met with St. Louis Coach Mike Martz and said he’s been headache-free “within the last week or two.” . . . Green Bay Coach Mike Sherman and the team have agreed to terms on a new contract that will compensate him as both coach and general manager.
Stanford baseball Coach Mark Marquess earned his 1,000th career victory as the 14th-ranked Cardinal defeated seventh-ranked Florida State, 6-2, in a nonconference game at Palo Alto.
Sonja Nef, who has fought back from six knee operations, gave Switzerland another big victory at the World Alpine Championships by winning the giant slalom gold medal at St. Anton, Austria.
Lynn Lang, the former Memphis high school football coach accused of soliciting $200,000 to steer a player to Alabama, has resigned from the city’s school system. . . . Oklahoma will open the 2001 season against North Carolina Aug. 25 in the Hispanic Fund Football Classic at Norman, Okla.
Anna Kournikova’s bid for her first Women’s Tennis Assn. title was dashed when she lost, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1, to Amelie Mauresmo of France in the quarterfinals of the Gaz de France tournament at Paris.
The Galaxy will receive a minimum of $2.47 million for taking part in the second FIFA World Club Championship in Spain in July and August. Galaxy General Manager Tim Luce said the Major League Soccer team will hold a four-day training camp at the Lancaster National Soccer Center, starting Sunday.
UCLA will add women’s rowing as an intercollegiate sport, beginning next school year.