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Baseball2 St. Louis Blues -- Signed D Daniel LaPerriere.

I've known Tom for so long that I can't remember when I first met him. But when I did, I'm sure it involved one of us getting smashed into a locker. Every lifelong friendship starts in its own way. It happened, I think, during our first week at St. Louis Country Day, where we were among the 67 squirming 11-year-old boys still trying to figure out how to tie our school neckties, not to mention which teachers gave you detention for getting it wrong. Eight years of such stuff, evidently, was the key to getting into colleges such as Harvard and Yale.

HockeyWashington Capitals -- Traded C Kevin Miller to the St. Louis Blues for D Paul Cavallini.

Dale Patton, the founding president of the Baltimore Blues Society, died Wednesday of cancer at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. He was 51 and lived in Monkton. In his 20 years of bringing blues music to Baltimore, he led a group that now has more than 1,000 members who gather five times a year at the Rosedale American Legion Hall to hear nationally known musicians. "He had the ability to run a major corporation, but he didn't do that. He ran the Blues Society instead, " said Donna Andrews, a friend who lives in Northeast Baltimore.

HockeySt. Louis Blues -- Assigned D Jeff Batters and F Patrice Tardif to IHL Peoria. Sent junior players Jamie Rivers to OHL Sudbury and QMJHL Stephane Roy.

CollegesNavy -- Named Don DeVoe men's basketball coach.HockeySt. Louis Blues -- Recalled G Guy Hebert from Peoria of the IHL.

HockeyBuffalo Sabres -- Agreed to terms with C Pat LaFontaine on a multiyear contract.St. Louis Blues -- Signed C Ron Sutter and LW Gino Cavallini to multiyear contracts.

BasketballSeattle SuperSonics -- Named Kathy Scanlan executive vicpresident.HockeySt. Louis Blues -- Traded D Gordie Roberts (1 A, 8 PIM in games) to the Pittsburgh Penguins for future considerations.

"Ol' Man River" has become "St. Louis Blues."Bill's position on gays in the military is perfectly clear: He wishes he had never brought the subject up.Japanese voters decided to clean up the business-government connection without severing it. Neat trick, if it can be done.

BaseballSt. Louis Blues -- Recalled F Dave Mackey from IHL Peoria.MediaSports Illustrated Television -- Named Ted Shaker, former CBS executive producer, president of the newly formed division of the magazine.VolleyballU.S. Volleyball Association -- Named Jim Iams women's coach for the 1994 Goodwill Games.

At the end of a long day of small epiphanies, Clarence Harmon was dead on his feet yesterday afternoon as he walked into a rundown recreation center in West Baltimore and found something sublime in the pint-sized person of Ashley Fauntleroy."

Let's see if we have this straight: Albert Belle delivers a profane and menacing tirade at NBC's Hannah Storm before Game 3 of last season's World Series, declines counseling and now gets to negotiate with baseball officials over the terms of a fine or suspension.Yep, baseball is back.Acting poobah Bud Selig's handling of this matter is Exhibit No. 1 for the prosecution in the case of why baseball desperately needs a commissioner with some semblance of a spine.Ignoring the sizable conflict-of-interest issue over whether the owner of one club can sit in judgment of a player from another club in the same division, Selig's deafening silence in the four months since Belle harangued Storm sends the signal that baseball players not only don't have to cooperate with the media, but also can intimidate them without fear of retribution.

Although reports continue out of Toronto that Wayne Gretzky will be dealt to the St. Louis Blues, he remains in a silver-and-black uniform, and Los Angeles Kings officials remain steadfast in their denials of any impending deals.The latest report, in yesterday's editions of the Toronto Sun, had Gretzky, 34, and defenseman Marty McSorley being sent to the Blues for centers Patrice Tardif and Roman Vopat, wings Craig Johnson and Dennis Chasse, defenseman Chris Pronger and draft choices."The story in the Toronto Sun is completely inaccurate and false," Kings spokesman Rick Minch said late Friday.

How do you identify Mike Keenan?A) Stanley Cup champion coach in New York in 1994.B) A welsher, who ran out on his Rangers contract.C) St. Louis coach.D) A genius.E) The opposite of a genius.Well, yes, you say. He is all that.And now, with his team struggling to stay in the Western Conference playoff race, Keenan becomes an even easier target."Yeah, if he keeps going the way he's been going, he'll be the St. Louis Blues' old coach," said Brendan Shanahan, the former St. Louis favorite whom Keenan traded to Hartford earlier this season.

BasketballWashington Bullets: Agreed to terms with F Chris Webber on a multi-year contract.HockeyCalgary Flames: Traded D Frank Musil to the Ottawa Senators for a 1997 fourth-round choice.Colorado Avalanche: Re-signed RW Scott Young for one year.St. Louis Blues: Assigned D Jamie Rivers to AHL Worcester.Vancouver Canucks: Sent G Serfei Tkachenko on loan to ECHL Raleigh.4 Syracuse Crunch (AHL): Released RW Eric Johnson.

BaseballOrioles -- Obtained OF-3B Bobby Bonilla and a player to be named from the New York Mets for OF Damon Buford and OF Alex Ochoa. Optioned P Joe Borowski to Triple-A Rochester.California Angels -- Optioned P Russ Springer to Triple-A Vancouver. Designated P Tim Fortugno for assignment.Chicago Cubs -- Placed 2B Rey Sanchez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 24. Purchased the contract of IF Todd Haney from Triple-A Iowa.Chicago White Sox -- Recalled P Mike Bertotti and P Atlee Hammaker from Triple-A Nashville.

BasketballWashington Bullets: Agreed to terms with F Chris Webber on a multi-year contract.HockeyCalgary Flames: Traded D Frank Musil to the Ottawa Senators for a 1997 fourth-round choice.Colorado Avalanche: Re-signed RW Scott Young for one year.St. Louis Blues: Assigned D Jamie Rivers to AHL Worcester.Vancouver Canucks: Sent G Serfei Tkachenko on loan to ECHL Raleigh.4 Syracuse Crunch (AHL): Released RW Eric Johnson.

FootballGreen Bay Packers -- Signed free-agent NT Bill Maas, formerly with the Kansas City Chiefs, to a two-year contract.Los Angeles Rams -- Signed free-agent T Irv Eatman, formerly with the New York Jets, to a three-year contract that includes a right of first refusal for a fourth year.HockeySt. Louis Blues -- Agreed to terms with RW Brett Hull on a four-year contract.

BaseballAmerican League -- Suspended Toronto Blue Jays 2B Roberto Alomar for two games for overly aggressive behavior and throwing equipment during and after a game against Texas on May 17; the suspension is delayed pending an appeal by Alomar.Atlanta Braves -- Released 1B-C Francisco Cabrera from his contract with Triple-A Richmond.Kansas City Royals -- Signed P Kevin Appier to a one-year contract and avoided salary arbitration.Los Angeles Dodgers -- Traded OF Henry Rodriguez and IF Jeff '' Treadway to the Montreal Expos for OF Roberto Kelly and P Joey Eischen; designated the contract of C Noe Munoz for assignment; optioned P Felix Rodriguez to Triple-A Albuquerque; purchased the contract of IF-OF Rick Parker from Albuquerque.

BaseballLos Angeles Dodgers -- Purchased the contract of OF Scott Pose from Triple-A New Orleans. Assigned Pose to Triple-A Albuquerque. Signed IF Casey Candaele to a minor-league contract.BasketballBoston Celtics -- Extended the contracts of assistant coaches Don Casey and Dennis Johnson.Dallas Mavericks -- Signed G-F George McCloud to a second 10-day contract.Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) -- Signed F Evers Burns (Maryland).CollegeAtlantic 10 Conference -- Announced that Virginia Tech, Dayton and La Salle have accepted invitations to join the conference, effective July 1, 1995, with competition beginning with the 1995-96 season.