BRIEFLY : SLOC CLAMPS DOWN ON FREEBIES.

Byline: Daily News Wire Services

Kings, queens and assorted VIPs will get no free tickets, transportation or parking during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, a policy committee of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee decided Friday.

The panel headed by Nolan Karras, who is Gov. Mike Leavitt's Olympic representative, drafted an ethics and conflict-of-interest code and policies intended to open records and meetings to the public.

Karras said the SLOC will just say no when American or foreign dignitaries ask for complimentary tickets or other favors during the Games.

``We're going to get lots of requests from all kinds of government officials - kings, queens and heads of countries,'' he said.

Even SLOC's own 54 volunteer trustees may have to purchase tickets to Olympic competitions, though that issue is undecided, Karras said. The no-freebie policy applies to virtually everyone other than IOC members, who by contract will get credentials and special seating at every Olympic ceremony and event.

The panel's sweeping policies on ethics, internal records and board and committee meetings will go to the full board of trustees Thursday for approval.

Also Friday, the ad hoc panel tightened a conflict-of-interest rule that already tossed three trustees from the SLOC board.

The new rules say key employees, officers and board trustees must resign if they or their spouses or children own 5 percent or more of a company receiving $500,000 or more from SLOC. The previous threshold was $1 million.

Those with smaller conflicts could do business with SLOC if conflicts are disclosed and approved. SLOC is hiring an ethics officer to review potential conflicts.

HOCKEY: Milos Holan, the former Ducks defenseman from the Czech Republic who three years ago underwent radiation and chemotherapy to treat leukemia, met the man whose bone marrow saved his life.

At a City of Hope hospital in Duarte, Holan hugged Robert Stransky Jr. of Jessup, Md., and admitted how ``amazing the compassionate act of a complete stranger saved my life.''

Holan, 27, is playing hockey again in the Czech Republic and hopes to make it back into the NHL.

The driver of the limousine that crashed two years ago, severely injuring two members of the Detroit Red Wings organization, was arrested on a drunken-driving charge.

Richard Gnida was arrested just months after his license was reinstated following a three-year revocation, which was in effect at the time of the accident.

He was stopped along Michigan Avenue in Westland, Mich., after he allegedly ran a stop sign about 2 a.m. Friday, said a Wayne County sheriff.

He had just gotten his license back April 19, a month after being released from jail for violating his probation stemming from the June 13, 1997 crash.

BASKETBALL: Italy blew an 18-point lead, but led by Gregor Fucka came back to beat two-time defending champion Yugoslavia 71-62 and set up a European Championship final against Spain in France.

Fucka scored 17 points, scoring some key baskets after Yugoslavia had stormed back to take the lead with 6:14 left in the game.

Alberto Herreros scored 29 points as Spain advanced to the championship today with a 73-60 victory over host France.

Yugoslavia had won four of the last five European titles, missing out only in 1993 when it was not allowed to compete because of United Nations sanctions.

Russia beat Germany 74-70, and Lithuania took Turkey 80-56 as both winners qualified for the Sydney Olympics.

SOCCER: The British government announced regulations aimed at reducing the number of soccer players from outside European Union countries playing in England and Scotland.

The new measures include working visa restrictions and ratings for players and countries. Those from outside the EU will be required to have played in 75 percent of their national team's international matches over two years.

WNBA: Charlotte traded center Rhonda Mapp to Houston for 6-foot-7 Kara Wolters, who is out with a knee injury since June 21.

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Photo: Former Ducks player Milos Holan embraces Robert Stransky Jr., his life-saving bone marrow donor, during a news conference in Duarte.

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