Contract Extension for Notre Dame’s Davie

Notre Dame and football Coach Bob Davie have reached agreement on a contract extension that will keep him at the helm of the Irish program through the 2003 season.

The South Bend Tribune reported Saturday that Executive Vice President E. William Beauchamp and Athletic Director Mike Wadsworth worked out the agreement with Davie, whose contract was to expire after the 2001 season.

The new deal begins this season. Davie signed the original deal when he took over for Lou Holtz before the 1997 season.

No terms of the contract were discussed by Notre Dame officials, and Davie wasn’t available for comment.

Davie’s newfound job security comes after two tumultuous seasons. His teams have gone 7-5 and 9-3 and earned berths in the Independence and Gator bowls.

Tennis

Defending champion Lindsay Davenport won the first eight games and needed less than an hour to defeat Amy Frazier, 6-0, 6-4, and reach the final of the $500,000 Bank of the West Classic at Palo Alto. Davenport will play Venus Williams, who defeated Amanda Coetzer, 6-1, 6-4.

Jeff Tarango of Manhattan Beach, seeking his first ATP Tour title since 1992, reached his first final since 1994 when he defeated Albert Portas of Spain, 7-6 (10-8), 6-0, in the semifinals of the Croatia Open at Umag. He’ll face Magnus Norman of Sweden, a 6-0, 6-2 winner over Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia.

Defending champion Albert Costa of Spain downed top-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, and countryman Fernando Vicente beat Stefan Koubek of Austria, 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals of the Generali Open at Kitzbuehel, Austria.

Motor Sports

Defending champion Mika Hakkinen of Finland won the pole for today’s German Grand Prix at Hockenheim--the eighth time in 10 races this season that he has led all qualifiers. But Heinz-Harald Frentzen of Germany, driving a Jordan, nearly eclipsed Hakkinen’s McLaren-Mercedes in qualifying and ended up being only .050 seconds slower. . . . Mark Dismore won the pole for the MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200 with a lap of 182.639 mph at Dover, Del. . . . Paul Gentilozzi, driving a Ford Mustang Cobra, had the top qualifying time for the KOOL/Toyota Atlantic Championship at the Player’s Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres in Trois-Rivieres, Canada.

Miscellany

The Utah Jazz will re-sign Karl Malone, the NBA’s most valuable player two of the last three seasons, to a four-year contract worth $67 million, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Malone, 35, and Jazz owner Larry Miller confirmed that a press conference is planned today to announce Malone’s re-signing.

The Kings and restricted free-agent left-winger Vladimir Tsyplakov agreed to terms on a contract. Terms were not announced. Tsyplakov, 30, had 23 points in 69 games last season.

Raul Diaz Arce had two goals and added two assists as the Tampa Bay Mutiny beat the New England Revolution, 4-1, in a Major League Soccer game before 14,879 at Tampa, Fla. . . . Wolde Harris’ early goal proved to be the game-winner as the Colorado Rapids extended their lead in the Western Conference with a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Burn before 13,712 at Dallas. . . . Backup goalie David Winner stopped four of five shots in a shootout as the Kansas City Wizards beat the San Jose Clash, 3-2, before 9,014 at Kansas City, Mo.

Cuba routed the United States, 95-64, at Winnipeg, Canada, handing the Americans their worst loss ever in women’s basketball at the Pan American Games. Earlier, Wimbledon semifinalist Alexandra Stevenson routed Francine Harvey of Antiqua, 6-0, 6-0, in tennis, and the U.S. women’s softball team defeated the Netherlands Antilles, 7-0. An unidentified Canadian athlete failed a drug test, but the Canadian Olympic Assn. would not say which sport was involved or when the doping infraction occurred.

Hideki Todaka of Japan captured the WBA super flyweight title by winning a unanimous 12-round decision over champion Jesus Rojas of Venezuela at Nagoya, Japan.

Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands set a European record of 24.84 seconds in her 50-meter freestyle semifinal at Istanbul, Turkey--the fifth time she has broken a record at the 24th European swimming championships.

Ike Ibeabuchi, a heavyweight boxer accused of raping a woman in his hotel room, had to be removed from a Las Vegas courtroom after an outburst. Ibeabuchi, 26, was scheduled to be arraigned Friday but was removed from court after he became upset that the prosecution wanted bail set at $5 million.

Southern Mississippi baseball player Michael Artman, who set a school record with 106 hits last season, was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He will begin chemotherapy this week.