Sports People

Catcher Jim Leyritz agreed to a $3.35 million, two-year contract with the Yankees, avoiding salary arbitration. … The Brazilian soccer club Flamengo is interested in signing Diego Maradona, 35, a move that would pair the Argentine star with Romario. Maradona’s agent, Guillermo Coppola, said he was aware of Flamengo’s interest, but considered it unlikely the team would pry Maradona from the Argentine club Boca Juniors, where he sprang to fame in the early 1980s.

North Carolina assistant soccer coach Bill Steffen, who helped the Tar Heels win two national soccer championships, has been named the first women’s soccer coach at Oregon. Oregon plans to begin playing a limited women’s soccer schedule next fall. .. Merl Code, Clemson’s leading scorer and co-captain, decided to have season-ending surgery to repair a right knee ligament he tore last week against Virginia. … Arizona senior center Joseph Blair is trying to regain eligibility by asking for a failing grade to be changed to an incomplete in a Western Civilization history course he took last semester.