Pro Basketball
The Minnesota Timberwolves agreed to terms with first-round draft pick Donyell Marshall on a multiyear contract. The 6-9, 220-pound forward who skipped his senior season at Connecticut, was the fourth overall pick in the June NBA draft. Marshall averaged 25.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.3 blocks in his junior year.
Motor Sports
A race driver was killed in Salem, Ind., when his car slammed into the third-turn wall during the Salem Superstock Series, a track spokesman said.
Ray Hannah, 34, of Westchester, Ohio, suffered serious head injuries in the crash Sunday and died on the way to the hospital, police said.
Hannah clipped a car driven by Tony Trinkle, said Richard Deaton, Salem Speedway spokesman. The collision turned Hannah’s car sideways and it was then hit by Dwayne Klem, pinning Hannah’s car against the guardrail.
Miscellany
The United States will play Saudia Arabia in an international soccer game Oct. 19 in Dharhan, Saudi Arabia. It will be the U.S. team’s second game since the World Cup, following a 2-0 loss to England at Wembley Stadium in London Sept. 7.
The Saudis defeated the U.S. 3-0 in Oct., 1992, then were beaten, 2-0, by the Americans in April, 1993.
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