Pacers Get Mullin From Warriors for Two Players

Chris Mullin was traded by the Golden State Warriors to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday for second-year center Erick Dampier and veteran backup forward Duane Ferrell. Mullin, a five-time all-star, also received a multiyear contract extension.

The trade for the 34-year-old swingman, who has battled injuries for the last several seasons, should give the Pacers a boost in scoring at small forward and reunites Mullin with his former Dream Team teammate, Indiana Coach Larry Bird.

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Kevin Garnett has turned down a $103-million, six-year contract extension from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Garnett, who will earn $2.1 million in the final season of the deal he signed as a rookie, is seeking a package worth $132 million over the six years, according to the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. . . . The Miami Heat acquired 7-foot center Duane Causwell from the Sacramento Kings for guard Gary Grant, center Matt Fish and a conditional second-round draft pick in 1999.

Hockey

The Colorado Avalanche reportedly has decided to match the three-year, $21-million offer sheet tendered to all-star center Joe Sakic by the New York Rangers.

The team has until 5 p.m. PDT today to match the Rangers’ offer, which includes a $15-million signing bonus.

Earlier in the day, the city of Denver and Ascent Entertainment Group announced an agreement to build a $165-million arena for the Avalanche and the NBA’s Denver Nuggets.

The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired the rights to defenseman Jiri Slegr from the Edmonton Oilers for a third-round pick in the 1998 NHL entry draft.

Tennis

Wild-card entry Glenn Weiner of Long Beach, who gave Richard Krajicek a scare in the Infiniti Open, upset 15th-seeded Thomas Johansson of Sweden, 6-7 (6-7), 7-5, 6-4, in the first round of the RCA Championships at Indianapolis. . . . Brett Steven of New Zealand continued a solid summer stretch by upsetting an unsteady Jim Courier in the second round of the Pilot Pen International in New Haven, Conn., 6-2, 6-2. . . . Two days after winning the Acura Classic in Manhattan Beach, Monica Seles advanced to the third round of the du Maurier Open in Toronto with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Sweden’s Asa Carlsson.

Swimming

For the second time in 11 days, Lenny Krayzelburg of USC set an American record in the 200-meter backstroke, going 1 minute 57.87 seconds at the Pan Pacific swimming meet in Fukuoka, Japan. Finishing third was his Trojan Swim Club teammate, Brad Bridgewater, who won the 200 backstroke at the 1996 Olympics.

Neil Walker also set an American record, winning the 100 butterfly in 52.76. American Jenny Thompson earned two more gold medals, winning the 100 butterfly and anchoring the 400 freestyle relay.

Miscellany

Welton and Eduardo Hurtado scored as the Los Angeles Galaxy defeated Luis Angel Firpo of El Salvador, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup at Washington.

In the other game, Marco Etcheverry scored in the 84th minute to give D.C. United a 1-0 victory over United Petrotrin of Trinidad & Tobago.

The NCAA Division I board of directors is expected to announce a one-year delay of a controversial new rule permitting athletes to hold part-time jobs.

The rule was to have taken effect Aug. 31 and would have allowed Division I athletes to work part-time so long as they do not earn more than the difference between the value of their scholarships and their schools’ estimated full cost of attendance. Generally, this would range between $1,000 and $2,500.

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A day after being dropped by New Mexico State’s basketball team, guard Denmark Reid admitted to an alcohol problem and apologized for driving into several parked cars and other obstacles during a drinking binge last week. . . . Kansas State basketball player Manny Dies has been ordered to stand trial in November on charges of assaulting a columnist for the school newspaper. Dies faces misdemeanor charges of criminal damage to property, assault and criminal trespass in the May 5 incident in which he allegedly broke into the apartment of Todd Stewart, who wrote in a column that Dies was the worst player in the history of college basketball. Another player, Pero Vasiljevic, is charged with assault and criminal trespass. Both have pleaded not guilty. . . . Okeme Oziwo, an Arizona State basketball player who sat out all of last season because of a stress fracture in his leg, suffered a broken left leg and a broken hand after a car crash in Glendale.

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* Randy Harvey is on vacation