Miami athletic director Paul Dee announced that baseball coach Jim Morris' contract with the Hurricanes has been renegotiated through the 2006 season.

Terms of the renewal were not disclosed.

"The University of Miami is extremely pleased to make this announcement with respect to coach Morris' contract," Dee said. "Coach Morris has been highly successful in all aspects of this program, including this year's national championship."

Miami won the national title 10 days ago with a 12-1 victory against Stanford in the championship game at Omaha, Neb. It is the program's fourth title, including two of the past three for Morris, who has coached the team eight years.

"I'm very excited about the new contract," Morris said. "Miami is the place most coaches dream of being and at this stage of my career, I can't imagine being anywhere else."

Morris has guided the Hurricanes to seven College World Series appearances in his eight seasons at Miami. The 1999 title came with a 6-5 win against FSU in 1999.

Miami also won the NCAA championship in 1982 and 1985.

Since 1994, Morris has been named coach of the year four times, including after this season.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Kentucky power forward Jason Parker is expected to miss the 2001-02 season after injuring his knee in a pickup game with teammates Sunday. Parker tore the right anterior cruciate ligament and will have reconstructive knee surgery next week, sports information director Brooks Downing said. Trainer David Kindy said he expects Parker to require four to six months to recover. The 6-foot-8, 255-pound Parker started all 34 games for Kentucky last season. He was Kentucky's third-leading scorer (8.6 points) and its second-leading rebounder (4.7) and was named to the SEC all-freshman team. "This is a very tough loss for us," coach Tubby Smith said. "Jason is a big part of our team, and we were expecting him to make even greater contributions as a sophomore." ... Brian Loyd, an assistant the past two seasons at Portland State, was named director of basketball operations at Massachusetts, coach coach Steve Lappas said.

COLLEGES: In a preseason poll of ACC coaches, FSU's volleyball team was picked to finish fourth in the league in 2001. Georgia Tech was voted the league's top team. The Seminoles begin the season Aug. 31 against Fresno State.

SOCCER: MLS goalkeepers Nick Rimando of Miami and Tom Presthus of Columbus were added to the U.S. national team for Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Mexico. They replaced backup goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who U.S. coach Bruce Arena said requested time away from the team to celebrate his recent wedding, and Tony Meola. Rimando and Presthus, who never have played for the United States in a full international match, will back up Kasey Keller. Arena said he had no worries about Friedel. "He's going to take a honeymoon," Arena said. "I fully anticipate him being a member of this team."

GOLF: Lanny Wadkins withdrew from the U.S. Senior Open because of an injury to his left elbow. Alternate Ron Terry of Valrico will take his place and tee off with Larry Nelson and Hugh Baiocchi Thursday at the Salem Country Club in Peabody, Mass.

CYCLING: Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong remained in third place overall after finishing 16th in the Tour de Suisse. Stefano Garzelli won the sixth stage, crossing solo after a 71-mile breakaway. Vladimir Belli kept the leader's yellow jersey for the third day in a row.

TRACK AND FIELD: Shot putter Miroslav Menc faces a lifetime ban for failing his second drug test in three years, the news agency CTK reported. The 31-year-old shot putter received a two-year suspension in 1998 after testing positive for the banned steroid stanozolol at a meet in Greece. He failed a random, out-of-competition test again April 26, this time for the banned steroid nandrolone. "I'll take all the necessary steps to prove I am innocent," Menc told CTK. ... Marion Jones said she'll be aiming for four gold medals -- in the 100 and 200 meters, the 400 relay and the 1,600 relay -- at the World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, instead of the five she sought at the Olympics last year.

SPEED SKATING: U.S. Speedskating, the national governing body for the sport, will merge with the Amateur Speedskating Union. The merger, effective March 2002, was unanimously approved by the memberships of both organization.

OBITUARY: Ted Olla Sr., a boxer who was beaten by Sugar Ray Robinson in 1955, died at 71 in Milwaukee.

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