Weekend Meetings to Decide Husky Case

The Pacific 10 Conference will hold meetings today and Sunday to conclude the eight-month-old infractions case involving the University of Washington football program.

The Pac-10 Council--made up of athletic directors, faculty representatives and senior administrators for women’s sports from all conference schools--will meet today in Millbrae, Calif., to examine the work of the conference’s Compliance and Enforcement Committee, which heard the case Aug. 9 and 10.

The chief executive officers from the Pac-10 schools will conduct a conference call Sunday to review the council’s decision.

An announcement of the findings and penalties, if necessary, is expected Sunday, immediately after the CEOs’ conference call.

The Pac-10 charged the university with rules violations alleging impropriety on the part of Husky boosters and players in 24 areas.

The school subsequently acknowledged the accuracy of about half of the alleged infractions, including an allegation that booster James Kenyon of Los Angeles allowed Husky football and basketball players to receive pay for work they did not perform.

Kenyon, who has disputed the charges, and other boosters appeared before the Compliance and Enforcement Committee Aug. 9.

Jurisprudence

Although a vanity license plate had been removed, other clues linked an abandoned luxury car to Michael Jordan six days before a sheriff announced that the vehicle belonged to the basketball star’s father.

The car contained a handwritten card from children thanking Michael Jordan for a charity event, said Richard Crumpler, who towed the car to his auto repair company in Steadman, N.C., on Aug. 6. The vehicle also contained business cards, among them one for the Chicago-area Lexus dealer that sold the car to Jordan, Crumpler said.

Cumberland County authorities in North Carolina said it was Aug. 11 before they confirmed that the car belonged to James Jordan, father of the Chicago Bull star. The discovery was announced Aug. 12, and the next day South Carolina officials said a body found in their state was that of the elder Jordan, who had been shot in the chest.

Miscellany

Defenseman Marty McSorley of the Kings has been offered a contract by the St. Louis Blues, and the Kings have seven days to decide whether to match the offer or lose the veteran to free agency.

Top-seeded Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes won all four of their matches at the $100,000 Miller Lite Santa Cruz Open pro volleyball tournament. The tournament will conclude today.

Names in the News

Former NFL star Walter Payton escaped serious injury when his race car overturned and caught fire during a practice session for today’s SCCA Trans-Am race at Elkhart Lake, Wis. Track officials said Payton was shaken up and suffered minor burns to the face and one arm, but otherwise was uninjured. . . . Also at Elkhart Lake, Indy car driver Nigel Mansell won the provisional pole for Sunday’s Texaco-Havoline 200, turning a fast lap of 132.508 m.p.h. in a Lola-Ford. . . . American Rebecca Twigg set a world record for the 3,000-meter individual pursuit in the World Cycling Championships at Hamar, Norway.