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'ised than Joe DiMaggio when he
iwp television report that he had
'ed.
“jHe was livid,” his lawyer and
-iOOMMAItijighbor Morris Engelberg said
i ,isap onday. “Then I made him laugh.
■ cia,779 jaip, ‘Joe, we must be in heaven
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' n The two were watching a tape of
—at the OK Corral —
l “ci iMaggio’s favorite Western — at
"~ie baseball great’s home in Holly-
ood, Fla., on Sunday.
They happened to stop the tape
J’*, st when the report appeared as a
trawl” across the screen during
' ate line NBC.
;„„ roa i. nN«SBC ran another crawl about 20
iinutes later, saying its previous
was inaccurate. The net-
, orl later said a technician in the
.... 'CJS York control room inadver-
oun«fi« u -e-'. n ntly sent the item.
T NBC was trying to speak with
DiMaggio to apologize but had not
reached anyone yet, spokesperson
Alex Constantinopole said Monday.
DiMaggio, recovering from
pneumonia and lung cancer
surgery on Oct. 12, already was up
set by a story in the New York Dai
ly News that described him as
bedridden and in grave condition.
The lead doctor on the team that
treated the 84-year-old Hall Famer
during his 99-day hospital stay dis
puted the Daily News report.
“He is progressing nicely since
his discharge from Memorial Re
gional Hospital one week ago,” Dr.
Earl Barron said in a statement to
The Associated Press. ‘‘Over the
weekend, his physical therapy has
progressed to the point that he is
walking. Reports of his condition
worsening are not true.”
Engelberg, who lives next door
to DiMaggio and visits him at least
once a day, called the newspaper
Joltin'Joe
Stats for baseball great
Joe DiMaggio:
Batting average
... .325
Games played
.. 1,736
At-bats
.. 6,821
Runs
.. 1,390
Hits
... 2,214
Doubles
.... 389
Triples
.... 131
Home runs
.... 361
RBI's
.. 1,537
Walks
790
Strikeouts
369
Loaded Rockets
Barkley joins new-look Houston squad in time for exhibition game
Charles Barkley has put away
report “absurd.”
“He’s walking. He’s taking ther
apy.” Engelberg said. “And he will
be at opening day.”
Yankees owner George Stein-
brenner said last week when
DiMaggio was discharged from the
hospital, “Joe will certainly toss
out the first ball.”
BARKLEY
Cowboys’ linebacker arrested after fleeing traffic stop
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®\COOCHEE, Fla. (AP) — A linebacker for the Dal-
sEowboys was arrested after he fled from deputies
ho tried to pull him over for speeding, police said.
Darren Hambrick was charged with fleeing a law
iforcement officer and resisting an officer without vi-
ence Sunday.
Hambrick, who just finished his first season with the
alias Cowboys, was arrested in his hometown of La-
•ochee in Pasco County, 39 miles northeast of Tampa.
Sheriff’s officials would not say why Hambrick ran
am a traffic ticket, but the arresting deputy reported
“a very strong odor of unburnt marijuana” inside the
ckup truck.
A Pasco County Sheriff’s deputy said when he turned
on his flashers to pull over the truck, the driver turned
onto a side road and drove through a stop sign.
At one point, the driver jumped from the moving
truck and ran into the woods, leaving an unidentified
passenger holding the steering wheel.
Deputies found Hambrick’s driver’s license and NFL
players card in a billfold behind the truck’s sun visor.
While deputies searched for the driver with a track
ing dog, Hambrick drove up in another car wearing clean
blue jeans. He told deputies he had been at Club Holly
wood in Lacoochee and had loaned his rental truck to a
friend.
HOUSTON (AP)
his golf dubs.
It is time to join Scottie Pippen and the rest of his
Houston Rockets teammates for Tliesday night’s ex
hibition opener against the San Antonio Spurs.
Barkley missed the Rockets’ first four practices
while playing in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in
California. But he was back at work Monday, catch
ing barbs from teammates about his unorthodox golf
game.
‘T had a chance to play golf with
Michael Jordan in Palm Springs or
go to two-a-days,” Barkley said.
‘‘That’s a no-brainer. Some guy said
‘You’re not a very good golfer,’ and
I told him imagine how good I’ll be
in two-a-days.”
Barkley, who had off-season elbow
and hernia operations, may not have
been happy to be sweating through
practice, but his teammates were happy to see him.
‘‘It’s good to have him back. There’s a little more
noise around here,” coach Rudy Tomjanovich said.
‘‘We had competitive workouts before, but when he
is here it’s stepped up. He’s so competitive.”
What happens on the golf course is another mat
ter. And teammates Matt Bullard and Eddie Johnson
let him know David Duval has no reason to worry.
‘‘Yeah, I come in here and they’ve all got tired
legs,” Barkley said. ‘‘Me, I feel very refreshed.”
With Barkley joining Pippen and Hakeem Olaju-
won, the Rockets again have three players who were
voted among the top 50 players in NBA history.
Clyde Drexler, who retired after last season, also is
on the list.
‘‘It’s great to have him here so he can get accus
tomed to the new players, namely myself and the
other guys,” Pippen said. “We have to know how
Charles plays and where he likes his spacing.”
Barkley, who missed 14 games with injuries last
season, was done for good after tearing his right tri
cep after colliding with Utah’s Greg Foster in a first-
round playoff game.
His average of 15.2 points a game was his lowest
since averaging 14 as a rookie in 1984-85.
“Last year was a nightmare with two hernias,”
Barkley said. “I was disappointed the way I played
because 1 never felt good physically. Now, I’ve got all
my physical ailments out of the way and I’m going
Mavs extend deal with Nash
DALLAS (AP) — Jason Kidd was going to be the
Dallas Mavericks’ point guard of the future. Then
the role went to Robert Pack.
Now it is up to Steve Nash to guide one of the
worst franchise of the 1990s into the 21st century.
Nash, acquired in a draft-day trade from
Phoenix, signed a six-year contract extension Mon
day that entrenches him as a backcourt starter
along with former Suns teammate Michael Finley.
The deal, reportedly worth $18 million, will
keep Nash in Dallas through 2004-2005.
“The future is in their hands,” general manag
er-coach Don Nelson said.
Nash will be going into his third year in the
NBA. The Suns drafted him to play behind Kevin
Johnson but midway through his rookie year they
traded for Kidd, creating a point-guard logjam.
to have a great season.”
Tomjanovich did not complain about Barkley’s
late arrival. Instead, he praised Barkley for signing
at the $1 million minimum salary, freeing enough
money to sign Pippen.
“I don’t know how many players would do what
he’s done,” Tomjanovich said. “His plan was to ex
plore his options, which is his right. When he found
out he was the pivotal guy in us getting Scottie, he
scrapped that whole plan. He made a sacrifice for
this team.”
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