Clipper Fined $1,250 by Customs Officials

Clipper center Brian Williams and a group of friends were detained and fined $1,250 Wednesday by customs officials in the Grand Cayman Islands for alleged possession of drug paraphernalia.

Williams and a group of friends chartered a plane to fly to the islands and a pipe of the type normally used to smoke marijuana was found on the plane by customs officials.

Customs officers then fined Williams and his party a total of $1,250 and released them without bringing charges.

Williams said the pipe belonged to a member of his traveling party but that he paid the fine so that he could get on with the vacation.

Williams, who averaged a career-high 15.8 points and 7.6 rebounds last season, becomes a free agent today.

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The owners of the San Antonio Spurs rejected a $120-million offer to buy the NBA franchise from the former owners of the Houston Rockets.

Gavin and Joe Maloof of Albuquerque, N.M., had offered $90 million with another $30 million for building a new arena.

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Former Clipper guard Glenn “Doc” Rivers announced his retirement after 13 seasons in the NBA to become a TV commentator for Turner Broadcasting.

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Morgan Wootten, coach at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md., underwent a liver transplant after collapsing at his basketball camp last week. Wootten, who has compiled a 1,094-163 record in 40 seasons has sent a dozen players to the NBA.

Tennis

Wimbledon runner-up MaliVai Washington and Olympic champion Marc Rosset were ousted in the first round of the Swiss Open at Gstaad, Switzerland.

Washington, lost to Francisco Clavet of Spain, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1, and Rosset was beaten by German qualifier Oliver Gross, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Stefan Edberg beat American qualifier Jack Waite, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of the Swedish Open at Bastad, Sweden .

Hockey

The Kings signed free agent center Paul DiPietro, 25, who had four goals and eight points in 20 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs last season.

Free agent goalie Ron Tugnutt of the Washington Capitals has signed an offer sheet with the Ottawa Senators. The Capitals have seven days to try to retain Tugnutt.

Jurisprudence

Dallas Cowboy quarterback Troy Aikman sat with Michael Irvin’s family during Irwin’s cocaine-possession trial in Dallas to show support for his teammate.

Irvin is charged with second-degree felony cocaine possession stemming from a March 4 drug bust at an Irving motel room. The charge carries a punishment ranging from probation to 20 years in prison.

The weapons trial of Green Bay Packer rookie cornerback Tyrone Williams was continued until September in Lincoln, Neb., so that Williams can retain a new attorney.

Williams, charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and using a firearm to commit a felony, faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

A San Diego jury awarded $50 in damages to a former topless dancer who claimed she was sexually battered by St. Louis Rams defensive end Leslie O’Neal.

Christy Barsoom, 33, alleged that O’Neal, then a San Diego Charger, grabbed her crotch at a bar in San Diego last year.

Football

All-pro offensive guard Nate Newton signed a one-year contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys.

The New Orleans Saints reached agreement with safety Sean Lumpkin on a one-year deal.

The Cincinnati Bengals waived rookie wide receiver Marlon Estes and claimed quarterback Dave Barr, who was waived by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Boxing

Riddick Bowe, former heavyweight boxing champion, will fight unbeaten Andrew Golota in a 10-round match tonight in New York. Bowe is 38-1 with 33 knockouts, Golota 28-0 with 25 knockouts.