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BASEBALL


JETER WINS SECOND GOLD GLOVE


Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, Minnesota outfielder Torii Hunter, and Oakland third baseman Eric Chavez won their fifth straight Gold Gloves yesterday.


Boston catcher Jason Varitek, Texas first baseman Mark Teixeira, and Toronto second baseman Orlando Hudson were first-time winners, while Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and Toronto outfielder Vernon Wells won for the second straight season. Texas pitcher Kenny Rogers won for the fourth time overall and second in a row.


Chavez, Suzuki and Varitek each earned $100,000 bonuses, while Rogers and Wells earned $50,000 apiece and Hunter $25,000. Gold Gloves, presented since 1957 by St. Louis-based Rawlings, are voted on by managers and coaches before the end of the regular season. They may not select players on their own teams, and they vote only for players in their own league. NL Gold Glove winners will be announced today.


CONGRESS REINTRODUCES STEROID LEGISLATION


Aiming to spur baseball and other sports to adopt tougher steroids policies, Senators Bunning and McCain are reintroducing legislation that would standardize drug testing and penalties for professional leagues. The new bill combines two already proposed separately by Bunning, a Kentucky Republican who was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1996, and Mc-Cain, an Arizona Republican. Bunning, a former major league pitcher, said the new legislation would be introduced yesterday or today.


Like the earlier bills from Bunning and McCain, this one is based on the Olympic model, calling for a two-year suspension for an athlete who fails a steroids test for the first time and a lifetime ban for a second offense. Athletes would be tested at least five times a year: three during the season and two in the off-season. The proposal has a provision urging leagues to erase records achieved with the help of performance-enhancing drugs.


BASKETBALL


COLLIER AUTOPSY SHOWS ENLARGED HEART


Atlanta Hawks center Jason Collier died from a sudden heart rhythm disturbance caused by an abnormally enlarged heart, an autopsy showed. Georgia’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Kris Sperry, said his testing showed that electrocardiograms administered to Collier in 2003 and this year showed “some indication of electrical abnormalities.”


The 7-foot Collier, who played at Georgia Tech, was with the Hawks for two years after spending three years with the Houston Rockets. He died October 15 after having trouble breathing in his suburban Atlanta home.


– Associated Press

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