Reynolds Defiant After Court Defeat

Track star Butch Reynolds says he will go to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary to win back a $27.4-million award against the International Amateur Athletic Federation for barring him from the 1992 Olympics.

“They haven’t heard the last of me yet,” the world record-holding sprinter said of the IAAF Tuesday after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati threw out the award of damages that Reynolds was to collect from the governing body of international track and field for barring him after he had failed a drug test. The appeals court ruled that a federal judge in Columbus, Ohio, had erred when he ruled he had jurisdiction over the IAAF.

Olympics

Richard Pound, the Canadian vice president of the International Olympic Committee, said Atlanta has serious problems as it prepares for the 1996 Olympics.

The Toronto Globe and Mail reported that Pound, in a speech Monday to the Canadian Embassy in Washington, said Atlanta’s dependence on private funding has endangered plans for the Games.

“Everything is presently on schedule, but on a schedule that cannot bear any contingencies,” Pound was quoted as saying. “If there are delays or increased costs, the organizers will have no alternatives but to reduce the scope of the Games.”

Basketball

Danny Ainge of the Phoenix Suns was fined $5,000 for throwing a ball into the face of Houston’s Mario Elie during Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals. . . . Former UCLA star Don MacLean of the Washington Bullets, who averaged 18.2 points this season compared to 6.6 as a rookie, was selected as the NBA’s most improved player. . . . Ed O’Bannon of UCLA was among 12 players selected to the U.S. team for this summer’s Goodwill Games.

Colleges

Big 12 football coaches and athletic directors recommended in Kansas City, Mo., that the expanded conference--the old Big Eight and four schools from the Southwest Conference--adopt North and South divisions in football and basketball and begin competing in all sports in the 1996-97 academic year. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State would join newcomers Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor and Texas A & M in the South Division. Colorado, Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Kansas State would play in the North.

Kamari Charlton, a sophomore football player for Florida State, was jailed and charged with sexual battery after voluntarily coming to police in Tallahasee, Fla., for questioning. The alleged assault occurred May 12 after Charlton had helped a female acquaintance move into a new apartment. . . . Tony Evans, a high school wide receiver from Orlando, Fla., recruited to play at Auburn, was charged with first-degree murder in an apparent drug-related shooting. Evans is accused of shooting an acquaintance twice in the back of the head on April 26. . . . Senior cornerback Thomas King III of Central Oklahoma University in Edmond, Okla., was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection with a shooting outside an Edmond apartment May 9. No one was injured.

Tennis

Pete Sampras scored another impressive victory, beating Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 6-3, 6-3, as the United States swept Russia in the World Team Cup at Duesseldorf, Germany, 3-0.

High Schools

Because of a timing malfunction at the Southern Section Division I track and field preliminaries last Saturday, several races will be made up at special meet Thursday at Cerritos Gahr High. The makeup races will determine qualifiers for the sectional championships Saturday at Long Beach City College.

Football

Quarterback Andre Ware, released by the Detroit Lions after last season and the Heisman Trophy winner at Houston in 1989, signed with the Minnesota Vikings. . . . Wide receiver Brian Blades, who set a Seattle record with 80 catches last season, signed a two-year contract with the Seahawks. . . . The New York Jets made a contract offer to free-agent safety Pat Terrell of the Rams and hope to sign him today.