Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 2, 1991 TAG: 9103020191
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A lab test turned up traces of the drug in Haugen's urine sample, which was taken after he scored a narrow split decision last Saturday over Camacho to win the WBO version of the 140-pound title.
Chuck Minker said the Nevada State Athletic Commission, at its March 12 meeting, will set a date for a hearing on the drug test, and would notify Haugen to be present for the hearing.
Haugen faces possible fines and suspension of his license to box in the state.
\ A newspaper reporter will be first out of the chute today when competitors in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race start their 1,163-mile run from Anchorage to Nome in Alaska.
Rookie musher Brian O'Donoghue, on leave as a staff writer for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, won the starting position in a lottery at the Iditarod banquet Thursday.
Seventy-five dog teams were set to compete in sled-dog racing's premier long-distance race, which traverses mountains, tundra and windswept stretches of frozen ocean.
Susan Butcher is the defending champion.
\ At Hot Springs, Ark., Pat Day became the sixth jockey whose mounts earned more than $100 million when he guided Wild Sierra to a second-place finish in a race at Oaklawn Park. Day joined Bill Shoemaker, Laffit Pincay Jr., Angel Cordero Jr., Jorge Velasquez and Chris McCarron as the only riders to reach the milestone.
by CNB