ISMAIL MIGHT PLAY SUNDAY: The countdown to the launch of RocketIsmail was put on hold last weekend, but Los Angeles Raider coach ArtShell is hopeful his new receiver/return man will make hislong-awaited debut Sunday against the Seahawks in Seattle. Ismailreported to the Raiders last week after the completion of contractnegotiations that had dragged over five months. 'He got here lastTuesday,' Shell said, 'and to just throw him out there, I didn't wantto do that. We'll get him prepared for this week and go fromthere.' ACTOR'S SOCCER DEBUT: Actor Andrew Shue, a formerprofessional soccer player, will make his indoor soccer debutSaturday for L.A. United in a Continental Indoor Soccer League gameagainst San Diego. Shue, who appears in the TV show 'Melrose Place,'was a first-team All-Ivy League forward at Dartmouth and playedprofessionally in Zimbabwe. A jersey autographed by Shue will beauctioned during the game at the Great Western Forum, with proceedsbenefitting Do Something, a non-profit organization founded by Shue.Do Something provides financial support to improve social services. COURTESY COURSE: Students in Beijing are receiving a crash coursein common courtesy as part of China's campaign for the 2000 Olympics.The China Education News reported today that Beijing unveiled the'Rules for Manners Among Primary and High School Students' in thespring as part of the city's efforts to stage the Olympics.Children are being taught to take off their hats when they hear thenational anthem, to sit up straight, to speak politely and use wordssuch as 'excuse me,' 'please' and 'thank you.' FLUTIE LEADS CALGARY: Doug Flutie threw three touchdown passes asthe Calgary Stampeders beat the Edmonton Eskimos 33-13 to open theseason 10-0 for the first time since 1949. Flutie, who led Calgaryto the Grey Cup title last season, completed 26 of 49 attempts for343 yards in Monday's game. ARTIST SUED: A Medford, Ore., man who says he owns the rights to aphoto of former Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams is suing an artistwho used the image to paint Williams as he appeared in 1939.Kenneth Chase said Williams, artist Lewis Watkins, Grand SlamMarketing and 16 other defendants hurt him financially by 'publishingand placing upon the market a commemorative 50th anniversary print ofTed Williams which . . . has copied exactly the image . . . owned bythe plaintiff.' The photo in question shows Williams at the age of21 with teammate Bobby Doerr. BOXER RETIRING: Yoo Myung-woo of South Korea, who recaptured theWBA junior flyweight title last November, is retiring after failingto arrange a fight with WBC champion Michael Carbajal of the UnitedStates. 'The limitations of my physical power were the main reasonfor my retirement' the 30-year-old Yoo said today. Yoo, 38-1 in his16-year career, defended the title 18 times after beating Joey Olivoof the United States in 1985. He lost the title to Hiroki Ioka ofJapan in 1991, and regained it last year. MARSEILLE BARRED: European soccer's governing body, UEFA, barredMarseille from defending its Champions Cup title because ofallegations of fixing a league match last season preceding the cupfinal. UEFA gave France until tomorrow to name a replacement in theChampions Cup opener Sept. 15 against AEK Athens. Also, Frenchsoccer officials said today that Marseille owner Bernard Tapie waswasting his time filing a lawsuit against the expulsion of his clubfrom the competition. CYCLIST PARALYZED: Wayne Rainey of Los Angeles is paralyzed fromthe waist down as a result of a crash during Sunday's Italian GrandPrix. Rainey, 32, sustained spinal and abdominal trauma in thecrash, Dr. Doriano Zappi said. Zappi could not say if the paralysiswas permanent.
