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Jari Kurri of the Kings led all...

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<i> From Staff and Wire Reports</i>

Jari Kurri of the Kings led all scorers with nine points in hockey’s European Cup as a member of Finnish champion Jokerit of Helsinki.

College Football

Charlie Weatherbie, who led Utah State to its first bowl victory--over Ball State in the 1993 Las Vegas Bowl--is the new coach at Navy.

Weatherbie, 39, replaces George Chaump, fired after going 14-41-0 in five seasons.

Weatherbie was 15-19 in three seasons at Utah State, 3-8 this season.

Oklahoma defensive line coach Kevin Wolthausen, 37, a former USC assistant, has been hired to coach the defensive line at Arizona State.

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Miscellany

Skier Urska Hrovat of Slovenia took advantage of a slow second run by Vreni Schneider and handed the Swiss star her first World Cup slalom defeat of the season in Meribel, France. Hrovat had a combined time of 1 minute 20.15 seconds, to Schneider’s 1:20.24. . . . French yachtswoman Isabelle Autissier, unable to steer in rough seas off Australia for two days, made radio contact with a rescue aircraft and said she was not sinking. Autissier, 38, had been heading for Sydney in the BOC Round the World Solo Challenge when she activated the emergency beacons Wednesday. She is to be rescued Sunday.

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