Professional Basketball
BY THE NUMBERS-Utah’s John Stockton had 15 assists Saturday night in the 1,304th game of his 17-year career, moving him past Elvin Hayes for fifth place on the NBA’s list. The Jazz beat Seattle 111-91

SLUMPING-Detroit beat Cleveland 88-81 in overtime Saturday night to hand the Cavaliers their fifth straight loss…Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 21 points and 13 rebounds as Vancouver sent Chicago to its franchise-record 14th straight loss with a 91-84 win over the Bulls (6-40).

SHOOTING BRICKS-Jerry Stackhouse shot just 7-for-34 from the field Saturday night as Detroit beat Cleveland 88-81 in overtime…Chicago shot 1-for-19 on 3-pointers in a 91-84 loss to Vancouver.

SUSPENSION STINGS-The Clippers capitalized on Rasheed Wallace’s suspension to beat Portland
90-89 Saturday night. Wallace, who leads the Trail Blazers with a 19.3 scoring average-and the NBA with 27 technical fouls-began his two-game ban for throwing a towel at referee Gary Benson in Thursday night’s victory over Phoenix.

SIDELINED-Seattle guard Gary Payton missed Saturday night’s 111-91 loss to Utah because of a strained abdominal muscle. The Sonics also were without forward Ruben Patterson, who served the second game of a three-game league suspension…Dallas guard Steve Nash sat out a 101-95 victory over Golden State with a recurring hamstring injury. The Warriors were missing guard Larry Hughes, out with an injured right thumb…Toronto placed guard Muggsy Bogues on the injured list with a sore knee and activated center Mamadou N’diaye.

Soccer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida-University of Notre Dame defender Kelly Lindsey was the first pick in the Women’s United Soccer Association’s supplemental college draft Sunday. Lindsey was selected by the Bay Area Cyber Rays, as 32 players were chosen in the four-round draft-four to each of the eight teams in the new league.
The WUSA begins play April 14, with the Cyber Rays at the Washington Freedom.
Washington took Jen Grubb, also of Notre Dame, with the second choice. Other first-round selections were Staci Reynolds of Brigham Young by the Carolina Courage; Tina August of San Diego State by the Boston Breakers; Katy Tracy of Virginia by the New York Power; Karissa Hampton of UCLA by the San Diego Spirit; Courtney Saunders of Baylor by the Philadelphia Charge; and Maite Zabala of California-Berkeley by the Atlanta Beat.
Each WUSA team now has 24 players. Teams were initially allocated three of the league’s founding players, members of the 1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup champion, and two international stars. A 15-round player draft was held in December.
Major League Baseball
NEW YORK-Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees neared agreement Friday on a 10-year deal worth just under $190 million.
While the Yankees wouldn’t comment publicly on the talks, the progress was reported by a baseball official familiar with the negotiations who spoke on
the condition he not be identified.
The sides had been scheduled for a salary arbitration hearing Monday in Phoenix, but decided Friday to postpone it.
Depending on how much of the money is in the later years of the contract or is deferred, the total value probably will wind up between $185 million and
$189 million, the official said.
Jeter’s contract, if finalized, would trail only the $252 million, 10-year deal agreed to in December between Texas and shortstop Alex Rodriguez, Jeter’s good friend.
Jeter, 26, has played for four World Series
championship teams in the five seasons he has been with the Yankees.

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