Braves to Get Sanders for Complete Season

Two-sport star Deion Sanders signed an $11-million, three-year contract Tuesday to play baseball full time for the Atlanta Braves.

The Braves renewed his contract for $1 million in March, but that deal required him to remain with the team only through July 31. The new contract replaces that deal and runs through the 1995 season.

Sanders, a Pro Bowl cornerback, has one year left on his football contract with the Atlanta Falcons, and he plans to join the Falcons when the baseball season ends.

Track and Field

Quincy Watts, the 400-meter Olympic gold medalist from USC, and Olympic high jumper Tanya Hughes from Arizona were selected as the 1992 collegiate athletes of the year by the NCAA Division I Track and Field Coaches Assn.

World record-holder Mike Powell won the long jump at the Slovnaft ’93 meet at Bratislava, Slovakia. In the first major outdoor meet of the European season, Powell leaped 27 feet, 8 inches.

Distance runner Mary Slaney has undergone surgery on her left heel, ending her track season before it started.

Boxing

Any fighter seeking an International Boxing Federation title would have to present evidence that he is not infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, before his bout is sanctioned, according to a recommendation by the federation’s executive committee.

Miscellany

The 1993 Tour of World Champions figure skating show, scheduled for June 12 at the Forum, has been changed to June 22 at 8 p.m. The change was made to accommodate a possible Game 6 for the Kings in the Stanley Cup finals. . . . The Sunshine Football Classic, formerly the Blockbuster Bowl, will match the fifth-place team in the Southeastern Conference against a representative of the Big East each of the next two years.

Names in the News

Though he has yet to sign a contract, Raghib (Rocket) Ismail is expected to work out for the Raiders this week in El Segundo. . . . Miami Dolphin fullback Tony Paige, 30, unexpectedly announced his retirement. . . . Reggie McElroy, the starting right tackle for the Raiders last season, has signed a three-year contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. . . . The NHL expansion Florida Panthers scheduled a news conference today amid speculation they have selected Roger Neilson, former New York Ranger coach, as their first head coach. . . . The Hartford Whalers acquired veteran defenseman Brad McCrimmon from the Detroit Red Wings for a sixth-round draft pick.