Sports Desk
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BASKETBALL
KNICKS ACQUIRE CURRY FROM BULLS The Chicago Bulls dealt center Eddy Curry to the Knicks yesterday, ending a contentious negotiation in which the team insisted the restricted free agent take a DNA test over a heart problem. The Bulls wanted to determine whether Curry is susceptible to a potentially fatal heart problem. Curry, who missed the final 13 games of the regular season and the playoffs after experiencing an irregular heartbeat, balked, saying it violated his privacy.
Curry, drafted right out of high school, averaged a career-high 16.1 points in his fourth NBA season. Several prominent cardiologists cleared Curry to play, but Barry Maron, a world-renowned specialist in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, suggested the DNA test. Bulls GM Jim Paxson said he understands the privacy issues involved, but insisted the Bulls did not have an ulterior motive; they simply did not want a situation similar to those of former Boston Celtics guard Reggie Lewis or Loyola Marymount star Hank Gathers – players with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who collapsed and died.
BASEBALL
TIGERS FIRE TRAMMELL, MIGHT HIRE LEYLAND Tigers manager Alan Trammell was fired yesterday after three seasons in which he failed to turn around a franchise without a winning record since 1993.The Tigers went 71-91 this season and were 186-300 in three seasons under Trammell, a former star shortstop for Detroit. He had one year left on his contract.
Meanwhile, former Pirates skipper Jim Leyland was en route to the Motor City as the leading candidate to replace Trammell. Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski planned to have interviewed Juan Samuel and Bruce Fields – both from Trammell’s staff – before discussing the opening with Leyland.
– Associated Press