Baseball
ANGELS EYE COLLINS: Terry Collins, fired as Houston manager last month following a late collapse by the Astros, will become the new manager of the California Angels.
A major league source confirmed Sunday that Collins will be the 15th manager in the Angels' 37-year history.
The Angels, who had a late-season collapse to lose the AL West in 1995 and finished last in the division this season, have looked for a manager since Marcel Lachemann resigned Aug. 6.
John McNamara was the interim manager after Lachemann resigned.
Football
BC'S GAMGLING PROBE: Defensive back Kiernan Speight, named in reports concerning possible gambling by members of the Boston College football team, said his name would be cleared.
The reports said Speight, Jermaine Monk, Jamall Anderson and Brandon King had a confrontation with head coach Dan Henning and the team's four captains Saturday night before athletic director Chet Gladchuk announced the school would investigate gambling rumors linked to the football team.
The university issued a statement Sunday night saying it was cooperating with the district attorney's office and also setting up an internal review committee, headed by Kevin P. Duffy, vice president for student affairs. The statement said the university notified the NCAA of its actions.
Hockey
CAPS-AVALANCE TRADE: The Washington Capitals obtained free-agent forward Chris Simon and defenseman Curtis Leschyshyn from Colorado for right wing Keith Jones, a first-round draft pick in 1998 and a fourth-round pick in either 1997 or 1998.
Tennis
AMERITECH CUP: Second-seeded Jana Novotna stopped Jennifer Capriati's bid for her first title since 1993 with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 victory in the finals of the $450,000 Ameritech Cup in Chicago, her third title this year.
Capriati, 20, returned to the tour this season after two years of personal turmoil, including two stints in drug rehabilitation.
PARIS OPEN: Sweden's Thomas Enqvist beat French Open champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 to capture the $2.5 million Paris Open, his ninth career title.
Enqvist served 20 aces, including four in the final game to beat the fourth-seeded Russian, and collect $393,000, most of his career.
NTT DATA CHAMPIONSIONS: John McEnroe, displaying both his touch and his temper, beat Johan Kriek 6-4, 6-4 Monday to capture the $200,000 NTT Data Champions tennis tournament in Tokyo. Even match point was a matter of controversy.
McEnroe served what he thought was an ace down the center, raised his arms in victory and then stared in disbelief as the line judge called it out. The chair umpire overruled the call and gave McEnroe the match.
The victory, worth $50,000, was McEnroe's second title on the over-35 Champions Tour. Kriek was runner-up for the third consecutive tournament played in three weeks on three continents.
Golf
SARAZEN WORLD OPEN: Defending champion Frank Nobilo of New Zealand overcame a four-shot deficit with a 6-under-par 66 to win the Sarazen World Open in Braselton, Ga.
Nobilo's 272 bettered by one the tournament record set by Ernie Els two years ago, and was good for $342,000.
Nobilo overtook third-round leader Scott Hoch with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 13th hole. Hoch took a double bogey-6 on 17 to finish at 276.
Tied for third at 278 were Payne Stewart and Craig Stadler . Nick Price of Zimbabwe was fifth with a 69-279. Davis Love III and Mark Calcavecchia were at 282.
EMERALD COAST CLASSIC: Lee Trevino sank a 35-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a five-way playoff - biggest in Senior PGA Tour history - to win the $1.05 million Emerald Coast Classic in Milton, Fla.
Trevino defeated Dave Stockton, Mike Hill, David Graham and Bob Eastwood who each shot par-4 on the 398-yard 18th hole during the playoff.
Stockton was two strokes ahead, but bogeyed the last two holes to create the tie at 3-under-par 207.
It was Trevino's first victory this year and record 27th at the Senior Tour. He has won at least once each of the last seven years, and collected $157,753 to boosted his senior career winnings to $6,689,649, retaking the career senior lead from Bob Charles.
Trevino started the day three behind second-round leaders Dave Eichelberger and Larry Gilbert and shot a 2-under-par 68.
Jim Dent, Jay Sigel and Rocky Thompson tied for sixth with money leader Hale Irwin at 2-under par 208.
Irwin's $35,700 prize brought his earnings to $1,572,894 and increased his money lead to $66,004 over second-place Jim Colbert.
TORAY QUEENS CUP: Laura Davies lost the Toray Queens Cup playoff on the third hole to Mayumi Hirase, but took the LPGA money lead. The event was played in Inashiki, Japan.
Hirase, a co-leader entering the final round, forced the sudden-death playoff with a final-hole birdie for 4-under-par 212. Her final-round 72 in the $750,000 LPGA regular-season finale was worth $112,500.
Davies, with $69,819, surpassed Australian rookie Karrie Webb, who finished 35th after a closing 72. Davies leads with earnings of $897,302.
Davies eagled the par-5 18th en route to a bogey-free 68.
Japan's Hiromi Kobayashi, first-round leader, finished third with a 72-213, followed by Barb Whitehead, who carded a 70-214.
DUNHILL MASTERS: Germany's Bernhard Langer won for the first time in 13 months, carding a 6-under-par 65 to win the $500,000 Dunhill Masters in Hong Kong by two strokes over South Korean Kang Wook-soon.
Langer's 65 gave him a 17-under-par 267, good for $94,735. Kang earned $53,685. Australian Scott Laycock , who went into the final round with a two-stroke lead, wound up at 270. Thailand's Boonchu Ruangkit was at 271.
Boxing
FOREMAN WINS: George Foreman had little trouble in beating unknown Crawford Grimsley in a 12-round unanimous decision Sunday in Urayasu, Japan.
The 47-year-old Foreman (75-4) weighed 253 pounds to defend his fringe IBA and WBU titles. The oldest heavyweight champion earned about $5 million.
HIV-infected boxer Tommy Morrison made quick work of last-minute opponent Marcus Rhode with a knockout, 1 minute, 38 seconds into the heavyweight fight.
Auto racing
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES: Randy LaJoie finished 10th to Kevin LePage in the Jiffy Lube 300, but won the NASCAR Busch Series title in Homestea, Fla.
LePage won his first career Busch Series event in 69 attempts, finishing 2.53 seconds ahead of Bobby Labonte in a battle of Chevrolets. Mark Martin's Ford was third in the season-ending event.
Skating
SKATE AMERICA: Michelle Kwan and Todd Eldredge won singles titles Saturday in Skate America, the season's first major international event in Springville, Mass.
Sport honorees
OLD TIME ATHLETES: Because it is the state's Centennial Year, the Utah Old Time Athletes Association will honor every member of the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in a special ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Salt Palace Convention Center.
Since 1970, when 18 charter members were honored, the OTAA has inducted four or five people into the Hall of Fame every year. But this year, they decided to honor all 127 inductees, which includes 75 living members at the annual banquet. Among those who will be honored are five of the original inductees, Dave Freed, Arnie Ferrin, Alf Engen, Gene Fullmer and Kent Ryan.
Others, who will be honored include Ladell Andersen, Eldon Fortie, Jack Gardner, Lee Hammel, Marvin Jenson, Jeff Judkins, Vernon Law, Blaine Lindgren, Fred Sheffield, Karl Tucker and Stan Watts.
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