Yakima, WA, was selected to host the '97 CBA All-Star
Classic at the Yakima SunDome. The game's logo was designed by
Creative Department for the NBA's Nuggets and NHL Avalanche
(CBA)....The troubles of Mats Wilander, who faces a possible
suspension by the ITF for allegedly testing positive for cocaine,
are examined by Robin Finn in the N.Y. TIMES. Wilander had
criticized the ATP Tour for not being more supportive, but the
Tour claims it is not a union and "is not responsible for
comforting a player found to be in violation of the tour's rules"
(N.Y. TIMES, 5/21)....In Toronto, Jim Hunt questions the NHL
determining its draft sequence via a lottery: "I realize the NBA
does it. But surely NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman must realize
that not everything the NBA does is worthy of copying" (TORONTO
SUN, 5/21)....In New York, Murray Chass calls on MLB to take no
action against Reds Owner Marge Schott since all it would do is
land them in court. Chass also calls for a media boycott of
Schott: "If we don't ask, she can't tell" (N.Y. TIMES,
5/21)....In S.F., columnist Ray Ratto notes the high number of
blowouts during the NBA playoffs in a piece entitled, "The NBA --
I can't stand this game." Ratto writes "the few" who have
watched the NHL playoffs "were infinitely more amused than the
many who watched" the NBA (S.F. EXAMINER, 5/20). In L.A., Allen
Malamud writes "the hottest action this postseason is on ice"
(L.A. TIMES, 5/20).
