
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 14, 1993                   TAG: 9307140169
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SPORTS- ETC.

The religious zealot known to sports fans as "Rainbow Man" was sentenced to three life prison terms for holding a maid hostage and making terrorist threats during an airport hotel standoff.

Rollen Frederick Stewart, 48, was described as a "David Koresh waiting to happen" by deputy district attorney Sally Lipscomb, referring to the Branch Davidian leader killed with his followers in the Waco, Texas, standoff.

Stewart was known nationwide for positioning himself in key camera positions at sporting events wearing a frizzy, multicolored wig and waving a sign reading "John 3:16," a biblical reference.

Stewart held a maid hostage in a hotel room near Los Angeles International Airport for nearly nine hours before a SWAT team captured him, authorities said. The maid locked herself in the bathroom and was unharmed.

\ Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award as part of ABC-TV's Jim Thorpe Pro Sports Award show Monday in Los Angeles.

Other awards went to Jackie Joyner-Kersee as the Thorpe Performer of the Year, boxer George Foreman, former NFL player Dennis Byrd and race car driver Richard Petty.

Individual sports winners were Michael Andretti in auto racing, Riddick Bowe in boxing, Barry Bonds in baseball, Charles Barkley in basketball, Emmitt Smith in football, Fred Couples and Dottie Mochrie in golf, Mario Lemieux in hockey and Jim Courier and Monica Seles in tennis.

by CNB