Daily Sports Capsule

*Index*
BOXING	BASKETBALL	FOOTBALL	HOCKEY
BASEBALL	TENNIS	MISCELLANY

BOXING

Mike Tyson got his money, and a one-way ticket out of town. Nevada boxing regulators decided yesterday not to punish Tyson for hitting Orlin Norris after the bell in the first round of their aborted fight, voting unanimously to release the $8.7 million purse they had been holding since the fight. But commissioners warned that Tyson will have a tough time getting a new boxing license when his expires Dec. 31, and suggested he to find another place to fight.

BASKETBALL

Latrell Sprewell thought it over and decided he'd like to stick around the New York Knicks for a while. Sprewell has decided to take the Knicks long-term contract extension of $61.9 million for five years. The team also had a two-year, $21 million offer on the table. Sprewell, 29, was fined $30,000 and suspended for one game, losing $100,000 in salary when he missed a week of training camp in Charleston, S.C., while he drove across the country. He also was fined $25,000 by the team earlier this year for comments made by his agent, Robert Gist, but that money was reportedly later returned. He will be paid $9 million this season, the final year of the four-year deal he signed with Golden State in 1996. His new contract, which includes an opt-out clause after four years, will take effect next season. ... After the vote on the sale of the Vancouver Grizzlies was taken off the agenda, the NBA Board of Governors were updated on rule changes at their meeting yesterday. The board was expected to vote whether to approve or reject the $150 million sale of the Grizzlies by John McCaw to billionaire Bill Laurie. However, they did not made a decision. The governors also heard a progress report on the new rules designed to open up the game. The major change involves a defender who uses a hand check or a forearm. He is immediately whistled for a foul. Likewise, an offensive player who moves while setting a screen will get tagged with a foul. Another rule bars defenders from impeding offensive players cutting through the lane.

FOOTBALL

San Diego Chargers defensive end Raylee Johnson has signed a five-year contract extension through 2004 that reportedly averages $3.1 million a year. Johnson, a seventh-year pro, moved into the starting lineup this season. His 2½ sacks rank him second on the team behind All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau. ... Cleveland Browns linebacker Jamir Miller has agreed to a four-year contract extension. Financial details weren't released at a news conference yesterday, but Miller reportedly agreed to a four-year extension worth between $18 million and $20 million, with a $6 million signing bonus, The Plain Dealer and Akron Beacon Journal reported. Miller, called the "Browns MVP" by coach Chris Palmer, is expected to miss Sunday's game at New Orleans with a separated shoulder.

HOCKEY

The Anaheim Mighty Ducks acquired Tony Hrkac and Dean Malkoc in a trade yesterday that sent Ted Drury to the New York Islanders. Hrkac, a 33-year-old center, has two assists in seven games with the Islanders after signing as a free agent last summer. A second-round draft pick by St. Louis in the 1984 NHL entry draft, Hrkac has 252 career points. Drury, 28, played 11 games for the Mighty Ducks this season, with one goal and one assist. Acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators in 1996, the center appeared in 232 games for Anaheim, with 47 points and 225 penalty minutes. Malkoc, 29, is playing for the Chicago Wolves of the IHL, with one point in 11 games this season. ... The Vancouver Canucks acquired Corey Schwab from the expansion Atlanta Thrashers to bolster their injury-depleted goalie ranks yesterday. The Canucks gave up a conditional pick in the 2000 draft for Schwab, who has played five games, posting a 3-1-1 record and 2.25 goals-against average this season with the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League. Acquired by the Thrashers in last summer's expansion draft, Schwab has four years of NHL experience, the last three with the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he was 21-46-5.

BASEBALL

The Chicago Cubs have declined a $7 million option on infielder Jeff Blauser and a $3.5 million option on catcher Benito Santiago. Blauser signed an $8.4 million, two-year contract in December 1997, but he hit a combined .226 with 13 homers and 52 RBIs in his two years with the team and started only 40 of the 104 games he played this season. He gets a $200,000 buyout instead of the option. The Cubs hoped Santiago would provide power, but the 1987 NL Rookie of the Year hit .249 with seven home runs and 36 RBIs in 109 games. ... Eric Plunk's $1.8 million option for next season was declined yesterday by the Milwaukee Brewers, making him eligible for free agency. The 36-year-old right-hander, who gets a $150,000 buyout, was 4-4 with a 5.02 ERA in 68 relief appearances for the Brewers this year.

TENNIS

Greg Rusedski saved four match points and rallied to beat Todd Martin, while top-ranked Andre Agassi crushed Andrei Pavel in 54 minutes yesterday to reach the semifinals of the Eurocard Open in Stuttgart, Germany. Rusedski, seeded fifth, fired 22 aces in clinching a 4-6, 7-6 (12-10), 6-4 victory over Martin, who had won six of their previous seven showdowns. Agassi rolled over Pavel 6-2, 6-1 and later said he was in the shape of his life. Defending champion Richard Krajicek, the eighth-seeded Dutchman, eased into the semifinals by beating Mariano Zabaleta of Argentina 6-3, 6-2, while Sweden's Thomas Enqvist, seeded 13th, upset No. 6 Marcelo Rios of Chile 6-4, 6-2.

MISCELLANY

Harvey Schiller resigned yesterday as president of Turner Sports and is expected to become chief executive officer of YankeeNets, the holding company of the baseball and basketball teams. Schiller, the former executive director of the U.S. Olympic Committee, had been with Turner Sports, a division of Time Warner Inc., since 1994. The merger of the World Series champion Yankees and the Nets has been approved by the NBA, but has not yet been approved by baseball. A baseball owners' meeting may be scheduled in November to vote on the YankeeNets deal and the proposed sale of the Montreal Expos, a senior baseball official said yesterday on the condition he not be identified.

-- Compiled from wire reports