HockeyCenter Corey Millen, acquired by New Jersey...

Hockey

Center Corey Millen, acquired by New Jersey from the Kings in a draft-day trade, has signed a multiyear contract with the Devils. The Devils exchanged a fifth-round draft choice June 26 for the 29-year-old Millen.

Free-agent winger Peter Douris, who spent the 1992-93 season with the Boston Bruins organization, has reportedly signed a three-year contract with the Mighty Ducks.

Douris played 19 games in the NHL last season, scoring four goals with four assists.

The Ducks wouldn’t confirm that Douris has signed, but sources said the team will be making a player announcement today. The Sporting News reported that Douris is getting a three-year contract worth $325,000, $350,000 and $350,000, figures that surprised Bruin General Manager Harry Sinden.

“Too many players are hitting the lottery,” Sinden said.

Basketball

Larry Johnson will spend four to six weeks in rehabilitation for treatment of a herniated disk. He was diagnosed with the condition Monday. Doctors will re-evaluate Johnson at the end of the rehabilitation period to determine whether the disk has healed.

Boxing

Barring last-minute hitches, British boxing fans will finally get the fight they have wanted--WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno.

Lewis’ manager, Frank Maloney, said the fight will be on Oct. 1 at Cardiff Arms Park in Wales. The fight has been on-again, off-again for months.

Names in the News

The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution opposing the Beijing’s bid to host the 2000 Summer Olympics because of China’s human rights record. The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., is likely to come before the full House within the next two weeks.

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Matt Anger (men’s tennis), Nancy Hillman (women’s volleyball) and Margaret Jarc (women’s soccer) have been named assistant coaches at USC, and Pat Connelly has been named coach of the men’s and women’s cross country teams and also will be an assistant coach in charge of distance events for the track teams.

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Mike Batesole has been hired as an assistant baseball coach at Cal State Northridge.