BaseballDon Mattingly filed for free agency, but...

Baseball

Don Mattingly filed for free agency, but will continue to negotiate with the New York Yankees. Mattingly, 34, has been with the Yankee organization since he was drafted in 1979. The Yankees say they want him to remain in New York and his agent, Jim Krivacs, has spoken with the team several times about a new contract. Four other players filed, increasing the total to 135 with two days remaining in the filing period. Joining Mattingly were Yankee teammate Wade Boggs, Texas Ranger pitchers Danny Darwin and Jeff Russell and San Diego Padre pitcher Fernando Valenzuela. Two players who were eligible agreed to deals. Jeff King, who had a $2.16-million salary in 1995, got a $5-million, two-year deal from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Catcher Ron Karkovice got a two-year contract from the Chicago White Sox worth $3,67 million. Karkovice will be paid $1.5 million in each of the 1996 and 1997 seasons. The club also has an option to keep him for 1998 at $1.5 million or can buy him out for $675,000.

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The University of Connecticut is violating a federal regulation by not providing more opportunities for women to participate in sports, according to a report presented to the school’s trustees. The study recommends the school add women’s lacrosse and ice hockey and decrease the number of men on the track and cross-country teams. The report also found a disparity in the availability of coaches. . . . World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman said punches to the kidneys and back of the head should be punished as harshly as head butts and punches below the belt and that there should be restrictions on weight loss. . . . The reform-minded Knight Commission endorsed a proposed new governing structure for the NCAA that would give college presidents greater responsibility over athletic programs. The plan, approved by the NCAA Presidents Commission in June, will come to a vote at the NCAA’s annual convention in Dallas in early January.