FanFare 2/12/03

Briefly

Baseball

Florida left-hander Mark Redman became the first player to win in salary arbitration this year, getting a raise from $300,000 to $2.15 million on Tuesday instead of the $1.8 million the Marlins had wanted.

Basketball

Orlando Magic center Shawn Kemp was suspended without pay by the NBA on Tuesday, the third time he has violated the terms of the league's anti-drug policy.

Miami Heat coach Pat Riley was fined $20,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for criticizing officials following a loss to Portland last week.

Colleges

University of Missouri junior guard Ricky Clemons is to enter a plea Feb. 18 to a felony charge of choking a woman and refusing to allow her to leave his apartment last month. As Clemons watched Tuesday, his attorney Wally Bley waived a preliminary hearing in Boone County Associate Circuit Court, which transfers the case to circuit court.

Tennessee State athletic director Teresa Phillips will make history Thursday night as the first woman to coach a men's Division I college basketball team. The decision came after 19 players were ejected following a brawl between Tennessee State and Eastern Kentucky on Monday night. Phillips suspended interim coach Hosea Lewis for one game Tuesday and announced she would coach the Tigers when they play at Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tenn.

Football

The Rams, unable to reach a long-term contract with Orlando Pace, placed the franchise player tag on the Pro Bowl offensive tackle. Pace was the first overall pick of the 1997 draft and has completed a six-year, $18 million contract. The franchise tag means the Rams must offer Pace a one-year contract equal to the average of the five highest-paid offensive tackles in the NFL last season, in this case $5.73 million.

High schools

Fort Worth Dunbar coach Robert Hughes became the nation's winningest high school basketball coach with his 1,275th victory Tuesday night. Dunbar (30-1) beat Fort Worth Polytechnic 71-62 to break a tie between Hughes and Morgan Wootten, who retired as the coach at DeMatha High in Hyattsville, Md., last November at age 71.

Tennis

Jan-Michael Gambill won his first-round match at the Siebel Open, defeating 18-year-old qualifier Todd Reid 6-2, 6-0 Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Gambill won 13 straight points to start the match, had seven aces and broke Reid's serve five times to finish in 45 minutes. Australian Open champion Andre Agassi played Michael Chang late in another first-round match.

Kim Clijsters beat Myriam Casanova 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday but sister Elke Clijsters failed to make it a family double before a home crowd, losing to Patty Schnyder 6-2, 6-3 at the Diamond Games.

Area digest

Younghouse gets first sectional cut

Emily Younghouse took home GATR swimmer of the meet honors over the weekend by gaining her first sectional cut in the Great Times Swim Meet at the Central Municipal Pool. Her 1650 freestyle time of 18:34 seconds was a personal best by 30 seconds and qualified her for next month's central sectional meet in St. Peters, Mo. GST was led by Steffan Troxel, who posted three wins (200 free, 200 back, 1650 free) to run his weekend total to eight wins. Caleb Statler finished a big weekend of swimming by posting two additional wins (200 free, 50 fly) and several personal bests.

On the air

College men's basketballVirginia at North Carolina, 6 p.m., ESPN

Michigan at Indiana, 6 p.m., ESPN2

Missouri at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m., KZIM-960

College women's basketballOtahkians at IUPU-FT Wayne, 6:40 p.m., FOX-Midwest, KAPE-1550

Golf

European PGA Tour, Johnnie Walker Classic, first round, at Perth, Australia, midnight, GOLF

Motorpsorts

Winston Cup practice, 8 a.m., SPEED; 11 a.m., SPEED

Craftsman Truck Series practice, 10 a.m., SPEED; 12:30 p.m., SPEED

Busch Series qualifying, 1:30 p.m., SPEED

NBA

Dallas at Milwaukee, 8 p.m., ESPN

NHL

Flyers at Wild, 8 p.m., ESPN2

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Area events

College women's basketballSoutheast at IUPU-Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.

High school boys' basketballAdvance at Chaffee, 7:30 p.m.

Sikeston at Oran, 7:30 p.m.

Kelly at Scott City, 8 p.m.

High school girls' basketballSt. Vincent at Notre Dame, 8 p.m.