Jackie Autry, executive vice president of the...

Jackie Autry, executive vice president of the Angels, has confirmed that former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth is the leading candidate to buy the team. . . . Left-hander Randy Tomlin has signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants.

Tennis

Top-seeded Steffi Graf defeated Anke Huber, 6-4, 6-4, and second-seeded Conchita Martinez won by default over Brenda Schultz in the semifinals of a WTA Tour event at Delray Beach, Fla. . . . Jimmy Connors defeated Johan Kriek, 7-5, 7-5, and Bjorn Borg beat Jose-Luis Clerc, 6-3, 7-5, in the semifinals of the Nuveen Masters men’s 35-and-over tournament at Naples, Fla.

Track and Field

Arkansas won its 12th consecutive men’s title and Louisiana State the women’s title for the third year in a row in the NCAA Indoor Championships in Indianapolis. UCLA’s women were second behind winning performances in the shotput by Dawn Dumble, whose 57-feet-8 1/2 put was two feet longer than anyone else’s, and high jump by Amy Acuff, with a meet-record 6-5 1/2. . . . Yolanda Chen of Russia set a world indoor record in the women’s triple jump, 49-3 3/4, in the World Indoor Championships at Barcelona, Spain.

Names in the News

Bonnie Blair wrapped up the World Cup 500-meter speedskating title after finishing second in the sprint event at Hamar, Norway. . . . Montana musher Doug Swingley was first into Eagle Island, Alaska, in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. . . . John Gant won the Professional Bowlers Assn.’s Brunswick Johnny Petraglia Open at North Brunswick, N.J.

Johnny Benson Jr. won the Busch Light 300 Busch Grand National stock car race at Hampton, Ga. . . . Blaine Johnson, Mark Oswald and Warren Johnson are the No. 1 qualifiers heading into today’s final eliminations for the NHRA Slick 50 Nationals at Baytown, Tex.

Scott Moninger of Chevrolet L.A. Sheriff won the men’s criterium at the Redlands Bicycle Classic. The men’s and women’s stages were canceled because of rain. . . . Richard Dent, released by the San Francisco 49ers after missing most of last season because of a knee injury, has filed a grievance seeking $1.65 million he was to earn in 1995.