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Baseball Seattle Mariners -- Fired bullpen coach Bob Didier.BasketballMiami Heat -- Released G Dwight Pernell.Portland Trail Blazers -- Released F Brian Howard, G Josh Lowery and F Dwayne McClain.CollegesAtlantic 10 Conference -- Named Robert Steitz assistant commissioner.Arizona State -- Announced redshirt WR Micky Reeves has left team for personal reasons.EClarion -- Announced Frank Lignelli will retire as athletic director. Announced associate athletic director Bob Carlson will replace Lignelli on interim basis.

Moves Baseball BREWERS: Signed IF Lee Stevens and P Dan Kolb to minor league contracts and assigned both to Triple-A Indianapolis. DODGERS: Activated P Guillermo Mota. Optioned P Steve Colyer to Triple-A Las Vegas. Purchased contract of 3B Ron Coomer from Las Vegas. METS: Assigned P Mike Bacsik to Triple-A Norfolk. Sent IF Marco Scutaro and OF Raul Gonzalez outright to Norfolk. Purchased contract of P David Cone from Norfolk. TIGERS: Claimed P Tyler Walker off waivers from the Mets and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo.

Q: I have a lot of old items from various railroads. Where can I find a buyer?A: Chicago's famous Dearborn Street Station is seeking station memorabilia for a permanent historic exhibit that will include tickets, schedules, menus, calendars, china, flatware, linens, badges, ashtrays, lanterns and photographs. Some of the lines routed through Dearborn Station were the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad; Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad; and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Send a description, photocopies or photos of your items to Margaret Gubala-Hagopian, in care of Dearborn Station, 47 W. Polk St., Chicago, Ill. 60605; (312)

East Regional First round Tonight At University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio Northwestern State (18-12) vs. Winthrop (18-12), 8 p.m. Thursday At Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, N.Y. Kentucky (22-9) vs. Holy Cross (22-7), 12:20 p.m. Iowa (22-11) vs. Creighton (24-7), 30 minutes after previous game Boston College (26-4) vs. Southern Utah (25-5), 7:40 p.m. Southern California (21-9) vs. Oklahoma State (20-9), 30 minutes after previous game At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Ohio State (20-10)

BaseballBlue Jays: Agreed to $4.5 million, two-year contract with OF Shawn Green.Braves: Agreed to one-year contract with OF George Lombard and OF Curtis Pride (Silver Spring).Diamondbacks: Agreed to $685,000, one-year contract with P Hector Carrasco.Indians: Named Felix Fermin manager for Dominican summer league team.Mets: Agreed to one-year contracts with P Turk Wendell ($661,500), P Derek Wallace and P Jason Isringhausen. Named Roger LaFrancois roving minor-league catching instructor and manager of short-season Single-A Pittsfield.

SAN DIEGO -- When Mike Shanahan was a 5-foot-9, 143-pound high school senior, his goal was to become a college quarterback.It's not surprising that the big schools took one look at his small frame and passed, so the Oak Park, Ill., native jumped at the chance to play at Eastern Illinois.When driving him to the school, his father tried to talk Shanahan out of playing."He was solid as a rock, but he didn't have any meat on his bones," his father, Ed, remembers.Shanahan was determined to play.

Oklahoma (31-4) Opponent......................................Result Central Conn. State-x W, 66-44 at Michigan State-x L, 67-55 Central Michigan W, 81-64 at Arkansas W, 69-54 St. Bonaventure W, 80-74 Louisiana Tech W, 71-67, OT High Point W, 107-63 Bethune-Cookman W, 102-65 Eastern Illinois W, 109-50 Maryland W, 72-56 Texas Southern W, 97-55 Texas A&M W, 89-63 at Connecticut W, 69-67 Texas Tech W, 98-72 at Nebraska W, 78-51 at Kansas L,...

Navy's women's basketball team shot 58 percent from the field, opened a 19-point halftime lead and defeated Eastern Illinois, 88-62, on the opening day of the Navy Classic yesterday at Alumni Hall. The Midshipmen (4-5) will face Seton Hall, a 53-49 winner over Northeastern, in today's 3:15 p.m. championship game. The Panthers (3-5) will take on Northeastern at 1 p.m. in the consolation game. Courtney Davidson scored a season-high 25 points and tied a career high with four steals. The senior shooting guard also passed Becky Dowling to move into fifth place in Navy history with 1,481 points.

BaseballAngels: Granted OF Bernardo Brito his unconditional release.Blue Jays: Renewed the contracts of IF-DH Carlos Delgado, IF Alex Gonzalez and OF Shawn Green. Signed P Tim Crabtree, P Huck Flener, P Robert Person, P Paul Spoljaric, C Sandy Martinez, IF Tilson Brito, IF Tomas Perez and OF Robert Perez to one-year contracts.Mets: Signed P Roberto Ramirez to a minor-league contract.Pirates: Assigned OF Junior Felix, P John Kelly, P Curtis Shaw, P Mike Brown, P Carlos Crawford, P John Dillinger, C Tim Edge, C Marcus Hanel and IF Mark Farris to their minor-league camp.