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

DATE: TUESDAY, February 1, 1994                   TAG: 9402010185
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SPORTS - ETC.

Charles Price, a journalist who spent nearly 50 years covering golf and other subjects for several magazines, died at his Pinehurst, N.C., home on Saturday. He was 68. The cause of death was lung cancer, according to a news release from Golf Digest. Price covered golf for Golf World and Golf Digest and was the founding editor of Golf Magazine. He also reported on music and architecture for Cosmopolitan and Newsweek.

Al Unser Jr., Danny Sullivan, Dale Jarrett, Kyle Petty and Jack Baldwin joined a list of drivers selected to compete in the four-race International Race of Champions series. The 18th IROC series begins Feb. 18, at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona, Fla. Previously announced competitors include Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin, Geoff Brabham, Scott Sharp, Tom Kendall and Steve Kinser.

In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, the international ski federation said it will proceed with men's downhill and slalom racing this weekend despite the death of a racer. "This tragic accident has shaken all of us deeply. But the whole sports enterprise can't stop because of that," said Heinz Krecek, the German representative on a ski federation jury that decided Saturday's and Sunday's competition will be run as planned. Ulrike Maier, a two-time world champion, broke her neck in last Saturday's downhill race and died 2 1/2 hours later.

An oversight panel recommended approval of a $153.4 million contract to build the Olympic Stadium in Atlanta - if organizers of the 1996 Summer Games prove they can afford it. The stadium committee of the Metropolitan Atlanta Olympic Games Authority approved the contract between the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and Atlanta Stadium Contractors, a joint venture that is to build the 85,000-seat stadium.

Earthquake damage to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is so extensive that the historic stadium may not be repaired in time for next fall's football season. One Coliseum aide said that, pending a structural engineer's report, the structure may have to be demolished and rebuilt.

by CNB