European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Rodman Quot apologizes but draws Fine Auburn Hills Mich. Apr at least one a bad boy says he a sorry for his Tough on court tactics. But that did no to prevent the Aba from fining him $5,000, or mean his Nemesis accepted his apology. Dennis Rodman the Detroit pistons 6-foot-9 defensive specialist wrote a letter to Scottie Pippen apologizing for shoving the Chica bulls Forward to the floor Outing their Eastern conference finals game monday. Rodman pushed Pippen in the Back after the 6-7 Pippen was fouled by de troite a Bill Laimbeer in the second Quarter of Chicago a clinching 115-94 win at the Palace of Auburn went head first into a Row of seats behind the Basket. No action was taken against Rodman until the Aba announced the Fine wednesday. V a you Are a great player and in a glad you weren to Hurt by the incident a said the letter signed by Rodman. A it was merely one of Pippen said he was sceptical of Rodman s apology suggesting someone else might have written it. A. A after listening to what he a been saying about the Chicago team and the organization for so Long and after what he did to me it s hard to believe that he had changed completely All at once a Pippen said. A was far As in a concerned what he did is Over. But he can to totally cover it up. It was less than am a for him to push me like that. I could have been seriously Hurt. A a in appreciate the fact that the league agreed that what he did was wrong a Pip pen said. A the should be Rodman a letter also apologized to the entire bulls organization and wished Pippen and his teammates Luck in the finals. The stars and stripes May 31,1991 b Page 28 Edberg scrapes upset Paris apr top seeds Stefan Edberg and Monica Seles advanced to the third round of the French open in con Strating fashion thursday while three Lime Champion Mats Wilander made an embarrassing and costly exit. _ in the Days biggest upsets Frances Terry Champion beat sixth seeded Amer ican Pete Sampras and Paul Laarhuis of the Netherlands routed eighth seeded Goran Ivanisevic. A Edberg no. 1 in the world rankings had breezed through his first round match in straight sets but was within a Point of trailing two sets to one against austrian Horst Skoff before winning 6-4, 5-7,7-6 7-46-3. _ a a 1 Seles seeking to defend her 1990 title and her no.,2 ranking rolled Over South africans Mariaan de Swart 6-0,6-2 in 56 minutes 1 j Edberg said Back pains affected his concentration and his a hopefully i will be of for the next match a he said. A i need to play aggressive to win matches on Fabrice Santoro hero of Frances recent Davis cup quarterfinal Victory Oyer Australia routed Wilander 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, in a Center court match of unseeded play ers leaving Michael Chang As the Only former Winner of the tournament left in the menus Field. Wilander was fined $2,000 for refusing pos match interviews he won the tournament in 1982, 1985 and 1988, but is now ranked 59th in the world. Champion Little known outside France had no trouble in a 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 Victory Over Sampras the 1990 . Open Winner. Clay is not Sampras preferred surface. Laarhuis ranked 53rd, won 6-1, 6-4,61 Over Ivanisevic who a year ago ousted Boris Becker from the French open. Asked if Ivanisevic seemed to give up during the match Laarhuis replied a the inside sports Sun a Thornton takes Mcaa 10,000 a Page 22connors wins with love in Paris. Page 25 astros spoil Hershiser a return a Page 26mariners end seven game losing Streak a Page 26 French open Capriati loses off the court Paris a / a Jennifer Capriati became just another american tourist whose carelessness Cost her in Paris. The 15-year-old who is playing in the French open lost her passport and some personal belongings probably to a was practising on courts near Roland Garros stadium before the tournament when she went out for a jog leaving some things in a bag on the court. A a we were gone for about two minutes and it was gone a Capriati said thursday. A i lost a Little bit of Money and a computer for my father. And when we did no to find our passports in the evening we guessed that they also were stolen. But i already have a new _ could have tried a Little harder at certain a i was Rushing i did no to take time a Ivanisevic said. A i just made most of the top women in action advanced easily including no. 3 seed Gabriela Sabatini and loth seeded Jennifer Capriati. R Quot a but Canadas Helen Kelesi twice a Fri not open Quarter finalist eliminated 12th-Seedcd Helena ,�?o4-6,7-5, 6-0.sabatini who could capture the no. L ranking with a title Here eliminated Switzerland a Emanuela Zardo 6-1,6-1, Czechoslovakia so. Jana Novotna seeded sixth beat Canadian Patricia by 6-2, 6-1 Capriati the 10th seed,., overpowered hungarian Andrea Tmesvari 6-2, 6-1, and 16th seeded Anke Huber of Germany beat Federi Ca Bonsignori 6-0, 6-2. The no. 7 seed Spain a Conchita mar Jennifer Capriati hits a backhand in route to her Victory Over Andrea Temesvari Inez had a tougher match but Defeated american Stephanie Rehe 6-1,7-6 7-3. In one of the longest women a matches in grand slam history american Laura Harvy wild Defeated Peru a Laura Gilde Meister 7-6 9-76-7 7-911-9. 1 they played for 3 hours 29 minutes. In menus play ninth seeded american Jim courier beat South africans Wayne Ferreira 6-2,6-3,6-4. Twelfth seeded Michael Stich of Germany overcame Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-7 4-77-6 8-66-3,6-2hungary a Marian Vajda beat Henri Leconte a Quot a unseeded Frenchman 3-6,64,7-6 10-86-4. _ a nil draft offers whimsical possibilities by Hal Bock the associated press. For a general manager with a sense of whimsy thursdays nil expansion draft list offered endless possibilities. Consider a new hockey team starting out with the likes of Jean Beliveau at Center or Yvan Courmoyer on right Wing or Ken Dryden in goal. These Are Hall of Farmers we Reja King about right there on the expansion list submitted to san Jose and Minnesota. Prefer to avoid Montreal players no problem. You could have Denis Potvin of the new York islanders or Philadelphia a Mark Howe on defense. How about Bill Barber of the flyers or Pierre Larouche of the rangers up front. If you wanted a Little muscle in the league office you could grab Darcy Rota from Vancouver now an assistant to nil president John Ziegler. They All were eminently available a sort of. There is a catch to All this of course. Even though those magic names out of the no la a past were right there on the expansion lists the old players weren to really available for selection. Nil bylaws require that every player either not protected by his team or exempt because of his status As. A first or second year pro had to be on the list of available players ,
