The St. Louis Cardinals moved Monday to strengthen one of theworst pitching staffs in the National League, signing Danny Jacksonand Tom Henke.
Jackson, 32, signed a three-year deal worth between $10.5million and $11 million, and Henke, 36, signed for one season for $1million plus a signing bonus to be the closer.
Jackson, a former Cub, was 14-6 with a 3.26 ERA withPhiladelphia last season. He has a career mark of 107-109 with a3.77 ERA.
Henke had back problems last season but led Texas with 15 savesin 21 opportunities. Overall, he was 3-6 with a 3.79 ERA in 37games. The Kansas City Royals signed pitcher Mark Gubicza to aone-year contract. Also, outfielder Felix Jose exercised his rightto become a free agent rather than report to Class AAA Omaha. Former Kansas City Royals first baseman Willie Mays Aikens wassentenced to 20 years and eight months in prison without parole forcocaine distribution, firearm and attempted bribery convictions.Aikens, 40, was convicted Aug. 16 of four counts of crack cocainedistribution.
BASKETBALL: North Carolina remained No. 1 in the AssociatedPress college poll, followed by UCLA, Kansas and Arkansas. Illinoiswas just out of the Top 25, in 27th place.
SOCCER: Louis Palivos, president of the Illinois State SoccerAssociation, has scheduled a 6 p.m. meeting Wednesday at his lawoffice, 4765 N. Lincoln, for potential investors in the purchase ofthe Chicago Power franchise.
FOOTBALL: Texas receiver Lovell Pinkney has not been seen bycoaches or teammates since Saturday. "We're concerned because wehaven't been able to locate him," coach John Mackovic said in today'sDallas Morning News. "We haven't even heard from him." Pinkney, theLonghorns' second-leading receiver, failed to show for Sunday'spractice. Boston College defensive coordinator Jim Reid, 44, was named headcoach at Richmond. Ohio named Jim Grobe, an assistant at Air Force since 1984, its headcoach.
SWIMMING: Five Chinese swimmers who tested positive for bannedsubstances at the Asian Games were suspended for two years by FINA,the international swimming federation.
SKIING: Three-time Olympic champion Alberto Tomba scored hissecond consecutive slalom victory in Sestriere, Italy, in the firstWorld Cup race ever run under lights.
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