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B2 THE WORLD, Coos Bay, Ore. Thursday, August 4, 2005 Sports Congress ponders perjury charges against Palmeiro Bogues tries hand at coaching in WNBA jr- Admitting that teaching his daughter and the little girls who have attended his camps is the only experience he has with coaching females, he said he would rely on his days as a point guard to find his way. 'The way I played the game and the position I played, I was an extension of the coach," he said. "I ran the show." Although the Sting are not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs yet, Bogues said the final 10 games will be difficult and his hardest job will be convincing the team they can win some games. But he doesn't think Charlotte has a realistic chance, and will use this time to begin preparations for next season.

"We are in a rebuilding stage. For me, this is more or less an evaluation right now. Our backs are against the wall." Lacey, meanwhile, said the decision to relinquish the job as coach was not that difficult when she stepped back and made the decision as general manager. She struggled with the decision to trade Staley, pulling the trigger on the deal as a "one last gift" to a player nearing the end of her career and still searching for a WNBA title. The Comets are in second place in the Western Conference and give Staley a much better chance at winning a championship.

Once the trade was complete, Lacey said she knew it was time for Tapscott to bring Bogues in. "It was the right thing to do when I looked at the big picture," she said. Bogues becomes the 17th former NBA player or coach to coach a WNBA team. His first game will be tonight against Sacramento. CHARLOTTE, N.C.

(AP) Muggsy Bogues was working in real estate two days ago with no organized coaching experience. Now he's the head of the Charlotte Sting, charged with turning around the worst team in the WNBA. Bogues was hired Wednesday to replace Trudi Lacey, who will remain as general manager. The Sting have the league's worst record at 3-21, with four fewer wins than San Antonio the last-place team in the Western Conference. "This opportunity for me came out of nowhere," said Bogues, who admits he has seen very few Sting games.

"Before this I was in real estate and just raising my kids." Charlotte president Ed Tapscott said Bogues name came up about a month ago when he and Lacey decided the team needed a fresh voice on the court. He invited Bogues to a game, and asked to speak to him later. During their talk, he asked Bogues what he thought about taking over as coach. "For a minute he was taken aback," Tapscott said. "I asked him not to say anything, to think about it.

Well, the more he thought about it, the more he began getting excited." The hiring comes two days after the Sting traded Dawn Staley, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and face of the franchise, to Houston for a first-round draft pick. With two first-round picks, the organization decided it was best to make a change now and allow Lacey to focus on evaluating talent while giving a new coach the final 10 games of the season to start a foundation. "We hope we'll get on the path for moving into the new arena mix determined play at point guard. He spent 14 years in the NBA, nine with the Hornets as an original member of that team. He retired to Charlotte, where he is a popular and visible member of the community.

With Staley now gone, and Tuesday's announcement that star Allison Feaster would miss the rest of the season with pain related to her recent pregnancy, Tapscott joked that "Coach Bogues is the new face of the franchise." Bogues downplayed his lack of coaching experience. AP Photo New Charlotte Sting coach Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, left, laughs with general manager and former coach Trudi Lacey during a news conference Wednesday announcing that Bogues was hired as coach of the struggling Charlotte Sting. the 1988 Olympics. It is not available in over-the-counter supplements and is known as a powerful strength-builder. It can be ingested in tablet form, leaving one's system in less than a month, or injected, lasting several weeks longer.

Palmeiro's positive test came after his appearance before Congress but before he recorded his hit last month. That means he reached the milestone after he knew about the positive result, the source told the AP. Rather than relying on news reports, Davis said, Congress will wait to see what it learns from the information baseball provides. Palmeiro agreed that it be released during a telephone conversation with Davis on Tuesday night. "He was pretty adamant about the point he didn't do anything.

He also remarked he didn't have a lot of time to enjoy his hit," Davis said. "What we are concerned about, obviously, is the integrity of the committee process when we swear people in. We have an obligation to look further into it, and I explained that to him, and he said he understood." Davis and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Henry Waxman of California, asked Major League Baseball to turn over information about the failed test and any other drug tests Palmeiro has taken. In confirming that he would cooperate with the committee, Palmeiro said in a statement that if it has any additional questions, "I am ready and willing to answer each and every one of them." Palmeiro's agent, Arn Tellem, did not return a telephone call from the AP on Wednesday.

Baseball spokesman Rich Levin said the documents would be released as requested "in a timely manner," but did not give specifics and did not know if they would be made public once received. Davis was critical of the union, commissioner Bud Selig and the sport's steroid policy at the March hearing. He and Waxman have proposed legislation that would establish uniform drug programs and punishments in the major U.S. professional sports. But Davis praised baseball's of the Palmeiro "He did get an appeal under this procedure.

He filed it And obviously they didn't cut him any slack," Davis said. "I'm satisfied that baseball proceeded as they said they would." (next season) and celebrating the 10th year of the WNBA," Tapscott said. "We needed to change the direction of this team before those events." Bogues ran practice Wednesday afternoon, where at 5-foot-3, he was the shortest person on the court. Helen Darling, Charlotte's point guard, is the smallest player at 5-foot-6. The undersized Bogues endeared himself to basketball fans in North Carolina first at Wake Forest then with the NBA's Charlotte Hornets with his Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks, has averaged 15 points and 6.9 assists in 821 career games.

Anderson will be designated as the team's amnesty player under the NBA's new collective bargain Portland releases veterans Anderson and Van Exel ee final two years of Anderson's contract and he can sign with another team. "Given the direction of the team and Derek's limited availability in recent years we felt this was the best solution for all par- cap flexibility and minutes for our younger players," Blazers general manager John Nash said in a statement. The eight-year NBA veteran ng agtf.enieni. tjifr.g.jies.Jtbjs roov.gives us additional By Howard Fendrich AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON Even after failing a drug test, Rafael Palmeiro insists he was being truthful when he told Congress that he never used steroids. Congress wants to find out for itself.

A House committee has Palmeiro's permission to obtain documents from Major League Baseball about the steroid test that led to his 10-day suspension this week. That information will be used to investigate whether the Baltimore Orioles slugger committed perjury in March. "As a practical matter, perjury referrals are uncommon. Prosecutions are rare," House Government Reform Committee chairman Rep. Tom Davis, said Wednesday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

"But this is a high-profile case, so I think it will get an honest look-see. I don't think anyone can avoid it." And then Davis added: "If we did nothing, I think we'd look like idiots. Don't you?" On March 17, Palmeiro appeared before Davis' panel alongside Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, pointed his finger for emphasis and declared: "I have never used steroids. Period." On Monday, baseball announced he was being suspended, though it did not say when Palmeiro tested positive or for what substance. Palmeiro stood by his statements to Congress and said he didn't know what caused the test result.

"It's hard for me to reconcile that someone doesn't know that they have steroids in their body. I'm extraordinarily skeptical," said committee member Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn. Said Davis: "You've got to remember of all the people who testified, he was probably the most convincing. So if you asked me who would they catch, and I were listing a thousand ballplayers, he would be No.

1,000." A person with knowledge of the sport's drug-testing program told the AP on condition of anonymity that Palmeiro tested positive for the powerful steroid stanozolol. That's what sprinter Ben Johnson tested positive for when he was stripped of his gold medal and world record in the 100 meters at Seattle 14 10 .583 3 Los Angeles 11 12 .478 6 Phoenix 11 13 .458 6 Minnesota 11 14 .440 7 San Antonio 7 19 .269 11 Wednesday's Game Phoenix 70, Minnesota 64 Today's Games Sacramento at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Seattle at Indiana, 5 p.m. Friday's Games Los Angeles at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Houston at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

NFL Preseason Saturday's Game Atlanta vs. Indianapolis at Tokyo, 2 a.m. Monday's Game Miami vs. Chicago at Canton, Ohio, 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug.

11 San Diego at Green Bay, 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12 Detroit at N.Y. Jets, 4 p.m. New England at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Seattle at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 13 Baltimore at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Houston, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Indianapolis, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 5 p.m. Dallas at Arizona, 7 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 7 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 15 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS Exercised their option on 3B Aaron Boone for the 2006 season. LOS ANGELES ANGELS Placed LHP Jarrod Washburn on the 1 5-day disabled list, retroactive to July 25. SEATTLE MARINERS Placed RHP Jorge Campillo on the 15-day DL.

Recalled RHP Clint Nageotte from Tacoma of the PCL. National League COLORADO ROCKIES Announced INF Anderson Machado cleared waivers and was sent outright to Colorado Springs and INF Desi Relaford also cleared waivers and was released. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Agreed to terms with LHP Armando Almanza and RHP Alan Benes on minor league contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS Signed Zaza Pachulia to a four-year offer sheet.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS-Signed Curtino Mobley to a multiyear contract. Renounced the rights to Kerry Kittles and Rick Brunson. LOS ANGELES LAKERS-Traded Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins to Washington for Kwame Brown. Signed William Parker. NEW ORLEANS HORNETS Resigned Chris Andersen.

ORLANDO MAGIC Signed Keyon Dooling to a three-year contract. PHOENIX SUNS-Signed Raja Bell to a five-year contract. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS Waived Nick Van Exel and Derek Anderson. Agreed to terms with Juan Dixon and Charles Smith. Scoreboard Blazers from Page B1 Van Exel averaged 10.7 points and 4.3 assists and made 39 starts for the Blazers last season before going on the injured list on March 12 with left knee pain.

The 12-year kvejeran was.acqiured in a 2004 off season trade that sent forward Dale Davis and guard Dan Dickau to Golden State. Van Exel, 34, who also has played for the Los Angeles Lakers, On The Air Today Major League Baseball Teams TBA, 10 a.m., ESPN; Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 10 a.m., WGN; Atlanta at Cincinnati, 4 p.m., TBS. Golf PGA International, 4 p.m., USA. Extreme Sports Games, 6 p.m., ESPN. Friday, Aug.

Major League BasebaJ Chicago Cubs at New York Mets. 4 p.m., WGN; Atlanta at St. Louis, 5 p.m., TBS. Auto Racing NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Power Stroke Diesel 200, 5:30 p.m., Speed Channel. Golf PGA International, 4 p.m., USA.

Tennis WTA Legg Mason Classic quarterfinal, noon, ESPN2; WTA Acura Classic quarterfinal, 8 p.m., ESPN2. Extreme Spoils Games, 6 p.m., ESPN. Boxing Friday Night Fights, Derek Bryant vs. Lawrence Claybey, 6 p.m., ESPN2. Saturday, Aug.

6 Prep Footbal East-West Shrine Game, 12:30 p.m., Fox Sports Net. NFL Preseason Atlanta vs. Indianapolis, 3 p.m., ESPN. Major League Bassbal Houston at San Francisco, 1 p.m., Fox; Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 4 p.m., Fox Sports Net and KHSN (1230 AM). Auto Racing NASCAR Nextel Cup Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, final practice, 1 :30 p.m., Speed Channel, and qualifying, 3 p.m., TNT; NASCAR Busch Series Kroeger 200 qualifying, 3 p.m., Speed Channel.

Golf PGA International, noon, CBS. Tennis ATP Legg Mason Classic semifinal, 11 a.m., ESPN2; WTA Acura Classic Semifinal, 1 p.m., ESPN. WNBA BasketoaJ Seattle at New York, 5 ESPN2. Extreme Sports Games, 10 a and 6 p.m., ESPN; noon, ABC. Horse Radng The Hambtetonian, 11 a.m., CBS.

Major League Soccer Club Deportivo Chivas at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m., ESPN2. Local Schedule Today No local events scheduled. Friday, Aug. 5 No local events scheduled. Saturday, Aug.

6 Prep Fcotbel Shrine East-West All-Star Game, 12:30 p.m., Baker High School. National League averaged 9.2 points three assists with 47 games with the Blazers last season but had a variety of injuries, including back spasms. Anderson, 31, was acquired with Steve Kerr and a second-round draft pick from San Antonio in fot-Steve Smith on. July 25, 2001. In his four seasons with Portland, Anderson averaged 12 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 244 games.

Boston (D.Wells 9-5) at Minnesota (Radke6-10), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Saarloos 7-6) at Kansas City (Greinke 3-13), 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Waechter 4-6) at L.A. Angels (Byrd 9-7), 7:05 p.m. Tigers 10, Mariners 7 Seattle 000 302 020 7 10 1 Detroit 400 050 01x 10 13 0 Meche, Nageotte (5), Kida (7) and Gonzalez; Maroth, German (7), Spurting (8), Rodney (8) and IRodriguez.

Maroth 9-11. Meche 10-8. Sv Rodney (1). HRs Seattle, Beltre (14). Detroit, Shelton (10).

Red Sox 8, Royals 5 Kansas City 020 200 100 5 6 2 Boston 300 220 10x 8 12 0 KSnyder, Camp (4), Sisco (5), Nunez (6). Gobble (7), MacDougal (8) and Buck; WMiller, MMyers (7), Bradford (7), Timlin (8), Schilling (9) and Varitek. WMiller 4-4. KSnyder 0-3. Sv Schilling (7).

HRs Kansas City, MiSweeney (16), Brown (10). Boston, MRamirez (30). Twins 4, Athletics 3 Oakland 010 000 110 3 5 0 Minnesota 001 000 201 4 1 Harden, Calero (7), Duchscherer (8) and Kendall; CSilva, Nathan (9) and Mauer. Nathan 3-3. Duchscherer 4-2.

HRs Oakland, DJohnson (7). Minnesota, Cuddyer 2 (8). Indians 7, Yankees 4 New York 031 000 000 4 9 2 Cleveland 000 060 1 0x 7 11 0 Mussina, Sturtze (5), WFranklin (7) and Posada; CILee, Howry (7), Sauerbeck (8), Wickman (9) and VMartinez. CILee 12-4. Mussina 10-7.

Sv Wickman (29). HRs New York, Posada (14). Cleveland, Broussard (11). Devil Rays 8, Rangers Tampa Bay 002 100 041 8 15 0 Texas 101 010 002 5 11 1 Kazmir, Harper (7), DBaez (9) and THall; RRodriguez, BShouse (8), Loe (8), Mahay (8) and Barajas. Harper 2-6.

RRodriguez 2-3. Sv DBaez (22). HRs Tampa Bay, Hollins (11). Texas, Matthews (13), Barajas (10). Blue Jays 4, White Sox 3 Toronto 400 000 000 4 5 0 Chicago 100 020 000 3 9 0 Bush, Walker (6), Chulk (7), MBatista (8) and Zaun; OHernandez, Cotts (8), Politte (8), Made (9) and Pierzynski.

Bush 2-5. OHernandez 8-4. Sv MBatista (18). HRs Chicago, CEverett (16), Konerko (25). Angels 8, Orioles 4 Baltimore 000 021 010 4 11 0 Los Angeles 100 061 OOx 8 10 1 Bedard, Byrdak (5), Ray (5), Grimsley (8) and JvLopez; Lackey, Donnelly (7), JoPeralta (9) and JMolina.

Lackey 9-4. Bedard 5-4. Blazers to release him and remove his contract amount from the teams salary cap for purposes of calculating the luxury tax. The Blazers say they will honor Pittsburgh 9, San Diego 8 Washington 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Philadelphia 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Milwaukee 6, Y.

Mets 4 Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 5 St. Louis 9, Florida 6 Houston 7, Arizona 0 Colorado 3, San Francisco 2 Today's Games Milwaukee (D.Davis 9-7) at Y. Mets (Benson 7-4), 9:10 a.m. San Diego (Lawrence 5-11) at Pittsburgh (Redman 5-11), 9:35 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Prior 7-3) at Philadelphia (Myers 9-5), 10:05 a.m.

Colorado (Acevedo 2-1) at San Francisco (Rueter 2-7), 12:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Penny 5-6) at Washington (Patterson 4-3), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Davies 5-3) at Cincinnati (Harang 7-9), 4:10 p.m. Florida (A.J.Burnett 8-6) at St.

Louis (Suppan 10-7), 5:10 p.m. Houston (Rodriguez 6-4) at Arizona (Halsey 7-7), 6:40 p.m. Friday's Games L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 7-11) at Pittsburgh (Fogg 5-6), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (P.

Astacio 0-2) at Washington (L.Hernandez 13-4), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Sheets 7-7) at Philadelphia (Lidle 9-9), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hill 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Glavine 7-9), 4:10 p.m. Florida (Vargas 1-0) at Cincinnati (Milton 5-11), 4:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Smoltz 12-5) at St. Louis (Mulder 12-5), 5:10 p.m. Colorado (Cook 0-1) at Arizona (Webb 9-8), 6:40 p.m. Houston (Pettitte 9-7) at San Francisco (Schmidt 7-6), 7:15 p.m. Reds 8, Braves 5 Atlanta 000 200 300 5 11 0 Cincinnati 001 304 OOx 8 9 0 HRamirez, Brower (6), Foster (7), Kolb (8) and JEstrada; Claussen, Weathers (7), Mercker (8) and LaRue.

Claussen 6-8. HRamirez 9-7. Sv Mercker (3). HRs Atlanta, JuFranco (8). Cincinnati, Dunn (32).

Pirates 8, Padres 8 San Diego 101 033 000 8 10 1 Pittsburgh 302 020 101 9 10 3 Park, Hensley (5), Linebrink (7), Otsuka (9) and Olivo; DWilliams, Meadows (6), STorres (7), Mesa (9) and Doumit. Mesa 2-6. Otsuka 1-4. HRs San Diego, EYoung (1), KGreene (8), Olivo (1). Pittsburgh, Bay (21).

Nationals 3, Dodgers 1 Los Angeles 001 000 000 1 6 1 Washington 000 200 01x 3 8 0 Houlton, Carrara (7) and Navarro; Armas Ayala (6), Stanton (8), Majewski (8), CCordero (9) and GBennett. Armas Jr. 6-5. Houlton 4-5. Sv CCordero (36).

HRs Los Angeles, Bradley (11). Washington, NJohnson (10), PrWilson (18). Phillies 4, Cubs 3 Chicago 000 010 200 3 6 1 Philadelphia 030 000 001 4 11 1 JeWilliams, Rusch (5), Ohman (7), Novoa (8), Remlinger (9), Wuertz (9) and Barrett; Teieda, Madson (7), Cormier (7), Urbina (8), BWagner (9) and Lieberthal. BWagner4-1. LRemlinger 0-3.

Brewers 6, Mets 4 Milwaukee 020 000 112 6 12 1 New York 010 120 000 4 9 1 VSantos, De La Rosa (7), Helling (8), Turnbow (9) and DMiller, Moeller (9); PMartinez, RHemandez (8), Looper (9) and Piazza. Helling 1-0. Looper 4-5. Sv Turnbow (22). HRs Milwaukee, CaLee (27), BHall (14).

New York, Floyd (25), Piazza (13). Cardinals 9, Marlins 6 Florida 210 010 002 6 10 2 St Louis 011 000 43x 9 11 1 Beckett, Villone (7), Alfonseca (7), Mota (8) and Lo Duca; Morris, Tavarez (8), King (9) Isringhausen (9) and Mahoney, EDiaz (8). Morris 12-4. Villone 0-1. HRs Florida, LCastillo (3), Easley (9).

St. Louis, Eckstein (4), Taguchi (6). Rockies 3, Giants 2 Colorado 020 COO 001 3 7 0 S. Francisco 100 000 100 2 6 1 BKim, Miceli (8), Fuentes (9) and Ardoin, Closser (9); Hennessey, Hawkins (8), TyWalker (9), Eyre (9) and Haad. Miceli 1-1.

TyWalker 3-4. Sv Fuentes (18). HRs Colorado, Shealy (2), LuGonzalez (6). Astros 7, Diamondbacks 0 Houston 010 004 011 7 13 0 Arizona 000 000 000 0 7 3 Astacio, Springer (6), Burns (7), Wheeler (8), Harville (9) and Ausmus; JVazquez, Koplove (6), Groom (7), Bruney (8), Worrell (9) and CSnyder. Astacio 2-4.

JVazquez 9-10. HR Houston, Ensberg (28). American League East Division Pet GB Boston 61 45 .575 New York 56 49 .533 4 Toronto 55 51 .519 6 Baltimore 51 56 .477 10 Tampa Bay 42 66 .389 20 Central Division Pet GB Chicago 69 37 .651 Cleveland 57 51 .528 13 Minnesota 55 52 .514 14 Detroit 51 55 .481 18 Kansas City 38 69 .355 31 West Division Pet GB Los Angeles 62 45 .579 Oakland 60 47 .561 2 Texas 53 53 .500 8 Seattle 46 60 .434 15 Wednesday's Games Detroit 10, Seattle 7 Boston 8, Kansas City 5 Cleveland 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 8, Texas 5 Toronto 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Minnesota 4, Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 8, Baltimore 4 Today's Games Seattle (Hernandez 0-0) at Detroit (Douglass 3-1), 10:05 a.m.

Kansas City (Carrasco 5-5) at Boston (Clement 10-3), 10:05 a.m. Oakland (Zito 10-8) at Minnesota (Lohse7-10), 10:10 a.m. Toronto (McGowan 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Contreras 6-6), 11:05 a.m. Baltimore (Lopez 9-6) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 6-4), 1:05 m.

N.Y. Yankees (Chacon 0-0) at Cleveland (Millwood 5-9), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Fossum 6-8) at Texas (Benoit3-1), 5:05 p.m. Friday's Games Cleveland (Sabathia 6-9) at Detroit (Robertson 5-9), 4:05 p.m. N.Y.

Yankees (Small 2-0) at Toronto (Chacin 11-5), 4.07 p.m. Baltimore (Chen 7-6) at Texas (Wilson 0-3), 5:05 p.m. Seattle (Pineiro 3-7) at Chicago White Sox (Garcia 1 1-4), 5:05 p.m. SEATTLE SUPERSONICS Re-signed Ray Allen to a five-year contract. TORONTO RAPTORS Signed Jose Calderon.

Women's National Basketball Association CHARLOTTE STING Announced the resignation of Trudy Lacey, coach, to remain general manager. Named Muggsy Bogues coach. American Basketball Association ABA Granted a team to Indianapolis to begin play in 2005-06. INDY ALLEY CATS Named Greg Graham coach. FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS Signed DB Antwan Harris and DT Ethan Kelley.

Waived RB Chad Scott and DL Ellery Moore. DETROIT LIONS Agreed to terms with Matt Millen, president, on a five-year contract extension. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Signed DL Tom Sverchek. Released WR Rich Musinski. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Signed Chris Spencer.

Waived Kevin Miller. WASHINGTON REDSKINS Released LB Brian Allen and WR Nathan Black. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL Named Stephen Walkom senior vice president and director of officiating. BOSTON BRUINS Signed Brian Leetch to a one-year contract. CALGARY FLAMES Agreed to terms with RW Jarome Iginla on a three-year contract.

COLORADO AVALANCHE Signed Patrice Brisebois and Pierre Turgeon to two-year contracts. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Signed Bryan Berard to a two-year contract. DALLAS STARS Signed Martin Skoula to a two-year contract, Patrick Traverse and RW Mathias Tjamqvist to one-year contracts and Vojtech Polak to a three-year contract. Re-signed Mike Modano to a five-year contract. DETROIT RED WINGS Signed Mathieu Schneider to a two-year contract.

EDMONTON OILERS Signed Chris Pronger to a five-year contract. Traded Michael York and a conditional draft pick to the New York Islanders for Mike Peca. MINNESOTA WILD Re-signed Manny Fernandez and Marc Chouinard to one-year contracts. MONTREAL CANADIENS Signed Alexei Kovalev and Mathieu Dandenault to four-year contracts. NEW YORK ISLANDERS Signed Miroslav Satan to a three-year contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS Agreed to terms with LW Martin Rucinsky on a one-year contract. Re-signed Thomas Pock. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS Signed Peter Forsberg to a two-year contract. PHOENIX COYOTES Signed Matt Jones to a two-year contract. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Agreed to terms with Sergei Gonchar on a five-year contract.

Signed Noah Welch and Ryan Lannon. VANCOUVER CANUCKS Re-signed Markus Naslund to a three-year contract. Traded Brent Sopel to the New York Islanders for a conditional 2006 draft pick. COLLEGE BUFFALO Dismissed Wallace Hall from the men's basketball team tor conduct detrimental to the team. CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE Named Staci Schulz women's basketball coach.

East Division Pet GB Atlanta 62 46 .574 Washington 57 50 .533 4 Philadelphia 56 52 .519 6 Florida 54 51 .514 6 New York 54 53 .505 7 Central DMsion Pet GB St. Louis 68 39 .636 Houston 59 48 .551 9 Chicago 54 53 .505 14 Milwaukee 53 55 .491 15' Cincinnati 48 59 .449 20 Pittsburgh 46 62 .426 22 West Division Pot GB San Diego 52 55 .486 Arizona 52 57 .477 1 Los Angeles 48 59 .449 4 San Francisco 45 61 .425 6'i Colorado 39 67 .368 12 WNBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Pot GB Connecticut 19 6 .760 Indiana 14 9 .609 4 Washington 13 12 .520 6 New York 12 12 .500 6 Detroit 10 13 .435 8 Charlotte 3 21 .125 15 WESTERN CONFERENCE Pot GB Sacramento 18 7 .720 Houston 15 10 .600 3 Wednesday's Games.