
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, July 22, 1994                   TAG: 9407220121
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From The Associated Press
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

IN SPORTS

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman summoned all parties in the Mike Keenan dispute to a hearing at his office Monday. Keenan left his job as coach of the New York Rangers last Friday and signed as coach and general manager of the St. Louis Blues two days later.

The dispute centers on whether the Rangers breached Keenan's contract - as Keenan claims - and whether other teams were in contact with Keenan while he was still under contract to New York.

A suit filed in U.S. District Court alleges that NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield breached his contract with a Petersburg , Va. team in order to sign with Cale Yarborough's motorsports outfit.

Taylor Performance Racing Inc. filed the suit in federal court in Richmond against Mayfield, Yarborough, and Cale Yarborough Motorsports Inc. of North Carolina. The suit seeks an injunction to block Mayfield from racing for Yarborough, plus unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

Boxing promoter Don King pleaded not guilty to wire fraud charges in U.S. District Court in New York. Bail was set at $250,000. King signed a personal recognizance bond.

Keywords:
HOCKEY AUTO RACING

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