Sports Desk
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BASEBALL
Ryne Sandberg To Manage Cubs’ Class-A Affiliate
Ryne Sandberg is bringing his Hall of Fame credentials back to the minor leagues.
The former Chicago Cubs second baseman was hired yesterday as the manager of the team’s Class A affiliate at Peoria of the Midwest League. It will be Sandberg’s first managerial assignment and hopes it will lead to one in the majors.
“I haven’t ridden a bus in quite a while. I’m totally up for it. It’s all part of it, part of the fun,” Sandberg, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005, said.
“I just look at it as a great opportunity to help the Cubs and work with their prospects. I will learn along the way and they will learn. And I think we will all have fun doing it and also win some games along the way.”
Sandberg has been working with the Cubs as a special instructor since 1999.
FOOTBALL
Status for Browns’ Frye Uncertain for Thursday
Charlie Frye didn’t practice because of a bruised right wrist yesterday, leaving the starting quarterback’s status uncertain for Cleveland’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers tomorrow night.
If Frye can’t play, the Browns will turn to backup Derek Anderson, who came in and rallied them to a 31–28 overtime victory against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Anderson had never thrown a pass in the NFL before riding in to the rescue.
Saints’ DE Hollis Thomas Suspended Four Games
Saints defensive tackle Hollis Thomas was suspended for the final four games of the regular season yesterday for violating the league’s steroid policy.
Thomas, backed by the team, appealed the suspension, which he said was caused by using asthma medication. He uses an inhaler daily and it apparently contained a banned steroid.
Thomas signed this year with New Orleans after playing nine seasons with the Eagles.
SOCCER
Klinsmann and U.S. Likely To Know Within Week If Talks Lead to Deal
Juergen Klinsmann and the U.S. Soccer Federation are likely to know within a week whether their talks will lead to a deal for him to become coach of the American national team, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said yesterday.
Klinsmann and USSF president Sunil Gulati, have held lengthy discussions about the possibility of the former German star forward succeeding Bruce Arena, who coached the team for 7 1/2 years and was let go by Gulati after the World Cup. No deal has been agreed to yet, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because talks are ongoing.
— Associated Press