Two blacks and a woman are among...

Two blacks and a woman are among the top contenders to become baseball’s National League president and, if chosen by a search committee, would become professional sports’ highest-ranking official from a minority group.

The contenders:

--Simon Gourdine, a former deputy commissioner and chief operating officer of the National Basketball Assn.

--Phyllis Collins, vice president and secretary of the National League.

--Gilroye A. Griffin Jr., vice president of labor relations for Bristol-Myers.