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Rangers contracts not legal, NHL says

The NHL rejected the contracts Bobby Holik and Darius Kasparaitis signed with the Rangers, objecting to provisions that would pay them in the event of a season lost to a work stoppage.

The players association filed a grievance after the league objected. The contracts aren't expected to be voided, but some language might be changed.

"The contracts have been rejected on the basis of provisions that the league believes to be in violation of the collective bargaining agreement and related agreements," league spokesman Frank Brown said.

"We are in discussions with the players association as to how and when the issue will be resolved. There is no timetable for that resolution."

Holik signed a five-year, $45-million deal and Kasparaitis a six-year, $25.5-million deal.

MORE NHL: Atlanta center Mark Hartigan was charged with assault and disorderly conduct after getting into a fight with a bar bouncer in Minneapolis. He was released on $300 bail.

GOLF: Joseph Bramlett, 14, the youngest ever to compete in the men's U.S. Amateur, missed the cut in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., shooting 19-over 159. Bill Haas, son of longtime PGA Tour pro Jay Haas, earned medalist honors at 5-under 135. The field will be reduced to 64 this morning with playoff holes. Single-elimination matches will begin afterward.

FOOTBALL: Andy Silverman, the agent for Lawrence Phillips, has severed ties with him, and the general manager of the CFL's Montreal Alouettes said the team will not negotiate a new contract. Phillips, the league's leading rusher, was suspended Monday after walking out on the team, apparently over his contract, and missing a flight to Vancouver.

SOCCER: Washington forward Abby Wambach was voted WUSA rookie of the year. Carolina's Kristin Luckenbill was voted goalkeeper of the year and Philadelphia's Mark Krikorian coach of the year. ... Italy's top two leagues postponed the start of the season by two weeks after a dispute with television companies over broadcasting rights. Eight of the 18 teams in the top league don't have TV contracts.

TENNIS: World No.1 Serena Williams is the women's top seed for the U.S. Open, and defending champion Lleyton Hewitt is seeded first for the men. (Seedings, 6C) ... 1993 U.S. Open finalist Cedric Pioline retired during qualifying for the tournament in New York. He was losing to Marco Chiudinelli 3-6, 6-2, 5-0. ... Top-seeded Venus Williams improved to 13-0 all time in the Pilot Pen with a 6-2, 6-4 second-round victory over Meghann Shaughnessy in New Haven, Conn. Lindsay Davenport beat Iroda Tulyganova 6-4, 7-5 (7-3) to reach the quarterfinals. ... Paul-Henri Mathieu, the last of the 48 players to qualify, stunned Pete Sampras 6-3, 6-7 (9-7), 6-4 in a second-round match of the TD Waterhouse Cup in Commack, N.Y.

HORSES: Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner War Emblem ran into trouble during a workout at Del Mar, putting his scheduled start Sunday in the Pacific Classic in jeopardy. War Emblem became agitated when a horse from another barn got in his way near the rail.

SKATING: Tonya Harding started her 10-day jail sentence for drinking alcohol while on probation. If she behaves, her sentence could be reduced to eight days.

COLLEGES: Eastern Kentucky hired Jack Lengyel as interim athletic director. He most recently was the AD at Temple.

WATER POLO: Aleksandar Sapic and Petar Trbojevic scored three goals as Yugoslavia beat the United States 9-4 in the opening round of the World Cup in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Also, Russia beat Hungary 7-6, Italy beat Croatia 6-5 and Greece and Spain tied at 5.

OBITUARY: Jan Stenbeck, head of the America's Cup syndicate Victory Challenge, died of a heart attack Monday evening in Paris after a short illness. He was 59.

-- Compiled from Times wires.

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