The Association of Boxing Commissions is recommending that other states follow Nevada's lead by denying Mike Tyson a boxing license.
The ABC's suggestion isn't binding, though. State commissions uphold other states' license revocations or suspensions of boxers, but they are not bound to honor a license denial.
Shelly Finkel, Tyson's adviser, said seven states have expressed interest in a Tyson challenge to World Boxing Council-International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.
Lewis has said that his WBC mandatory defense against Tyson won't happen on April 6 and that he might fight another opponent. Lewis, however, remains under contract for a Tyson fight.
Baseball
The players' association said it would press on with its grievance that owners violated their labor agreement when they voted in November to fold two teams, and the union said it intends to seek damages.
Agents claim it has been harder to find jobs for their players during this off-season than in the past and cite the uncertainty caused by the threat of contraction and a possible dispersal draft.
Meanwhile, the owners asked a federal judge in Philadelphia to stay his decision ordering them to rehire nine of the 22 umpires who lost their jobs after a failed mass resignation two years ago.
Elsewhere: The Arizona Diamondbacks and outfielder David Dellucci reached agreement on a one-year contract. . . . The Houston Astros and reliever Chuck McElroy agreed on a one-year contract.
Tennis
Venus Williams and Monica Seles won easily in the Gaz de France in Paris, while Anna Kournikova lost once again.
Williams, ranked second in the world, had six aces in a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Meilen Tu in a second-round match. Seles, ranked 10th, needed only 55 minutes to defeat Barbara Schett, 6-2, 6-3.
Amelie Mauresmo defeated Kournikova, 6-3, 7-5.
Soccer
The United States added games against the Netherlands, Uruguay and Jamaica to its World Cup run-up. The U.S. team will meet Uruguay May 12 at RFK Stadium in Washington, then play Jamaica May 16 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., and then have a send-off game against the Netherlands May 19 in Foxboro, Mass.
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The Kixx will select ninth in the MISL allocation draft Monday, which will assign the rights of players on the rosters of two former World Indoor Soccer League members, the Sacramento Knights and the Utah Freezz. Neither team will join the MISL next season.
Jurisprudence
