Magic Adds Another Free Agent in Shaw

The Orlando Magic signed former Miami Heat guard Brian Shaw on Thursday, its second free-agent acquisition this week.

Shaw, who will fill the vacancy created when Scott Skiles was traded to Washington, reportedly signed a one-year contract for $682,500 because of salary-cap constraints. Shaw had apparently turned down an offer to re-sign with the Heat for $2 million annually.

The Magic signed Horace Grant on Monday.

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The trade that will send Cedric Ceballos from the Phoenix Suns to the Lakers for a first-round draft choice is expected to be announced today. The teams had agreed on terms of the deal several days ago, but the Lakers and Ceballos need to finish restructuring his contract to fit under the salary cap and then have it approved by the NBA. . . . Harold Ellis, who made an impression with enthusiasm and hustle after joining the Clippers two months into the season, re-signed with the team. He started in 16 of his 49 appearances. . . . Chicago re-signed veteran center Bill Wennington, a free agent, to a multiyear contract.

College Basketball

Jelani McCoy, a 6-foot-10 forward/center from St. Augustine High in San Diego, said he has made an oral commitment to play basketball at UCLA. McCoy averaged 23 points and 13 rebounds last season. Considered by many to be the top big-man prospect on the West Coast, he visited California and also considered Arizona, Michigan and Arkansas.

The Ball State basketball team, already under NCAA sanctions for violations that led to the resignation of coach Dick Hunsaker, was put on probation for another three years by the Mid-American Conference for infractions that included payments to players and recruiting violations.

Hockey

The Kings signed free-agent goalie Andre Racicot, formerly with Montreal, to a two-year contract and assigned him to their minor league club in Phoenix. . . . The Mighty Ducks recalled goalie Allan Bester from San Diego of the International Hockey League as a temporary replacement for Guy Hebert, who left the team because of a family emergency. The Ducks also assigned left winger Denny Lambert to San Diego. . . . The Montreal Canadiens re-signed Vincent Damphousse to a four-year, $10-million contract. . . . Dusan Pasek, a former player for the Minnesota North Stars, has sued the now-defunct franchise and its successor, the Dallas Stars, claiming he was never paid for his final year of a three-year contract.

Baseball

The Dodgers have reached a two-year working agreement with the San Bernardino Spirit of the Class-A California League, ending an 18-year affiliation with Bakersfield.

Miscellany

Edwin Moses, the 400-meter hurdler who won two Olympic gold medals and set the world record four times, was among four people elected to the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. Joining Moses were Kate Schmidt, the American record-holder in the women’s javelin and two-time Olympic bronze medalist, and two deceased Olympic gold medalists, Lillian Copeland and Cornelius Johnson. . . . Kimiko Date and Lindsay Davenport, the second- and third-seeded players, were eliminated from the Nichirei International tennis tournament in Tokyo with second-round losses. Mana Endo defeated Date, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, and Davenport lost to Nana Miyagi, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. . . . Boxer-actor Randall (Tex) Cobb has sued Sports Illustrated for $150 million over a 1993 story alleging that a 1992 fight with Sonny Barch was fixed. Cobb won by a knockout in the first round. An editor at the magazine declined comment because he hadn’t seen the suit.

Robert Wrenn overcame rain and cold to shoot a seven-under-par 63 for a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the Hardees Classic in Coal Valley, Ill. . . . Harold (Hal) Seley, a Ram owner during the 1940s and ‘50s, died after a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements are pending. . . . Major League Soccer, the proposed U.S. soccer league set to start next spring, has invited the seven American Professional Soccer League franchises to join the venture.