Sports Digest

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Warriors trade Owens, get Seikaly

The Golden Warriors have a new center -- 6-foot-11 center Rony Seikaly -- after they traded forward Billy Owens and the rights to Predrag Danilovic to the Miami Heat on Wednesday.

Seikaly was the first player ever selected by Miami in the 1988 NBA draft. He averaged 15.1 points and 10.3 ebounds last season and has averaged 15.3 points and 10.5 rebounds for his career.

Owens was Sacramento's first round draft pick (third overall) in 1991. He was traded to the Warriors that year after an extended contract holdout in exchange for guard Mitch Richmond.

Danilovic was the Warriors secound round draft pick in 1992. the 6-foot-6 guard is currently under contract with Buckler Bologna in the Italian Basketball League.


Candlestick Park Gets 1999 Super Bowl

The National Football Leagues owners Wednesday awarded the 1999 Super Bowl to San Francisco's Candlestick Park.

Super Bowl 33, to be held on January 1, 1999, will be the first championship football game held at Candlestick and the second Bay Area Super Bowl. The first was held at Stanford University in 1985.

San Francisco beat out Miami for the spot. Miami is hosting the 1995 Super Bowl at Joe Robbie Stadium.

The 1996 Super Bowl is scheduled for Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.; the 1997 game will be held in The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans; and the 1998 game wiil be played at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego.

Sanchez Vicario beats Venus in three sets

It took three sets for the world's number two tennis player, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario to beat 14-year-old future star Venus Williams at the Bank of West Classic in Oakland Wednesday night.

The teenager took the first set and was ahead in the second set before Sanchez Vicario, the French and U.S. Open champion, took control, posting a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory.

The match was only Williams' second match as a professional and first tournament since she was 10-years-old.

Also winning in second round action, third seed Lindsay Davenport defeated fellow American Kimberly Po 5-7 6-3 7-6.


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