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NEW YORK?Joe Torre might be
the only candidate to become manager
of the New York Yankees and could
be hired within days, The New York
Times reported today.
The newspaper said Torre, fired
by St. Louis in June, needs only to
meet with new general manager Bob
Watson. The job opened last week
when Buck Showalter was unable to
work out a new deal.
TAMPA, Fla.? Florida outfielder
Gary Sheffield was shot when he
stopped at a traffic light on the way
to pick up one of his children.
Sheffield, was wounded ? not seriously
? in the upper left shoulder
and treated and released from St.
Joseph's Hospital.
DETROIT ? Looking to rebuild a
team that was one of the AL's worst
last season, the Detroit Tigers hired
Randy Smith as general manager.
Smith, the former General man
ager of the San Diego Padres, signed
a three-year deal. At 32, he is the
youngest general manager in the majors.
CLEVELAND ? The Cleveland Indians
exercised their 1997 option on
manager Mike Hargrove, who led the
team to its first World Series appearance
since 1954. Hargrove is 350316
in 4 1/2 years with the Indians.
MILWAUKEE ? Several executives
and the Libertarian Party filed
suit to block construction of a new Milwaukee
Brewers stadium, saying a
sales tax hike to pay for it constitutes
"taxation without representation."
TENNIS
OAKLAND, Calif. ? Venus
Williams, using her ferocious serve to
handcuff an opponent more than twice
her age, beat Rosalyn Nideffer 6-2,61
in the first round of the Bank of the
West Classic.
Williams, 15, playing just her third
tournament match of the year, will
face fifth-seeded Amy Frazier in the
second round. Frazier beat Florencia
Labat 6-4,6-4.
PARIS ? Henri Leconte, the oldest
player in the field at 32, beat Aaron
Krickstein 7-5,6-3 in the first round
of the Paris Open.
Top-seeded Pete Sampras, assured
of regaining the No. 1 ranking from
Andre Agassi for a week, begins play
Wednesday. Sampras will regain the
top spot Monday no matter what he
does in the tournament.
QUEBEC ? Third-seeded Lisa Raymond
beat Nicole Arendt 6-2,6-4 in
the first round of the Bell Challenge.
BASKETBALL
LANDOVER, Md. ? The Washington
Bullets, attempting to fill the
void left by the injured Mark Price,
obtained guard Robert Pack from Denver
for forward Don MacLean and
guard Doug Overton.
Pack averaged 18.0 points and 5.4
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HOUSTON - Philadelphia guard
Vernon Maxwell pleaded no contest
to a misdemeanor marijuana charge,
stemming trom an incident over the
summer when police stopped his car.
A judge recessed die case until November
so he could review Maxwell's
probation reports. Maxwell was cut
by Houston in June,
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - New
Mexico's Kenny Thomas struck out
again with die NCAA, which has declared
die freshman forward ineligible
for this season.
The governing body stood by its Oct.
18 decision that Thomas is ineligible
because his ninth-grade science course
was not one of the 13 core courses required
by the NCAA.
FOOTBALL
PHILADELPHIA ? Defensive tackle
Andy Harmon, tied for second in
the NFL with 8 1/2 sacks, agreed to
a three-year, $7.55 million contract
extension with the Philadelphia Eagles.
NEW ORLEANS ? Chip Lohmiller,
signed by New Orleans to bring consistency
to its kicking game, was cut
after missing two field goals in the
Saints' 11-7 victory over San Francisco.
He was 8-for-14 in eight games.
BOXING
NEW YORK?U.S. District Judge
Lawrence McKenna told jurors the
defense's case in the insurance fraud
trial of promoter Don King might be
completed next week.
The government has argued King,
charged with nine counts of mail fraud,
fabricated his contract with Julio Cesar
Chavez to fool Lloyd's of London
into believing the fighter received
$350,000 in non-refundable training
expenses for a canceled 1991 bout.
HORSE RACING
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. ? Hall of
Fame driver Herve Filion pleaded innocent
to charges that he fixed races
at Yonkers Raceway.
Filion, 55, was indicted last week
on charges of taking a bribe and tampering
with a sports contest. Westchester
County prosecutors say Filion
deliberately lost a race June 26.
FIGURE SKATING
NEW YORK ? U.S. champion
Nicole Bobek won the Starlight Challenge
in Central Park, the first international
held outdoors in 25 years.
Canada's Kurt Browning won the
men's title.
HOCKEY
NEW YORK ? Montreal left wing
Brian Savage, who had seven goals
and two assists in the Canadiens' four
victories last week, was selected NHL
player of the week.
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Hie Charlotte Hornets reportedly
are unwilling to meet Alonzo Mourning's
demand to be paid $13 million per
season and have decided to trade the
center.
Mourning and his agent, David Falk,
met with the Hornets last week to discuss
the fourth-year center's contract,
which expires after this season.
The Hornets offered Mourning $10
million per season for seven seasons,
while Falk sought $13 million for seven
seasons with an escape clause after
four seasons, The Charlotte Observer
reported today.
The newspaper quoted team owner
George Shinn as saying that, if the Hornets
could not sign Mourning, Ve have
an obligation to this community and to
our fans to do everything we can for this
franchise. If that means trading him,
by all means we'll do it."
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First, Michael Jordan. Now, Ryne
Sandberg.
Sandberg joined Jordan as the second
star Chicago athlete who wore No.
23 to return from retirement this year
when he announced Tuesday that he
will play again for the Cubs next year.
Sandberg was an All-Star second
baseman for 10 straight seasons with
the Cubs when he suddenly retired from
baseball on June 13,1994, saying the
game no longer was fun. But after more
than a year away from the majors, he
decided to make a comeback at age 36,
sources told The Associated Press.
There was speculation Sandberg, one
of the best all-around second basemen
in history, might shift to third base,
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there may not be any definite plan yet
to make that move.
Sandberg is a career .289 hitter with
245 home runs and 905 RBIs. He is close
to the career record for homers by a second
baseman, held by Joe Morgan at
266, and also is a nine-time Gold Glove
I winner.
At the time of his retirement, Sandberg,
the 1984 NL MVP and holder of
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morning, referring all questions to Bob
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Charlotte reportedly is talking with
as many as eight teams about trades involving
Mourning, who has averaged at
least 21 points per game each season
since the Hornets took him with the second
pick in the 1992 draft.
Among the deals being discussed,
according to The Observer: 7-1 center
Vlade Divac, plus another player and a
first-round draft pick from the Los Angeles
Lakers; 7-0 center Eric Montross
and another player and two first-round
draft picks from the Boston Celtics; and
point guard Rod Strickland and possibly
forward Cliff Robinson from the Portland
Trail Blazers.
A deal with the Atlanta Hawks is
lower on the list, the newspaper said.
JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock
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several major league fielding records,
was disenchanted with Cubs general
manager Larry Himes and said he wanted
to spend more time with his two children.
Sandberg was in the second year of
a four-year contract and walked away
from about $17 million.
Sandberg often repeated that he had
no intention of returning to the majors.
He said it in his book "Second to Home"
that was published this year and said it
again late this summer.
But a Cubs' source said Sandberg
contacted Chicago general manager Ed
Lynch after the regular season and said
he wanted to play baseball in 1996, especially
for the Cubs.
When the World Series ended this
weekend, some technicalities were tak
en care of, such as writing a letter of reinstatement
and filing a letter of free
agency. That done, Sandberg and Lynch
finished off their agreement.
Sandberg spent much of his time in
retirement living at his home in Arizona,
near the Cubs' spring training site in
Mesa. Although he was not playing ball,
his contract with the Cubs called for
some off-field work for the team.
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ESPN will feature South Carolina vs.
No. 3 Florida on Nov. 11 in its Saturday t
night national telecast. The game time ]
has been changed from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. c
at Williams-Brice Stadium. 1
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their children. Sandberg remarried in %
August, and friends have described him
as happier than he's been in a long time. \
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upset with the way the team was being 1
run by Himes, who was later reassigned. ?
The Cubs have completely changed their ?
front-office structure, with Lynch, who s
briefly played with Sandberg and is one
of his friends, becoming the GM and j
Andy MacPhail, who built World Series c
champions in Minnesota, taking over as i
president. s
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ened season and remained in contention I
for the wild-card spot until the last few
days. i
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19 triples and 19 homers and 84 RBIs, \
and led the Cubs to the NL East title, <
their first postseason appearance since e
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In 1985, Sandberg, showing off another
off his assets, stole 54 bases. j
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homers in 1990 and had 100 RBIs. He
also drove in 100 runs in 1991. t
He won the Gold Glove from 1983- 1
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;ames without an error (123).
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