Sloan Gets a Longer Deal
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Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan has received a one-year contract extension, keeping him on the job at least through the 1998-99 season.
The team did not provide details of the contract, but the Salt Lake Tribune said the next two seasons are worth between $1 million and $1.5 million.
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The Toronto Raptors re-signed center Oliver Miller for the remainder of the season, six days after new Dallas Maverick General Manager Don Nelson cut him for an apathetic attitude. . . . Derrick Coleman of the Philadelphia 76ers is expected to sit out at least two games because of a bruised left hand.
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Dennis Rodman won in another court as a federal appeals court in Atlanta upheld a jury’s ruling against a California woman who claimed the NBA star infected her with herpes in 1993. Lisa Beth Judd, a former Atlanta Hawk cheerleader, had sought $1.83 million in damages.
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