Garrison Hearst

Will garbage time decide who's No. 1?Miami surrendered three meaningless touchdowns to West Virginia on Saturday night and the top spot in the Associated Press top 25 to Washington yesterday.The Hurricanes had a 35-3 lead on West Virginia with 6:58 left before three touchdown passes by Darren Studstill narrowed the final difference to a deceptively close 35-23. Washington played its best game of the year in a 41-7 pounding of No. 21 Stanford and leaped over Miami into the No. 1 ranking."I have to question whether these guys want to be No. 1," wide receiver Lamar Thomas said of Miami's second unit.

Baseball Cincinnati Reds -- Purchased the contracts of 1B Jamie Dismuke and OF Steve Gibralter from Double-A Chattanooga and added them to the 40-man roster.Cleveland Indians -- Traded P Heathcliff Slocumb to the Philadelphia Phillies for OF Ruben Amaro.Detroit Tigers -- Agreed to terms with IF Travis Fryman on a five-year contract through 1998.Pittsburgh Pirates -- Signed IF Tom Foley to a one-year contract.San Francisco Giants -- Re-signed 1B Todd Benzinger to a one-year contract.Seattle Mariners -- Traded P Erik Hanson and 2B Bret Boone to the Cincinnati Reds for P Bobby Ayala and C Dan Wilson.

BasketballJazz: C Olden Polynice passed his physical exam, validating his contract.IBL: Named Bernie Bickerstaff coach and GM of St. Louis Swarm.CollegeOregon: Gave football coach Mike Bellotti new seven-year contract that will pay him more than $700,000 a season.FootballBears: Released K Brian Gowins. Waived former Ravens CB Dorian Brew. Reached injury settlement with DT Joe Fleming. Placed OT Jimmy Herndon and OT Chad Overhauser on IR.Bengals: Signed P Eddie Howard to three-year contract.

The Ed Block Courage Award Dinner tonight will be a coming-out party for Art Modell in his new home.Modell will be making his first major public appearance in Baltimore since Nov. 6, when he announced he was moving the Cleveland Browns here.It's not his first appearance at the dinner, though. He said he attended years ago and knew the late Ed Block, the Baltimore Colts trainer for whom the dinner is named."He was considered the dean of trainers," Modell said.Modell said he is looking forward to the event.

The NFL season begins in four weeks, but for football card collectors the season is in full swing.Fleer had its cards out before baseball's All-Star break, and collectors will have more lines to choose from this month.Stadium Club, Action Packed, Upper Deck and SkyBox's Impact are scheduled for release this month. Only Stadium Club will be produced in two series. Upper Deck and Impact have rookie exchange insert cards.Topps' Stadium Club will have 500 cards in two series. Both series feature 1993 draft picks.

Moves Baseball ANGELS: Agreed to one-year contracts with P Derrick Turnbow and OF Jeff DaVanon. BLUE JAYS: Sold the contract of P Pete Walker to Yokohama of Japanese Central League. EXPOS: Agreed with P Roy Corcoran, P Seung Song, 3B Scott Hodges and OF Valentino Pascucci on one-year contracts. RANGERS: Signed P R.A. Dickey, P Ryan Drese, P Ben Kozlowski and C Gerald Laird to one-year contracts. TIGERS: Agreed with P Franklyn German, P Gary Knotts, P Wilfredo Ledezma, P Mike Maroth, C Brandon Inge and IF Omar Infante on one-year contracts.

BaseballAmerican League -- Suspended Oakland Athletics P Edwin Nunez for 10 games, manager Tony La Russa and coach Tommy Reynolds for five games, DH Troy Neel for four games and 1B Mark McGwire for three games for their part in a brawl Tuesday. Suspended Milwaukee Brewers manager Phil Garner for five games and P Graeme Lloyd for three games for their parts in the altercation.National League -- Suspended New York Mets P Dwight Gooden for five games for hitting the Cincinnati Reds' Brian Koelling in a game Aug. 20; Pittsburgh Pirates P Bob Walk for five games for hiting the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kevin Gross in a game Aug. 21; and Pirates manager Jim Leyland for six games for charging the mound in a game Aug. 21. They were fined an undisclosed amount.

This year's race for the Heisman Trophy is generating all th excitement of a Bowling Green-Ball State football game. Maybe less.The best college player in the country?Some say that Miami quarterback Gino Torretta -- one contender for the Heisman -- might be the fourth- or fifth-best player on his own team.Others say that San Diego State running back Marshall Faulk -- another front-runner -- accumulates his yards in a conference where defense has all the stopping power of a speed bump.Frustrated Heisman voters might turn to the long-shot candidates, led by Georgia running back Garrison Hearst.

DENVER -- The Denver Broncos have lost their first four games of the season in defense of back-to-back Super Bowl championships.But their biggest loss came yesterday when they learned that reigning NFL MVP Terrell Davis had torn his anterior cruciate and medical collateral ligaments, plus suffered cartilage damage in his right knee.Davis hobbled off the field in the first quarter of Sunday's game with the New York Jets. Initially, the Broncos thought he's suffered a torn ACL. But the revelations yesterday were "the worst-case scenario," said Broncos trainer Steve Antonopulos.