Pacers' Schrempf Says He Wants To Be Traded

-- BASKETBALL

Detlef Schrempf, four seasons into a 10-year deal, says he's tired of the Indiana Pacers taking advantage of him and wants a trade.

"I'm in my best years now. If I wait two or three years, it may be too late," Schrempf said yesterday. "I've been hearing (about reworking the contract) for two years. If there's a will, there's a way."

The 6-foot-10 forward from the University of Washington won the NBA's Sixth Man award the past two seasons, but the $1.2 million salary he's due to receive in 1992-93 is less than the salaries of teammates Reggie Miller, Chuck Person, LaSalle Thompson, Rik Smits and Micheal Williams.

General Manager Donnie Walsh said the Pacers would not trade Schrempf, who was third on the NBA team in scoring at 17.3 points per game and led the Pacers in rebounding (9.6) last season.

"He's got security and I don't feel we've been unreasonable," Walsh said. He acknowledged that Schrempf's value has increased, but so has Indiana's salary structure. The team is $4 million over the NBA cap.

-- Seattle SuperSonic forward Derrick McKey and former Sonic Xavier McDaniel have joined the list of players committed to play in the Shawn Kemp Classic charity game Aug. 22 at the Coliseum, promoters announced. Others who have said they will play are Schrempf, Spud Webb, Avery Johnson, Stanley Roberts, William Bedford, Cliff Levingston and James Donaldson.

-- OLYMPICS

Atlanta, host city of the 1996 Summer Games, ranked 24th among the 25 largest U.S. cities in TV viewing of the Barcelona Games, according to figures released by Nielsen Media Research.

-- Disappointed at Mexico's showing in the Barcelona Olympics (one silver medal, by Carlos Mercenario in the 50-kilometer walk), President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has created a commission to investigate what went wrong.

-- TRACK AND FIELD

Carl Lewis won the 100 meters in 10.15 seconds and Sergey Bubka won the pole vault at 19 feet, 4 1/4 inches in the Monte Carlo Grand Prix meet in Monaco.

-- SOCCER

Italian newspapers today printed front-page headlines welcoming the return of Argentine star Diego Maradona, even though has not yet agreed to play there again. The International Football Federation ruled yesterday that Maradona, whose 15-month suspension for cocaine use expired at the end of June, would have to honor his contract with Napoli of Naples. Negotiations continue.

-- CYCLING

Greg LeMond withdrew from the Tour of Britain, complaining of fatigue before the start of today's third stage. Djamolidine Abdoujaparov of Tashkent won the 103-mile stage. Maximillian Sciandri of Italy is the overall leader.

-- BOXING

Heavyweight Lennox Lewis tuned up for his Halloween bout with Razor Ruddock with a fourth-round TKO of Mike Dixon in Atlantic City, N.J. The Lewis-Ruddock winner will fight the winner of a Nov. 13 title bout between champion Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe.

-- The Rev. T.J. Jemison pleaded innocent in Louisiana today to federal charges that he lied when he told a jury he didn't try to buy the silence of the victim in ex-champ Mike Tyson's rape trial.

-- Hall of Famer Emile Griffith remained hospitalized in New York with kidney damage. His former manager, Gil Clancy, said Griffith was close to death last week when his kidneys nearly stopped functioning.

-- TENNIS

Top-seeded Monica Seles advanced to the quarterfinals of the $350,000 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles tournament by beating Karina Habsudova 6-2, 6-2.

-- Second-seeded Stefan Edberg moved into the third round of the $1.4 million ATP Championship in Mason, Ohio, by beating fellow Swede Christian Bergstrom 7-6, 6-1.

-- HOCKEY

Quebec's chief coroner, Dr. Jean Grenier, has ordered a full public inquiry into the weekend death of John Kordic, a National Hockey League player. Kordic, 27, died soon after being taken to a hospital by police called to his suburban Quebec City motel room to subdue him. Police said anabolic steroids and unused syringes were found in the room.

-- GOLF

Seattle's Anne Sander, a three-time champion, advanced to today's opening round of match play in the U.S. Women's Amateur championships in Long Grove, Ill., shooting a 36-hole total of 158. Stephanie Davis, 1990 runner-up from Bainbridge Island, was among those who missed the cut at 159.

Top qualifier was Debbie Parks of Carefree, Ariz., who shot a 1-under-par 143.

-- LOCAL NOTE

The Washington Majestics finished third out of 77 teams in the National ASA Fastpitch softball tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Eastside team won nine games and lost two in the tournament.