Gordeeva, Grinkov Win European Pairs Title

Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov stirred memories by winning the pairs title Wednesday and leading a Russian sweep of all three medals in the European Figure Skating Championships at Copenhagen.

Gordeeva and Grinkov skated with harmony and grace to Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” in a style reminiscent of the night in Calgary in 1988 when they performed to Chopin and Mendelssohn and won the Olympic gold medal.

Viktor Petrenko of Ukraine took the lead in the men’s event with a replay of the program that helped earn him the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics.

College Football

Barry Alvarez, who coached Wisconsin to its first Rose Bowl victory, has reached an agreement that would keep him at the university for 15 years.

Alvarez, 47, the Big Ten coach of the year, is coming off a 10-1-1 record and 21-16 Rose Bowl victory over UCLA in his fourth year at Wisconsin.

Baseball

Fed up with Philadelphia Phillie center fielder Lenny Dykstra’s behavior, agent Alan Meersand said that he is severing their 13-year working agreement.

“I’m not going to condone his conduct or defend it anymore,” Meersand said. “I no longer wish to represent someone who curses women and children. Lenny is everything I don’t want my sons to grow up to be. He has no respect for anyone, including himself.”

Basketball

A college basketball doubleheader honoring former UCLA coach John Wooden and scheduled for Dec. 4 at the 18,300-seat Anaheim Arena will include UCLA, Kansas, Kentucky and Massachusetts.

The 1996 NBA All-Star game will be held in San Antonio.

Pro Football

The Robbie family reportedly has turned down a $142-million offer from two Palm Beach County businessmen to buy the Miami Dolphins. Bruce Frey and John Henry had offered to buy the family’s 85% interest in the NFL franchise, according to the Palm Beach Post.

Hockey

Forward Brendan Shanahan of the St. Louis Blues and goaltender Arturs Irbe of the San Jose Sharks were chosen for the Western Conference team for Saturday’s NHL All-Star game at New York. Shanahan replaces winger Wendel Clark of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Irbe replaces goaltender Mike Vernon of the Calgary Flames. Both are injured.

Miscellany

Rick Martin, formerly of the Buffalo Sabres, was awarded $2.5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a surgeon Martin blames for cutting short his career. Martin wept as a state Supreme Court jury in Buffalo, N.Y., announced the verdict against the estate of the late Peter Casagrande, who operated on Martin’s knee. . . . The European yacht Intrum Justitia and the Japanese-New Zealand entry Yamaha were a tight duel on the third leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race. Dennis Conner’s Winston dropped to sixth.