Bengals hire Moeller
CINCINNATI - Former Michigan coach Gary Moeller was hired Friday by the Cincinnati Bengals as an offensive assistant in charge of tight ends.
Moeller was suspended and then resigned the Michigan job following an April 28 incident in which he was charged with disorderly conduct and assault after becoming drunk at a Southfield, Mich., restaurant and scuffling with police.
He pleaded no-contest to the charges May 8 and was fined $200 and ordered to pay another $209 in court costs.
Everett signs record pact
NEW ORLEANS - The four-year contract extension signed by New Orleans Saints quarterback Jim Everett will make him the highest-paid player in team history and will provide the Saints with $539,000 in relief against the 1995 salary cap.
Everett, who signed the contract June 15, will earn $4.7 million this season, The Times-Picayune reported Friday. He received a $3.8 million signing bonus with a $401,000 base salary and $500,000 roster bonus. His average salary for the next five years is $3.31 million.
Linebacker Renaldo Turnbull had the most lucrative contract in team history when he signed a five-year, $15 million contract after the 1994 season, when he was an unrestricted free agent.
Eagles want to woo Deion
PHILADELPHIA - Two-sport star Deion Sanders will consider an offer from the Philadelphia Eagles if they are a serious postseason contender halfway through the NFL season, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Right now, one of our biggest needs is a topflight cover guy, and when Deion becomes available, hopefully he'll help us out," Eagles coach Ray Rhodes said Thursday about the free-agent cornerback.
Sanders is now playing baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, who are in first place in the National League's Central Division. Rhodes said Sanders would like to play for the Reds through the postseason.
The Dallas Cowboys and Sanders' most recent team, the San Francisco 49ers, are also courting him for the latter part of the season. But Sanders is said to want $4 million for an eight-game season and San Francisco is having salary-cap problems.