MD. Man Arrested In Shooting Death Of Bias' Brother

Md. man arrested

in shooting death

of Bias' brother

-- CRIME

A 24-year-old Maryland man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of the younger brother of Len Bias, a University of Maryland basketball star who died of a cocaine overdose.

Prince George's County police have charged Jerry Samuel Tyler of Temple Hills with first-degree murder in the death of James Stanley Bias III, 20, also known as Jay. Tyler turned himself in last night, said Lt. Alphonso Hawkins. A second suspect remained at large.

Bias was shot about 1:10 p.m. yesterday in the parking lot of the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center in the Washington suburb of Hyattsville, Md., in what police called ``utter senseless violence.'' The shooting apparently resulted from an argument that began in a jewelry store.

-- FOOTBALL

-- The Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly have offered cornerback Rod Woodson a three-year, $3 million contract that would make him the highest-paid player in the team's history. Bubby Brister currently is the Steelers' top-paid player, with a three-year contract through 1991 that averages $917,000 a season.

-- The San Francisco 49ers' 7-3 victory over the New York Giants was the most-watched Monday-night game in ABC-TV's 21 years of doing Monday Night Football, with a TV audience estimated at 41 million.

-- Hayden Fry, who guided the Iowa Hawkeyes to an 8-3 record and a berth in the Rose Bowl, was named Big Ten coach of the year.

-- Federal regulators warned Fiesta Bowl officials that a proposed scholarship plan for black college students may violate civil rights law.

-- HORSE RACING

Patrick Valenzuela, suspended indefinitely by Hollywood Park stewards last month, has been expelled from the Jockeys' Guild for ``conduct prejudicial to the best interests of the guild.''

-- TENNIS

-- Andre Agassi has withdrawn for a second time from the Grand Slam Cup, the controversial $6 million tournament next week in Germany, because of a chest-muscle injury. His place will be taken by Brad Gilbert.

-- BOXING

Aaron Pryor, former junior welterweight champion, scored a seventh-round knockout of Roger Choate in Norman, Okla.

-- Johnny Tapia, super-flyweight champion, won't be penalized for testing positive for cocaine because the test was taken too long after his Oct. 26 title fight with Santiago Caballero, the New Mexico Athletic Commission ruled.

-- NCAA

The NCAA has opened a new inquiry of Oklahoma State University, but is not specifying which sport is under investigation.

-- DRUGS

Experts in the former East Germany developed a doping nasal spray before the 1988 Olympics that was virtually undetectable, a leading swimmer said. Raik Hannemann, who earlier admitted taking performance-enhancing drugs, said the spray had the same effect as anabolic steroids. Traces of its use would disappear after three days, he said.

-- COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Janel Benton of Kamiakin High School in Kennewick and Andrea Wood of Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., signed letters of intent to attend Washington State.

-- GOLF

Kelly Mitchum of North Carolina State shot a 1-under-par 71 today for a 12-stroke victory over Japan's Jim Murakami as the United States took seven of 12 second-round matches to tie the overall score 18-18 in the NCAA-Japan Collegiate Championship in Tokyo.

-- Tom Watson has been named by the Golf Writers Association of America to receive the 1990 William Richardson Award for outstanding contributions to golf.

-- BASEBALL

Clinton C. Thomas, a graceful outfielder who played 17 years in professional baseball's Negro Leagues, died Monday in Charleston, W. Va. He was 94.