OlympicsThe U.S. Olympic Committee did not invite...

Olympics

The U.S. Olympic Committee did not invite skater Tonya Harding to a black-tie dinner and White House ceremony, which will be held on April 13 to honor 150 athletes who competed in the Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

Harding pleaded guilty last month to a conspiracy charge in the Jan. 6 attack on Nancy Kerrigan during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit.

Football

The Dallas Cowboys, intent on keeping their championship team together, signed fullback Daryl Johnston and offensive guard Nate Newton to multiyear contracts, using a $1.8-million signing bonus to beat out the Washington Redskins for Johnston’s services.

Johnston, who signed a three-year, $4.2-million contract, becomes the highest-paid fullback in NFL history. Newton signed a three-year, $3.46-million contract that includes a $1-million signing bonus.

The Indianapolis Colts came to terms with quarterback Jim Harbaugh on what is believed to be a two-year contract worth $1.75 million, and released Jack Trudeau. . . . The San Diego Chargers signed offensive tackle Stan Brock.

Tennis

Mississippi State’s Laurent Orsini, from France and the top-ranked player in the NCAA, has regained his eligibility after being suspended for apparently accepting money for winning matches before he enrolled.

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, bidding to win the Bausch & Lomb Championships for the second year in a row, defeated Laurence Courtois, 6-0, 6-2, to advance to the quarterfinals at Amelia Island Plantation, Fla.

Basketball

Pepperdine Coach Tom Asbury is one of four finalists for the job at Kansas State, according to Mike Zapolski, Wave sports information director.

The winner of the Wooden Award, given to the college player of the year, will be announced today and will be honored tonight at a banquet at the Biltmore hotel. . . . For UCLA reserve center Rodney Zimmerman underwent surgery for a herniated disk. He injured his back midway through the season. . . . Clemson forward Devin Gray’s heart attack was caused by a coronary artery spasm, the most common cause of heart attacks among young people, team physician Stuart Clarkson said. . . . The Sacramento Kings’ Walt Williams will miss the rest of the season after spraining his lower right leg Tuesday in a game against the Dallas Mavericks. . . . University of Cincinnati freshman forward Dontonio Wingfield said he will leave school in hopes of being drafted by an NBA team.

Miscellany

Florence Griffith Joyner, 1988 triple gold medalist, and her driver were slightly injured when their limousine was rear-ended by an alleged hit-and-run driver in Orange County, the California Highway Patrol said. Eloy Adalberto Griego Jr., 49, of Albuquerque, N.M., was arrested in the case, CHP spokesman Bruce Lian said. . . . Joao Havelange, FIFA president, is proposing to increase the number of teams in soccer’s World Cup to 32 from 24 for the 1998 tournament in France. . . . Florida officials will offer a direct challenge to baseball’s 74-year-old antitrust exemption when they argue in court that National League officials violated antitrust laws when they blocked the proposed 1992 sale of the San Francisco Giants to Tampa Bay interests. . . . Tight security has been placed around Aintree racecourse in England to try to keep Saturday’s Grand National steeplechase from being disrupted by animal rights demonstrators or the Irish Republican Army. Last year’s race was declared void for the first time in its 157-year history because of two false starts, one from a protest by animal rights demonstrators.

Names in the News

Goody Rosen, an outfielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants in the 1930s and ‘40s, died in Toronto. He was 82. . . . Chad Kinch, a guard who played for North Carolina Charlotte in the 1977 Final Four and for two NBA teams, died of AIDS in Carteret, N.J. He was 35. . . . Frank Griffiths, owner of the Vancouver Canucks and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, died. He was 77. . . . Left wing Bob Probert of the Detroit Red Wings was suspended for two games and fined $500 by the NHL for head-butting Calgary Flame right wing Sandy McCarthy.