Rockies Re-Sign Galarraga

National League batting champion Andres Galarraga and the Colorado Rockies agreed on a $12-million, four-year contract, which can increase to $16.4 million with performance bonuses.

Galarraga will earn $3.85 million in each of the first two seasons and $2.15 million in each of the last two.

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The Cincinnati Reds, hoping to cut their payroll by as much as $10 million, will not offer salary arbitration to any of the team’s free agents, including reliever Jeff Reardon and infielders Bip Roberts and Chris Sabo.

Jurisprudence

Former Ram cheerleader Tracy Ann Donaho pleaded not guilty to charges she participated in a drug ring that shipped cocaine to cities across the country. Donaho, 20, was named last week in a six-count indictment by a federal grand jury along with Ram cornerback Darryl Henley and five others. Bail was set at $25,000 for Donaho.

College Football

Aloha Bowl Charities Inc., the promoters of the Aloha Bowl, has suggested to the NCAA that it hold a four-team elimination series in Hawaii to determine the college football championship.

Former USC wide receiver Lynn Swann, Heisman Trophy winner John Cappelletti, former Michigan coach Bo Schembechler and 10 others will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Also being inducted into the Hall of Fame are former players Dick Anderson of Colorado; Bob Brown of Nebraska; Steve DeLong of Tennessee; Buddy Dial of Rice; Harry Gilmer of Alabama; Pat Harder of Wisconsin; Dick Modzelewski of Maryland; Alan Page of Notre Dame; J.D. Roberts of Oklahoma.

Bobby Dodd will enter the Hall as a coach, joining Amos Alonzo Stagg as the only men to be inducted as a player and coach.

Former NFL coach Marion Campbell was hired as defensive coordinator at Georgia. He replaces Richard Bell, who resigned last week. . . . Tim Murphy, who coached at Cincinnati the past five years, was hired as Harvard’s coach, replacing Joe Restic, who retired after 23 years as coach of the Crimson. . . . Bobby Johnson, defensive coordinator at Clemson last season, became Furman’s football coach, three days after Jimmy Satterfield’s resignation.

Byron Morris of Texas Tech, the most prolific rusher in the Southwest Conference since the days of Earl Campbell, won the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back. . . . Alonzo Highsmith, a fullback who played for the Houston Oilers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys, admitted violating NCAA rules by taking money from an agent in 1986 while playing for the Miami Hurricanes.

Winter Sports

Brian Boitano, strengthened his bid to make the U.S. team for the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, by winning the men’s competition at the U.S. Pro-Am Figure Skating Challenge in Philadelphia. Nancy Kerrigan, also aiming for an Olympic spot, won the women’s title with a less-than-sterling performance. . . . Dan Jansen won the men’s 1,000 meters and Gunda Niemann of Germany broke the world record for the women’s 5,000 at a speedskating event at Hamar, Norway. . . . Russia ended Team USA’s seven-game hockey unbeaten streak, winning, 6-1, at Atlanta.

Miscellany

After a year’s campaign, Sylvie Frechette of Canada was awarded a gold medal in synchronized swimming for her performance at the Barcelona Games. International Olympic Committee officials agreed Frechette was a victim of a judging error. The United States’ Kristen Babb-Sprague, who originally won the gold, was allowed to keep her medal.

Mark Johnson of Washington, D.C., won a unanimous 12-round decision over previously unbeaten Roberto Alvarez of Tucson in a flyweight bout at the Forum.