Ojeda Signs With the Yankees

Bob Ojeda, the only survivor of a boat crash last spring that killed teammates Steve Olin and Tim Crews, agreed Friday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees.

Ojeda, a 36-year-old left-hander, was 2-1 with a 4.40 earned-run average in seven starts and two relief appearances for the Cleveland Indians last season.

He didn’t make his first appearance until Aug. 7, at Baltimore, after suffering head injuries in the March 22 accident.

Ojeda, originally signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1978, has also played for the New York Mets and the Dodgers.

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The Angels signed pitcher Bill Sampen to a triple-A contract, and he will attend the team’s spring training camp as a nonroster player. Sampen, 31, is 24-20 in 172 major league appearances with two saves and a 3.59 ERA. . . . Juan Guzman, the Toronto Blue Jays’ best pitcher during the last two seasons, agreed to a $3.8-million, two-year contract. . . . Frequently injured outfielder Dave Henderson and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a one-year contract with the condition he pass a physical exam. . . . Left-hander Chris Nabholz agreed to a $950,000, one-year contract with the Montreal Expos. . . . The San Diego Padres signed infielder Harold Reynolds to a minor league contract.

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Sherm Feller, public address announcer for the Boston Red Sox for more than 26 seasons at Fenway Park, died at his home in Stoughton, Mass. He was 75.

Pro Basketball

Larry Johnson probably won’t return to the Charlotte Hornets until March or April, and even if he does he still might not be at full strength, sources said in a published report.

A trip to a Los Angeles doctor has not changed the prognosis for Johnson, a 6-foot-7 All-Star forward who is sidelined because of a damaged back nerve, the Gaston (N.C.) Gazette reported.

College Basketball

The NCAA said it has accepted a proposal by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service to help resolve issues raised by the Black Coaches Assn.

NCAA leaders met with the three-member team last Saturday, and BCA executive director Rudy Washington met with mediators Wednesday.

The BCA threatened a boycott this month when the NCAA Convention voted against a move to increase the Division I men’s basketball scholarship limits from 13 to 14. Financial constraints were cited by college presidents who spoke against the increase.

Connecticut basketball Coach Jim Calhoun was hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia. . . . Renee DeVarney, former women’s basketball coach at Duquesne, accused the university of sex discrimination and Brian Colleary, the school’s athletic director, of improper sexual advances in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Pittsburgh.

Hockey

Defenseman Garth Butcher renegotiated his contract and was to join the Quebec Nordiques, the NHL team announced. The new deal is worth about $2 million over three years.

The International Hockey League awarded an expansion franchise to Chicago.

Football

Wide receiver Cris Carter of the Minnesota Vikings was added to the NFC roster for the Pro Bowl, replacing Sterling Sharpe of the Green Bay Packers, who has a toe injury. . . . Dallas Cowboy quarterback Troy Aikman will skip the Pro Bowl and be replaced by Green Bay’s Brett Favre, the Milwaukee Sentinel quoted unidentified NFL sources as saying.

San Diego Charger Coach Bobby Ross promoted Ralph Friedgen to offensive coordinator. . . . Valdosta, Ga., will be the home of the National High School Football Hall of Fame.

Miscellany

The American Red Cross raised $10,500 for Los Angeles earthquake relief when fans made donations at the Trail Blazer-New Jersey game in Portland on Tuesday night. Former Bruin Tracy Murray will present the check to the Red Cross before tonight’s game in Portland.

Joey Gamache (35-1) won a unanimous 12-round decision over Jeff Mayweather (23-5) of Detroit to win the vacant North American Boxing Federation junior-welterweight championship in Lewiston, Maine. Also on the card, Jeremy Williams of Long Beach retained his World Boxing Council-Continental heavyweight title by knocking out Mark Wills of Lancaster, Calif., at 1:37 of the ninth round.

World Cup rookie Randy Weber, a 16-year-old competing on the hill where he grew up jumping, won the final tryout at Steamboat Springs, Colo., and joined the six-member Olympic jumping team for next month’s Winter Games at Lillehammer, Norway.

Boris Becker said his recent remarks about drug testing on the men’s tennis tour were taken “out of context and misinterpreted.” In December, a German newspaper ran a story in which Becker reportedly called the ATP’s drug-testing policy “a joke” and claimed that some players were using illegal drugs.

Oliver Heitmann, a top player on the German national volleyball team, was accepted for admission to Cal State Northridge.