Tyson Might Fight in Denmark

Mike Tyson could be headed to Denmark for his first fight in almost a year.

“It looks good,” Shelly Finkel, Tyson’s advisor, said Monday of the possibility that Tyson would fight Danish boxer Brian Nielsen on Sept. 8 in Copenhagen.

Mogens Palle, Nielsen’s promoter, told Danish media that he has sent a “ready-to-be-signed contract” to Finkel.

Finkel declined further comment, but a source close to the negotiations, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that talks have been going on for a few weeks, and an agreement could be reached soon.

Golf

Dana Quigley won the SBC Senior Open by five strokes, completing the final 1 1/2 holes Monday after darkness suspended play the day before at Long Grove, Ill.

Quigley closed with a three-under-par 69 for a 200 total in winning his first title of the year. Jay Sigel, the runner-up, had a 70 for a 205.

British Open champion David Duval failed to win a hole at the Telus Skins Game in Markham, Canada, while Vijay Singh collected $58,257 with a six-foot putt.

With Tiger Woods back in the pack, the British Open’s preliminary TV ratings were the lowest in five years. ABC’s coverage of Duval’s victory at Royal Lytham & St. Annes drew an overnight rating of 4.6 Sunday--39% lower than the final round last year, when Woods won easily.

Miscellany

Junior Taylor, a 6-foot-2, 185-pounder who was one of Arizona’s best high school receivers last season, will not attend UCLA because he did not meet NCAA eligibility requirements.

Taylor signed with UCLA in February, but his letter of intent will be voided because the school does not admit nonqualifiers or partial qualifiers.

University of Pittsburgh All-American receiver Antonio Bryant, 20, was arrested at Pittsburgh International Airport, accused of using a $1,263 plane ticket bought with a stolen credit card. He was arraigned on one count of receiving stolen property and released without bond.

Denis Oswald, who replaced newly elected IOC President Jacques Rogge as chief coordinator with Athens organizers, said that construction delays still plagued preparations for the 2004 Summer Games and that deadlines could be missed if strikes or natural disasters interfere. He warned that any future setbacks could create a crisis.

University of Florida football player Eraste Autin remained in critical condition in Gainesville, Fla., four days after collapsing during an informal workout.

Russian Roman Sloudnov lowered the world record in the 100-meter breaststroke, beating former record holder Ed Moses of the U.S. in a semifinal at the world championships at Fukuoka, Japan.

Sloudnov, the Olympic bronze medalist, finished in 59.94 seconds, barely under the 59.97 mark he swam at the Russian trials last month.

Anthony Ervin won the first gold of the championships for the U.S. by beating Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 22.09.

Cleveland Cavalier Coach John Lucas says the team will exhaust all its options to try to sign free-agent center Hakeem Olajuwon, also pursued by the Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers. The Rockets have maintained they would like Olajuwon, 38, to finish his career in Houston. . . . As expected, guard Allan Houston re-signed with the New York Knicks for $100 million for six years. . . . Michael Finley re-signed with the Dallas Mavericks, getting a seven-year contract worth more than $100 million. . . . The Charlotte Hornets gave a contract extension to Coach Paul Silas, who led the team to its best postseason.

Eric Lindros, the Philadelphia Flyers’ restricted free agent who hasn’t played in the NHL since May 2000, said he has been invited to Canada’s pre-Olympic camp.

German high jumper Amewu Mensah, an Olympic finalist and part of an anti-drug campaign, tested positive for an anabolic steroid.

A man competing in a triathlon in Grand Rapids, Minn., has died after he was found face down in a lake shortly after starting a mile swim. Jon Druhot, 36, of Elk Grove Village, Ill., died while being transferred to a Duluth hospital.